Speaker
Dr
Danielle Norcini
(Johns Hopkins University)
Description
We know dark matter exists and we have been trying to directly detect it for almost 40 years. Experiments searching for the heavily-favored candidate, the GeV-scale WIMP, have thus far yielded null results. Recently, the field has pushed towards a new class of “hidden sector” particles, with masses below the proton. To observe this type of “light” dark matter, new, extremely sensitive technologies that generate measurable electronic-recoil signals are required. In this talk, we will report on efforts using semiconductor devices to discover dark matter at various underground laboratories.
Primary author
Dr
Danielle Norcini
(Johns Hopkins University)
