Dark Matter Day!

The LUX/LZ and LIGO groups at Penn State team up to celebrate Dark Matter Day! Physics students and postdocs host an information booth to explore the science of dark matter and the experiments looking for it!

DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK!

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(Thank you to Emily Grace, Ryan Magee, Jacob McLaughlin, Nick Fassino and Corey Herr for preparing the booth and teaching the students about dark matter!)

Dark Matter Day information booth at the HUB - Corey Herr and Nick Fassino (physics undergrads) hosting the booth and "baiting" students with chocolate (dark, obviously!).

Dark Matter Day information booth at the HUB - Corey Herr explaining to undergrads the mysteries of dark matter and the intricacies of the LZ experiment!

LZ Technical Collaboration Meeting at Fermilab

Prof. Luiz de Viveiros is out on Fermilab for the LZ Technical Collaboration Meeting!   The meeting is focused on technical reviews of the various subsystems for the LZ Dark Matter experiment, to make sure everything is on track for an early 2020 start date!