Purdue University: Department of Physics and Astronomy: Dark Matters Lab

Dark Matters at Purdue Unravelling a Cosmic Secret

Most of the matter in the Universe is made of an entirely unknown substance called Dark Matter. While its existence has been established by versatile cosmological and astrophysical observations, the actual nature of Dark Matter is still a mystery. We are working on experiments to detect Dark Matter particles in order to unravel this cosmic secret.

There is five times more Dark Matter in the universe than all the matter we know of
Person looking at the Sun

Neutrinos are elusive messengers from the core of our Sun and from Galactic supernova explosions. Our experiments are sensitive to their feeble interactions and allow us to study how our Sun produces its energy, and how a dying star explodes.

Experiments Machines to Reveal Hidden Worlds

The Purdue Group Meet the people behind this research

Group Members

Rafael F. Lang

Rafael F. Lang
Professor

Amanda Depoian

Amanda Depoian
Graduate student

Husheng Guan

Husheng Guan
Graduate Student

Layla Kalhor

Layla Kalhor
Exchange Student

Sayan Ghosh

Sayan Ghosh
Postdoctoral Researcher

Lingqiang He

Lingqiang He
Graduate Student

Abby Hickin

Abby Hickin
Masters Student

Shengchao Li

Shengchao Li
Postdoctoral Researcher

Jared Newton

Jared Newton
Graduate Student

Pravin Manhendran

Pravin Manhendran
Undergraduate Student

Bahaa Elshimy

Bahaa Elshimy
Undergraduate student

Juehang Qin

Juehang Qin
Graduate student

Neha Sunil

Neha Sunil
Undergraduate Student

Riya Singh

Riya Singh
Graduate student

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The Universe is governed by unseen matter. It is on us to take up this challenge: Time to be curious.