Related papers: DAMA and WIMP dark matter

Search for Low-Mass WIMPs with SuperCDMS

We report a first search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using the background rejection capabilities of SuperCDMS. An exposure of 577 kg-days was analyzed for WIMPs with mass < 30 GeV/c2, with the signal region blinded.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-06-25 R. Agnese , A. J. Anderson , M. Asai , D. Balakishiyeva , R. Basu Thakur , D. A. Bauer , J. Beaty , J. Billard , A. Borgland , M. A. Bowles , D. Brandt , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , D. G. Cerdeno , H. Chagani , Y. Chen , M. Cherry , J. Cooley , B. Cornell , C. H. Crewdson , P. Cushman , M. Daal , D. DeVaney , P. C. F. Di Stefano , E. Do Couto E Silva , T. Doughty , L. Esteban , S. Fallows , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , G. L. Godfrey , S. R. Golwala , J. Hall , S. Hansen , H. R. Harris , S. A. Hertel , B. A. Hines , T. Hofer , D. Holmgren , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , A. Jastram , O. Kamaev , B. Kara , M. H. Kelsey , S. Kenany , A. Kennedy , M. Kiveni , K. Koch , A. Leder , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , C. Martinez , K. A. McCarthy , N. Mirabolfathi , R. A. Moffatt , R. H. Nelson , L. Novak , K. Page , R. Partridge , M. Pepin , A. Phipps , M. Platt , K. Prasad , M. Pyle , H. Qiu , W. Rau , P. Redl , A. Reisetter , R. W. Resch , Y. Ricci , M. Ruschman , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , R. L. Schmitt , K. Schneck , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , D. N. Seitz , B. Serfass , B. Shank , D. Speller , A. Tomada , S. Upadhyayula , A. N. Villano , B. Welliver , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , J. J. Yen , B. A. Young , J. Zhang

Using the Energy Spectrum at DAMA/LIBRA to Probe Light Dark Matter

A weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) weighing only a few GeV has been invoked as an explanation for the signal from the DAMA/LIBRA experiment. We show that the data from DAMA/LIBRA are now powerful enough to strongly constrain the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-06-30 Spencer Chang , Aaron Pierce , Neal Weiner

Implications of CoGeNT and DAMA for Light WIMP Dark Matter

In this paper, we study the recent excess of low energy events observed by the CoGeNT collaboration, and discuss the possibility that these events originate from the elastic scattering of a light (m_DM ~ 5-10 GeV) dark matter particle. We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-20 A. Liam Fitzpatrick , Dan Hooper , Kathryn M. Zurek

Electron-interacting dark matter: Implications from DAMA/LIBRA-phase2 and prospects for liquid xenon detectors and NaI detectors

We investigate the possibility for the direct detection of low mass (GeV scale) WIMP dark matter in scintillation experiments. Such WIMPs are typically too light to leave appreciable nuclear recoils, but may be detected via their scattering…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-10-09 B. M. Roberts , V. V. Flambaum

Inelastic Dark Matter

Many observations suggest that much of the matter of the universe is non-baryonic. Recently, the DAMA NaI dark matter direct detection experiment reported an annual modulation in their event rate consistent with a WIMP relic. However, the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-06 David Smith , Neal Weiner

The Inert Doublet Model and Inelastic Dark Matter

The annual modulation observed by DAMA/NaI and DAMA/Libra may be interpreted in terms of elastic or inelastic scattering of dark matter particles. In this paper we confront these two scenarios within the framework of a very simple extension…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-09 Chiara Arina , Fu-Sin Ling , Michel H. G. Tytgat

Model-independent Analyses of Dark-Matter Particle Interactions

A model-independent treatment of dark-matter particle elastic scattering has been developed, yielding the most general interaction for WIMP-nucleon low-energy scattering, and the resulting amplitude has been embedded in the nucleus, taking…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-05-27 Nikhil Anand , A. Liam Fitzpatrick , W. C. Haxton

Improved Limits on Scattering of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles from Reanalysis of 2013 LUX data

We present constraints on weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP)-nucleus scattering from the 2013 data of the Large Underground Xenon dark matter experiment, including $1.4\times10^{4}\;\mathrm{kg\; day}$ of search exposure. This new…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-17 LUX Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , E. M. Boulton , A. Bradley , R. Bramante , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , J. J. Chapman , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , T. J. R. Davison , L. de Viveiros , 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. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , R. Knoche , N. A. Larsen , C. Lee , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , D. C. Malling , 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 , R. A. Ott , K. J. Palladino , M. Pangilinan , E. K. Pease , P. Phelps , L. Reichhart , C. Rhyne , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , S. Stephenson , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , W. 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 , K. Yazdani , S. K. Young , C. Zhang

Results on Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles from an 11 kg-day Target Exposure of DAMIC at SNOLAB

We present constraints on the existence of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) from an 11 kg-day target exposure of the DAMIC experiment at the SNOLAB underground laboratory. The observed energy spectrum and spatial distribution of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-29 A. Aguilar-Arevalo , D. Amidei , D. Baxter , G. Cancelo , B. A. Cervantes Vergara , A. E. Chavarria , J. C. D'Olivo , J. Estrada , F. Favela-Perez , R. Gaior , Y. Guardincerri , E. W. Hoppe , T. W. Hossbach , B. Kilminster , I. Lawson , S. J. Lee , A. Letessier-Selvon , A. Matalon , P. Mitra , C. T. Overman , A. Piers , P. Privitera , K. Ramanathan , J. Da Rocha , Y. Sarkis , M. Settimo , R. Smida , R. Thomas , J. Tiffenberg , M. Traina , R. Vilar , A. L. Virto

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

On dark matter search after DAMA with Ge-73

The Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) is one of the main candidates for the relic dark matter (DM).In the effective low-energy minimal supersymmetric standard model (effMSSM) the neutralino-nucleon spin and scalar cross sections in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 V. A. Bednyakov , H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus

Bayes and present dark matter direct search status

Recently there has been a huge activity in the dark matter direct detection field, with the report of an excess from CoGeNT and CRESST along with the annual modulated signal of DAMA/Libra and the strong exclusion bound from XENON100. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Chiara Arina

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

Neutrinos from WIMP annihilation in the Sun : Implications of a self-consistent model of the Milky Way's dark matter halo

Upper limits on the spin-independent (SI) as well as spin-dependent (SD) elastic scattering cross sections of WIMPs with protons, imposed by the Super-Kamiokande (S-K) upper limit on the neutrino flux from WIMP annihilation in the Sun, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-01-03 Susmita Kundu , Pijushpani Bhattacharjee

WIMP Dark Matter Search using a 3.1 Tonne-Year Exposure of the XENONnT Experiment

We report on a search for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter (DM) via elastic DM-xenon-nucleus interactions in the XENONnT experiment. We combine datasets from the first and second science campaigns resulting in a total…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-12-18 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , K. Abe , S. Ahmed Maouloud , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , D. Antón Martin , S. R. Armbruster , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , M. Bazyk , L. Bellagamba , R. Biondi , A. Bismark , K. Boese , A. Brown , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Cai , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , A. P. Cimental Chávez , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. J. Cuenca-García , V. D'Andrea , L. C. Daniel Garcia , M. P. Decowski , A. Deisting , C. Di Donato , P. Di Gangi , S. Diglio , K. Eitel , S. el Morabit , A. Elykov , A. D. Ferella , C. Ferrari , H. Fischer , T. Flehmke , M. Flierman , D. Fuchs , W. Fulgione , C. Fuselli , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , F. Gao , S. Ghosh , R. Giacomobono , F. Girard , R. Glade-Beucke , L. Grandi , J. Grigat , H. Guan , M. Guida , P. Gyorgy , R. Hammann , A. Higuera , C. Hils , L. Hoetzsch , N. F. Hood , M. Iacovacci , Y. Itow , J. Jakob , F. Joerg , Y. Kaminaga , M. Kara , P. Kavrigin , S. Kazama , P. Kharbanda , M. Kobayashi , D. Koke , K. Kooshkjalali , A. Kopec , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , I. Li , S. Li , S. Liang , Z. Liang , Y. -T. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , K. Liu , M. Liu , J. Loizeau , F. Lombardi , J. Long , J. A. M. Lopes , G. M. Lucchetti , T. Luce , Y. Ma , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Mancuso , L. Manenti , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , K. Martens , J. Masbou , S. Mastroianni , A. Melchiorre , J. Merz , M. Messina , A. Michael , K. Miuchi , A. Molinario , S. Moriyama , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Müller , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , B. Paetsch , Y. Pan , Q. Pellegrini , R. Peres , C. Peters , J. Pienaar , M. Pierre , G. Plante , T. R. Pollmann , L. Principe , J. Qi , J. Qin , D. Ramírez García , M. Rajado , A. Ravindran , A. Razeto , R. Singh , L. Sanchez , J. M. F. dos Santos , I. Sarnoff , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , P. Schulte , H. Schulze Eißing , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , S. Shi , J. Shi , M. Silva , H. Simgen , A. Stevens , C. Szyszka , A. Takeda , Y. Takeuchi , P. -L. Tan , D. Thers , G. Trinchero , C. D. Tunnell , F. Tönnies , K. Valerius , S. Vecchi , S. Vetter , F. I. Villazon Solar , G. Volta , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , V. H. S. Wu , Y. Xing , D. Xu , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , J. Yang , L. Yang , J. Ye , L. Yuan , G. Zavattini , Y. Zhao , M. Zhong

A Phenomenological Study of WIMP Models

In this thesis, we investigate various possibilities of Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter (DM) and their implications. These possibilities are important because they challenge the viability of WIMP DM in light of tight…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-03-04 Shivam Gola

Model Independent Direct Detection Analyses

Following the construction of the general effective theory for dark matter direct detection in 1203.3542, we perform an analysis of the experimental constraints on the full parameter space of elastically scattering dark matter. We review…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-11-14 A. Liam Fitzpatrick , Wick Haxton , Emanuel Katz , Nicholas Lubbers , Yiming Xu

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

Experimental constraints on a dark matter origin for the DAMA annual modulation effect

A claim for evidence of dark matter interactions in the DAMA experiment has been recently reinforced. We employ a new type of germanium detector to conclusively rule out a standard isothermal galactic halo of Weakly Interacting Massive…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-08 C. E. Aalseth , P. S. Barbeau , D. G. Cerdeno , J. Colaresi , J. I. Collar , P. de Lurgio , G. Drake , J. E. Fast , C. H. Greenberg , T. W. Hossbach , J. D. Kephart , M. G. Marino , H. S. Miley , J. L. Orrell , D. Reyna , R. G. H. Robertson , R. Talaga , O. Tench , T. D. Van Wechel , J. F. Wilkerson , K. M. Yocum

Candidates for Inelastic Dark Matter

Although we have yet to determine whether the DAMA data represents a true discovery of new physics, among such interpretations inelastic dark matter (IDM) can match the energy spectrum of DAMA very well while not contradicting the results…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-08-17 Yanou Cui , David E. Morrissey , David Poland , Lisa Randall