The XENON international collaboration, bringing together scientists from 30 countries, including a team from the University of Coimbra (UC), achieved a historic milestone in the search for dark matter. The researchers identified the faintest particles ever measured, representing a significant advance in understanding the universe.
The team from the University of Coimbra actively participates in this international collaboration of 30 countries, contributing to one of the most ambitious projects in contemporary particle physics.
This milestone represents a crucial step in dark matter research, a substance that constitutes approximately 27% of the universe but has not yet been directly observed. The identification of such weak particles constitutes an unprecedented achievement in the field.
The announcement was made today, marking an important moment for the Portuguese scientific community and for the global effort to understand the nature of dark matter that permeates the cosmos.
