Dark Matter deep in a Yorkshire mine.

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Dark Matter deep in a Yorkshire mine.

Post by CharmQuark » Sun Jan 23, 2011 5:05 am

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Re: Dark Matter deep in a Yorkshire mine.

Post by Kasuha » Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:03 pm

I wish all luck to them but it looks like they did not find anything so far...
So it looks like DAMA is still the only project that found something, however unclear what they actually found is.

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Re: Dark Matter deep in a Yorkshire mine.

Post by CharmQuark » Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:54 pm

I dunno what DAMA is :oops:
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Re: Dark Matter deep in a Yorkshire mine.

Post by Kasuha » Tue Jan 25, 2011 9:51 am

DAMA = DArk MAtter experiment running in Gran Sasso.

They are the only detector of that kind that has detected some signal (now it's almost 9 sigma certaininty) but not everybody is convinced they are really detecting dark matter.

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Post by CharmQuark » Tue Jan 25, 2011 7:16 pm

Oh nice :D

What do some people think they are detecting :o
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Re: Dark Matter deep in a Yorkshire mine.

Post by DCWhitworth » Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:09 pm

Dark matter in a Yorkshire mine ? That's coal isn't it ? :doh:
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Re: Dark Matter deep in a Yorkshire mine.

Post by CharmQuark » Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:33 pm

:doh: :lol:
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