Different techniques are currently competing in the direct search of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMP) dark matter, which consists in observing in the laboratory nuclear recoils due to impact of WIMPs from our galactic halo. As an introduction to this Dark Matter session, the experimental
SIMPLE-icity in Direct Dark Matter Searches
β Scribed by F. Giuliani; T. Morlat; A.R. Ramos; T.A. Girard; M. Felizardo da Costa; J.G. Marques; R.C. Martins; H.S. Miley; D. Limagne; G. Waysand
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 257 KB
- Volume
- 173
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0920-5632
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