Physics Department, Princeton University

HET Informal Seminar - IAS - Narayan Krishnan, Chennai Mathematical Institute - D-brane Plane Waves, Hyperscaling Violation and Entanglement Entropy

Bloomberg Lecture Hall  ·  1:30 p.m.– 2:30 p.m.

Results of a Dark Matter Search with the Silicon Detectors of the CDMS II Experment - Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano, MIT
Abstract
In this talk I will describe the recent results of a search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) with the silicon detectors of the CDMS II experiment. A blind analysis of 140.2 kg-days of data revealed three WIMP-candidate events with an expected total background of 0.7 events. This data is consistent with a light WIMP interpretation, with a mass of 8.6 GeV/c2 and WIMP-nucleon cross section of 1.9x10-41 cm2.  I will also discuss upcoming analyses that will investigate the origin of this signal.

Jadwin A07  ·  2:00 p.m.– 3:00 p.m.