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The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search is a collaboration of 18 institutions from the
U.S., Canada, and Switzerland. Our experiment, named CDMS-II, is currently
located in the Soudan Iron Mine in Soudan, MN. We go deep under the earth
to shield ourselves from cosmic-ray radiation so that we can use our
detector technology to "listen" for the passage of dark matter through the
earth. Dark matter is currently believed to be a non-luminous form of matter
which makes up 85% of the matter in the universe. Southern Methodist University
is a member of the collaboration. Please find here more information about
the experiment.
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Opportunities at SMU
Prof. Jodi Cooley is the Principal Investigator for the SMU CDMS group. She is
a member of the CDMS, SuperCDMS, and GEODM collaborations, all of which employ
solid-state cryogenic dark matter technology. SMU is involved in several key aspects
of these current and future experiments, including: data analysis and analysis leadership,
background characterization and rejection. There are plans to become more involved in
detector hardware and studies.
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02-12-2010, Friday
The CDMS Collaboration results appear in Science. See our
research page.
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12-17-2009, Thursday
Prof. Cooley presents the results of the final exposure of the CDMS II experiment
at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
(Video)
(Slides)
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