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Projected WIMP sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a next generation dark matter direct detection experiment that will operate 4850 feet underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, South Dakota, USA. Using a two-phase xenon detector with an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-19 D. S. Akerib , C. W. Akerlof , S. K. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , M. Arthurs , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , D. Bauer , J. Belle , P. Beltrame , T. Benson , E. P. Bernard , T. P. Biesiadzinski , K. E. Boast , B. Boxer , P. Brás , J. H. Buckley , V. V. Bugaev , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , C. Carels , D. L. Carlsmith , B. Carlson , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , J. J. Cherwinka , A. Cole , A. Cottle , W. W. Craddock , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , C. E. Dahl , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , T. K. Edberg , W. R. Edwards , A. Fan , S. Fayer , S. Fiorucci , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , M. G. D. Gilchriese , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. R. Hall , S. Hans , K. Hanzel , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , S. Hillbrand , C. Hjemfelt , M. D. Hoff , J. Y-K. Hor , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , W. Ji , A. C. Kaboth , K. Kamdin , J. Keefner , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , Y. D. Kim , C. D. Kocher , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , H. J. Krebs , L. Kreczko , B. Krikler , V. A. Kudryavtsev , S. Kyre , J. Lee , B. G. Lenardo , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Li , J. Liao , F. -T. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , X. Liu , M. I. Lopes , B. López Paredes , W. Lorenzon , S. Luitz , J. M. Lyle , P. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , C. Maupin , D. N. McKinsey , Y. Meng , E. H. Miller , J. Mock , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , A. St. J. Murphy , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , J. Nikoleyczik , K. O'Sullivan , I. Olcina , M. A. Olevitch , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , S. J. Patton , E. K. Pease , B. Penning , A. Piepke , S. Powell , R. M. Preece , K. Pushkin , B. N. Ratcliff , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , A. Richards , J. P. Rodrigues , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , J. S. Saba , M. Sarychev , R. W. Schnee , M. Schubnell , P. R. Scovell , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , K. Skarpaas , W. Skulski , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , I. Stancu , M. R. Stark , T. M. Stiegler , K. Stifter , M. Szydagis , W. C. Taylor , R. Taylor , D. J. Taylor , D. Temples , P. A. Terman , K. J. Thomas , M. Timalsina , W. H. To , A. Tomás , T. E. Tope , M. Tripathi , C. E. Tull , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , J. Va'vra , A. Vacheret , J. R. Verbus , E. Voirin , W. L. Waldron , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , D. T. White , T. J. Whitis , W. J. Wisniewski , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , S. D. Worm , M. Yeh , J. Yin , I. Young

Aspects of spin-dependent dark matter search

The Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) is the main candidate for the relic dark matter. A set of exclusion curves currently obtained for cross sections of the spin-dependent WIMP-proton and WIMP-neutron interaction is given. A…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 V. A. Bednyakov

Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross-sections from the XENON10 experiment

XENON10 is an experiment to directly detect weakly interacting massive particle (WIMPs), which may comprise the bulk of the non-baryonic dark matter in our Universe. We report new results for spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon interactions with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 J. Angle , E. Aprile , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , A. Bernstein , A. Bolozdynya , P. Brusov , L. C. C. Coelho , C. E. Dahl , L. DeViveiros , A. D. Ferella , L. M. P. Fernandes , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , K. L. Giboni , R. Gomez , R. Hasty , L. Kastens , J. Kwong , J. A. M. Lopes , N. Madden , A. Manalaysay , A. Manzur , D. N. McKinsey , M. E. Monzani , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , J. Orboeck , G. Plante , R. Santorelli , J. M. F. dos Santos , P. Shagin , T. Shutt , P. Sorensen , S. Schulte , C. Winant , M. Yamashita

New Measurement of the Relative Scintillation Efficiency of Xenon Nuclear Recoils Below 10 keV

Liquid xenon is an important detection medium in direct dark matter experiments, which search for low-energy nuclear recoils produced by the elastic scattering of WIMPs with quarks. The two existing measurements of the relative…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-19 E. Aprile , L. Baudis , B. Choi , K. L. Giboni , K. E. Lim , A. Manalaysay , M. E. Monzani , G. Plante , R. Santorelli , M. Yamashita

Determining the WIMP mass from a single direct detection experiment, a more detailed study

The energy spectrum of nuclear recoils in Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) direct detection experiments depends on the underlying WIMP mass. We study how the accuracy with which the WIMP mass could be determined by a single direct…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Anne M. Green

Probing the Scalar WIMP-Pion Coupling with the first LUX-ZEPLIN data

Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) may interact with a virtual pion that is exchanged between nucleons. This interaction channel is important to consider in models where the spin-independent isoscalar channel is suppressed. Using…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-09-17 J. Aalbers , D. S. Akerib , A. K. Al Musalhi , F. Alder , C. S. Amarasinghe , A. Ames , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , A. Baker , S. Balashov , J. Bang , E. E. Barillier , J. W. Bargemann , K. Beattie , T. Benson , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , E. J. Bishop , G. M. Blockinger , B. Boxer , C. A. J. Brew , P. Brás , S. Burdin , M. Buuck , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Carter , A. Chawla , H. Chen , J. J. Cherwinka , Y. T. Chin , N. I. Chott , M. V. Converse , A. Cottle , G. Cox , D. Curran , C. E. Dahl , A. David , J. Delgaudio , S. Dey , L. deViveiros , L. DiFelice , C. Ding , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , S. R. Eriksen , A. Fan , N. M. Fearon , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , E. D. Fraser , T. M. A. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , A. Geffre , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , R. Gibbons , S. Gokhale , J. Green , M. G. D. vanderGrinten , J. J. Haiston , C. R. Hall , S. Han , E. Hartigan-O'Connor , S. J. Haselschwardt , M. A. Hernandez , S. A. Hertel , G. Heuermann , G. J. Homenides , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , D. Hunt , E. Jacquet , R. S. James , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , M. Kannichankandy , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , I. Khurana , J. DKim , J. Kim , J. Kingston , R. Kirk , D. Kodroff , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , L. Kreczko , V. A. Kudryavtsev , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , M. I. Lopes , W. Lorenzon , C. Lu , S. Luitz , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , C. Maupin , M. E. McCarthy , G. McDowell , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , J. B. McLaughlin , R. McMonigle , E. H. Miller , E. Mizrachi , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. D. Morales Mendoza , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , M. Murdy , A. St. J. Murphy , A. Naylor , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , A. Nguyen , J. A. Nikoleyczik , I. Olcina , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , J. Orpwood , K. J. Palladino , J. Palmer , N. J. Pannifer , N. Parveen , S. J. Patton , B. Penning , G. Pereira , E. Perry , T. Pershing , A. Piepke , Y. Qie , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , H. S. Riyat , R. Rosero , T. Rushton , D. Rynders , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , S. Shaw , T. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , G. Sinev , J. Siniscalco , R. Smith , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Soria , I. Stancu , A. Stevens , K. Stifter , B. Suerfu , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , W. C. Taylor , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , Z. Tong , D. R. Tovey , J. Tranter , M. Trask , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , A. Vacheret , A. C. Vaitkus , O. Valentino , V. Velan , A. Wang , J. J. Wang , Y. Wang , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , L. Weeldreyer , T. J. Whitis , M. Williams , W. J. Wisniewski , F. L. H. Wolfs , S. Woodford , D. Woodward , C. J. Wright , Q. Xia , X. Xiang , J. Xu , M. Yeh , E. A. Zweig

Are direct search experiments sensitive to all spin-independent WIMP candidates?

The common analysis of direct searches for spin-independent Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) assumes that a spin-independent WIMP couples with the same strength with both nucleons, \textit{i.e.} that the spin-independent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Giuliani

Simulations of Events for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment

The LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter search aims to achieve a sensitivity to the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross-section down to (1--2)$\times10^{-12}$\,pb at a WIMP mass of 40 GeV/$c^2$. This paper describes the simulations framework that, along…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-25 ZEPLIN Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , C. W. Akerlof , A. Alqahtani , S. K. Alsum , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , X. Bai , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , J. Bang , D. Bauer , A. Baxter , J. Bensinger , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , K. E. Boast , B. Boxer , P. Brás , J. H. Buckley , V. V. Bugaev , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , R. Cabrita , C. Carels , D. L. Carlsmith , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Cascella , C. Chan , N. I. Chott , A. Cole , A. Cottle , J. E. Cutter , C. E. Dahl , L. de Viveiros , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , T. K. Edberg , S. R. Eriksen , A. Fan , S. Fayer , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , E. D. Fraser , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , E. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , S. Gokhale , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. R. Hall , A. Harrison , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , J. Y-K. Hor , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , O. Jahangir , W. Ji , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , I. Khurana , C. D. Kocher , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , J. Kras , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , L. Kreczko , B. Krikler , V. A. Kudryavtsev , E. A. Leason , J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Li , J. Liao , F. -T. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , R. Liu , X. Liu , C. Loniewski , M. I. Lopes , B. López Paredes , W. Lorenzon , S. Luitz , J. M. Lyle , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , L. Manenti , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , Y. Meng , E. H. Miller , E. Mizrachi , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , A. St. J. Murphy , D. Naim , A. Naylor , C. Nedlik , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikoleyczik , A. Nilima , I. Olcina , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , S. Pal , K. J. Palladino , J. Palmer , N. Parveen , E. K. Pease , B. Penning , G. Pereira , A. Piepke , K. Pushkin , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , A. Richards , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , G. Rutherford , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , M. Schubnell , P. R. Scovell , D. Seymour , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , R. Smith , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , I. Stancu , A. Stevens , K. Stifter , T. J. Sumner , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , M. Tan , W. C. Taylor , R. Taylor , D. J. Temples , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , A. Tomás , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , W. Turner , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , A. Vacheret , A. Vaitkus , J. J. Wang , W. Wang , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , R. G. White , T. J. Whitis , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , X. Xiang , J. Xu , M. Yeh , P. Zarzhitsky

First results of the EDELWEISS-II WIMP search using Ge cryogenic detectors with interleaved electrodes

The EDELWEISS-II collaboration has performed a direct search for WIMP dark matter with an array of ten 400 g heat-and-ionization cryogenic detectors equipped with interleaved electrodes for the rejection of near-surface events. Six months…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-30 E. Armengaud , C. Augier , A. Benoit , L. Berge , O. Besida , J. Blumer , A. Broniatowski , A. Chantelauze , M. Chapellier , G. Chardin , F. Charlieux , S. Collin , X. Defay , M. De Jesus , P. Di Stefano , Y. Dolgorouki , J. Domange , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , J. Gascon , G. Gerbier , M. Gros , M. Hannawald , S. Herve , A. Juillard , H. Kluck , V. Kozlov , R. Lemrani , P. Loaiza , A. Lubashevskiy , S. Marnieros , X-F. Navick , E. Olivieri , P. Pari , B. Paul , S. Rozov , V. Sanglard , S. Scorza , S. Semikh , A. S. Torrento-Coello , L. Vagneron , M-A. Verdier , E. Yakushev , the EDELWEISS Collaboration

Nuclear spin structure in dark matter search: The finite momentum transfer limit

Spin-dependent elastic scattering of weakly interacting massive dark matter particles (WIMP) off nuclei is reviewed. All available, within different nuclear models, structure functions S(q) for finite momentum transfer (q>0) are presented.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 V. A. Bednyakov , F. Simkovic

Limits on WIMP-nucleon interactions with CsI(Tl) crystal detectors

The Korea Invisible Mass Search(KIMS) experiment presents new limits on WIMP-nucleon cross section using the data from an exposure of 3409 kgd taken with low background CsI(Tl) crystals at Yangyang underground laboratory. The most stringent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-19 H. S. Lee , H. C. Bhang , J. H. Choi , H. Dao , I. S. Hahn , M. J. Hwang , S. W. Jung , W. G. Kang , D. W. Kim , H. J. Kim , S. C. Kim , S. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , J. W. Kwak , Y. J. Kwon , J. Lee , J. H. Lee , J. I. Lee , M. J. Lee , S. J. Lee , J. Li , X. Li , Y. J. Li , S. S. Myung , S. Ryu , J. H. So , Q. Yue , J. J. Zhu

Spin-Dependent Limits from the DRIFT-IId Directional Dark Matter Detector

Data are presented from the DRIFT-IId detector housed in the Boulby mine in northeast England. A 0.8 m^3 fiducial volume, containing partial pressures of 30 Torr CS2 and 10 Torr CF4, was exposed for a duration of 47.4 live-time days with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-19 E. Daw , J. R. Fox , J. -L. Gauvreau , C. Ghag , L. J. Harmon , M. Gold , E. Lee , D. Loomba , E. Miller , A. StJ. Murphy , S. M. Paling , J. M. Landers , M. Pipe , K. Pushkin , M. Robinson , D. P. Snowden-Ifft , N. J. C. Spooner , D. Walker

Improved Spin Dependent Limits from the PICASSO Dark Matter Search Experiment

The PICASSO experiment reports an improved limit for the existence of cold dark matter WIMPs interacting via spin-dependent interactions with nuclei. The experiment is installed in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory at a depth of 2070 m. With…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 The PICASSO Collaboration , M. Barnabe-Heider , E. Behnke , K. Clark , M. Di Marco , P. Doane , W. Feighery , M. -H. Genest , R. Gornea , R. Guenette , S. Kanagalingam , C. B. Krauss , C. Leroy , L. Lessard , I. Levine , J. -P. Martin , C. Muthusi , A. J. Noble , R. Noulty , U. Wichoski , V. Zacek

On the spin-dependent sensitivity of XENON100

The latest XENON100 data severely constrains dark matter elastic scattering off nuclei, leading to impressive upper limits on the spin-independent cross-section. The main goal of this paper is to stress that the same data set has also an…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-03-13 Mathias Garny , Alejandro Ibarra , Miguel Pato , Stefan Vogl

First Results from the XENON10 Dark Matter Experiment at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory

The XENON10 experiment at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory uses a 15 kg xenon dual phase time projection chamber (XeTPC) to search for dark matter weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). The detector measures simultaneously the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 J. Angle , E. Aprile , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , A. Bernstein , A. Bolozdynya , P. Brusov , L. C. C. Coelho , C. E. Dahl , L. DeViveiros , A. D. Ferella , L. M. P. Fernandes , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , K. L. Giboni , R. Gomez , R. Hasty , L. Kastens , J. Kwong , J. A. M. Lopes , N. Madden , A. Manalaysay , A. Manzur , D. N. McKinsey , M. E. Monzani , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , J. Orboeck , G. Plante , R. Santorelli , J. M. F. dos Santos , P. Shagin , T. Shutt , P. Sorensen , S. Schulte , C. Winant , M. Yamashita

Limits on WIMP cross-sections from the NAIAD experiment at the Boulby Underground Laboratory

The NAIAD experiment (NaI Advanced Detector) for WIMP dark matter searches at the Boulby Underground Laboratory (North Yorkshire, UK) ran from 2000 until 2003. A total of 44.9 kg x years of data collected with 2 encapsulated and 4…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 The UK Dark Matter Collaboration

The Phase of the Annual Modulation as a Tool for Determining the WIMP Mass

The count rate of Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter candidates in direct detection experiments experiences an annual modulation due to the Earth's motion around the Sun. In the standard isothermal halo model, the signal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Matthew J. Lewis , Katherine Freese

The XENON Dark Matter Experiment

The XENON experiment aims at the direct detection of dark matter in the form of WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) via their elastic scattering off Xenon nuclei. With a fiducial mass of 1000 kg of liquid xenon, a sufficiently low…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 XENON Collaboration , Elena Aprile

Dark matter spin determination with directional direct detection experiments

If the dark matter particle has spin 0, only two types of WIMP-nucleon interaction can arise from the non-relativistic reduction of renormalisable single-mediator models for dark matter-quark interactions. Based on this crucial observation,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-01-17 Riccardo Catena , Jan Conrad , Christian Döring , Alfredo Davide Ferella , Martin B. Krauss

Dark Matter Results from First 98.7-day Data of PandaX-II Experiment

We report the WIMP dark matter search results using the first physics-run data of the PandaX-II 500 kg liquid xenon dual-phase time-projection chamber, operating at the China JinPing Underground Laboratory. No dark matter candidate is…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-09-21 II Collaboration , Andi Tan , Mengjiao Xiao , Xiangyi Cui , Xun Chen , Yunhua Chen , Deqing Fang , Changbo Fu , Karl Giboni , Franco Giuliani , Haowei Gong , Shouyang Hu , Xingtao Huang , Xiangdong Ji , Yonglin Ju , Siao Lei , Shaoli Li , Xiaomei Li , Xinglong Li , Hao Liang , Qing Lin , Huaxuan Liu , Jianglai Liu , Wolfgang Lorenzon , Yugang Ma , Yajun Mao , Kaixuan Ni , Xiangxiang Ren , Michael Schubnell , Manbin Shen , Fang Shi , Hongwei Wang , Jiming Wang , Meng Wang , Qiuhong Wang , Siguang Wang , Xuming Wang , Zhou Wang , Shiyong Wu , Xiang Xiao , Pengwei Xie , Binbin Yan , Yong Yang , Jianfeng Yue , Xionghui Zeng , Hongguang Zhang , Hua Zhang , Huanqiao Zhang , Tao Zhang , Li Zhao , Jing Zhou , Ning Zhou , Xiaopeng Zhou