{"id":9057,"date":"2021-01-27T11:47:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T11:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=9057"},"modified":"2021-01-27T11:47:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T11:47:22","slug":"the-cern-antimatter-factorys-role-in-the-search-for-cold-dark-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/the-cern-antimatter-factorys-role-in-the-search-for-cold-dark-matter\/9057\/","title":{"rendered":"The CERN Antimatter Factory\u2019s role in the search for cold dark matter"},"content":{"rendered":"
In a new paper, published by Physical Review Letters<\/em><\/a>, researchers working on the Baryon Antibaryon Symmetry Experiment (BASE) at CERN\u2019s Antimatter Factory describe a pioneering method of turning particles with a narrow mass range (around 2.97 neV) into photons, opening up new experimental possibilities in the search for cold dark matter.<\/p>\n Axions, or axion-like particles, are candidates for cold dark matter. From astrophysical observations, CERN believe that around 27% of the matter-energy content of the universe is made up of dark matter. These unknown particles feel the force of gravity, but they barely respond to the other fundamental forces, if they experience them at all. The best accepted theory of fundamental forces and particles, called the Standard Model of particle<\/a> physics, does not contain any particles that have the right properties to be cold dark matter. The result reported by BASE investigates this hypothetical dark matter background present throughout the Universe.<\/p>\n