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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

Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross-sections from the first ZEPLIN-II data

The first underground data run of the ZEPLIN-II experiment has set a limit on the nuclear recoil rate in the two-phase xenon detector for direct dark matter searches. In this paper the results from this run are converted into the limits on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 G. J. Alner et al.

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

Model-Independent Identification of Inelastic WIMPs from Direct Dark Matter Detection Experiments

In this paper, we introduce model-independent data analysis procedures for identifying inelastic WIMP-nucleus scattering as well as for reconstructing the mass and the mass splitting of inelastic WIMPs simultaneously and separately. Our…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-02-21 Sen Miao , Chung-Lin Shan , Yu-Feng Zhou

Thermal detector model for cryogenic composite detectors for the dark matter experiments CRESST and EURECA

The CRESST (Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers) and the EURECA (European Underground Rare Event Calorimeter Array) experiments are direct dark matter search experiments where cryogenic detectors are used to detect…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-12-18 S. Roth , C. Ciemniak , C. Coppi , F. v. Feilitzsch , A. Guetlein , C. Isaila , J. -C. Lanfranchi , S. Pfister , W. Potzel , W. Westphal

Lightening Gravity-Mediated Dark Matter

We revisit the scenario of a massive spin-2 particle as the mediator for communicating between dark matter of arbitrary spin and the Standard Model. Taking the general couplings of the spin-2 particle in the effective theory, we discuss the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-08-26 Yoo-Jin Kang , Hyun Min Lee

The Inelastic Frontier: Discovering Dark Matter at High Recoil Energy

There exist well motivated models of particle dark matter which predominantly scatter inelastically off nuclei in direct detection experiments. This inelastic transition causes the DM to up-scatter in terrestrial experiments into an excited…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-01-24 Joseph Bramante , Patrick J. Fox , Graham D. Kribs , Adam Martin

Constraining the Spin-Independent WIMP-Nucleon Coupling from Direct Dark Matter Detection Data

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

Search for low-mass dark matter WIMPs with 12 ton-day exposure of DarkSide-50

We report on the search for dark matter WIMPs in the mass range below 10 GeV/c$^2$, from the analysis of the entire dataset acquired with a low-radioactivity argon target by the DarkSide-50 experiment at LNGS. The new analysis benefits from…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-07-18 50 Collaboration , P. Agnes , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , M. Ave , H. O. Back , G. Batignani , K. Biery , V. Bocci , W. M. Bonivento , B. Bottino , S. Bussino , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , F. Calaprice , A. Caminata , N. Canci , M. Caravati , M. Cariello , M. Carlini , M. Carpinelli , V. Cataudella , P. Cavalcante , S. Cavuoti , S. Chashin , A. Chepurnov , C. Cicalò , G. Covone , D. D'Angelo , S. Davini , A. De Candia , S. De Cecco , G. De Filippis , G. De Rosa , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , M. D'Incecco , C. Dionisi , F. Dordei , M. Downing , D. D'Urso , G. Fiorillo , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiati , C. Ghiano , C. Giganti , G. K. Giovanetti , A. M. Goretti , G. Grilli di Cortona , A. Grobov , M. Gromov , M. Guan , M. Gulino , B. R. Hackett , K. Herner , T. Hessel , B. Hosseini , F. Hubaut , E. V. Hungerford , An. Ianni , V. Ippolito , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , M. Kimura , I. Kochanek , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , M. Kuss , M. La Commara , M. Lai , X. Li , M. Lissia , G. Longo , O. Lychagina , I. N. Machulin , L. P. Mapelli , S. M. Mari , J. Maricic , A. Messina , R. Milincic , J. Monroe , M. Morrocchi , X. Mougeot , V. N. Muratova , P. Musico , A. O. Nozdrina , A. Oleinik , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , K. Pelczar , N. Pelliccia , S. Piacentini , S. Piacentini , E. Picciau , A. Pocar , D. M. Poehlmann , S. Pordes , S. S. Poudel , P. Pralavorio , D. D. Price , F. Ragusa , M. Razeti , A. Razeto , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , J. Rode , A. Romani , D. Sablone , O. Samoylov , W. Sands , S. Sanfilippo , E. Sanford , C. Savarese , B. Schlitzer , D. A. Semenov , A. Shchagin , A. Sheshukov , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , S. Stracka , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , E. V. Unzhakov , A. Vishneva , R. B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , H. Wang , Y. Wang , S. Westerdale , M. M. Wojcik , X. Xiao , C. Yang , G. Zuzel

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

Final Analysis and Results of the Phase II SIMPLE Dark Matter Search

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,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 M. Felizardo , T. A. Girard , T. Morlat , A. C. Fernandes , A. R. Ramos , J. G. Marques , M. Auguste , D. Boyer , A. Cavaillou , J. Poupeney , C. Sudre , J. Puibasset , H. S. Miley , R. F. Payne , F. P. Carvalho , M. I. Prudêncio , R. Marques

First Dark Matter Limits from the COUPP 4kg Bubble Chamber at a Deep Underground Site

The COUPP 4 kg bubble chamber employs 4.0 kg of CF$_3$I as a WIMP scattering target for use as a dark matter direct detection search. This thesis reports the first experimental results from operating this bubble chamber at the deep…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-17 Drew Fustin

Extending light WIMP searches to single scintillation photons in LUX

We present a novel analysis technique for liquid xenon time projection chambers that allows for a lower threshold by relying on events with a prompt scintillation signal consisting of single detected photons. The energy threshold of the LUX…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-19 D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , A. Baxter , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , E. M. Boulton , B. Boxer , P. Brás , S. Burdin , D. Byram , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , B. N. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. R. Fallon , A. Fan , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , V. M. Gehman , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , K. R. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , E. Grace , C. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , M. Hanhardt , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , D. P. Hogan , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , O. Jahangir , W. Ji , K. Kamdin , K. Kazka , D. Khaitan , R. Knoche , E. V. Korolkova , S. Kravitz , V. A. Kudryavtsev , N. A. Larsen , E. Leason , C. Lee , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , B. López-Paredes , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , D. M. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , A. Naylor , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , A. Nilima , K. O'Sullivan , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , E. K. Pease , L. Reichhart , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , P. Rossiter , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , S. Stephenson , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , R. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , W. H. To , M. Tripathi , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , S. Uvarov , A. Vacheret , V. Velan , J. R. Verbus , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , J. Xu , K. Yazdani , S. K. Young , C. Zhang

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

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

The CRESST Dark Matter Search - Status and Perspectives

In the past years the spotlight of the search for dark matter particles widened to the low mass region, both from theoretical and experimental side. We discuss results from data obtained in 2013 with a single detector TUM40. This detector…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-10-01 The CRESST Collaboration , F. Reindl , G. Angloher , A. Bento , C. Bucci , L. Canonica , X. Defay , A. Erb , F. v. Feilitzsch , N. Ferreiro Iachellini , P. Gorla , A. Gütlein , D. Hauff , J. Jochum , M. Kiefer , H. Kluck , H. Kraus , J. C. Lanfranchi , J. Loebell , A. Münster , C. Pagliarone , F. Petricca , W. Potzel , F. Pröbst , K. Schäffner , J. Schieck , S. Schönert , W. Seidel , L. Stodolsky , C. Strandhagen , R. Strauss , A. Tanzke , H. H. Trinh Thi , C. Türkoğlu , M. Uffinger , A. Ulrich , I. Usherov , S. Wawoczny , M. Willers , M. Wüstrich , A. Zöller

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

Standard Model anatomy of WIMP dark matter direct detection I: weak-scale matching

We present formalism necessary to determine weak-scale matching coefficients in the computation of scattering cross sections for putative dark matter candidates interacting with the Standard Model. Particular attention is paid to the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-05 Richard J. Hill , Mikhail P. Solon

First Dark Matter Search with Nuclear Recoils from the XENONnT Experiment

We report on the first search for nuclear recoils from dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with the XENONnT experiment which is based on a two-phase time projection chamber with a sensitive liquid xenon…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-08-08 XENON Collaboration , E. Aprile , K. Abe , F. Agostini , S. Ahmed Maouloud , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , J. R. Angevaare , V. C. Antochi , D. Antón Martin , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , A. L. Baxter , M. Bazyk , L. Bellagamba , R. Biondi , A. Bismark , E. J. Brookes , A. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , T. K. Bui , C. Cai , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , A. P. Cimental Chavez , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. J. Cuenca-García , J. P. Cussonneau , V. D'Andrea , M. P. Decowski , P. Di Gangi , S. Di Pede , S. Diglio , K. Eitel , A. Elykov , S. Farrell , A. D. Ferella , C. Ferrari , H. Fischer , M. Flierman , W. Fulgione , C. Fuselli , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , R. Glade-Beucke , L. Grandi , J. Grigat , H. Guan , M. Guida , R. Hammann , A. Higuera , C. Hils , L. Hoetzsch , N. F. Hood , J. Howlett , M. Iacovacci , Y. Itow , J. Jakob , F. Joerg , A. Joy , N. Kato , M. Kara , P. Kavrigin , S. Kazama , M. Kobayashi , G. Koltman , A. Kopec , F. Kuger , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , I. Li , S. Li , S. Liang , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , K. Liu , J. Loizeau , F. Lombardi , J. Long , J. A. M. Lopes , Y. Ma , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Mancuso , L. Manenti , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , K. Martens , J. Masbou , D. Masson , E. Masson , S. Mastroianni , M. Messina , K. Miuchi , K. Mizukoshi , A. Molinario , S. Moriyama , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Müller , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , B. Paetsch , J. Palacio , R. Peres , C. Peters , J. Pienaar , M. Pierre , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , J. Qi , J. Qin , D. Ramírez García , R. Singh , L. Sanchez , J. M. F. dos Santos , I. Sarnoff , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , P. Schulte , H. Schulze Eißing , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , S. Shi , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , A. Takeda , P. -L. Tan , A. Terliuk , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , F. Tönnies , K. Valerius , G. Volta , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , T. Wolf , V. H. S. Wu , Y. Xing , D. Xu , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , L. Yang , J. Ye , L. Yuan , G. Zavattini , M. Zhong , T. Zhu

First observation of single photons in a CRESST detector and new dark matter exclusion limits

The main goal of the CRESST-III experiment is the direct detection of dark matter particles via their scattering off target nuclei in cryogenic detectors. In this work we present the results of a Silicon-On-Sapphire (SOS) detector with a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-13 CRESST Collaboration , G. Angloher , S. Banik , G. Benato , A. Bento , A. Bertolini , R. Breier , C. Bucci , J. Burkhart , L. Canonica , A. D'Addabbo , S. Di Lorenzo , L. Einfalt , A. Erb , F. v. Feilitzsch , S. Fichtinger , D. Fuchs , A. Garai , V. M. Ghete , P. Gorla , P. V. Guillaumon , S. Gupta , D. Hauff , M. Ješkovský , J. Jochum , M. Kaznacheeva , A. Kinast , H. Kluck , H. Kraus , S. Kuckuk , A. Langenkämper , M. Mancuso , L. Marini , B. Mauri , L. Meyer , V. Mokina , M. Olmi , T. Ortmann , C. Pagliarone , L. Pattavina , F. Petricca , W. Potzel , P. Povinec , F. Pröbst , F. Pucci , F. Reindl , J. Rothe , K. Schäffner , J. Schieck , S. Schönert , C. Schwertner , M. Stahlberg , L. Stodolsky , C. Strandhagen , R. Strauss , I. Usherov , F. Wagner , V. Wagner , V. Zema