21–26 May 2017
Beijing International Convention Center
Asia/Shanghai timezone

PandaX-4ton liquid xenon detector for rare physics search

22 May 2017, 17:12
18m
Room 305A (Beijing International Convention Center)

Room 305A

Beijing International Convention Center

No.8 Beichen Dong Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing P. R. China 100101
oral Dark Matter Detectors R1-Dark Matter Detectors

Speaker

Ning Zhou (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

Description

PandaX collaboration proposed a 4-ton liquid xenon detector to search for rare physics like dark matter and neutrino. The PandaX-4ton detector contains a TPC with a diameter of 1.2 m and a height of 1.2m. The TPC size is approximately doubled in every dimension from PandaX-II (500kg liquid xenon), presenting several technological challenges. With 6 ton-year exposure, the sensitivity to spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross section is expected to reach 10^-47 cm2.

Primary author

Ning Zhou (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

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