Speaker
Carlos Centeno
(IFCA (UC-CSIC))
Description
The DAMIC-M (DArk Matter In CCDs at Modane) experiment will use Skipper CCDs to search for low-mass (sub-GeV) dark matter underground at the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (LSM). With approximately 0.7 kg of silicon target mass and sub-electron energy resolution, the detector will exceed both the exposure and energy threshold (eV scale) of previous experiments. These capabilities will grant DAMIC-M world-leading sensitivity to a variety of hidden-sector dark matter candidates. In this talk, we will present science results from a prototype detector, assess the performance of CCD modules, and provide an update on the detector construction at LSM.