First Direct Observation of Migdal Effect in Neutral Projectiles

28 Aug 2025, 14:00
20m
Conference Room F2-R2

Conference Room F2-R2

Oral Dark Matter and Its Detection Dark Matter and Its Detection

Speaker

Difan Yi (中国科学院大学)

Description

The Migdal effect, a phenomenon in which a nucleus emits an electron following a perturbation, is considered one of the most sensitive methods for detecting sub-GeV dark matter to date. However, for over 80 years, direct observational evidence has been lacking. This presentation will showcase the gas pixel detector we designed for the direct observation of the Migdal effect, along with the experiments and results obtained using neutron beams. We will report the first direct observation of the Migdal effect in neutral beam collisions, as well as the measurement of its cross-section.

Authors

Difan Yi (中国科学院大学) Hongbang liu (Guangxi University) Huanbo Feng (Guangxi University) Qian LIU (University of Chinese Academic of Sciences) Xiangming Sun Yangheng zheng (University of Chinese Academic of Sciences)

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