Speaker
Prof.
A. MURAT GULER
(Middle East Technical University)
Description
A variety of experiments have been developed over the past decades, aiming at the detection of Weakly Interactive Massive Particles (WIMPs) via their scattering in an instrumented medium. Detectors capable of reconstructing the direction of the nuclear recoil induced by the WIMP scattering are opening a new frontier to possibly extend Dark Matter searches beyond the neutrino background. Exploiting directionality would also give a proof of the galactic origin of dark matter making it possible to have a clear and unambiguous signal to background separation. The NEWSdm experiment, based on nuclear emulsions, is a new experiment proposal intended to measure the direction of WIMP-induced nuclear recoils with a solid-state detector, thus with a high sensitivity. We discuss the discovery potential of a directional experiment based on the use of a solid target made of newly developed nuclear emulsions. We also report results of a technical test conducted in Gran Sasso.
| Session and Location | Wednesday Session, Poster Wall #126 (Hölderlin-Room) |
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Primary author
Prof.
A. MURAT GULER
(Middle East Technical University)
