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Speaker: Tim Nelson (SLAC) – Title: Light Dark Matter eXperiment: A Discovery Experiment for Sub-GeV Dark Matter at SLAC
October 14 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Research Progress Meeting
Date: October 14, 2025
Time: 4:00- 5:00 pm
Location: Sessler Conference Room- 50A-5132 [In-Person and HYBRID]
Speaker: Tim Nelson (SLAC)
Title: Light Dark Matter eXperiment: A Discovery Experiment for Sub-GeV Dark Matter at SLAC
Abstract: As searches for WIMPs approach fundamental sensitivity limits, interest in the more general class of thermal relics has emerged, where these dark matter candidates give rise to clear and testable predictions in small, accelerator-based experiments. The Light Dark Matter eXperiment (LDMX) — proposed to operate in End Station A at SLAC using LCLS-II drive beam — is uniquely capable of searching for sub-GeV thermal relics that can explain the observed dark matter abundance. In this talk, I will review the motivations for these searches, describe how LDMX works, and discuss the status of efforts to realize the experiment.
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