Direct Detection of Cold Dark Matter
Astrophysics
2007-11-27 v1
Abstract
We know from cosmological and astrophysical observations that more than 80% of the matter density in the Universe is non-luminous, or dark. This non-baryonic dark matter could be composed of neutral, heavy particles, which were non-relativistic, or 'cold', when they decoupled from ordinary matter. I will review the direct detection methods of these hypothetical particles via their interactions with nuclei in ultra-low background, deep underground experiments. The emphasis is on most recent results and on the status of near future projects.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0711.3788,
title = {Direct Detection of Cold Dark Matter},
author = {Laura Baudis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.3788},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
10 pages, 11 figures; submitted for the SUSY07 proceedings