Speaker
Dr
Mengjiao Xiao
(University of Maryland, College Park)
Description
The nature of dark matter is one of the most fundamental problems in physics. One compelling class of dark matter particles are the so-called WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles), which can be searched in deep underground direct detection experiments. The PandaX (Particle AND Astrophysical Xenon) project is a staged xenon-based underground experiment at the China Jin-Ping Underground Laboratory. Using a dual phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) technology, the second phase of the experiment, PandaX-II, contains more than half ton liquid xenon in the sensitive volume for WIMP dark matter searches. PandaX-II started the data taking in 2016. In this talk, I will report the current status of the experiment, and present recently released results.
Primary author
Dr
Mengjiao Xiao
(University of Maryland, College Park)