GAPS

The General AntiParticle Spectrometer (GAPS) is a proposed balloon-borne experiment to search for signatures of dark matter annihilations in the cosmic rays. GAPS will carry out a highly sensitive search for anti-deuterons in the energy range below 1 GeV - these particles would be a signature for annihilating supersymmetric (SUSY) dark matter. GAPS is proposed for a long-duraction balloon flight in Antarctica. A prototype experiment is currently being constructed for launch in Fall 2011.

Icarus

Study of solar and atmospheric neutrinos with the ICARUS 600 ton detector.

ZEPLIN

The ZEPLIN project aims to detect dark matter using a technique which uses liquid Xenon (Xe). The project makes use of two-phase Xe detector to record the recoil interactions of Weak Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). On the right is shown a conceptual drawing for the ZEPLIN II detector to be located in the Boulby Mine, near Sheffield, England. This detector is being constructed by a collaboration of institutions of which UCLA is a leading member.