Particle Astrophysics and Subatomic Physics

从2016年开始，DEAP-3600实验（SNOLAB，萨德伯里）将寻找弥漫在宇宙中的神秘暗物质的粒子。有了这个探测器，这种测量的灵敏度将提高20倍以上，这将使我们第一次看到宇宙中迄今为止仍然隐藏的80%的物质。拟议的研究计划将利用DEAP-3600探测器。 卡尔顿还将开发一个设施，以开发下一代实验，从而能够对前沿材料和探测器进行表征，并开发超低本底技术。

Starting in 2016, the DEAP-3600 experiment (SNOLAB, Sudbury) will search for particles of the mysterious dark matter that pervades the Universe. With this detector, the sensitivity for such measurements will be extended over 20 times, allowing a potential discovery, which for the first time would let us see the 80% of all of the matter in the universe that has so far remained hidden. The proposed research program will exploit the DEAP-3600 detector. A facility will also be developed at Carleton to pursue the development of next-generation experiments, allowing leading-edge materials and detector characterization and development of ultra-low background techniques.