XENON1T: 'Catching' Dark Matter
In the coming years, Nikhef researchers and their colleagues from fifteen different international universities and research institutes hope to contribute to the answers to the many questions surrounding 'dark matter'. No less than 23% of the matter in our Universe can be grouped under dark matter, but our knowledge of it is limited. To be able to put some of the puzzle pieces together, the researchers will build a scientific set-up in the middle of a mountain.
What is dark matter?
What does the research entail?
How will the researchers know they are dealing with dark matter?
What is Nikhef's contribution to the project?
Why do we want to know this and possible applications of the research
The program leader of Nikhef's XENON1T group is Patrick Decowski
- The XENON1T dark matter detection experiment will be installed at the underground Gran Sasso laboratory in Italy. Part of the experiment is the yellow water tank in the middle. XENON1T will be positioned between the already existing ICARUS (left) and WARP (right) experiments.
