Construction of XENON Detector (IMAGE)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Construction of XENON Detector

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Experimental results from the XENON1T dark matter detector limit the effective size of dark matter particles to 4.1X10-47 square centimeters--one-trillionth of one-trillionth of a centimeter squared--the most stringent limit yet determined for dark matter as established by the world's most sensitive detector.

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XENON Collaboration

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