"Development of a Novel, Direction-Sensitive, Dark Matter Detector"

Steve Ahlen, Boston University

Abstract - Physicists from Boston University, Brandeis University and 
MIT are developing a low-cost time projection chamber with optical 
readout for use as a dark matter detector. The device will be able to 
identify dark matter particles through nuclear recoils, and also has 
the potential to determine the direction of the dark matter "wind." 
Progress and plans for the project will be presented.