DMSearch

Direct Dark Matter Searches

General Intro Material:

Direct DM overview at ICHEP16:
http://indico.cern.ch/event/432527/contributions/2223654/attachments/1322539/1983984/11_boulay_dm_ichep_2016.pdf
ICHEP2016 DM session: http://indico.cern.ch/event/432527/sessions/95226/#20160806
A recent DM Search Methods/Results Overview (2015):
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1509.08767v1.pdf

“Some” experiments:

Xenon1T project: https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.6288
COUPP-500 project: http://www-coupp.fnal.gov/public/500kg%20PAC%20Proposal.pdf

Extra Material:

Indirect WIMP Search review (2012): http://arxiv.org/pdf/1210.4161v1.pdf
DM Search Methods (2012): https://www.dropbox.com/s/ss23h8u2vsdt10c/DMSearchIntro_1203.2566v1.pdf

Aims:

Review shortly the present status of Dark Matter search results and challenges.
Review direct DM search technologies and future experiments.
Propose a project based on a participation in one of the above 3 future experiments.