Posted on Monday, November 04, 2013
On October 30th, the first announcement was made about the data collected this far with the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) detector in Lead, South Dakota operated by the Sanford Underground Research Facility.
No weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) have been found.
WIMPs are supposed to only interact through the weak force and gravity and some previous experiments have given (or seem to have given) positive results, but LUX data refutes it. WIMPs are hypothetical particles that are a possible solution to what the dark matter is.
LUX experiment started in April this year and will continue for another two years.
Now the question remains: where are the WIMPs?
No weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) have been found.
WIMPs are supposed to only interact through the weak force and gravity and some previous experiments have given (or seem to have given) positive results, but LUX data refutes it. WIMPs are hypothetical particles that are a possible solution to what the dark matter is.
LUX experiment started in April this year and will continue for another two years.
Now the question remains: where are the WIMPs?
Labels: dark matter, LUX, WIMPs