Silicon skipper CCDs (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins University

Silicon skipper CCDs

Caption

Silicon skipper CCDs are sensitive enough to detect dark matter particles the size of an electron, should they exist.

Credit

The DAMIC-M collaboration

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