Welcome to the DEAP-Carleton home page

The Dark Matter Experiment with Argon Pulse shape discrimination (DEAP) involves using a liquid argon scintillation counter designed for low background, low energy threshold detection of nuclear recoil events consistent with WIMP dark matter.  More than 85% of the mass in the universe consists of dark matter.  Directly detecting dark matter particles would be one of the most exciting discoveries of recent times.

For more information, please visit our experiment's web page: DEAP-3600

If you would like to work with our group, please visit our department's page for future graduate students or contact Professors Mark Boulay and Simon Viel.