Construction of world's most sensitive dark matter detector moves forward
Monday, September 26, 2016 - 12:02
in Astronomy & Space
LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ), a next-generation dark matter detector that will be at least 100 times more sensitive than its predecessor, has cleared another approval milestone and is on schedule to begin its deep-underground hunt for theoretical particles known as WIMPs, or weakly interacting massive particles, in 2020.