Prof.
Mani Tripathi
(UC Davis)
11/09/2013, 14:00
Dark Matter
Oral
The LZ collaboration has proposed a 2nd generation direct dark matter search experiment, which builds on the experience gained with the LUX and ZEPLIN series of experiments on the two-phase xenon TPC technique. It features an active target volume of ~7 tonnes and a robust 3-layer shield system consisting of a xenon skin volume and a liquid scintillator veto, embedded in the existing 6m...
Jeter Hall
(Pacific Northwest National Lab)
11/09/2013, 14:20
Dark Matter
Oral
Astrophysical observations of large scale gravitation suggest an
abundance of non-baryonic dark matter. The Super Cryogenic Dark Matter
Search (SuperCDMS) is designed to detect weakly interacting massive
particles, a hypothesized solution to the dark matter problem. The
SuperCDMS technology is based on germanium detectors instrumented with a
new interleaved ionization and athermal phonon...
Dr
Hugh Lippincott
(Fermilab)
11/09/2013, 14:40
Dark Matter
Oral
I will briefly describe the COUPP/PICO Collaboration (PICO is the new merger of COUPP and PICASSO) and the use of superheated fluids for the detection of dark matter. The COUPP60 detector was successfully filled with 37 kg of target in April, 2012 and collected its first bubbles on May 1. I will provide an update on the current status of COUPP60 data.
Dr
Keith Rielage
(Los Alamos National Laboratory)
11/09/2013, 15:00
Dark Matter
Oral
The direct search for dark matter is entering a period of increased sensitivity to the hypothetical Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP). One such technology that is being examined is a scintillation only noble liquid experiment, MiniCLEAN. MiniCLEAN utilizes over 500 kg of liquid cryogen to detect nuclear recoils from WIMP dark matter and serves as a demonstration for a future...
Joshua Renner
11/09/2013, 15:20
Dark Matter
Oral
(On behalf of the NEXT Collaboration) Xenon has recently been the medium of
choice in several large scale detectors searching for WIMP dark matter and
neutrinoless double beta decay. Though present-day large scale experiments
use liquid xenon, the gas phase offers advantages favorable to both types of
searches such as improved intrinsic energy resolution and fewer fluctuations in
the...
