Speaker
Anthony Villano
(U of Colorado, Denver)
Description
Many low-mass dark matter experiments focus on highly segmented detectors with low particle detection thresholds. For these situations in particular, the neutron capture process is important to consider for direct low-energy calibrations and a possible background source. I will summarize the effect of this process on dark matter searches, specifically focusing on the SuperCDMS collaboration and collaborations with similar detector setups.
