“Shedding Light on Dark Matter using Cryogenic Detectors” presentation today
MSUM Physics and Astronomy Seminar Series Presents:
Shedding Light on Dark Matter using Cryogenic Detectors
Presented By: Joel Sander, Assistant Professor,
Department of Physics
University of South Dakota
Friday, February 6
3:00pm
325 Hagen Hall
Abstract: Evidence from multiple indirect measurements implies that 80% of the mass in the universe is dark, non-baryonic and hence is composed of a new type of undiscovered particles. I will describe why Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are the most popular candidate for the dark matter and describe how WIMPs would interact in a detector. I will then describe a leading experiment attempting to directly detect WIMP interactions, the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) and present results.