Particle and Astroparticle Physics Seminar

Searching dark matter with NaI detectors

Liang Yang

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Astrophysical observations have provided convincing evidence for the existence of dark matter, yet direct observation of the dark matter particles has not been conclusively established. DAMA experiment claimed to have observed the annual modulation signal of dark matter using NaI detectors at the Gran Sasso Lab in Italy. Several experiments worldwide are working to perform a conclusively test of this claim. In this talk, I will discuss results from the DM-Ice17 experiment, which has reported the first direct dark matter search result in the southern hemisphere. I will also present the status of the COSINE project, a collaborative effort between DM-Ice and KIMS. It is poised to become the first experiment that can directly test DAMA's result.