Introduction to dark matter experiments

Details Introduction to dark matter experiments Introduction to dark matter experiments

2011-01-27

arxiv.org/abs/1101.5205v1

In Physics of the Large and Small: Proceedings of the 2009 Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

64 pages, 25 figures, based on lectures at 2009 Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics (TASI), Bo

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This is a set of four lectures presented at the Theoretical Advanced Study Institute (TASI-09) in June 2009. I provide an introduction to experiments designed to detect WIMP dark matter directly, focusing on building intuitive understanding of the characteristics of potential WIMP signals and the experimental techniques. After deriving the characteristics of potential signals in direct-detection experiments for standard WIMP models, I summarize the general experimental methods shared by most direct-detection experiments and review the advantages, challenges, and status of such searches (as of late 2009). Experiments are already probing SUSY models, with best limits on the spin-independent coupling below 10^-7 pb.

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