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Model Independent Form Factors for Spin Independent Neutralino-Nucleon Scattering from Elastic Electron Scattering Data

Theoretical calculations of neutralino-nucleon interaction rates with various nuclei are of great interest to direct dark matter searches such as CDMS, EDELWEISS, ZEPLIN, and other experiments since they are used to establish upper bounds…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-10-27 Gintaras Duda , Ann Kemper , Paolo Gondolo

The CRESST-II Experiment

The CRESST-II experiment is introduced. It uses scintillating crystals as a target to search for elastic scatterings of dark matter particles. The detectors are operated in a dilution cryostat at temperatures below 30mK, and for each…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-02 Rafael F. Lang

Preliminary Limits on the WIMP-Nucleon Cross Section from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS)

We are conducting an experiment to search for WIMPs, or weakly-interacting massive particles, in the galactic halo using terrestrial detectors. This generic class of hypothetical particles, whose properties are similar to those predicted by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 DS Akerib , PD Barnes , DA Bauer , PL Brink , B Cabrera , DO Caldwell , RM Clarke , A Da Silva , AK Davies , BL Dougherty , KD Irwin , RJ Gaitskell , SR Golwala , EE Haller , J Jochum , WB Knowlton , V Kuzminov , SW Nam , V Novikov , MJ Penn , TA Perera , RR Ross , B Sadoulet , RW Schnee , T Shutt , A Smith , AH Sonnenschein , AL Spadafora , WK Stockwell , S Yellin , BA Young

Constraints on low-mass WIMPs from the EDELWEISS-III dark matter search

We present the results of a search for elastic scattering from galactic dark matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) in the 4-30 GeV/$c^2$ mass range. We make use of a 582 kg-day fiducial exposure from an array of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-10 EDELWEISS Collaboration , E. Armengaud , Q. Arnaud , C. Augier , A. Benoît , A. Benoît , L. Bergé , T. Bergmann , J. Billard , J. Blümer , T. de Boissière , G. Bres , A. Broniatowski , V. Brudanin , P. Camus , A. Cazes , M. Chapellier , F. Charlieux , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , D. Filosofov , N. Foerster , N. Fourches , G. Garde , J. Gascon , G. Gerbier , A. Giuliani , M. Grollier , M. Gros , L. Hehn , S. Hervé , G. Heuermann , V. Humbert , M. De Jésus , Y. Jin , S. Jokisch , A. Juillard , C. Kéfélian , M. Kleifges , V. Kozlov , H. Kraus , V. A. Kudryavtsev , H. Le-Sueur , J. Lin , M. Mancuso , S. Marnieros , A. Menshikov , X. -F. Navick , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , P. Pari , B. Paul , M. -C. Piro , D. V. Poda , E. Queguiner , M. Robinson , H. Rodenas , S. Rozov , V. Sanglard , B. Schmidt , S. Scorza , B. Siebenborn , D. Tcherniakhovski , L. Vagneron , M. Weber , E. Yakushev , X. Zhang

Constraints on Low-Mass WIMP Interactions on 19F from PICASSO

Recent results from the PICASSO dark matter search experiment at SNOLAB are reported. These results were obtained using a subset of 10 detectors with a total target mass of 0.72 kg of 19F and an exposure of 114 kgd. The low backgrounds in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-11-07 The PICASSO Collaboration , S. Archambault , E. Behnke , P. Bhattacharjee , S. Bhattacharya , X. Dai , M. Das , A. Davour , F. Debris , N. Dhungana , J. Farine , S. Gagnebin , G. Giroux , E. Grace , C. M. Jackson , A. Kamaha , C. Krauss , S. Kumaratunga , M. Lafrenière , M. Laurin , I. Lawson , L. Lessard , I. Levine , C. Levy , R. P. MacDonald , D. Marlisov , J. -P. Martin , P. Mitra , A. J. Noble , M. -C. Piro , R. Podviyanuk , S. Pospisil , S. Saha , O. Scallon , S. Seth , N. Starinski , I. Stekl , U. Wichoski , T. Xie , V. Zacek

Silicon Detector Dark Matter Results from the Final Exposure of CDMS II

We report results of a search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPS) with the silicon detectors of the CDMS II experiment. This blind analysis of 140.2 kg-days of data taken between July 2007 and September 2008 revealed three…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-10-15 CDMS Collaboration , R. Agnese , Z. Ahmed , A. J. Anderson , S. Arrenberg , D. Balakishiyeva , R. Basu Thakur , D. A. Bauer , J. Billard , A. Borgland , D. Brandt , P. L. Brink , T. Bruch , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , D. G. Cerdeno , H. Chagani , J. Cooley , B. Cornell , C. H. Crewdson , P. Cushman , M. Daal , F. Dejongh , E. Do Couto E Silva , T. Doughty , L. Esteban , S. Fallows , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , J. Filippini , J. Fox , M. Fritts , G. L. Godfrey , S. R. Golwala , J. Hall , R. H. Harris , S. A. Hertel , T. Hofer , D. Holmgren , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , A. Jastram , O. Kamaev , B. Kara , M. H. Kelsey , A. Kennedy , P. Kim , M. Kiveni , K. Koch , M. Kos , S. W. Leman , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , C. Martinez , K. A. McCarthy , N. Mirabolfathi , R. A. Moffatt , D. C. Moore , P. Nadeau , R. H. Nelson , K. Page , R. Partridge , M. Pepin , A. Phipps , K. Prasad , M. Pyle , H. Qiu , W. Rau , P. Redl , A. Reisetter , Y. Ricci , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , K. Schneck , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , B. Serfass , B. Shank , D. Speller , K. M. Sundqvist , A. N. Villano , B. Welliver , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , J. J. Yen , J. Yoo , B. A. Young , J. Zhang

Nuclear proton and neutron distributions in the detection of weak interacting massive particles

In the evaluation of weak interacting massive particles (WIMPs) detection rates, the WIMP-nucleus cross section is commonly described by using form factors extracted from charge distributions. In this work, we use different proton and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-11-09 G. Co' , V. De Donno , M. Anguiano , A. M. Lallena

Direct constraints on charged excitations of dark matter

If the neutral component of weak-scale dark matter is accompanied by a charged excitation separated by a mass gap of less than ~20 MeV, WIMPs can form stable bound states with nuclei. We show that the recent progress in experiments…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-01-15 Haipeng An , Maxim Pospelov , Josef Pradler

Directionality of nuclear recoils in a liquid argon time projection chamber

The direct search for dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) is performed by detecting nuclear recoils (NR) produced in a target material from the WIMP elastic scattering. A promising experimental strategy…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-01-12 20k Collaboration , P. Agnes , I. Ahmad , S. Albergo , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , P. Amaudruz , M. Atzori Corona , M. Ave , I. Ch. Avetisov , O. Azzolini , H. O. Back , Z. Balmforth , A. Barrado-Olmedo , P. Barrillon , A. Basco , G. Batignani , V. Bocci , W. M. Bonivento , B. Bottino , M. G. Boulay , J. Busto , M. Cadeddu , A. Caminata , N. Canci , G. Cappello , A. Capra , S. Caprioli , M. Caravati , N. Cargioli , M. Carlini , P. Castello , V. Cataudella , P. Cavalcante , S. Cavuoti , S. Cebrian , J. M. Cela Ruiz , S. Chashin , A. Chepurnov , E. Chyhyrynets , L. Cifarelli , D. Cintas , M. Citterio , B. Cleveland , V. Cocco , E. Conde Vilda , L. Consiglio , S. Copello , G. Covone , M. Czubak , M. D'Aniello , S. D'Auria , M. D. Da Rocha Rolo , S. Davini , A. de Candia , S. De Cecco , D. De Gruttola , G. De Filippis , D. Dell'Aquila , S. De Pasquale , G. De Rosa , G. Dellacasa , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Capua , L. Di Noto , C. Dionisi , P. Di Stefano , G. Dolganov , F. Dordei , A. Elersich , E. Ellingwood , T. Erjavec , M. Fernandez Diaz , G. Fiorillo , P. Franchini , D. Franco , N. Funicello , F. Gabriele , D. Gahan , C. Galbiati , G. Gallina , G. Gallus , M. Garbini , P. Garcia Abia , A. Gendotti , C. Ghiano , C. Giganti , G. K. Giovanetti , V. Goicoechea Casanueva , A. Gola , G. Grauso , G. Grilli di Cortona , A. Grobov , M. Gromov , M. Guan , M. Guerzoni , M. Gulino , C. Guo , B. R. Hackett , A. L. Hallin , A. Hamer , M. Haranczyk , T. Hessel , S. Hill , S. Horikawa , F. Hubaut , J. Hucker , T. Hugues , An. Ianni , V. Ippolito , C. Jillings , S. Jois , P. Kachru , N. Kemmerich , A. A. Kemp , C. L. Kendziora , M. Kimura , I. Kochanek , K. Kondo , G. Korga , S. Koulosousas , A. Kubankin , M. Kuss , M. Kuzniak , M. La Commara , M. Lai , E. Le Guirriec , E. Leason , A. Leoni , X. Li , L. Lidey , M. Lissia , L. Luzzi , O. Lychagina , O. Macfadyen , I. N. Machulin , S. Manecki , I. Manthos , L. Mapelli , A. Margotti , S. M. Marik , C. Mariani , J. Maricic , A. Marini , M. Martínez , C. J. Martoff , G. Matteucci , K. Mavrokoridis , A. B. McDonald , A. Messina , R. Milincic , A. Mitra , A. Moharana , J. Monroe , E. Moretti , M. Morrocchi , T. Mróz , V. N. Muratova , C. Muscas , P. Musico , R. Nania , M. Nessi , G. Nieradka , K. Nikolopoulos , J. Nowak , K. Olchansky , A. Oleinik , V. Oleynikov , P. Organtini , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , G. Paternoster , P. A. Pegoraro , K. Pelczar , V. Pesudo , S. Piacentini , N. Pino , A. Pocar , D. M. Poehlmann , S. Pordes , P. Pralavorio , D. Price , F. Ragusa , Y. Ramachers , M. Razeti , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , F. Retiere , L. P. Rignanese , C. Ripoli , A. Rivetti , A. Roberts , C. Roberts , J. Rode , G. Rogers , L. Romero , M. Rossi , A. Rubbia , M. A. Sabia , P. Salomone , E. Sandford , S. Sanfilippo , D. Santone , R. Santorelli , C. Savarese , E. Scapparone , G. Schillaci , F. G. Schuckman , G. Scioli , M. Simeone , P. Skensved , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , T. Smirnova , B. Smith , A. Sosa , F. Spadoni , M. Spangenberg , R. Stefanizzi , A. Steri , V. Stornelli , S. Stracka , M. Stringer , S. Sulis , A. Sung , Y. Suvorov , A. M. Szelc , R. Tartaglia , A. Taylor , J. Taylor , S. Tedesco , G. Testera , K. Thieme , T. N. Thorpe , A. Tonazzo , A. Tricomi , E. V. Unzhakov , T. Vallivilayil John , M. Van Uffelen , T. Viant , S. Viel , R. B. Vogelaar , J. Vossebeld , M. Wada , M. B. Walczak , H. Wang , Y. Wang , S. Westerdale , L. Williams , I. Wingerter-Seez , R. Wojaczynski , Ma. M. Wojcik , T. Wright , Y. Xie , C. Yang , A. Zabihi , P. Zakhary , A. Zani , A. Zichichi , G. Zuzel , M. P. Zykova

First Results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search in the Soudan Underground Lab

We report the first results from a search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) in the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) experiment at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. Four Ge and two Si detectors were operated for 52.6 live…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 CDMS Collaboration

New Limits on Dark Matter from Super-Kamiokande

The signals observed at the direct detection experiments DAMA, CoGeNT and CRESST could be explained by light WIMPs with sizeable spin-independent cross sections with nucleons. The capture and subsequent annihilation of such particles in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-06-21 Rolf Kappl , Martin Wolfgang Winkler

First Dark Matter Results from the XENON100 Experiment

The XENON100 experiment, in operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, is designed to search for dark matter WIMPs scattering off 62 kg of liquid xenon in an ultra-low background dual-phase time projection chamber. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-03 The XENON100 Collaboration , E. Aprile , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , A. Askin , L. Baudis , A. Behrens , E. Brown , J. M. R. Cardoso , B. Choi , D. B. Cline , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , K. -L. Giboni , K. Hugenberg , A. Kish , C. W. Lam , J. Lamblin , R. F. Lang , K. E. Lim , J. A. M. Lopes , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , Y. Mei , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , G. Plante , A. C. C. Ribeiro , R. Santorelli , J. M. F. dos Santos , M. Schumann , P. Shagin , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , E. Tziaferi , H. Wang , C. Weinheimer

Projected WIMP sensitivity of the CDEX-50 dark matter experiment

CDEX-50 is a next-generation project of the China Dark Matter Experiment (CDEX) that aims to search for dark matter using a 50-kg germanium detector array. This paper comprises a thorough summary of the CDEX-50 dark matter experiment,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-08-08 X. P. Geng , L. T. Yang , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , Y. J. Li , H. P. An , Greeshma C. , J. P. Chang , Y. H. Chen , J. P. Cheng , W. H. Dai , Z. Deng , C. H. Fang , H. Gong , Q. J. Guo , T. Guo , X. Y. Guo , L. He , S. M. He , J. W. Hu , H. X. Huang , T. C. Huang , L. Jiang , S. Karmakar , H. B. Li , H. Y. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , Q. Y. Li , R. M. J. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. L. Li , Y. F. Liang , B. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. T. Lin , J. X. Liu , S. K. Liu , Y. D. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. Y. Liu , H. Ma , Y. C. Mao , Q. Y. Nie , J. H. Ning , H. Pan , N. C. Qi , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , M. K. Singh , T. X. Sun , C. J. Tang , Y. Tian , G. F. Wang , J. Z. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Y. X. Wang , H. T. Wong , S. Y. Wu , Y. C. Wu , H. Y. Xing , R. Xu , Y. Xu , T. Xue , Y. L. Yan , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. J. Yu , J. F. Yue , M. Zeng , Z. Zeng , B. T. Zhang , F. S. Zhang , L. Zhang , Z. H. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , J. Z. Zhao , K. K. Zhao , M. G. Zhao , J. F. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu

Dark Matter Results from 225 Live Days of XENON100 Data

We report on a search for particle dark matter with the XENON100 experiment, operated at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) for 13 months during 2011 and 2012. XENON100 features an ultra-low electromagnetic background of (5.3…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-21 XENON100 Collaboration , E. Aprile , M. Alfonsi , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , C. Balan , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , A. Behrens , P. Beltrame , K. Bokeloh , E. Brown , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , J. M. R. Cardoso , W. -T. Chen , B. Choi , D. Cline , A. P. Colijn , H. Contreras , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , E. Duchovni , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , W. Fulgione , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Ghag , K. -L. Giboni , L. W. Goetzke , C. Grignon , E. Gross , W. Hampel , F. Kaether , H. Kettling , A. Kish , J. Lamblin , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , M. Le Calloch , C. Levy , K. E. Lim , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , K. Lung , T. Marrodan Undagoitia , F. V. Massoli , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , Y. Meng , A. Molinario , E. Nativ , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , R. Persiani , G. Plante , N. Priel , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , P. R. Scovell , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , O. Vitells , H. Wang , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer

Results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment uses low-temperature solid-state detectors to seek Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) and has the world's best exclusion limit on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross section. The…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Oleg Kamaev

Peaked Signals from Dark Matter Velocity Structures in Direct Detection Experiments

In direct dark matter detection experiments, conventional elastic scattering of WIMPs results in exponentially falling recoil spectra. In contrast, theories of WIMPs with excited states can lead to nuclear recoil spectra that peak at finite…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-20 Rafael F. Lang , Neal Weiner

Present and projected sensitivities of Dark Matter direct detection experiments to effective WIMP-nucleus couplings

Assuming for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) a Maxwellian velocity distribution in the Galaxy we explore in a systematic way the relative sensitivity of an extensive set of existing and projected Dark Matter (DM) direct…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-03-01 Sunghyun Kang , Stefano Scopel , Gaurav Tomar , Jong-Hyun Yoon

Liquid xenon scintillation measurements and pulse shape discrimination in the LUX dark matter detector

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are a leading candidate for dark matter and are expected to produce nuclear recoil (NR) events within liquid xenon time-projection chambers. We present a measurement of the scintillation timing…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-06-20 The LUX Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , E. M. Boulton , P. Brás , D. Byram , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , T. J. R. Davison , A. Dobi , E. Druszkiewicz , B. N. Edwards , S. R. Fallon , A. Fan , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , M. G. D. Gilchriese , C. R. Hall , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , D. P. Hogan , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , W. Ji , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , R. Knoche , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , J. Liao , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , D. M. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , K. O'Sullivan , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , E. K. Pease , C. Rhyne , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , W. H. To , M. Tripathi , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , S. Uvarov , V. Velan , J. R. Verbus , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , J. Xu , K. Yazdani , S. K. Young , C. Zhang

Axion searches with the EDELWEISS-II experiment

We present new constraints on the couplings of axions and more generic axion-like particles using data from the EDELWEISS-II experiment. The EDELWEISS experiment, located at the Underground Laboratory of Modane, primarily aims at the direct…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-01 E. Armengaud , Q. Arnaud , C. Augier , A. Benoit , A. Benoit , L. Bergé , T. Bergmann , J. Blümer , A. Broniatowski , V. Brudanin , P. Camus , A. Cazes , B. Censier , M. Chapellier , F. Charlieux , F. Couëdo , P. Coulter , G. A. Cox , T. de Boissière , M. De Jesus , Y. Dolgorouky , A. A. Drillien , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , D. Filosofov , N. Fourches , J. Gascon , G. Gerbier , M. Gros , L. Hehn , S. Henry , S. Hervé , G. Heuermann , N. Holtzer , V. Humbert , A. Juillard , C. Kéfélian , M. Kleifges , H. Kluck , V. Kozlov , H. Kraus , V. A. Kudryavtsev , H. Le Sueur , M. Mancuso , C. Marrache-Kikuchi , S. Marnieros , A. Menshikov , X-F. Navick , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , P. Pari , B. Paul , M. C. Piro , O. Rigaut , M. Robinson , S. Rozov , V. Sanglard , B. Schmidt , B. Siebenborn , D. Tcherniakhovski , M. Tenconi , L. Vagneron , R. J. Walker , M. Weber , E. Yakushev , X. Zhang

Analysis strategies for general spin-independent WIMP-nucleus scattering

We propose a formalism for the analysis of direct-detection dark-matter searches that covers all coherent responses for scalar and vector interactions and incorporates QCD constraints imposed by chiral symmetry, including all one- and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-14 Martin Hoferichter , Philipp Klos , Javier Menéndez , Achim Schwenk