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Current status of direct dark matter detection experiments

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2017-09-05 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Instrumentation and Detectors

Abstract

Much like ordinary matter, dark matter might consist of elementary particles, and weakly interacting massive particles are one of the prime suspects. During the past decade, the sensitivity of experiments trying to directly detect them has improved by three to four orders of magnitude, but solid evidence for their existence is yet to come. We overview the recent progress in direct dark matter detection experiments and discuss future directions.

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@article{arxiv.1709.00688,
  title  = {Current status of direct dark matter detection experiments},
  author = {Jianglai Liu and Xun Chen and Xiangdong Ji},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.00688},
  year   = {2017}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures, version accepted by Nature Physics

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