12–16 Sept 2016
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The XENON dark matter program - results, status and prospects

12 Sept 2016, 16:50
20m
6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin (CERN)

6/2-024 - BE Auditorium Meyrin

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Oral Contributions Dark matter (direct detection) Dark matter (direct detection)

Speaker

Prof. Jan Conrad (Stokcholm University)

Description

The XENON program aims at direct detection of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) detection with dual phase xenon time projection chambers (TPCs), located at the Laboratori Nazionale de Gran Sasso. This contribution is going to review recent results of the still operational XENON-100 detector, as well as discuss the status and prospects for the presently commissioned XENON-1T detector, the first tonne scale xenon TPC, and its planned upgrades.

Summary

The XENON program aims at direct detection of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) with dual phase xenon time projection chambers (TPCs), located at the Laboratori Nazionale del Gran Sasso. This contribution is going to review recent results of the still operational XENON100 detector, as well as discuss the status and prospects for the presently commissioned XENON1T detector, the first tonne scale xenon TPC, and its planned upgrades.

Primary author

Prof. Jan Conrad (Stokcholm University)

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