3.1 Next Steps in the Search for Dark Matter
DiscussionIn her lecture, Professor Freese focuses on methods to detect WIMPs. After several years of experimentation raising little to no confidence in WIMPs, there's now an ongoing push to build super-sensitive equipment as a last resort. However, in 2020, there was some buzz over a potential detection of either axions or sterile neutrinos in the XENON1T experiment in Italy. In 2021, the PandaX-II experiment in China arrived at similar results. Although nothing is conclusive yet, these experiments are set to be repeated with upgraded equipment to reduce background noise and hopefully, increase confidence in the results.
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