Dark matter remains to be seen
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.029970
Space.com : Despite its recent 20-month run, the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment has yet to detect a dark-matter signal. LUX is just one of several experiments currently seeking signs of the weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that make up some 85% of the mass of the universe. Located at the Sanford Underground Laboratory in South Dakota, LUX features a large tank of liquid xenon, whose high density makes it more likely to interact with WIMPs. Although LUX has so far failed to detect the elusive particles, the data it gathered can still be used to improve the design of future, more sensitive experiments. LUX itself is soon to be replaced with the LUX-Zeplin detector, which will be 70 times as sensitive.
