Vanilla Dark Matter
World-leading sensitivity to Spin-Independent and Spin-Dependent interactions for GeV and sub-GeV Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMP)
Three world leading collaborations joining forces in the search for Dark Matter!
What is Dark MatterA hypothetical form of matter whose evidence for existence can be seen across many scales in the universe. For nearly 100 years its nature has remained a mystery.
It does not emit or absorb light. Its presence was deduced purely due to its gravitational effects
Forms structures within which galaxies and clusters form. There is 5x more dark matter than conventional matter in the universe
A stable and neutral form of matter that interacts weakly with itself and others
No fundamental particle from the Standard Model behaves this way
Xenon is a world leading target for dark matter searches and a large number of other new science efforts
Read the White PaperA low-background, low-threshold xenon observatory can access more than just Weakly Interacting Dark Matter, including neutrinoless double-betta decay, double-electron captrure, solar and astrophysical neutrinos, and broader beyond the Standard Model topics, especially axion-like particles and dark photon electron-recoil interactions
World-leading sensitivity to Spin-Independent and Spin-Dependent interactions for GeV and sub-GeV Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMP)
Sensitive to a plethora of exotic particles due to excellent energy threshold and resolution; axion-like particles, dark photons, composite, mirror, asymetric models etc.
Sensitive to neutrinoless double beta decay of Xe-136 and double electron capture of Xe-124, at natural abundance. Also sensitive to neutrino magnetic moment
Able to constrain solar metallicity models through measurements of pp Be-7 and B-8 neutrinos
Sensitive to atmospheric neutrino measurements at lower energies previously incredibly challenging
An excellent early alert device for a supernova event also assisting with multi-messenger astrophysics
The third joint meeting for the XLZD consortium (now XLZD Collaboration) took place 15-19th of April 2024 at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, at Harwell in the UK.
Read moreThe second joint meeting after signature of the Memorandum of Understanding has taken place in April 2023 at UCLA.
Read moreThe first joint meeting after signature of the MoU has taken place 27-29 June 2022 at KIT (Campus North).
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