Physics - The Low-Mass Dark Matter Frontier
The Low-Mass Dark Matter Frontier December 11, 2020• Physics 13, 172 Traditional searches for dark matter rely on giant detectors that look for particles heavier than a proton, but sights are turning to smaller experiments with sensitivity to lighter-mass particles. ARTICLE TAKEAWAYS There is a crucial need to explore dark matter candidates across a much wider mass range than that of the WIMP. New detection schemes will allow researchers to search for so-called sub-GeV dark matter, which can be up to one million times lighter than the mass of the proton. The new schemes rely on inel...
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