Searching for light dark matter with single-phonon detectors
Event Start:
2019-02-25T11:00:00
Event End:
2019-02-25T12:30:00
Event Information:
Searches for high energy signatures from beyond the standard model physics have advanced greatly, but a lot of ground remains to be covered for soft, low energy signals. In the context of dark matter direct detection, future single-phonon detectors will be sensitive to dark matter with a mass as low as roughly 10 keV. In this regime, the conventional nuclear recoil picture no longer applies and new theoretical tools are needed to correctly calculate the scattering rate.
Event Location:
Henn 318
Speaker:
Simon Knapen
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Event Start:
2019-02-25T11:00:00
Event End:
2019-02-25T12:30:00
Searching for light dark matter with single-phonon detectors
Event Information:
Searches for high energy signatures from beyond the standard model physics have advanced greatly, but a lot of ground remains to be covered for soft, low energy signals. In the context of dark matter direct detection, future single-phonon detectors will be sensitive to dark matter with a mass as low as roughly 10 keV. In this regime, the conventional nuclear recoil picture no longer applies and new theoretical tools are needed to correctly calculate the scattering rate.
Event Location:
Henn 318