Jul 8 – 12, 2024
L'Aquila, Italy
Europe/Rome timezone

A combined search for dark matter with COSINE-100 and ANAIS-112

Jul 9, 2024, 3:20 PM
20m
Palazzo dell’Emiciclo, Sala Ipogea

Palazzo dell’Emiciclo, Sala Ipogea

Parallel talk Direct detection Parallel 1

Speaker

Sophia Hollick (Yale University)

Description

The evidence for the existence of dark matter from astrophysical observations is strong. However, there has not been a conclusive direct detection of dark matter that does not rely on gravitational interaction with visible matter. One experiment, DAMA, claims to have observed an annual modulation signal in a sodium-iodide-based detector consistent with that expected from dark matter. COSINE-100 and ANAIS-112, two leading sodium-iodide dark matter experiments, were designed to test DAMA’s claim directly using the same target material. COSINE-100, located at Yangyang Underground Laboratory in South Korea, and ANAIS-112, located at Canfranc Underground Laboratory, have been taking data since 2016 and 2017, respectively. The two experiments have similar sensitivity and have thus far published results independently. In this talk, I will discuss our efforts to combine the data from the two experiments for increased search sensitivity and share its current status.

Primary authors

Reina Maruyama (Yale University) Sophia Hollick (Yale University)

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