Understanding dark matter—that invisible component that accounts for most of the mass in the cosmos—remains one of the great challenges of modern physics. The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, considered the world’s most sensitive detector, has just published new results that refine the search for one of the main theoretical candidates: weakly interacting massive particles, known as WIMPs.
“We always hope to discover a new particle, but it’s also critical to be able to set limits on what dark matter could be,” explained Hugh Lippincott, an experimental physicist at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Although scientists have been convinced of its existence for decades, dark matter remains elusive, even as it shapes…more
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