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Readout technologies for directional WIMP Dark Matter detection

The measurement of the direction of WIMP-induced nuclear recoils is a compelling but technologically challenging strategy to provide an unambiguous signature of the detection of Galactic dark matter. Most directional detectors aim to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-11-18 J. B. R. Battat , I. G. Irastorza , A. Aleksandrov , M. Ali Guler , T. Asada , E. Baracchini , J. Billard , G. Bosson , O. Bourrion , J. Bouvier , A. Buonaura , K. Burdge , S. Cebrian , P. Colas , L. Consiglio , T. Dafni , N. D'Ambrosio , C. Deaconu , G. De Lellis , T. Descombes , A. Di Crescenzo , N. Di Marco , G. Druitt , R. Eggleston , E. Ferrer-Ribas , T. Fusayasu , J. Galan , G. Galati , J. A. Garcia , J. G. Garza , V. Gentile , M. Garcia-Sciveres , Y. Giomataris , N. Guerrero , O. Guillaudin , J. Harton , T. Hashimoto , M. T. Hedges , F. Iguaz , T. Ikeda , I. Jaegle , J. A. Kadyk , T. Katsuragawa , S. Komura , H. Kubo , K. Kuge , J. Lamblin , A. Lauria , E. R. Lee , P. Lewis , M. Leyton , D. Loomba , J. P. Lopez , G. Luzon , F. Mayet , H. Mirallas , K. Miuchi , T. Mizumoto , Y. Mizumura , P. Monacelli , J. Monroe , M. C. Montesi , T. Naka , K. Nakamura , H. Nishimura , A. Ochi , T. Papevangelou , J. D. Parker , N. S. Phan , F. Pupilli , J. P. Richer , Q. Riffard , G. Rosa , D. Santos , T. Sawano , H. Sekiya , I. S. Seong , D. P. Snowden-Ifft , N. J. C. Spooner , A. Sugiyama , R. Taishaku , A. Takada , A. Takeda , M. Tanaka , T. Tanimori , T. N. Thorpe , V. Tioukov , H. Tomita , A. Umemoto , S. E. Vahsen , Y. Yamaguchi , M. Yoshimoto , E. Zayas

Direct Dark Matter Searches with CDMS and XENON

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) and XENON experiments aim to directly detect dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) via their elastic scattering on the target nuclei. The experiments use different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kaixuan Ni , Laura Baudis

Dark Matter searches in Dwarf Galaxies with the Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory

Dark matter is thought to make up most of the matter density of the Universe, yet its true nature remains uncertain. Among dark matter theories, Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are a prominent candidate for dark matter because…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-20 Micael Andrade , Aion Viana

Discovery potential for directional Dark Matter detection with nuclear emulsions

Direct Dark Matter searches are nowadays one of the most fervid research topics with many experimental efforts devoted to the search for nuclear recoils induced by the scattering of Weakly Interactive Massive Particles (WIMPs). Detectors…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-15 N. Agafonova , A. Aleksandrov , A. Anokhina , T. Asada , V. V. Ashikhmin , I. Bodnarchuk , A. Buonaura , M. Chernyavskii , A. Chukanov , N. D'Ambrosio , G. De Lellis , A. Di Crescenzo , N. Di Marco , S. Dmitrievski , R. I. Enikeev , R. A. Fini , G. Galati , V. Gentile , S. Gorbunov , Y. Gornushkin , A. M. Guler , H. Ichiki , T. Katsuragawa , N. Konovalova , K. Kuge , A. Lauria , K. Y. Lee , L. Lista , A. S. Malgin , A. Managadze , P. Monacelli , M. C. Montesi , T. Naka , N. Okateva , B. D. Park , D. Podgrudkov , N. Polukhina , F. Pupilli , T. Roganova , A. Rogozhnikov , G. Rosa , O. G. Ryazhskaya , O. Sato , I. R. Shakiryanova , T. Shchedrina , C. Sirignano , J. Y. Sohn , A. Sotnikov , N. Starkov , P. Strolin , V. Tioukov , A. Umemoto , A. Ustyuzhanin , C. S. Yoon , M. Yoshimoto , S. Vasina

Particle Dark Matter and its Detection

The status and prospects of the experimental efforts in the detection of Particle Dark Matter is reviewed. Emphasis is put in the direct searches for WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles), outlining the various strategies and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Angel Morales

Probing low-mass WIMP candidates of dark matter with tetrafluoroethane superheated liquid detectors

Probing low mass (sub-GeV -- few GeV) Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) candidates of dark matter through WIMP-induced nuclear recoils in direct detection experiments requires use of detector materials consisting of low mass target…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-05-13 Susnata Seth , Sunita Sahoo , Pijushpani Bhattacharjee , Mala Das

Development of a low-background micro pixel chamber for directional dark matter searches

Direct detection of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) can provide strong evidence of their existence and the directional method would have an advantage over other methods to detect the clear signal of WIMPs. Time projection…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-03-20 Ryota Namai , Satoshi Higashino , Hirohisa Ishiura , Tomonori Ikeda , Mizuno Ofuji , Ayaka Nakayama , Kiseki Nakamura , Hiroshi Ito , Koichi Ichimura , Ko Abe , Kazuyoshi Kobayashi , Atsushi Takada , Ryo Kubota , Kentaro Miuchi

Dark matter directional detection with MIMAC

MiMac is a project of micro-TPC matrix of gaseous (He3, CF4) chambers for direct detection of non-baryonic dark matter. Measurement of both track and ionization energy will allow the electron-recoil discrimination, while access to the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-01 C. Grignon , J. Billard , G. Bosson , O. Bourrion , O. Guillaudin , C. Koumeir , F. Mayet , D. Santos , P. Colas , E. Ferrer , I. Giomataris

A Search of Low-Mass WIMPs with p-type Point Contact Germanium Detector in the CDEX-1 Experiment

The CDEX-1 experiment conducted a search of low-mass (< 10 GeV/c2) Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) dark matter at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory using a p-type point-contact germanium detector with a fiducial mass of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-10-25 W. Zhao , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , J. P. Cheng , Y. J. Li , H. T. Wong , S. T. Lin , J. P. Chang , J. H. Chen , Q. H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , Z. Deng , Q. Du , H. Gong , X. Q. Hao , H. J. He , Q. J. He , H. X. Huang , T. R. Huang , H. Jiang , H. B. Li , J. Li , J. Li , J. M. Li , X. Li , X. Y. Li , Y. L. Li , F. K. Lin , S. K. Liu , L. C. Lü , H. Ma , J. L. Ma , S. J. Mao , J. Q. Qin , J. Ren , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , V. Sharma , M. B. Shen , L. Singh , M. K. Singh , A. K. Soma , J. Su , C. J. Tang , J. M. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , S. Y. Wu , Y. C. Wu , Z. Z. Xianyu , R. Q. Xiao , H. Y. Xing , F. Z. Xu , Y. Xu , X. J. Xu , T. Xue , L. T. Yang , S. W. Yang , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. Yu , X. Z. Yu , M. Zeng , X. H. Zeng , Z. Zeng , L. Zhang , Y. H. Zhang , M. G. Zhao , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu , W. B. Zhu , X. Z. Zhu , Z. H. Zhu

Directional Dark Matter Detection Beyond the Neutrino Bound

Coherent scattering of solar, atmospheric and diffuse supernovae neutrinos creates an irreducible background for direct dark matter experiments with sensitivities to WIMP-nucleon spin-independent scattering cross-sections of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-10-01 Philipp Grothaus , Malcolm Fairbairn , Jocelyn Monroe

Optimisation of amplification and gas mixture for directional Dark Matter searches with the CYGNO/INITIUM project

Astrophysical and cosmological observations suggest the existence of beyond standard model ingredient known as dark matter (DM). One of the most supported class of theories suggests that DM is composed of weakly interactive massive…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-04 Giorgio Dho

Direct Detection of WIMP Dark Matter

The status of the recent efforts in the direct search for Weak Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) Dark Matter is briefly reviewed and the main achievements illustrated by the contributions presented to TAUP 99. The strategies followed in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Angel Morales

First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment

The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is a dark matter detector centered on a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. This Letter reports results from LUX-ZEPLIN's…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-08-07 J. Aalbers , D. S. Akerib , C. W. Akerlof , A. K. Al Musalhi , F. Alder , A. Alqahtani , S. K. Alsum , C. S. Amarasinghe , A. Ames , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , S. Azadi , A. J. Bailey , A. Baker , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , J. Bang , J. W. Bargemann , M. J. Barry , J. Barthel , D. Bauer , A. Baxter , K. Beattie , J. Belle , P. Beltrame , J. Bensinger , T. Benson , E. P. Bernard , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , B. Birrittella , G. M. Blockinger , K. E. Boast , B. Boxer , R. Bramante , C. A. J. Brew , P. Brás , J. H. Buckley , V. V. Bugaev , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , M. Buuck , R. Cabrita , C. Carels , D. L. Carlsmith , B. Carlson , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Cascella , C. Chan , A. Chawla , H. Chen , J. J. Cherwinka , N. I. Chott , A. Cole , J. Coleman , M. V. Converse , A. Cottle , G. Cox , W. W. Craddock , O. Creaner , D. Curran , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , C. E. Dahl , A. David , J. Davis , T. J. R. Davison , J. Delgaudio , S. Dey , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , A. Dushkin , T. K. Edberg , W. R. Edwards , M. M. Elnimr , W. T. Emmet , S. R. Eriksen , C. H. Faham , A. Fan , S. Fayer , N. M. Fearon , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , P. Ford , V. B. Francis , E. D. Fraser , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , N. J. Gantos , D. Garcia , A. Geffre , V. M. Gehman , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , R. Gibbons , E. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , S. Gokhale , B. Gomber , J. Green , A. Greenall , S. Greenwood , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. B. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , S. Hans , K. Hanzel , A. Harrison , E. Hartigan-O'Connor , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , G. Heuermann , C. Hjemfelt , M. D. Hoff , E. Holtom , J. Y-K. Hor , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , D. Hunt , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , O. Jahangir , R. S. James , S. N. Jeffery , W. Ji , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , K. Kamdin , V. Kasey , K. Kazkaz , J. Keefner , D. Khaitan , M. Khaleeq , A. Khazov , I. Khurana , Y. D. Kim , C. D. Kocher , D. Kodroff , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , J. Kras , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , H. J. Krebs , L. Kreczko , B. Krikler , V. A. Kudryavtsev , S. Kyre , B. Landerud , E. A. Leason , C. Lee , J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , R. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Li , F. -T. Liao , J. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , R. Liu , X. Liu , Y. Liu , C. Loniewski , M. I. Lopes , E. Lopez Asamar , B. López Paredes , W. Lorenzon , D. Lucero , S. Luitz , J. M. Lyle , P. A. Majewski , J. Makkinje , D. C. Malling , A. Manalaysay , L. Manenti , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. F. Marzioni , C. Maupin , M. E. McCarthy , C. T. McConnell , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , Y. Meng , J. Migneault , E. H. Miller , E. Mizrachi , J. A. Mock , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , J. D. Morales Mendoza , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , M. Murdy , A. St. J. Murphy , D. Naim , A. Naylor , C. Nedlik , C. Nehrkorn , F. Neves , A. Nguyen , J. A. Nikoleyczik , A. Nilima , J. O'Dell , F. G. O'Neill , K. O'Sullivan , I. Olcina , M. A. Olevitch , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , J. Orpwood , D. Pagenkopf , S. Pal , K. J. Palladino , J. Palmer , M. Pangilinan , N. Parveen , S. J. Patton , E. K. Pease , B. Penning , C. Pereira , G. Pereira , E. Perry , T. Pershing , I. B. Peterson , A. Piepke , J. Podczerwinski , D. Porzio , S. Powell , R. M. Preece , K. Pushkin , Y. Qie , B. N. Ratcliff , J. Reichenbacher , L. Reichhart , C. A. Rhyne , A. Richards , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , J. P. Rodrigues , A. Rodriguez , H. J. Rose , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , T. Rushton , G. Rutherford , D. Rynders , J. S. Saba , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , P. R. Scovell , D. Seymour , S. Shaw , T. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , G. Sinev , K. Skarpaas , W. Skulski , R. Smith , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Soria , I. Stancu , M. R. Stark , A. Stevens , T. M. Stiegler , K. Stifter , R. Studley , B. Suerfu , T. J. Sumner , P. Sutcliffe , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , M. Tan , D. J. Taylor , R. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , D. J. Temples , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , K. J. Thomas , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , W. H. To , A. Tomás , Z. Tong , D. R. Tovey , J. Tranter , M. Trask , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , C. E. Tull , W. Turner , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , J. Va'vra , A. Vacheret , A. C. Vaitkus , J. R. Verbus , E. Voirin , W. L. Waldron , A. Wang , B. Wang , J. J. Wang , W. Wang , Y. Wang , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , A. White , D. T. White , J. T. White , R. G. White , T. J. Whitis , M. Williams , W. J. Wisniewski , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , J. D. Wolfs , S. Woodford , D. Woodward , S. D. Worm , C. J. Wright , Q. Xia , X. Xiang , Q. Xiao , J. Xu , M. Yeh , J. Yin , I. Young , P. Zarzhitsky , A. Zuckerman , E. A. Zweig

Introduction of the CDEX experiment

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are the candidates of dark matter in our universe. Up to now any direct interaction of WIMP with nuclei has not been observed yet. The exclusion limits of the spin-independent cross section of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-04-24 Ke-Jun Kang , Jian-Ping Cheng , Jin Li , Yuan-Jing Li , Qian Yue , Yang Bai , Yong Bi , Jian-Ping Chang , Nan Chen , Ning Chen , Qing-Hao Chen , Yun-Hua Chen , Zhi Deng , Qiang Du , Hui Gong , Xi-Qing Hao , Hong-Jian He , Qing-Ju He , Xin-Hui Hu , Han-Xiong Huang , Hao Jiang , Jian-Min Li , Xia Li , Xin-Ying Li , Xue-Qian Li , Yu-Lan Li , Shu-Kui Liu , Ya-Bin Liu , Lan-Chun Lu , Hao Ma , Jian-Qiang Qin , Jie Ren , Jing Ren , Xi-Chao Ruan , Man-Bin Shen , Jian Su , Chang-Jian Tang , Zhen-Yu Tang , Ji-Min Wang , Qing Wang , Xu-Feng Wang , Shi-Yong Wu , Yu-Cheng Wu , Zhong-Zhi Xianyu , Hao-Yang Xing , Xun-Jie Xu , Yin Xu , Tao Xue , Li-Tao Yang , Nan Yi , Hao Yu , Chun-Xu Yu , Xiong-Hui Zeng , Zhi Zeng , Lan Zhang , Guang-Hua Zhang , Ming-Gang Zhao , Su-Ning Zhong , Jin Zhou , Zu-Ying Zhou , Jing-Jun Zhu , Wei-Bin Zhu , Xue-Zhou Zhu , Zhong-Hua Zhu

Direct Dark Matter Search with XENON100

The XENON100 experiment is the second phase of the XENON program for the direct detection of the dark matter in the universe. The XENON100 detector is a two-phase Time Projection Chamber filled with 161 kg of ultra pure liquid xenon. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 S. E. A. Orrigo

WIMP physics with ensembles of direct-detection experiments

The search for weakly-interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter is multi-pronged. Ultimately, the WIMP-dark-matter picture will only be confirmed if different classes of experiments see consistent signals and infer the same WIMP…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-29 Annika H. G. Peter , Vera Gluscevic , Anne M. Green , Bradley J. Kavanagh , Samuel K. Lee

Status of the DAMIC direct dark matter search experiment

The DAMIC experiment uses fully depleted, high resistivity CCDs to search for dark matter particles. With an energy threshold $\sim$50 eV$_{ee}$, and excellent energy and spatial resolutions, the DAMIC CCDs are well-suited to identify and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-12-09 DAMIC Collaboration , A. Aguilar-Arevalo , D. Amidei , X. Bertou , D. Boule , M. Butner , G. Cancelo , A. Castañeda Vázquez , A. E. Chavarría , J. R. T. de Melo Neto , S. Dixon , J. C. D'Olivo , J. Estrada , G. Fernandez Moroni , K. P. Hernández Torres , F. Izraelevitch , A. Kavner , B. Kilminster , I. Lawson , J. Liao , M. López , J. Molina , G. Moreno-Granados , J. Pena , P. Privitera , Y. Sarkis , V. Scarpine , T. Schwartz , M. Sofo Haro , J. Tiffenberg , D. Torres Machado , F. Trillaud , X. You , J. Zhou

MIMAC: MIcro-tpc MAtrix of Chambers for dark matter directional detection

Directional detection of non-baryonic Dark Matter is a promising search strategy for discriminating WIMP events from neutrons, the ultimate background for dark matter direct detection. This strategy requires both a precise measurement of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-17 D. Santos , G. Bosson , J. L. Bouly , O. Bourrion , Ch. Fourel , O. Guillaudin , J. Lamblin , F. Mayet , J. F. Muraz , J. P. Richer , Q. Riffard , L. Lebreton , D. Maire , J. Busto , J. Brunner , D. Fouchez

Can we discover dual-component thermal WIMP dark matter?

We address the question of whether the upcoming generation of dark matter search experiments and colliders will be able to discover if the dark matter in the Universe has two components of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-12-23 Stefano Profumo , Kris Sigurdson , Lorenzo Ubaldi

Comparing readout strategies to directly detect dark matter

Over the past decades, several ideas and technologies have been developed to directly detect WIMP from the galactic halo. All these detection strategies share the common goal of discriminating a WIMP signal from the residual backgrounds. By…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-23 J. Billard