Speaker
Dr
Christian Ouellet
(Carleton University)
Description
Astrophysical lines of evidence point towards dark matter constituting 27\% of the energy density of the Universe and 85\% of all matter.
DEAP-3600, located at SNOLAB in Sudbury Canada, is a single phase liquid argon direct detection dark matter experiment.
The light produced by nuclear recoil within liquid argon has considerable light yield and is characteristic of the interaction
type allowing for powerful pulse shape discrimination.
The discovery potential is a combination of the radio purity of construction materials and the success of active rejection and identification criteria.
This talk will report on preliminary results of these background reduction efforts.
Author
Dr
Christian Ouellet
(Carleton University)
