Abstract: Despite nearly four decades of direct searches, the identity of dark matter in the universe is still unknown.  The hunt for dark matter is especially alluring because, not only is this abundant substance extremely elusive, it also holds promise: …

RPM – Physics Division | Aaron Manalaysay (LBNL) “Xe: The Element Designed to Detect Dark Matter” Read More »

Alissa Monte (UCSB) "Using Active Vetoes and Hydrogen Doping to Strengthen Dark Matter Discovery Potential with Xenon" Abstract: The fact that 85% of the gravitating mass in the universe is invisible is one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in fundamental …

Alissa Monte (UCSB) “Using Active Vetoes and Hydrogen Doping to Strengthen Dark Matter Discovery Potential with Xenon” Read More »

Abstract: Neutrinos exist in one of three types or “flavors” (νe ,νµ or ντ ), which oscillate from one to another when propagating through space. This phenomenon is one of the few that cannot be described using the Standard Model …

Afroditi Papadopolou (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Lepton-Nucleus Scattering Constraints For Neutrino Interactions And Oscillations Read More »