Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology (PAC)
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Light dark matter is a thousand times less likely to bump into regular matter than previous astrophysical analyses allowed
SLAC/Stanford study of the population of satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way provides new clues about the particle nature of dark matter.
SLAC sends off woven grids for LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter detector
Four large meshes woven from 2 miles of metal wire will extract potential signs of dark matter particles.
Symmetry: Engineering the world’s largest digital camera
Building the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope also means solving extraordinary technological challenges.
Symmetry: An astronomical data challenge
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will track billions of objects for 10 years, creating unprecedented opportunities for studies of cosmic mysteries.
Symmetry: Dark Energy Survey completes six-year mission
Scientists, including researchers at SLAC, have only just begun to study the remarkably detailed map they created of a portion of the sky.
Tangled magnetic fields power cosmic particle accelerators
SLAC scientists find a new way to explain how a black hole’s plasma jets boost particles to the highest energies observed in the universe. The results could also prove useful for fusion and accelerator research on Earth.
Symmetry: The building boom
These projects, selected during the process to plan the future of US particle physics, are all set to come online within the next 10 years.
Missing gamma-ray blobs shed new light on dark matter, cosmic magnetism
Astrophysicists use a catalog of extended gamma-ray sources spotted by Fermi spacecraft to home in on mysterious properties of deep space.
Symmetry: Dark matter vibes
New technology could help future SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment expand the search for light dark matter particles.
How SLAC’s ‘electronics artists’ enable cutting-edge science
A team of electrical designers develops specialized microchips for a broad range of scientific applications, including X-ray science and particle physics.
