Abstract

REYES, Marco A.  and  ESTRADA, Juan. Paving the path to Dark Matter detection. Acta univ [online]. 2015, vol.25, n.3, pp.13-18. ISSN 2007-9621.  https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2015.739.

In order to detect Dark Matter (DM), scientists in the Dark Matter In CCDs (DAMIC) Collaboration have set an experimental array of Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) in a nickel mine underground, and have developed all analysis tools to discern any known trace of conventional matter from what they expect to find in case a DM particle crosses the CCDs. In order to calibrate the signals from the CCDs, they have also designed experiments to quantify neutron-silicon interactions, assuming that neutrons can mimic DM interactions in the CCDs. Here we present preliminary results from the analysis of data obtained in these experiments.

Keywords : Dark Matter; CCDs; quenching factor.

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