DM-Ice: First Data from DM-Ice17 and Prospects for the Future
by
Reina Maruyama(Yale University)
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Aula Conversi (Dipartimento di Fisica - Ed. G. Marconi)
Aula Conversi
Dipartimento di Fisica - Ed. G. Marconi
Description
Astrophysical observations and cosmological data give overwhelming evidence that the majority of the mass of the Universe is comprised of dark matter. I will describe the current status of the direct searches for dark matter. In particular, I will describe DM-Ice, a proposed direct detection dark matter experiment at the South Pole based on NaI scintillators in search of the annual modulation signature of dark matter. I will describe the data from the 17-kg detector which was installed in the Antarctic ice at the South Pole in December 2010 and still taking data. I will then discuss plans for the full-scale experiment.
