Notes from Underground: Direct Dark Matter Searches and Single Phase Liquid Argon Detectors
by
Kimberly Palladino(SNOLAB)
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El Dorado Conference Room - room 10 (SLAC)
El Dorado Conference Room - room 10
SLAC
Building 28
Description
Evidence for the existence of Dark Matter from astronomical observations abounds, while experimentalists are still in pursuit of a confirmed laboratory 'direct' detection. MiniCLEAN and DEAP-3600 are liquid argon experiments for the direct detection of dark matter under construction at SNOLAB, located 6800 feet underground in an active nickel mine in Sudbury, Ontario. The implications of their unique design will be discussed in the context of the wider search for dark matter.
