Tag: dark matter detectors
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Mining for dark matter in South Dakota
In March, I traveled to Lead, South Dakota to visit the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter detector, located in the defunct Homestake Gold Mine. That location has a storied history: it was the site of the Homestake experiments that provided the first hints of neutrino oscillation. It’s a good place for a lab, since…
Matthew R. Francis
Galileo's Pendulum 