The Bright Future of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay and Dark Matter Searches At SNOLAB

Szymon Manecki
SNOLAB

Abstract

Our World is a wealthy mine of fundamental properties waiting to be explored. Two of the most intriguing mysteries are the dominance of matter over anti-matter, as well as the nature of dark matter in the Universe. Canada, with SNOLAB and its partners are at the forefront of making these discoveries in the upcoming decades. The SNO+ experiment is soon going to begin the search for neutrinoless double beta decay, known as one of the most promising probes to study the matter asymmetry in the Universe. ARGO on the other hand, is a concept for a future large-scale liquid-argon detector. In exploring the unknown nature of dark matter, ARGO will search for its possible direct interactions with ordinary matter with unprecedented sensitivity.

In this colloquium, I will present the status, development and prospects for these two projects. I will also highlight their competitiveness and complementarity in the field.