Dark Matter: Direct Detection

Journal Article · Wed Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3292417· OSTI ID:21325825

Chardin, G ^[1]

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1. CSNSM, CNRS/IN2P3 and Universite Paris-Sud, Orsay (France)

The identification of Dark Matter is an outstanding question of contemporary physics. I summarize the main experimental strategies developed to answer this question, focusing on cryogenic detectors and comparing these detectors to their double-phase xenon and argon competitors. I discuss in particular the main developments in charge-phonon (CDMS, EDELWEISS) and light-phonon detectors (CRESST, ROSEBUD). Finally, I discuss the prospects of WIMP detection within the next few years by the CDMS, CRESST, EDELWEISS and XENON experiments, and their successors EURECA, GEODM and XENON-1 ton.

• OSTI ID: 21325825
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1185, Issue 1; Conference: LTD13: 13. international workshop on low temperature detectors, Stanford, CA (United States), 20-24 Jul 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3292417; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ARGON
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CRYOGENICS
LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
MAGNETIC FLUX
NONLUMINOUS MATTER
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
POSTULATED PARTICLES
RADIATION DETECTION
SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES
WEAK INTERACTIONS
XENON