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

Nuclear Emulsion Based Detector for Directional Dark Mater Search

May 22, 2017, 4:36 PM
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

Prof. Murat GULER (METU)

Description

Direct dark matter searches are promising techniques to identify the nature of dark matter particles. A variety of experiments have been developed over the past decades, aiming at detecting Weakly Interactive Massive Particles (WIMPs) via their scattering in a detector medium. Exploiting directionality would give a proof of the galactic origin of dark matter making it possible to provide a clear and unambiguous signal to background separation. In particular, the directionality appears as the only way to overcome the neutrino background that is expected to finally prevent standard techniques to further lower cross-section limits. The directional detection of Dark Matter requires very sensitive experiment combined with highly performing technology. The NEWSdm experiment, based on nuclear emulsions, is proposed to measure the direction of WIMP-induced nuclear recoils and it is expected to produce a prototype in 2017. We discuss the discovery potential of a directional experiment based on the use of a solid target made by newly developed nuclear emulsions and read-out systems reaching sub-micrometric resolution.

Summary

NEWSdm collaboration submitted Letter of Intent to the Gran Sasso Scientific
Committee. Since a few years a lot of R&D is undertaken in emulsion and scanning technologies in the collaboration. We would like to report ongoing activities; reporting the production of Nano Imaging Tracker(NIT) and its read out system (automatic microscope systems).

Primary author

Prof. Murat GULER (METU)

Co-author

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