Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2014
Volume 59, Number 5
Saturday–Tuesday, April 5–8, 2014; Savannah, Georgia
Session U2: Invited Session: Instrumentation for Particle Physics |
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Sponsoring Units: DPF Chair: Sally Seidel, University of New Mexico Room: Chatham Ballroom A |
Monday, April 7, 2014 3:30PM - 4:06PM |
U2.00001: Noble Liquid Detectors for Dark Matter Invited Speaker: Elena Aprile The detection of particle dark matter from the cosmos remains one of the most important challenges in physics today. The challenge is being addressed by experiments carried out in space and on Earth, with a variety of detection strategies and technical approaches. The direct detection approach searches for dark matter particles as they scatter in low-background, massive detectors on Earth, shielded from cosmic rays in deep underground laboratories. In the last ten years, the deployment of liquid xenon detectors such as XENON10, XENON100 and very recently LUX, has led to more than two orders of magnitude improvement in the sensitivity of direct detection. Next generation noble liquid experiments, with several thousands of kg of liquid xenon and liquid argon, are under construction or planned, promising another two orders of magnitude sensitivity increase within this decade. I will review the state-of-the-art in dark matter detection with noble liquid detectors worldwide. [Preview Abstract] |
Monday, April 7, 2014 4:06PM - 4:42PM |
U2.00002: New Trigger Architectures Invited Speaker: Ted Liu |
Monday, April 7, 2014 4:42PM - 5:18PM |
U2.00003: Silicon Detectors Invited Speaker: Hartmut Sadrozinski The use of silicon detectors has experienced an exponential growth in accelerator and space based experiments, similar to trends in the semiconductor industry as a whole, usually paraphrased as ``Moore's Law.'' Some of the essentials for this phenomenon will be presented, together with examples of the exciting science results which it enabled. With the establishment of a ``semiconductor culture'' in universities and laboratories around the world, an increased understanding of the sensors results in thinner, faster, more radiation-resistant detectors, spawning an amazing wealth of new technologies and applications, which will be the main subject of the presentation. [Preview Abstract] |
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