Experiments aiming at direct detection of dark matter
H.V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus - Y. Ramachers
Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, P.O. Box 10 39 80, D-69029 Heidelberg, Germany
Received: 16 April 1998 Communicated by B. Povh
Abstract
We present a review of existing and planned dark matter direct
detection experiments. The emphasis is on principle limitations for this
detection technique and resulting consequences for future projects. We
argue that the near future experiments, CDMS and HDMS, will give such
stringent limits on WIMP-nucleon elastic cross sections that the next
round of experiments will have to be either massive direction-sensitive
detectors or massive ton-scale detectors with almost zero
background. Candidate experiments with these requirements are shortly
introduced like the newly announced GENIUS proposal. We also
shortly discuss the implications of WIMP search results for
accelerator experiments and vice versa.
PACS
95.35.+d Dark matter
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