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Limits on WIMP Dark Matter

The current state searches for dark matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using both direct and indirect techniques is reviewed. Advances in recent years by various direct search experiments, utilising…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. J. C. Spooner , V. A. Kudryavtsev

Search for bosonic superweakly interacting massive dark matter particles with the XMASS-I detector

Bosonic superweakly interacting massive particles (super-WIMPs) are a candidate for warm dark matter. With the absorption of such a boson by a xenon atom these dark matter candidates would deposit an energy equivalent to their rest mass in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-22 K. Abe , K. Hieda , K. Hiraide , S. Hirano , Y. Kishimoto , K. Ichimura , K. Kobayashi , S. Moriyama , K. Nakagawa , M. Nakahata , H. Ogawa , N. Oka , H. Sekiya , A. Shinozaki , Y. Suzuki , A. Takeda , O. Takachio , D. Umemoto , M. Yamashita , B. S. Yang , S. Tasaka , J. Liu , K. Martens , K. Hosokawa , K. Miuchi , A. Murata , Y. Onishi , Y. Otsuka , Y. Takeuchi , Y. H. Kim , K. B. Lee , M. K. Lee , J. S. Lee , Y. Fukuda , Y. Itow , K. Masuda , H. Takiya , H. Uchida , N. Y. Kim , Y. D. Kim , F. Kusaba , K. Nishijima , K. Fujii , I. Murayama , S. Nakamura

New limits on dark--matter WIMPs from the Heidelberg--Moscow experiment

New results after 0.69 kg yr of measurement with an enriched 76Ge detector of the Heidelberg--Moscow experiment with an active mass of 2.758 kg are presented. An energy threshold of 9 keV and a background level of 0.042 counts/(kg d keV) in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-17 L. Baudis , J. Hellmig , G. Heusser , H. V. Klapdor--Kleingrothaus , S. Kolb , B. Majorovits , H. Päs , Y. Ramachers , H. Strecker , V. Alexeev , A. Bakalyarov , A. Balysh , S. T. Belyaev , V. I. Lebedev , S. Zhukov

A direct dark matter search in XMASS-I

A search for dark matter using an underground single-phase liquid xenon detector was conducted at the Kamioka Observatory in Japan, particularly for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). We have used 705.9 live days of data in a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-27 XMASS Collaboration , K. Abe , K. Hiraide , K. Ichimura , Y. Kishimoto , K. Kobayashi , M. Kobayashi , S. Moriyama , M. Nakahata , T. Norita , H. Ogawa , K. Sato , H. Sekiya , O. Takachio , A. Takeda , S. Tasaka , M. Yamashita , B. S. Yang , N. Y. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. Itow , K. Kanzawa , R. Kegasa , K. Masuda , H. Takiya , K. Fushimi , G. Kanzaki , K. Martens , Y. Suzuki , B. D. Xu , R. Fujita , K. Hosokawa , K. Miuchi , N. Oka , Y. Takeuchi , Y. H. Kim , K. B. Lee , M. K. Lee , Y. Fukuda , M. Miyasaka , K. Nishijima , S. Nakamura

Search for dark matter from the first data of the PandaX-II experiment

Results of WIMP dark matter search from the first data of the PandaX-II experiment are presented. PandaX-II experiment uses a 500 kg scale dual phase liquid xenon time projection chamber, operating at the China JinPing Underground…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-16 Yong Yang

Results on Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles from a 11 kg d Target Exposure of DAMIC at SNOLAB (ICRC2021 Proceedings)

Experimental efforts of the last decades have been unsuccessful in detecting WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) in the 10-to-10$^4$ GeV/$c^2$ range, thus motivating the search for lighter dark matter. The DAMIC (DArk Matter In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-05 Michelangelo Traina

Results from a search for dark matter in the complete LUX exposure

We report constraints on spin-independent weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP)-nucleon scattering using a 3.35e4 kg-day exposure of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment. A dual-phase xenon time projection chamber with 250 kg…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 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 , R. Bramante , P. Brás , D. Byram , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , T. J. R. Davison , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , B. N. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , V. M. Gehman , C. Ghag , K. R. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , C. R. Hall , M. Hanhardt , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , D. P. Hogan , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , M. Ihm , R. G. Jacobsen , W. Ji , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , R. Knoche , N. A. Larsen , C. Lee , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , 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 , P. Phelps , L. Reichhart , C. Rhyne , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , S. Stephenson , 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 , S. Uvarov , 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

First results on low-mass WIMP from the CDEX-1 experiment at the China Jinping underground Laboratory

The China Dark matter Experiment collaboration reports the first experimental limit on WIMP dark matter from 14.6 kg-day of data taken with a 994 g p-type point-contact germanium detector at the China Jinping underground Laboratory where…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-09-17 W. Zhao , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , J. P. Cheng , Y. J. Li , S. T. Lin , Y. Bai , Y. Bi , J. P. Chang , N. Chen , N. Chen , Q. H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , Y. C. Chuang , Z. Deng , C. Du , Q. Du , H. Gong , X. Q. Hao , H. J. He , Q. J. He , X. H. Hu , H. X. Huang , T. R. Huang , H. Jiang , H. B. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , J. Li , X. Li , X. Y. Li , Y. L. Li , H. Y. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. K. Liu , L. C. Lv , H. Ma , S. J. Mao , J. Q. Qin , J. Ren , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , M. B. Shen , L. Singh , M. K. Singh , A. K. Soma , J. Su , C. J. Tang , C. H. Tseng , J. M. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , H. T. Wong , S. Y. Wu , W. Wu , Y. C. Wu , Y. C. Wu , Z. Z. Xianyu , H. Y. Xing , Y. Xu , X. J. Xu , T. Xue , L. T. Yang , S. W. Yang , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. Yu , X. Z. Yu , X. H. Zeng , Z. Zeng , L. Zhang , Y. H. Zhang , M. G. Zhao , S. N. Zhong , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu , W. B. Zhu , X. Z. Zhu , Z. H. Zhu

Profile likelihood ratio analysis techniques for rare event signals

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) II uses crystals operated at milliKelvin temperature to search for dark matter. We present the details of the profile likelihood analysis of 140.2 kg-day exposure from the final data set of the CDMS…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 J. Billard

First Results of the Phase II SIMPLE Dark Matter Search

We report results of a 14.1 kgd measurement with 15 superheated droplet detectors of total active mass 0.208 kg, comprising the first stage of a 30 kgd Phase II experiment. In combination with the results of the neutron-spin sensitive…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-03 M. Felizardo , T. Morlat , A. C. Fernandes , TA Girard , J. G. Marques , A. R. Ramos , M. Auguste , D. Boyer , A. Cavaillou , C. Sudre , J. Poupeney , R. F. Payne , H. S. Miley , J. Puibasset

Limits on Light Weakly Interacting Massive Particles from the First 102.8 kg ${\times}$ day Data of the CDEX-10 Experiment

We report the first results of a light weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) search from the CDEX-10 experiment with a 10 kg germanium detector array immersed in liquid nitrogen at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory with a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-06-27 H. Jiang , L. P. Jia , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , J. P. Cheng , Y. J. Li , H. T. Wong , M. Agartioglu , H. P. An , J. P. Chang , J. H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , Z. Deng , Q. Du , H. Gong , L. He , J. W. Hu , Q. D. Hu , H. X. Huang , H. B. Li , H. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , X. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. L. Li , B. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. T. Lin , S. K. Liu , Y. D. Liu , Y. Y. Liu , Z. Z. Liu , H. Ma , J. L. Ma , H. Pan , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , B. Sevda , V. Sharma , M. B. Shen , L. Singh , M. K. Singh , T. X. Sun , C. J. Tang , W. Y. Tang , Y. Tian , G. F. Wang , J. M. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. Wang , S. Y. Wu , Y. C. Wu , H. Y. Xing , Y. Xu , T. Xue , L. T. Yang , S. W. Yang , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. J. Yu , J. F. Yue , X. H. Zeng , M. Zeng , Z. Zeng , F. S. Zhang , Y. H. Zhang , M. G. Zhao , J. F. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu , Z. H. Zhu

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

New limits on spin-independent and spin-dependent couplings of low-mass WIMP dark matter with a germanium detector at a threshold of 220 eV

An energy threshold of (220+-10) eV was achieved at an efficiency of 50% with a four-channel ultra-low-energy germanium detector each with an active mass of 5 g. This provides a unique probe to WIMP dark matter with mass below 10 GeV. With…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-03-24 TEXONO Collaboration , S. T. Lin

Recent results from the canfranc dark matter search with germanium detectors

Two germanium detectors are currently operating in the Canfranc Underground Laboratory at 2450 m.w.e looking for WIMP dark matter. One is a 2 kg 76Ge IGEX detector (RG-2) which has an energy threshold of 4 keV and a low-energy background…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-11-03 I. G. Irastorza , A. Morales , C. E. Aalseth , F. T. Avignone , R. L. Brodzinski , S. Cebrian , E. Garcia , D. Gonzalez , W. K. Hensley , H. S. Miley , J. Morales , A. Ortiz de Solorzano , J. Puimedon , J. H. Reeves , M. L. Sarsa , S. Scopel , J. A. Villar

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

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

The Simplest Dark-Matter Model, CDMS II Results, and Higgs Detection at LHC

The direct-search experiment for dark matter performed by the CDMS II Collaboration has observed two candidate events. Although these events cannot be interpreted as significant evidence for the presence of weakly interacting massive…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-05-07 Xiao-Gang He , Tong Li , Xue-Qian Li , Jusak Tandean , Ho-Chin Tsai

Direct detection data and possible hints for low-mass WIMPs

Possible hints for WIMP dark matter with mass around 10 GeV coming from the DAMA, CoGeNT, and maybe also CRESST experiments are presented, and confronted with constraints from CDMS and XENON data. Focusing on spin-independent (SI)…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-11-29 Thomas Schwetz

Improved EDELWEISS-III sensitivity for low-mass WIMPs using a profile likelihood approach

We report on a dark matter search for a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) in the mass range $m_\chi \in [4, 30]\,\mathrm{GeV}/c^2$ with the EDELWEISS-III experiment. A 2D profile likelihood analysis is performed on data from eight…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-18 EDELWEISS Collaboration , L. Hehn , E. Armengaud , Q. Arnaud , C. Augier , A. Benoît , L. Bergé , J. Billard , J. Blümer , T. de Boissière , A. Broniatowski , P. Camus , A. Cazes , M. Chapellier , F. Charlieux , M. De Jésus , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , N. Foerster , J. Gascon , A. Giuliani , M. Gros , G. Heuermann , Y. Jin , A. Juillard , C. Kéfélian , M. Kleifges , V. Kozlov , H. Kraus , V. A. Kudryavtsev , H. Le-Sueur , S. Marnieros , X. -F. Navick , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , P. Pari , B. Paul , M. -C. Piro , D. Poda , E. Queguiner , S. Rozov , V. Sanglard , B. Schmidt , S. Scorza , B. Siebenborn , D. Tcherniakhovski , L. Vagneron , M. Weber , E. Yakushev

Final Results of the PICASSO Dark Matter Search Experiment

The PICASSO dark matter search experiment operated an array of 32 superheated droplet detectors containing 3.0 kg of C$_{4}$F$_{10}$ and collected an exposure of 231.4 kgd at SNOLAB between March 2012 and January 2014. We report on the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-03-24 E. Behnke , M. Besnier , P. Bhattacharjee , X. Dai , M. Das , A. Davour , F. Debris , N. Dhungana , J. Farine , M. Fines-Neuschild , S. Gagnebin , G. Giroux , E. Grace , C. M. Jackson , A. Kamaha , C. B. Krauss , M. Lafrenière , M. Laurin , I. Lawson , L. Lessard , I. Levine , D. Marlisov , J. -P. Martin , P. Mitra , A. J. Noble , A. Plante , R. Podviyanuk , S. Pospisil , O. Scallon , S. Seth , N. Starinski , I. Stekl , U. Wichoski , V. Zacek