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SUMMARY:Dark Matter Searches with Cryogenic Detectors - Professor Hans Kra
 us\, University of Oxford
DTSTART:20101117T200000Z
DTEND:20101117T210000Z
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CONTACT:Peter Humphreys
DESCRIPTION:A large fraction of the matter density in the Universe is thou
 ght to be dark matter. There is significant astrophysical evidence to supp
 ort its existence and a several experiments worldwide\, housed in undergro
 und laboratories\, aim to directly detect this dark matter. Various comple
 mentary technologies are being used and this talk focuses on cryogenic det
 ectors\, operating in the milli-Kelvin temperature range\, very close to a
 bsolute zero. I will review existing experiments\, such as EDELWEISS\, CRE
 SST and CDMS and outline the technological aspects as well as the long-ter
 m future which involves building very large scale experiments\, such as EU
 RECA\, for example. A major advantage of EURECA is its multi-element dark 
 matter target\, a key requisite for WIMP identification.\n\nThere will be 
 a wine reception after the talk with the guest speaker.\n\nFree for member
 s\, £2 for non-members.
LOCATION:Bateman Auditorium \, Gonville and Caius College
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