The case for a directional dark matter detector and the status of current experimental efforts

• Main Authors: Battat, James (Contributor), Caldwell, T. (Contributor), Fedus, William B. (Contributor), Fisher, Peter H. (Contributor), Henderson, Shawn Wesley (Contributor), Kaboth, Asher Cunningham (Contributor), Kallivayalil, Nitya (Contributor), Lee, A. (Contributor), Lopez, Jeremy Paul (Contributor), Monroe, Jocelyn (Contributor), Sanderson, Robyn Ellyn (Contributor), Sciolla, Gabriella (Contributor), Vanderspek, Roland K. (Contributor), Yegoryan, Hayk (Contributor), Yamamoto, Richard K. (Contributor)
• Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: World Scientific Publishing, 2011-06-06T15:02:25Z.
• Subjects: Article
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We present the case for a dark matter detector with directional sensitivity. This document was developed at the 2009 CYGNUS workshop on directional dark matter detection, and contains contributions from theorists and experimental groups in the field. We describe the need for a dark matter detector with directional sensitivity; each directional dark matter experiment presents their project's status; and we close with a feasibility study for scaling up to a one ton directional detector, which would cost around $150M.
United States. Dept. of Energy
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Reed Award Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Pappalardo Fellowship
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research