Speaker
Matti Heikinheimo
(University of Helsinki and Helsinki Institute of Physics)
Description
Direct detection of scattering events of dark matter off ordinary atoms is a critical goal that would allow us to extract information about the nature of the dark matter particle. I will give an overview of the theory underlying the direct detection experiments and on the current status of these experiments. I will discuss some future prospects, focusing on the developments towards direct detection of light (sub-GeV) dark matter.
