The PICASSO and DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Search Experiments at SNOLAB
Tony Noble
Queen's University
We live in turbulent times. The overwhelming evidence from high precision
astronomical measurements of galactic rotations, galaxy-cluster collisions,
and cataclysmic supernova explosions has led to an understanding of the
cosmos as one dominated by mysterious forms of dark matter and dark
energy. The visible content of the universe, in the form of ordinary
baryonic matter, is comparatively small, almost trifling. The nature of
this dark matter and dark energy is completely unknown, but the race is
on world wide. Sequestered 2 km underground in the SNOLAB facility for
astroparticle physics, the PICASSO and DEAP-3600 projects have developed
novel detector concepts in an attempt to observe this dark matter
directly. This talk will describe the innovative detector technologies
being employed and the physics potential that could be realized in the
next few years.
Date: | Wednesday, 22 February 2012 |
Time: | 14:30 |
Where: | McGill University |
| Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, R.E. Bell Conference Room (room 103) |
Contact: | Robert Rutledge |
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