Speaker
Dr
Lachlan Milligan
(University of Birmingham)
Description
DarkSPHERE is a next generation spherical proportional counter to explore light dark matter candidates in the 0.05 - 10 GeV mass range. To maximise radiopurity, the detector is planned to be fully electroformed underground at the Boulby Underground Laboratory. This approach opens up the potential to achieve sensitivity reaching the neutrino fog in the 1 GeV region. In this talk, current efforts towards DarkSPHERE will be discussed, including the commissioning of a high-purity copper electroforming facility in Boulby, and the preparation for a 30 cm in diameter version of DarkSPHERE that could probe new parameter space in this mass region. The expected DarkSPHERE sensitivity for a set of EFT operators is also presented.
| Main Contribution topic | Direct detection |
|---|---|
| Secondary contribution topic | Light Dark Matter |
Authors
Dr
Theodoros Avgitas
(University of Hamburg)
Dr
Zoe Balmforth
(University of Hamburg)
Dr
Philipp Gadow
(University of Hamburg)
Finn Gallinat
(University of Hamburg)
Dr
Patrick Knights
(University of Birmingham)
Dr
Ioannis Manthos
(University of Hamburg)
Dr
Lachlan Milligan
(University of Birmingham)
Lex Millins
(University of Birmingham & STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)
Prof.
Konstantinos Nikolopoulos
(University of Hamburg & University of Birmingham)
Dr
Isabella Oceano
(University of Hamburg)
Dr
Dimitrious Papoulias
(University of Hamburg)
Giovanni Rogers
(University of Birmingham & STFC Boulby Underground Laboratory)
Dr
Dimitra Spathara
(University of Birmingham)
Christos Toukmenidis
(University of Hamburg)
Peter Walters
(University of Birmingham)
Dr
Robert Ward
(University of Hamburg)