SuperCDMS is shown while installation was in progress. Installation was completed late last year, except for the shielding. In the foreground is the end of a cylindrical vessel, the E-tank, which is the interface between the detector readout cables and the room-temperature electronics that digitize the detector signals. The yellow platform surrounds the SNOBOX cryostat houses the detectors, and the pink plastic is covering the cylindrical shielding around the SNOBOX. The white gantry crane overhead is used for installation of heavy items. Credit: Lauren Hsu
The SuperCDMS SNOLAB dark matter experiment completed installation and initial cool down underground at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Canada. SuperCDMS SNOLAB is now preparing to start commissioning and data taking, with the target of detecting light dark matter candidates. Fermilab led the design and fabrication of the SuperCDMS SNOLAB cryogenic system, the warm electronics and associated infrastructure, and the calibration system.
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