How does Incandela's work inform searches for dark matter?
The experiments I've been involved with at the LHC, which search for new particles and phenomena, are directly relevant to the search for dark matter. While we haven't directly detected dark matter particles yet, the rigorous methods we employ to search for missing energy and unexpected particle interactions can constrain theoretical models of dark matter. Our discoveries or non-discoveries at high energies help narrow down the possibilities for what dark matter might be.
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