Wolfgang Seidel
(Garching)
26/07/2010 16:15
Dark Matter Direct Searches
Talk
The CRESST experiment is a Dark Matter search using calcium tungstate cryogenic detectors. Background discrimination is achieved by the simultaneous detection of scintillation light and phonons. Results of the last year of data taking are presented.
Dr
Marc Schumann
(Physik Insitut, University of Zurich)
26/07/2010 16:40
Dark Matter Direct Searches
Talk
The XENON100 dark matter experiment, installed in the Laboratory Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS, Italy), is searching for WIMP dark matter particles scattering off a 62 kg liquid xenon target in a dual phase (liquid/gas)
time projection chamber. Careful material selection, a novel detector design, and an upgrade of the passive shield, together with capitalizing the self-shielding power of...
Leslie Rosenberg
(Wahington)
26/07/2010 17:00
Dark Matter Direct Searches
Talk
The axion is a hypothetical elementary particle whose existence would
explain the baffling absence of CP violation in the strong interactions.
It's properties make it a good dark-matter candidate.
Even though dark-matter axions would make up the overwhelming
majority of mass in the universe, they are extraordinarily difficult
to detect. However, by threading a high-Q microwave cavity...