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Chair: Guenther Hasinger (IFA, UH)
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Charles Lawrence (JPL/Caltech)11/12/13, 4:00 PM
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Dr Mark Kos (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)11/12/13, 4:45 PMoralThe CoGeNT dark matter detector has been taking data at the Soudan mine since December 2009. The data have been analyzed for a possible WIMP signal using multi-dimensional PDFs in energy, time, and pulse rise-time. The bulk event (fast rise-time pulses) and surface (slow rise-time) event fractions are determined through this analysis. We have also done extensive simulations of backgrounds...Go to contribution page
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Dr Matthew Szydagis (UC Davis)11/12/13, 5:15 PMoralThe LUX (Large Underground Xenon) experiment is performing a direct-detection search for WIMP dark matter using a two-phase liquid xenon TPC. The target mass is 370 kg (100 kg fiducial), making it the largest such detector in operation and providing excellent self-shielding. Additional background rejection is provided by nuclear recoil discrimination via simultaneous detection of charge and...Go to contribution page