21–26 Jun 2026
U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building
America/Toronto timezone
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Searching for Dark Matter in Mica

23 Jun 2026, 17:15
15m
U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

U. Ottawa - Learning Crossroads (CRX) Building

100 Louis-Pasteur Private, Ottawa, ON K1N 9N3
Oral Competition (Graduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle) Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD) (PPD) T3-12 | (PPD)

Speaker

Andrew Buchanan (Queen's University)

Description

any realistic models for dark matter predict the formation of extremely heavy composite particles in the early universe, with masses well in excess of 10^20 GeV. Today, the fluxes of these particles today would too low to be detectable in direct detection experiments on human timescales. This motivates searches for dark matter signatures in minerals with several-billion-year lifetimes. I discuss prior searches and future prospects for detecting dark matter in muscovite mica.

Keyword-1 Astroparticle Physics
Keyword-2 Dark Matter Direct Detection

Authors

Alexander Hayes (Queen's University) Andrew Buchanan (Queen's University) Anupam Ray Jennika Mcintosh (Queen's University) Joseph Bramante (Queen's University & Perimeter Institute) Yilda Boukhtouchen (Queen’s University)

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