Events Calendar
Light Dark Matter: The Moment of Truth Has Arrived (Almost)
Tuesday October 8, 2013
| 2:00 pm
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Presenter: | Chris Kelso (University of Utah) |
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| Series: | Nuclear, Particle, Astroparticle and Cosmology (NUPAC) Seminars | |
| Abstract: | We are currently experiencing the most exciting time in the history of dark matter detection. Four direct detection experiments (DAMA/LIBRA, CoGeNT, CRESST-II, and CDMS II-Si) have each reported signals above their known backgrounds which resemble that predicted for a dark matter particle with a mass of roughly 10 GeV. These signals are confronted by strong exclusions limits from other experiments that seemingly contradict the dark matter interpretation. I will examine each of these signals in detail, presenting evidence for and against the dark matter interpretation. Additionally, I will discuss the current and future experiments that should definitively confirm or refute whether dark matter is the origin of these possible signals. | |
| Host: | Rouzbeh Allahverdi | |
| Location: | PAIS-2540, PAIS | |
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