EAS Publications Series
- EAS Publications Series / Volume 53 / January 2012, pp 59-66
- © EAS, EDP Sciences 2012
- Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2012
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/eas/1253008 (About DOI)
Research Article
Review on Non-directional Direct Dark Matter Searches
CYGNUS 2011: Third International Conference on Directional Detection of Dark Matter, CYGNUS, Aussois, France.
B. Censier
Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, 4 rue E. Fermi, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
Abstract
An overview of non-directional direct detection methods is given. The currently leading experiments for spin independent WIMPs interactions are using simultaneous measurement of two quantities for event-by-event background discrimination in cryogenic bolometers and noble gas like xenon. Besides these, several interesting techniques have been developped, each having a specific advantage concerning e.g. energy threshold lowering or strong immunity to ionizing radiations background. Technologies used and most recent results about spin-dependent and spin-independent cases are presented.
(Online publication February 15 2012)
