Abstract: Earlier this year the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment completed its final dark matter search from 4850 feet below ground in the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. Between September 2014 and May 2016 the LUX detector …
ABSTRACT: The axion is a hypothetical elementary particle whose existence would explain the baffling absence of CP violation in the strong interactions. Axions also happen to be a compelling dark-matter candidate. Axions could comprise the overwhelming majority of mass in …
Leslie Rosenberg (Univ. of Washington) "The Axion Dark-Matter Experiment (ADMX)" Read More »
Abstract: The 38th International Conference on High Energy Physics has just concluded in Chicago, US. New results from various areas of high-energy particle physics, as well as neutrino physics, cosmology and theory were presented in front of about 1400 attendees. …
Simone Pagan Griso (LBNL) "Highlights from ICHEP on the LHC Results" Read More »
Abstract: I'll briefly review the arguments for and status of particle dark matter searches and then focus on the possibility of looking for a definitive galactic signature. There have been several hints for WIMP dark matter over the years, most …