22nd International Workshop on Weak Interactions and Neutrinos

Depleted Argon for Future Direct Dark Matter Searches with Argon

Sep 17, 2009, 11:50 AM

25m

Sala Orsini (Strada Passo dell'Acqua, 34 - 06134 Bosco PERUGIA, Italy)

DG4 - Dark Matter

Speaker

Cristiano Galbiati

Description

I will discuss progress on procurement of large quantities of depleted argon from underground sources in the US, and the how this could improve future dark matter searches with argon detector. I will also discuss results from R&D efforts on two-phase argon detectors in the US and future plans.

Presentation materials

Slides

C_Galbiati.pdf