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Searching for Dark Matter with the EDELWEISS Experiments

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How to detect a WIMP<br />

• Weakly Interacting Massive Particle - searching <strong>for</strong> elastic/inelastic scattering of nuclei<br />

WIMP light<br />

heavy<br />

nuclei<br />

TU Dresden. G. Adam Cox 6 December 2012<br />

target<br />

material<br />

e -<br />

h +<br />

Na, I, Ar, Xe, Ge, Si, Ca, W, O...<br />

charge<br />

heat<br />

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