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Closing In on Dark Matter: LUX-ZEPLIN Time Projection Chamber Sets New Limits (scitechdaily.com)
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[–] aisteru@lemmy.aisteru.ch 15 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The new result is nearly five times better than the previous world’s best published result and finds no evidence of WIMPs above a mass of 9 GeV/c2.

That's pretty neat. I wonder if we're getting close, or if we are making mistaken assumptions.

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Given the behavior wimps are either much lower energy, but a lot of them, or purely virtual artifacts, potentially of quantum effects.

Once you go below a certain threshold the difference becomes less meaningful.

[–] aisteru@lemmy.aisteru.ch 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I really like the different theories SpaceTime showcases, it really triggers the imagination :) I recommend them, if you don't know about them

[–] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is that a show or something? Sounds like one of the old PBS ones I saw 20 years ago or so.

[–] aisteru@lemmy.aisteru.ch 3 points 2 months ago

It is most likely exactly that :) They made quite a few videos on papers proposing alternative theories for gravity

https://youtube.com/@pbsspacetime

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