Université de Genève

École de physique
Département de physique nucléaire et corspusculaire
24, quai Ernest-Ansermet
1211 GENÈVE 4
Tél. : (022) 379 62 73
Fax : (022) 379 69 92
Wednesday 14 April 2010
PARTICLE PHYSICS SEMINAR
at 17.00 hrs – Stückelberg Auditorium

Dark Matter and the XENON Experiment
By Dr. Marc Schumann, Physik Institut, Universität Zürich


There is convincing astrophysical and cosmological evidence that most of the matter in the Universe is dark: It is invisible in every band of the electromagnetic spectrum. Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) are promising Dark Matter candidates that arise naturally in many theories beyond the Standard Model. Several experiments aim to directly detect WIMPs by measuring nuclear recoils from WIMPs scattered on target nuclei.
In this talk, I will give an overview on Dark Matter and direct Dark Matter detection. Then I will focus on the XENON100 experiment, a 2-phase liquid/gas time projection chamber (TPC) that is installed underground at the Gran Sasso Underground Lab (LNGS), and the future of the XENON project.


Information : http://dpnc.unige.ch/seminaire/annonce.html
Organizer : J.-S. Graulich