Cryogenic Searches for Dark Matter
Abstract
Current evidence indicates that a large fraction of the material in the universe does not emit electromagnetic radiation and can only be detected gravitationally. Furthermore, much of this "dark matter" may be composed of exotic particles which barely interact with matter. A large number of non-accelerator experiments are involved in attempts to detect such particles directly. In this paper, I will present the current status and prospects for the class of these experiments which use cryogenic detection techniques to reduce backgrounds from conventional sources. Such efforts may soon reach theoretically-favored regions of dark matter mass and cross section.
- Publication:
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COSMO-97, First International Workshop on Particle Physics and the Early Universe
- Pub Date:
- 1998
- DOI:
- 10.1142/9789814447263_0014
- Bibcode:
- 1998cosm.work..140B