Laser Experiment Could Expose Dark Matter Particles
Long tubes, strong magnets, and bright lasers. Is that all it takes to entice the shyest particles in the universe to reveal themselves?First Full-Color Images From Webb Space TelescopePhysicists working on the ALPS II experiment certainly hope so, as they kicked off their search for axionic (or axion-like) dark matter on Tuesday, May 23. ALPS (Any Light Particle Search) is a 820-foot experiment at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, or DESY.ALPS II is looking for elementary particles that have as of yet eluded human…