Speaker
Dr
Patricia Sanchez-Lucas
(University of Zurich)
Description
One of the flagship projects of next-generation dark matter experiments will be DARWIN (DARk matter WImp search with liquid xenoN). With its 50 (40) tons of total (active) xenon target, DARWIN will be able to explore the entire experimentally accessible parameter space for WIMPs as dark matter candidates. Such a large detector, with its low-energy threshold and ultra low background level, will also be sensitive to other rare interactions. It will search for solar axions, axion-like particles, SuperWIMPs and for the neutrinoless double beta decay of $^{136}$Xe as well as measure different neutrino interaction processes. We discuss here the concept of DARWIN, the ongoing R&D, and the expected sensitivities to various physics channels.
Author
Dr
Patricia Sanchez-Lucas
(University of Zurich)
