Current WIMP Detector Strategies

• Low mass (100’s g), low threshold

  • Germanium bolometers

    • Heidelberg
  • Low temperature bolometers

    • Ge/Si: CDMS (Berkeley, Stanford)
    • Sapphire: CREST(Oxford/Munich)

• Medium/High Mass (10’s kg), discrimination

  • Ge/Si

    • CDMS (Berkeley, Stanford)
  • NaI scintillators

    • UKDMC
    • DAMA (Rome)
  • LXe scintillator

    • UKDMC
    • DAMA (Rome)

• Other discriminitive techniques

  • Directional discrimination: Xe gas TPC
  • Range discrimination: CASPAR
  • Annual modulation: 10% signal variation

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