Conveners
2.2 Plenary Session
- Daniel Mckinsey
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Graham Giovanetti (Princeton University)24/07/2018, 11:00Talk
DarkSide-50 is a dual-phase argon time projection chamber (TPC) with a 50 kg active volume that has been operating at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) since mid-2015. I will present the latest dark matter search results from this detector and their implications for a next-generation experiment, DarkSide-20k, a more than 20 tonne fiducial mass TPC equipped with SiPM-based photosensors....
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Marcin Kuzniak24/07/2018, 11:25PlenaryTalk
DEAP-3600 is a single-phase scintillation-only detector, which searches for dark matter particle interactions with 3.3 tonnes of liquid argon, located 2 km underground at SNOLAB (Sudbury, Ontario). The argon target is contained in an ultra-pure acrylic vessel viewed by 255 photomultiplier tubes.
The first DEAP-3600 WIMP-search results from 10 tonne-days of commissioning data were published...
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Prof. Russell Neilson (Drexel University)24/07/2018, 11:50Direct DetectionTalk
The PICO-60 experiment, located in the SNOLAB underground laboratory, is the largest bubble chamber operated to date by the PICO collaboration, filled with 52 kg of superheated C$_3$F$_8$. Initial dark matter search results were reported in 2017 based on operation at a 3.3 keV threshold. I will report new dark matter search results from increased exposure and lowered operational threshold,...
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Luca Grandi (The University of Chicago)24/07/2018, 12:15Direct DetectionTalk
The XENON1T experiment is a direct dark matter search that has been operating in stable conditions at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory since December 2016. With an unprecedented target mass and a world-record low-background level, XENON1T is the largest liquid xenon time projection chamber operated up to date and it is uniquely placed to explore uncharted territory, further probing the...
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Prof. Uwe Oberlack (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)24/07/2018, 12:40Directional DetectionTalk
The XENON series of experiments has been highly successful in pushing the limits of
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WIMP direct searches for more than a decade. With the currently most sensitive DM experiment XENON1T still taking data, the collaboration is preparing the next step, the upgraded and upscaled XENONnT. This new experiment is making use of many infrastructures and systems built for XENON1T, located at the LNGS...