Sentences with phrase «search for dark matter wimps»

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Most past searches for dark matter particles have focused on a different candidate particle, known as a weakly interacting massive particle, or WIMP.

Several experiments are focused on the search for one likely dark matter candidate: weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs (SN: 11/12/16...

Several experiments are focused on the search for one likely dark matter candidate: weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs (SN: 11/12/16, p. 14).

On the other, they have ruled out some of the simplest and most cherished WIMP models, raising fresh fears that the long - postulated particles might be a multidecadal detour in the search for dark matter.

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) is an experiment that uses superconducting detectors to search for rare WIMP interacSearch (CDMS) is an experiment that uses superconducting detectors to search for rare WIMP interacsearch for rare WIMP interactions.

On the other, they have ruled out some of the simplest and most cherished WIMP models, raising fresh fears that WIMPs might be a multidecadal detour in the search for dark matter.

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS), buried half a mile deep in an old Minnesota iron mine to shield it from cosmic rays, searches for collisions between dark - matter particles called WIMPS and ordinary atoms in 19 hockey - puck - size hunks of germanDark Matter Search (CDMS), buried half a mile deep in an old Minnesota iron mine to shield it from cosmic rays, searches for collisions between dark - matter particles called WIMPS and ordinary atoms in 19 hockey - puck - size hunks of germMatter Search (CDMS), buried half a mile deep in an old Minnesota iron mine to shield it from cosmic rays, searches for collisions between dark - matter particles called WIMPS and ordinary atoms in 19 hockey - puck - size hunks of germandark - matter particles called WIMPS and ordinary atoms in 19 hockey - puck - size hunks of germmatter particles called WIMPS and ordinary atoms in 19 hockey - puck - size hunks of germanium.

If it all sounds too radical, that may be a good thing: most direct detection experiments, which wait for an ordinary WIMP to collide with the nucleus of a heavy atom like germanium or xenon, have seen nothing (see «Going underground in search of dark matter strikes «-RRB-, for example.

«Taken with other Lab activities, including ADMX (axions), LUX / LZ (WIMPs) and searches for primordial black holes, this new work gives LLNL a very strong portfolio of dark matter research.»

It uses a variety of tools including VERITAS, AUGER and COUPP — dedicated telescopes, water tanks and underground «bubble chambers» — to observe known particles and to search for those that are so far only hypothetical, such as the dark - matter WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles).