Located deep underground, the SuperCDMS experiment will search for dark matter particles with masses smaller than ten times the mass of the proton.
The centerpiece of the SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment will be four detector towers (left), each containing six detector packs. The towers will be mounted inside the SNOBOX (right), a vessel in which the detector packs will be cooled to almost absolute zero temperature.
(Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
When SuperCDMS SNOLAB turns on in 2018 at the underground science laboratory in Canada, it will be able to see dark matter particles 10 times lighter than previous searches.