UCLA Dark Matter 2020 Conference

Session

Session 15

15

27 Mar 2020, 17:00

PAB- 1-425 (UCLA)

86. DarkSide-20k Design and Physics Prospects

Emilija Pantic (UC Davis)

27/03/2020, 17:00

Non-directional direct dark matter detection

Talk

DarkSide-20k, is designed as a 20-tonne fiducial mass Time Projection Chamber with SiPM based photosensors, expected to be free of any instrumental background for an exposure of >100 ton x years.
The dual phase TPC will use a total of 50 t low radioactivity Argon from underground source and will be realized within a sealed acrylic vessel surrounded by an active neutron veto detector. The...

101. Physics reach of the LUX-Zeplin Dark Matter Experiment

Maria Elena Monzani (SLAC)

27/03/2020, 17:15

Non-directional direct dark matter detection

Talk

The nature and origin of Dark Matter are among the most compelling mysteries of contemporary science. For over three decades, physicists have been trying to detect Dark Matter particles via collisions on target nuclei, with little success.
The LZ collaboration is building a massive Dark Matter detector, which is currently being installed at the 4850 level of the Sanford Underground Research...

79. The XENONnT Dark Matter Search Experiment

Dr Fei Gao (Columbia University)

27/03/2020, 17:30

Non-directional direct dark matter detection

Talk

To date, dark matter has only been observed through its gravitational interaction. A new detector in the XENON family, XENONnT, is being constructed at the INFN Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy, featuring a $6$ tonnes of liquid xenon target contained in a larger time projection chamber. The large target mass and approximately 10 times lower background than its predecessor XENON1T, will...

59. Dark matter and neutrino physics with DARWIN

Laura Baudis (University of Zurich)

27/03/2020, 17:45

Non-directional direct dark matter detection

Talk

Two of the outstanding open questions in physics are the nature of dark matter and the fundamental nature of neutrinos. DARWIN is a next-generation experiment aiming to reach a dark matter sensitivity limited by the irreducible neutrino backgrounds. The core of the detector will have a 40 ton liquid xenon target operated as a dual-phase time  projection chamber. The unprecedented large xenon...