4 papers
Paleo-Detectors for Galactic Supernova Neutrinos
Sebastian Baum, Thomas D. P. Edwards, Bradley J. Kavanagh +5
Paleo-detectors are a proposed experimental technique in which one would search for traces of recoiling nuclei in ancient minerals. Natural minerals on Earth are as old as $\mathca…
Digging for Dark Matter: Spectral Analysis and Discovery Potential of Paleo-Detectors
Thomas D. P. Edwards, Bradley J. Kavanagh, Christoph Weniger +5
Paleo-detectors are a recently proposed method for the direct detection of Dark Matter (DM). In such detectors, one would search for the persistent damage features left by DM--nucl…
Paleo-detectors: Searching for Dark Matter with Ancient Minerals
Andrzej K. Drukier, Sebastian Baum, Katherine Freese +2
We explore paleo-detectors as an approach to the direct detection of Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter radically different from conventional detectors. Instead…
Searching for Dark Matter with Paleo-Detectors
Sebastian Baum, Andrzej K. Drukier, Katherine Freese +2
A large experimental program is underway to extend the sensitivity of direct detection experiments, searching for interaction of Dark Matter with nuclei, down to the neutrino floor…