RENATA thematic meeting on Dark Matter @ LSC

Session

Review of direct detection of dark matter

6 Feb 2018, 15:00

Conveners

Review of direct detection of dark matter: review talks I

• There are no conveners in this block

Review of direct detection of dark matter: review talks II

• There are no conveners in this block

Review of direct detection of dark matter: talks by Spanish groups

• There are no conveners in this block

Review of direct detection of dark matter: discussion

• Mario Martinez-Perez (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ES))
• Sergio Pastor (IFIC Valencia)

Description

Chaired by M. Martines, S. Pastor

11. Introduction and the Underground Canfranc Laboratory

Aldo Ianni (Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc)

06/02/2018, 15:00

26. Dark matter on and off the beaten track

Leszek Roszkowski

06/02/2018, 15:25

I will review WIMPs and axions from a theoretical perspective in the context of direct searches for dark matter and other related experimental activities.

1. Present and future status of searching for annual modulation in the framework of DM direct detection

Kim Yeongduk (IBS Korea)

06/02/2018, 16:00

Review on annual modulation

2. Review of experimental WIMPs search with liquid xenon and argon: present status and future prospects

Cristiano Galbiati (Princeton University)

06/02/2018, 17:00

Review on noble liquids

12. Review of experimental search for light WIMPs: present status and future prospect

Paolo Gorla (LNGS)

06/02/2018, 17:35

The Dark Matter problem has accompanied cosmologist and particle physicist for more than 80 years. Nowadays we have an extremely accurate model of our universe and of its expansion, the so called Hot Big Bang, but still most of the content of the universe eludes our observation. The observation of the missing matter of the universe is of compelling necessity for understanding the Universe....

5. Dark Matter Axion searches: Status and future Prospects

Bela Majorovits (MPI for Physics)

06/02/2018, 18:10

A review on dark matter axion search experiments will be given. The exisiting haloscope experiments based on tunable cavities will be discussed. Novel approaches, like the dielectric haloscope concept that potentially could extend the sensitivity reach of dark matter axion searches towards higher masses will be introduced. The status of exisitng R&D efforts will be presented.

17. Current activity and plans of the CIEMAT-DM group

Roberto Santorelli (Centro de Investigaciones Energéti cas Medioambientales y Tecno)

07/02/2018, 08:30

In 2015 the CIEMAT Dark Matter group was one of the original proponents of the DarkSide-20k Collaboration, which plans to build a 20 ton liquid argon dual-phase TPC at LNGS with data taking starting in 2021. The new collaboration gathers now most of the groups previously involved in the ArDM, DarkSide-50 and DEAP-3600 project, creating a new unified effort in the DM direct searches field with...

20. R&D for ultra-low background sensor planes

Dr Paola Ferrario (DIPC)

07/02/2018, 08:55

The DarkSide-20k experiment at the LNGS and the NEXT experiment at the LSC are two strikingly close examples of the technology of noble-gas optical TPCs applied to rare searches. Both Dark-Side-20 (DS20) and the upgraded NEXT detector (NEXT2.0) require the detection of scintillation and electro-liuminescence light with ultra-low background detection planes, deploying SiPMs mounted in...

19. Testing DAMA/LIBRA result with ANAIS-112 experiment

Dr M.L. Sarsa (Universidad de Zaragoza)

07/02/2018, 09:10

Detecting the elusive WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) proposed to explain the dark matter has shown to be a very challenging effort. The study of distinctive features in the WIMP signal allowing disentangling it from other backgrounds is an important asset in this search. The motion of the Earth around the Sun will produce a modulation in the dark matter interaction rate along the...

16. Search for low mass WIMPs with low-threshold low-background TPCs: the TREX-DM experiment

Gloria Luzon Marco (Universidad de Zaragoza (ES))

07/02/2018, 09:35

The standard WIMP Dark Matter (DM) paradigm, based on the “WIMP miracle”, is now severely constrained by the negative results from direct DM experiments and the LHC. But WIMPs of particularly low masses (below 10 GeV) would produce nuclear recoils of energies below typical experimental thresholds, and so would have evaded detection so far. This type of WIMPs are still viable in the remaining...

14. Direct dark matter detection with superheated liquids

Miguel Ardid (UPV)

07/02/2018, 09:55

Through the Multidark Consolider, the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) research group “Acoustics for Astroparticle Detectors” has been participating in several direct dark matter detection experiments using superheated liquids since 2011. This technique presents the advantages of being efficient to nuclear recoils, easily scalable to large volumes, cost-effective, very small (almost...

30. DAMIC Experiment

Rocio Vilar Cortabitarte (Instituto de Física de Cantabria (Universidad de Cantabria -CSIC))

07/02/2018, 10:15

Dark matter (DM) in the sub-GeV mass range is a theoretically motivated but largely unexplored paradigm, complementing the high mass search. Such light masses are out of reach for conventional nuclear recoil direct detection experiments, but may be detected through the small ionisation signals caused by dark matter-electron scattering. Investigating Light DM is an important and natural...

15. Search for axions with the International Axion Observatory (IAXO)

Igor Irastorza

07/02/2018, 10:35

Axions are a natural consequence of the Peccei-Quinn mechanism, the most compelling solution to the strong-CP problem. Similar axion-like particles (ALPs) also appear in a number of possible extensions of the Standard Model, notably in string theories. Both axions and ALPs are very well motivated candidates for the Dark Matter, they appear in other cosmological scenarios involving inflation,...