Dark-matter-and-neutrino Física Experimental de Partículas com Aceleradores
What do neutrinos and dark matter have in common? They are searched for in deep underground detectors that other particles can’t reach. Only in such clean, background-free environments one can try to better understand the properties of the elusive neutrinos, which interact only through the weak force, or look for direct hints of the still undetected dark matter particles. In the coming generation of highly sensitive detectors, neutrinos also become a relevant background for dark matter searches. Through its engagement in the LUX/ LZ, SNO+ and NEXT collaborations, LIP is deeply involved in the quest for dark matter and for a deeper understanding of neutrinos, two of the great challenges in particle physics for the next decades.