A new study, led by researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley, suggests new paths for catching the signals of dark matter particles that have their energy absorbed by atomic nuclei
Por: Glenn Roberts Jr, Phys.org. Acesse aqui a matéria original.
The absorption process could give an affected atom a kick that causes it to eject a lighter, energized particle such as an electron, and it might produce other types of signals, too, depending on the nature of the dark matter particle. The study focuses mostly on those cases where an electron or neutrino is ejected as the dark matter particle strikes an atom's nucleus. Saiba mais...
Imagem: Milennium-II Simulation
Imagem: Milennium-II Simulation
