Searches for WIMP Dark Matter in the Laboratory

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May 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008aas...212.9002s&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #212, #90.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 40, p.268

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Astrophysical observations indicate that about 80% of the mass of the universe is in the form of non-baryonic particles beyond the standard model of particle physics. One exciting and well motivated candidate is weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) left over from the Big Bang. Direct detection of these particles in the laboratory requires sophisticated detectors to defeat much higher-rate backgrounds. Promising techniques can identify individual interactions in shielded fiducial volumes and distinguish nuclear-recoil signal events from electron-recoil backgrounds. In addition to identifying a source of dark matter, detection in the laboratory may ultimately help constrain the velocity distribution of dark matter in the Galaxy.

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