Vol. 25 No. 3 (2015)
Artículos de investigación

Paving the path to Dark Matter detection

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  • Marco Antonio Reyes Santos,
  • Juan Estrada
Marco Antonio Reyes Santos Universidad de Guanajuato

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Juan Estrada

Published 2015-07-08

Keywords

  • Array,
  • Array,
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Reyes Santos, M. A., & Estrada, J. (2015). Paving the path to Dark Matter detection. Acta Universitaria, 25(3), 13-18. https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2015.739

Abstract

In order to detect Dark Matter (DM), scientists in the DAMIC (Dark Matter In CCDs) Collaboration have set an experimental array of Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) in a nickel mine underground, and have developed all analysis tools to discern any known trace of conventional matter from what they expect to find in case a DM particle crosses the CCDs. In order to calibrate the signals from the CCDs, they have also designed experiments to quantify neutron-silicon interactions, assuming that neutrons can mimic DM interactions in the CCDs. Here we present preliminary results from the analysis of data obtained in these experiments.

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