Exploring the low mass frontier in dark matter direct detection

Exploring the low mass frontier in dark matter direct detection
Tongyan Lin, LBNL and Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics
Date and time: Thu, Jan 26, 2017 - 4:00pm
Location: LGRT 419B
Category: ACFI Seminar
Abstract:
A major challenge in decoding the particle physics of dark matter is its unknown mass scale. I will present new ideas and prospects to search for low mass dark matter, going below the typical thresholds of current direct detection experiments. In the sub-GeV mass range, there are a variety of interesting and well-motivated models, and detecting them will require new kinds of low-threshold targets. I will discuss several proposals for dark matter direct detection, showing that they can be sensitive probes of low mass dark matter in the coming years.