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SUMMARY:DELight: when helium sweats over dark matter
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UID:indico-event-90@indico.zdv.uni-mainz.de
CONTACT:hurth@uni-mainz.de
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Belina von Krosigk (University of Heidelberg)\n\nIn 
 recent decades\, astronomical and cosmological observations consistently r
 eveal that most of the Universe's matter remains hidden to even the most s
 ensitive telescopes due to its nonluminous nature—dark matter. Exploring
  dark matter particles has become a tantalizing pursuit in modern physics.
  New-generation direct search experiments aim at the observation of weak-s
 cale dark matter particles in direct interactions within the target materi
 al\, with successors already in planning. Simultaneously\, a new era has b
 egun for the direct detection of ever lighter dark matter candidates\, lev
 eraging novel detector designs with ultra-low detection thresholds. These 
 advancements enable the exploration of new detection channels and unpreced
 entedly low dark matter masses. This presentation summarizes the state-of-
 the-art in direct light dark matter searches\, including a community-wide 
 challenge referred to as the “low energy excess”\, and highlights a ne
 w project\, DELight\, which will take advantage of the unique properties o
 f superfluid helium-4 to search for dark matter down to the sub-100MeV mas
 s scale.\n\nhttps://indico.zdv.uni-mainz.de/event/90/
LOCATION:R. 05-127 (Lorentz-Room) (Mainz)
URL:https://indico.zdv.uni-mainz.de/event/90/
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