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collider

British  
/ kəˈlaɪdə /

noun

  1. physics a particle accelerator in which beams of particles are made to collide

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Possible approaches include direct searches using particle colliders or scattering experiments, as well as indirect detection through astronomical observations.

From Science Daily

In 2022, Mahapatra co-authored another study examining multiple approaches to finding a WIMP, including direct detection, indirect detection and collider searches.

From Science Daily

By using the molecular environment as a microscopic stand-in for a particle collider, they confined the radium atom's electrons and increased the likelihood that some would briefly pass through the nucleus.

From Science Daily

But so far, none of them have collided with dark matter, said Dr. Abigail Kopec, an Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, who works with the collider’s data.

From Salon

In its ability to blast out massive new particles, it should rival a more conventional proton collider running at an energy 10 times as high.

From Science Magazine