https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20159502004
Direct dark matter searches review
IPNL, Université de Lyon (Université Lyon 1) and CNRS/IN2P3
a e-mail: j.gascon@ipnl.in2p3.fr
Published online: 29 May 2015
Direct Dark Matter Searches are experiments looking for the energetic recoils due to the scattering of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) from our galactic halo on nuclei in a terrestrial target. The principles of these type of searches is described, and the status and results of the leading experiments in that field are presented, as well as their prospects in the coming years.
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