Dark matter detector located in UK mine
JAN 24, 2011
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024992
Daily Mail : On the edge of the Yorkshire moors in the UK, in a lab more than a half mile below ground, astroparticle physicists work at the Boulby potash mine, which houses the Deep Underground Science Facility. Two pieces of experimental apparatusa dark matter detector and a dark matter telescopewhich cost less than £1 million to run are being used to search for the elusive matter. James Delingpole, writing for the Daily Mail, provides an in-depth account of the facility.
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