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“All the dark we
can not see - the state-of-the art
in direct
searches for particle dark matter"
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Thursday,
28. Nov. 2019 |
Video-Recording for any system with MP4-support
- Video.mp4 (ca.393 Mb) |
15:15 – 16:25 |
Abstract:
One of the major challenges of modern physics
is to decipher the nature of dark matter. Astrophysical observations provide
ample evidence for the existence of an invisible and
dominant mass component in the observable
universe. The dark matter could be made
of new, yet undiscovered elementary particles,
with allowed masses and interaction
strengths with normal matter spanning an
enormous range. Among these, particles
with masses in the MeV-TeV range could be
directly observed via elastic or inelastic
scatters with atomic nuclei or with
electrons in ultra-low background detectors
operated deep underground. After an introduction to the dark matter
problem and the phenomenology of direct dark matter detection, I will discuss
the most promising
direct detection techniques, addressing
their current and future science reach,
as well as their complementarity.