Showing papers by "D. M. Asner published in 2015"
Queen's University1, Polytechnic University of Valencia2, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory3, Northwestern University4, Indiana University5, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics6, Fermilab7, University of Toronto8, University of Chicago9, Université de Montréal10, Laurentian University11, Czech Technical University in Prague12, University of Alberta13, Virginia Tech14, Drexel University15
TL;DR: The PICASSO and COUPP collaborations use superheated liquid detectors to search for cold dark matter through direct detection of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs).
Abstract: The PICASSO and COUPP collaborations use superheated liquid detectors to search for cold dark matter through the direct detection of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). These experiments, located in the underground laboratory of SNOLAB, Canada, detect phase transitions triggered by nuclear recoils in the keV range induced by interactions with WIMPs. We present details of the construction and operation of these detectors as well as the results, obtained by several years of observations. We also introduce PICO, a joint effort of the two collaborations to build a second generation ton-scale bubble chamber with 250 liters of active liquid.
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