Participation in EDELWEISS-II exploitation
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
The nature of the dark matter in the Universe is of scientific and general public interest. Understanding what the majority of the matter density is would advance mankind's knowledge and satisfy everyone's desire for understanding the world around us. This grant will allow UK researchers to participate in the exploitation phase of the EDELWEISS experiment, a dark matter search located in the Modane underground laboratory in a road tunnel between France and Italy.
Organisations
- University of Sheffield (Lead Research Organisation)
- National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
Vitaly Kudryavtsev (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Hehn L
(2016)
Improved EDELWEISS-III sensitivity for low-mass WIMPs using a profile likelihood approach
in The European Physical Journal C
Description | This was a small travel grant which allowed us to participate in the exploitation of the EDELWEISS-II dark mater search experiment. Several papers have been published which limited the model parameters fr WIMP dark matter. |
Exploitation Route | Data analysis and simulations for low-background dark matter experiment. |
Sectors | Other |
Description | EDELWEISS |
Organisation | Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) |
Department | Institute of Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe (IRFU) |
Country | France |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Monte Carlo modelling of radioactive background, leading the work package on background studies. |
Collaborator Contribution | Joint work on EDELWEISS-II experiment |
Impact | One paper has been submitted to Physics Letter B, two more papers are in preparation |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | EDELWEISS |
Organisation | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Monte Carlo modelling of radioactive background, leading the work package on background studies. |
Collaborator Contribution | Joint work on EDELWEISS-II experiment |
Impact | One paper has been submitted to Physics Letter B, two more papers are in preparation |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | EDELWEISS |
Organisation | National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) |
Department | IN2P3-Lyon |
Country | France |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Monte Carlo modelling of radioactive background, leading the work package on background studies. |
Collaborator Contribution | Joint work on EDELWEISS-II experiment |
Impact | One paper has been submitted to Physics Letter B, two more papers are in preparation |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | EDELWEISS |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Department | Particle Physics |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Monte Carlo modelling of radioactive background, leading the work package on background studies. |
Collaborator Contribution | Joint work on EDELWEISS-II experiment |
Impact | One paper has been submitted to Physics Letter B, two more papers are in preparation |
Start Year | 2010 |