Speaker
Mr
Jacques Pienaar
(Purdue University)
Description
XENON1T is a two-phase xenon TPC for the direct detection of dark matter. The target mass is 2 tons of liquid xenon. The detector was commissioned in the middle of 2016, and completed its first science run in January 2017. During the science run the detector has achieved the world’s lowest background among comparable experiments. This talk will present the detector performance, calibration, and background studies which are paving the way towards the world's most sensitive dark matter search, and present the results of the first science run.
Apply to be<br> considered for a student <br> award (Yes / No)?
yes
Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution
Prof Rafael Lang (rafael@purdue.edu)
Level for award<br> (Hons, MSc, <br> PhD, N/A)?
PhD
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?
no
Primary author
Mr
Jacques Pienaar
(Purdue University)
