Kolloquien
Wintersemester 2023/2024
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Kirchhoff-Institut für Physik, Otto-Haxel-Hörsaal
Friday 17:15
Talks
26.1.2024 17:00
INF 308, Hörsaal 1

In recent decades, astronomical and cosmological observations consistently reveal
that most of the Universe's matter remains hidden to even the most sensitive
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 are poised to observe weak-scale dark matter particles, with
successors already in planning. Simultaneously, a new era has begun for the direct
detection of ever lighter dark matter candidates, leveraging novel detector designs
with ultra-low detection thresholds. These advancements enable the exploration of
new detection channels and unprecedentedly low dark matter masses. This
presentation highlights state-of-the-art direct detection searches, emphasizing
sensitivity to light dark matter, and provides an outlook on the near future of our quest
for dark matter discovery in the laboratory, and more precisely at the Kirchhoff-Institute
for Physics.