Will this open the door to other 95% of universe?

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Viewed end on, the arrays of photomulti­plier tubes on the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment look like beds of flowers. The hope is that they will capture sparks of light emitted when particles of dark matter collide with liquid xenon.With 122 detector tubes, LUX is much more sensitive than its closest rival in the competitive field of dark-matter searches — and in just days, physicists the world over will know whether that advantage has yielded definitive results.

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Posted on: Tuesday, 22 October 2013 11:00 AM
Author: Eugenie Samuel Reich
Subject: Final word is near on dark-matter signal


Final word is near on dark-matter signal

Nature 502, 7472 (2013). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/502421a

Author: Eugenie Samuel Reich

An influential US experiment prepares to release its first results.



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