14–18 Apr 2014
Palais des Papes, Avignon
Europe/Paris timezone

A Brief Overview of Direct Searches for Dark Matter

16 Apr 2014, 09:45
45m
Chambre du Trésorier (Palais des Papes, Avignon)

Chambre du Trésorier

Palais des Papes, Avignon

Speaker

Jodi Cooley (SMU)

Description

Direct detection experiments seek to detect dark matter though its scattering off nuclei in terrestrial detectors. In this talk, I will review the motivation for the direct detection of dark matter, discuss a variety of challenges faced by experimenters trying to directly detect dark matter and review recent results from leading direct detection experiments.

Primary author

Jodi Cooley (SMU)

Presentation materials