KWISP Detektor auf der Suche nach Dunkler Energie
07/2019 - Neuer Detektor am CAST-Experiment am CERN, an dem auch Freiburger Studenten und ein Doktorand mitarbeiten, liefert erste Resultate.
Image: NASA, ESA, H.Teplitz and M.Rafelski (IPAC/Caltech), A. Koekemoer (STScI), R. Windhorst (ASU), Z. Levay (STScI)
Astronomers observe that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, but what causes this acceleration is unknown. A form of energy known as dark energy is the most popular explanation, and is keeping scientists the world over occupied searching for it. Now, a team of researchers working with the KWISP detector at CERN has presented the first results of their search for hypothetical “chameleon” particles from the Sun that could make up dark energy.
- Pressemitteilung CERN
- Forschungsartikel(arxiv.org)
- Astroparticle Physics Group (AG Schumann/Fischer)