Searching for dark matter with liquid xenon
Masaki Yamashita Masaki Yamashita Kamioka observatory, ICRR, The University of Tokyo Contents
•Introduction to direct dark matter search •Search by two phase Xe detector (WIMP) •Search by single phase Xe detector (Non-WIMP) •Future prospects
Masaki Yamashita 2 History of Dark Matter Mystery
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F. Zwicky Vera Cooper Rubin •1933 F. Zwicky Factor 400 of Discrepancy of mass estimation via Doppler Redshift of 8 galaxies in Coma Cluster. ー>”Dark Matter” •1970’ Progress on radio astronomy. Rotation curve for the spiral galaxy via 21cm emission from neutral hydrogen gas by Vera Rubin and others. 1990’ CMB observation (COBE, WMAP, Planck)
ESA/Planck © M33 Image: NOAO, AURA, NSF, T.A.Rector. Masaki Yamashita Approaches to look for dark matter χ χ
Colliders - indirect SM SM LHC, ILC ... SK, CTA, AMS02 ...
3 ρdm = 0.3 GeV/cm
a few dark matter particle around us ! direct only direct search can tell us about dark XMASS, XENON, LZ … matter around us. Masaki Yamashita WIMP(dark matter candidate) Dark Matter is required to be • Neutral ➡ can not see ... • Non-baryonic astrophysics ➡ weakly interacting • Cold (non-relativistic) ➡ structure formation favorite candidate predicted by
SUSY particle physics M. Blanton and the SDSS ⇒ One of the favored scenario beyond standard model: The lightest SUSY particle is stable and likely becomes a dark matter candidate Linear combination of SUSY particles 0 B! W! H! 0 H! 0 χ1 = α1 + α 2 + α 3 u + α 4 d Masaki Yamashita How to detect WIMP ? a needle in a haystack
beta above ground without shield 106 counts/kg/day
neutron WIMP!
alpha neutrino WIMP event gamma <10-6 counts/kg/day
Effort to reduce radioactive background in the under ground laboratory
Masaki Yamashita Detection principle WIMPs elastically scatter target nuclei