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Martens Lab (Kavli IPMU)
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The lab uses underground detectors to search for dark matter and to study neutrinos arriving from space.
AboutAbout the lab
Using experiments to uncover the nature of dark matter
The Martens Lab works in experimental physics, focusing on direct searches for dark matter and on neutrinos from astronomical sources.
The lab participates in the XENON experiment at Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy and the Super-Kamiokande experiment in Kamioka, Gifu Prefecture.
The nature of dark matter is one of the biggest open problems in experimental physics today.
The lab is based at the Kamioka Observatory of the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research.
Key terms
- Dark matter
- Unidentified matter that cannot be seen with light, but is thought to exist in large amounts in the universe because of its gravitational effects
- Direct searches
- An experiment that tries to directly capture the signal produced when dark matter particles passing through the Earth collide with atoms in a detector
- Neutrino
- An elementary particle that carries no electric charge and hardly interacts with other matter. Large numbers are produced by the Sun and by supernova explosions
ResearchResearch themes
Through experimental physics, the lab studies the nature of dark matter and neutrinos arriving from astronomical sources. It participates in the XENON experiment in Italy and the Super-Kamiokande experiment in Kamioka.
*Illustrative imageSearching for dark matter with the XENON experiment
The lab participates in the XENON experiment at Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy, conducting direct searches for dark matter. As part of the collaboration, it publishes new results from the upgraded detector, XENONnT.
*Illustrative imageAstrophysical neutrinos with Super-Kamiokande
At the University of Tokyo's Kamioka Observatory in Gifu Prefecture, the lab participates in the Super-Kamiokande experiment and studies neutrinos arriving from astronomical sources.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorKai Uwe Martens
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Liquid xenon” Lotus 50 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Searching for dark matter with the XENON experiment: “Large Underground Xenon detector inside watertank” Gigaparsec (English Wikipedia) / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Astrophysical neutrinos with Super-Kamiokande: “Neutrino detector - National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo - DSC07824” Daderot / CC0 (cropped)
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