Directional detection of Dark Matter

TL;DR

Directional detection of Dark Matter leverages the Earth's motion through the galactic halo to identify WIMP events by measuring their energy and 3D recoil tracks, with recent progress highlighted.

Contribution

This paper provides an introductory review of recent advances in directional Dark Matter detection, combining theoretical and experimental perspectives.

Findings

Enhanced understanding of directional detection techniques

Progress in measuring low-energy recoil tracks

Community efforts through the CYGNUS workshop

Abstract

Directional detection is a promising Dark Matter search strategy. Taking advantage on the rotation of the Solar system around the galactic center through the Dark Matter halo, it allows to show a direction dependence of WIMP events. It requires the simultaneous measurement of the energy and the 3D track of low energy recoils, which is a common challenge for all current projects of directional detectors. The third CYGNUS workshop on directional dark matter detection has brought together the scientific community working on both theoretical and experimental aspects of the subject. In this paper, we give an introductory revue of directional detection of Dark Matter, focusing on the main recent progresses.