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Detection of Dark Matter (DM) is one of the major goals in modern physics. The properties of neutrinos also largely remain a mystery. Mineral-detectors aim to utilize the advent of modern microscopy and computational techniques to read out nm and $\mu$m-sized damage features produced by nuclear recoils of DM and neutrinos with nuclei of natural minerals. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is one of the major scientific research institutes in Europe and a unique nexus of expertise and technologies in a wide range of research fields. A new research initiative at the Institute for Astroparticle Physics (IAP) at KIT in cooperation with microscopy experts and geologists aims to conduct experimental studies providing insight into the feasibility of realizing the concept of mineral-detectors. In this talk I will report on the current state of these studies.
| Do you plan to give the talk in person? | Yes |
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