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20.12.2022 / 16.00 / Hamburg, Auditorium and Zoom
Particle and Astroparticle Physics ColloquiumFirst Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN Experiment and Future Searches
Bjoern Penning (University of Michigan)
The nature of dark matter (DM) is one of the most important questions in physics. The LUX-Zeplin (LZ) experiment is the most sensitive dark matter search experiment to date, designed to explore much of the parameter space available for the weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). LZ is located 1.6 km underground at the Stanford Underground Research Facility. The experiment utilizes a two-phase time projection chamber, containing seven active tonnes of liquefied xenon to search for WIMPs. A liquid scintillator outer detector improves the rejection of unwanted background events. I will review the motivation for DM, the status of the LZ experiment, and present the firsts results. We will further discuss upcoming searches at LZ and future DM experiments.
This is a HYBRID colloquium!
Zoom link: https://desy.zoom.us/j/99616528733
Meeting ID: 996 1652 8733
Meeting Password: 733220
More Information: https://indico.desy.de/event/37164/
