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The new observation of CDMS II favors low mass WIMPs. Taking the CDMS II new results as inputs, we consider a SM singlet: the darkon as the dark matter candidate, which can be either scalar, fermion or vector. It is found that the simplest…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-02-19 Lian-Bao Jia , Xue-Qian Li

For many working in particle physics and cosmology successful discovery and characterisation of the new particles that most likely explain the non-baryonic cold dark matter, known to comprise the majority of matter in the Universe, would be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 N. J. Spooner

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are one of the leading candidates for Dark Matter. For understanding the properties of WIMPs and identifying them among new particles produced at colliders (hopefully in the near future),…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-02-17 Manuel Drees , Chung-Lin Shan

The physics potential of EDELWEISS detectors for the search of low-mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) is studied. Using a data-driven background model, projected exclusion limits are computed using frequentist and…

The EDELWEISS experiment used in 2001 a 320g heat-and-ionization cryogenic Ge detector operated in a low-background environment in the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane for direct WIMP detection. This detector presents an increase of more…

The EDELWEISS experiment is a direct detection Dark Matter Search, under the form of WIMPs. It uses heat and ionization Ge cryogenic detectors. We present the latest results obtained by the experiment with three new 320g bolometers. At…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Veronique Sanglard

We present the first search for bosonic super-WIMPs as keV-scale dark matter candidates performed with the GERDA experiment. GERDA is a neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment which operates high-purity germanium detectors enriched in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-07-08 GERDA collaboration , M. Agostini , A. M. Bakalyarov , M. Balata , I. Barabanov , L. Baudis , C. Bauer , E. Bellotti , S. Belogurov , A. Bettini , L. Bezrukov , D. Borowicz , E. Bossio , V. Bothe , V. Brudanin , R. Brugnera , A. Caldwell , C. Cattadori , A. Chernogorov , T. Comellato , V. D'Andrea , E. V. Demidova , N. Di Marco , E. Doroshkevich , V. Egorov , F. Fischer , M. Fomina , A. Gangapshev , A. Garfagnini , C. Gooch , P. Grabmayr , V. Gurentsov , K. Gusev , J. Hakenmüller , S. Hemmer , R. Hiller , W. Hofmann , M. Hult , L. V. Inzhechik , J. Janicskó Csáthy , J. Jochum , M. Junker , V. Kazalov , Y. Kermaïdic , H. Khushbakht , T. Kihm , I. V. Kirpichnikov , A. Klimenko , R. Kneißl , K. T. Knöpfle , O. Kochetov , V. N. Kornoukhov , P. Krause , V. V. Kuzminov , M. Laubenstein , A. Lazzaro , M. Lindner , I. Lippi , A. Lubashevskiy , B. Lubsandorzhiev , G. Lutter , C. Macolino , B. Majorovits , W. Maneschg , M. Miloradovic , R. Mingazheva , M. Misiaszek , P. Moseev , I. Nemchenok , K. Panas , L. Pandola , K. Pelczar , L. Pertoldi , P. Piseri , A. Pullia , C. Ransom , L. Rauscher , S. Riboldi , N. Rumyantseva , C. Sada , F. Salamida , S. Schönert , J. Schreiner , M. Schütt , A-K. Schütz , O. Schulz , M. Schwarz , B. Schwingenheuer , O. Selivanenko , E. Shevchik , M. Shirchenko , H. Simgen , A. Smolnikov , D. Stukov , A. A. Vasenko , A. Veresnikova , C. Vignoli , K. von Sturm , T. Wester , C. Wiesinger , M. Wojcik , E. Yanovich , B. Zatschler , I. Zhitnikov , S. V. Zhukov , D. Zinatulina , A. Zschocke , A. J. Zsigmond , K. Zuber G. Zuzel

The EDELWEISS collaboration has performed a search for dark matter particles with masses below the GeV-scale with a 33.4-g germanium cryogenic detector operated in a surface lab. The energy deposits were measured using a…

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…

We report the final results of the Phase II SIMPLE measurements, comprising two run stages of 15 superheated droplet detectors each, the second stage including an improved neutron shielding. The analyses includes a refined signal analysis,…

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search low ionization threshold experiment (CDMSlite) achieved efficient detection of very small recoil energies in its germanium target, resulting in sensitivity to Lightly Ionizing Particles (LIPs) in a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-02-22 SuperCDMS Collaboration , I. Alkhatib , D. W. P. Amaral , T. Aralis , T. Aramaki , I. J. Arnquist , I. Ataee Langroudy , E. Azadbakht , S. Banik , D. Barker , C. Bathurst , D. A. Bauer , L. V. S. Bezerra , R. Bhattacharyya , M. A. Bowles , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , R. Calkins , R. A. Cameron , C. Cartaro , D. G. Cerdeño , Y. -Y. Chang , M. Chaudhuri , R. Chen , N. Chott , J. Cooley , H. Coombes , J. Corbett , P. Cushman , F. De Brienne , M. L. di Vacri , M. D. Diamond , E. Fascione , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , C. W. Fink , K. Fouts , M. Fritts , G. Gerbier , R. Germond , M. Ghaith , S. R. Golwala , H. R. Harris , B. A. Hines , M. I. Hollister , Z. Hong , E. W. Hoppe , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , V. Iyer , D. Jardin , A. Jastram , V. K. S. Kashyap , M. H. Kelsey , A. Kubik , N. A. Kurinsky , R. E. Lawrence , A. Li , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , P. Lukens , D. B. MacFarlane , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , N. Mast , A. J. Mayer , H. Meyer zu Theenhausen , É. M. Michaud , E. Michielin , N. Mirabolfathi , B. Mohanty , J. D. Morales Mendoza , S. Nagorny , J. Nelson , H. Neog , V. Novati , J. L. Orrell , S. M. Oser , W. A. Page , R. Partridge , R. Podviianiuk , F. Ponce , S. Poudel , A. Pradeep , M. Pyle , W. Rau , E. Reid , R. Ren , T. Reynolds , A. Roberts , A. E. Robinson , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , A. Sattari , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , B. Serfass , D. J. Sincavage , C. Stanford , J. Street , D. Toback , R. Underwood , S. Verma , A. N. Villano , B. von Krosigk , S. L. Watkins , J. S. Wilson , M. J. Wilson , J. Winchell , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , B. A. Young , T. C. Yu , E. Zhang , H. G. Zhang , X. Zhao , L. Zheng

New constraints are presented on the spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon interaction from the PandaX-II experiment, using a data set corresponding to a total exposure of 3.3$\times10^4$ kg-days. Assuming a standard axial-vector spin-dependent WIMP…

We present limits on spin-independent inelastic weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP)-nucleus scattering using the 737.1 kg$\cdot$day dataset from the CDEX-1B experiment. Expected nuclear recoil spectra for various inelastic WIMP…

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…

WIMP-nucleon cross sections in the range 10^{-46} - 10^{-44} cm^2 may be probed by a ton-scale experiment with low energy thresholds and excellent discrimination of backgrounds. Because CDMS ZIP detectors are the most proven means of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 SuperCDMS Collaboration

Dark matter is a key piece of the current cosmological scenario, with weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) a leading dark matter candidate. WIMPs have not been detected in their conventional parameter space (100 GeV $\lesssim…

Liquid argon is a bright scintillator with potent particle identification properties, making it an attractive target for direct-detection dark matter searches. The DarkSide-50 dark matter search here reports the first WIMP search results…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-15 The DarkSide Collaboration , P. Agnes , L. Agostino , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , K. Arisaka , H. O. Back , B. Baldin , K. Biery , G. Bonfini , M. Bossa , B. Bottino , A. Brigatti , J. Brodsky , F. Budano , S. Bussino , M. Cadeddu , L. Cadonati , M. Cadoni , F. Calaprice , N. Canci , A. Candela , H. Cao , M. Cariello , M. Carlini , S. Catalanotti , P. Cavalcante , A. Chepurnov , A. G. Cocco , G. Covone , L. Crippa , D. D'Angelo , M. D'Incecco , S. Davini , S. De Cecco , M. De Deo , M. De Vincenzi , A. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Eusanio , G. Di Pietro , E. Edkins , A. Empl , A. Fan , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , G. Forster , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiati , C. Giganti , A. M. Goretti , F. Granato , L. Grandi , M. Gromov , M. Guan , Y. Guardincerri , B. R. Hackett , K. Herner , E. V. Hungerford , Al. Ianni , An. Ianni , I. James , C. Jollet , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , V. Kobychev , G. Koh , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , X. Li , M. Lissia , P. Lombardi , S. Luitz , Y. Ma , I. N. Machulin , A. Mandarano , S. M. Mari , J. Maricic , L. Marini , C. J. Martoff , A. Meregaglia , P. D. Meyers , T. Miletic , R. Milincic , D. Montanari , A. Monte , M. Montuschi , M. Monzani , P. Mosteiro , B. J. Mount , V. N. Muratova , P. Musico , J. Napolitano , A. Nelson , S. Odrowski , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , E. Pantic , S. Parmeggiano , K. Pelczar , N. Pelliccia , S. Perasso , A. Pocar , S. Pordes , D. A. Pugachev , H. Qian , K. Randle , G. Ranucci , A. Razeto , B. Reinhold , A. L. Renshaw , A. Romani , B. Rossi , N. Rossi , D. Rountree , D. Sablone , P. Saggese , R. Saldanha , W. Sands , S. Sangiorgio , C. Savarese , E. Segreto , D. A. Semenov , E. Shields , P. N. Singh , M. D. Skorokhvatov , M. Smallcomb , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , C. Stanford , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , J. Tatarowicz , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , P. Trinchese , E. V. Unzhakov , A. Vishneva , B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , S. Walker , H. Wang , Y. Wang , A. W. Watson , S. Westerdale , J. Wilhelmi , M. M. Wojcik , X. Xiang , J. Xu , C. Yang , J. Yoo , S. Zavatarelli , A. Zec , W. Zhong , C. Zhu , G. Zuzel