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I know a number of serious dark matter experimentalist. They’re really talented scientists. It is amazing the progress they’ve made in increasing the sensitivity of DM detection experiments, especially those based on Noble gases like Xenon. fabulous work. But they have no result
The common wisdom for why the physics Nobel committee never recognized Vera Rubin for discovering dark matter was that this was such an outlandish proposition that it had to be confirmed by laboratory detection. That may not have been the only reason, but that was part of it.
So am I unique in finding it odd that the AAS is giving an award to a physicist for NOT detecting dark matter in one of these experiments? Experimental progress is phenomenal, but when did we go from failing to recognize a major result to rewarding null results? got lots o’ those
