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Mini--Review of Dark Matter: 2012

This is the mini-review on Dark Matter in the 2012 edition of the Particle Data Group's Review of Particle Properties. After briefly summarizing the arguments in favor of the existence of Dark Matter, we list possible candidates, ranging in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-04-12 Manuel Drees , Gilles Gerbier

Theoretical Interpretation of Experimental Data from Direct Dark Matter Detection

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are one of the leading candidates for Dark Matter. Currently, the most promising method to detect WIMPs is the direct detection of the recoil energy deposited in a low-background laboratory…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-10 Chung-Lin Shan

Searching for feebly interacting dark matter at colliders and beam-dump experiments

Despite the compelling amount of evidence for the existence of dark matter, its exact nature is still one of the main open questions in modern physics. A great experimental effort has been performed to probe one of the most popular dark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-12-20 Sam Junius

Constraints on inelastic dark matter from the CDEX-1B experiment

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…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-01-01 Y. F. Liang , L. T. Yang , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , Y. J. Li , H. P. An , Greeshma C. , J. P. Chang , H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , J. P. Cheng , J. Y. Cui , W. H. Dai , Z. Deng , Y. X. Dong , C. H. Fang , H. Gong , Q. J. Guo , T. Guo , X. Y. Guo , L. He , J. R. He , H. X. Huang , T. C. Huang , S. Karmakar , Y. S. Lan , H. B. Li , H. Y. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , M. C. Li , Q. Y. Li , R. M. J. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. L. Li , B. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. T. Lin , J. X. Liu , R. Z. Liu , S. K. Liu , Y. D. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. Y. Liu , H. Ma , Y. C. Mao , A. Mureed , H. Pan , N. C. Qi , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , M. B. Shen , H. Y. Shi , M. K. Singh , T. X. Sun , W. L. Sun , C. J. Tang , Y. Tian , H. F. Wan , G. F. Wang , J. Z. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Y. X. Wang , H. T. Wong , Y. C. Wu , H. Y. Xing , K. Z. Xiong , R. Xu , Y. Xu , T. Xue , Y. L. Yan , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. J. Yu , X. Yu , M. Zeng , Z. Zeng , F. S. Zhang , P. Zhang , P. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , M. G. Zhao , J. F. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu

Implications on Inelastic Dark Matter from 100 Live Days of XENON100 Data

The XENON100 experiment has recently completed a dark matter run with 100.9 live-days of data, taken from January to June 2010. Events in a 48kg fiducial volume in the energy range between 8.4 and 44.6 keVnr have been analyzed. A total of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-29 XENON100 Collaboration , E. Aprile , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , A. Askin , L. Baudis , A. Behrens , K. Bokeloh , E. Brown , T. Bruch , G. Bruno , J. M. R. Cardoso , W. -T. Chen , B. Choi , D. Cline , E. Duchovni , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , F. Gao , K. -L. Giboni , E. Gross , A. Kish , C. W. Lam , J. Lamblin , R. F. Lang , C. Levy , K. E. Lim , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , K. Lung , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , Y. Mei , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , R. Persiani , G. Plante , A. C. C. Ribeiro , R. Santorelli , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Schumann , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , O. Vitells , H. Wang , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer

Time-dependent rate of multicomponent dark matter: Reproducing the DAMA/LIBRA phase-2 results

The current paradigm for dark matter direct detection is to assume that the dark sector is solely composed of a single particle species. In this short paper, we make the observation that dark matter comprising both a light and a heavy…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-01-17 Juan Herrero-Garcia , Andre Scaffidi , Martin White , Anthony G. Williams

A Classification of Dark Matter Candidates with Primarily Spin-Dependent Interactions with Matter

We perform a model-independent classification of Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter candidates that have the property that their scattering off nucleons is dominated by spin-dependent interactions. We study…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-07-01 Prateek Agrawal , Zackaria Chacko , Can Kilic , Rashmish K. Mishra

Low-Mass Dark Matter Search with CDMSlite

The SuperCDMS experiment is designed to directly detect weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that may constitute the dark matter in our Galaxy. During its operation at the Soudan Underground Laboratory, germanium detectors were run…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-24 SuperCDMS Collaboration , R. Agnese , A. J. Anderson , T. Aralis , T. Aramaki , I. J. Arnquist , W. Baker , D. Balakishiyeva , D. Barker , R. Basu Thakur , D. A. Bauer , T. Binder , M. A. Bowles , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , R. Calkins , C. Cartaro , D. G. Cerdeno , Y. Chang , H. Chagani , Y. Chen , J. Cooley , B. Cornell , P. Cushman , M. Daal , P. C. F. Di Stefano , T. Doughty , L. Esteban , E. Fascione , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , M. Fritts , G. Gerbier , M. Ghaith , G. L. Godfrey , S. R. Golwala , J. Hall , H. R. Harris , Z. Hong , E. W. Hoppe , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , V. Iyer , D. Jardin , A. Jastram , C. Jena , M. H. Kelsey , A. Kennedy , A. Kubik , N. A. Kurinsky , A. Leder , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , P. Lukens , D. MacDonell , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , N. Mast , E. H. Miller , N. Mirabolfathi , R. A. Moffatt , B. Mohanty , J. D. Morales Mendoza , J. Nelson , J. L. Orrell , S. M. Oser , K. Page , W. A. Page , R. Partridge , M. Pepin , M. Penalver Martinez , A. Phipps , S. Poudel , M. Pyle , H. Qiu , W. Rau , P. Redl , A. Reisetter , T. Reynolds , A. Roberts , A. E. Robinson , H. E. Rogers , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , K. Schneck , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , K. Senapati , B. Serfass , D. Speller , M. Stein , J. Street , H. A. Tanaka , D. Toback , R. Underwood , A. N. Villano , B. von Krosigk , B. Welliver , J. S. Wilson , M. J Wilson , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , J. J. Yen , B. A. Young , X. Zhang , X. Zhao

Electroweak Multiplets as Dark Matter candidates: A brief review

I provide a thorough review of the theoretical and experimental status of ElectroWeak multiplets as Dark Matter candidates, serving as the prototype of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) Dark Matter. Specifically, the examination…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-05-13 Paolo Panci

Detecting Dark Matter annihilation lines with Fermi

Dark matter constitutes one of the most intriguing but so far unresolved issues in physics today. In many extensions of the Standard Model the existence of a stable Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) is predicted. The WIMP is an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Tomi Ylinen , Yvonne Edmonds , Elliott D. Bloom , Jan Conrad

Direct detection of WIMPs : Implications of a self-consistent truncated isothermal model of the Milky Way's dark matter halo

Direct detection of Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) candidates of Dark Matter (DM) is studied within the context of a self-consistent truncated isothermal model of the finite-size dark halo of the Galaxy based on the "King model"…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-03 Soumini Chaudhury , Pijushpani Bhattacharjee , Ramanath Cowsik

The Waning of the WIMP: Endgame?

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) continue to be considered some of the best-motivated Dark Matter (DM) candidates. No conclusive signal, despite an extensive search program that combines, often in a complementary way, direct,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-18 Giorgio Arcadi , David Cabo-Almeida , Maíra Dutra , Pradipta Ghosh , Manfred Lindner , Yann Mambrini , Jacinto P. Neto , Mathias Pierre , Stefano Profumo , Farinaldo S. Queiroz

Light dark matter search with DarkSide-50

We present the latest results from the search for light dark matter particle interactions with the DarkSide-50 dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber. This analysis, based on the ionization signal only, improves the existing limits…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-07-18 D. Franco

Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon interactions from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) is an experiment to detect weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) based on their interactions with Ge and Si nuclei. We report the results of an analysis of data from the first two runs of CDMS…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 CDMS Collaboration

DAMA/LIBRA results and perspectives, Bled 2013

The DAMA/LIBRA experiment is composed by about 250 kg of highly radiopure NaI(Tl). It is in operation at the underground Gran Sasso National Laboratory of the INFN. The main aim of the experiment is to investigate the Dark Matter (DM)…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-19 R. Bernabei , P. Belli , S. d'Angelo , A. Di Marco , F. Montecchia , F. Cappella , A. d'Angelo , A. Incicchitti , V. Caracciolo , S. Castellano , R. Cerulli , C. J. Dai , H. L. He , X. H. Ma , X. D. Sheng , R. G. Wang , Z. P. Ye

An Introduction to Dark Matter Direct Detection Searches & Techniques

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), are a leading candidate for the dark matter that is observed to constitute ~25% of the total mass-energy density of the Universe. The direct detection of relic WIMPs (those produced during the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-08-23 Tarek Saab

COSINE-100 and DAMA/LIBRA-phase2 in WIMP effective models

Assuming a standard Maxwellian for the WIMP velocity distribution, we obtain the bounds from null WIMP search results of 59.5 days of COSINE-100 data on the DAMA/LIBRA-phase2 modulation effect within the context of the non-relativistic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-07-02 100 Collaboration , G. Adhikari , P. Adhikari , E. Barbosa de Souza , N. Carlin , S. Choi , M. Djamal , A. C. Ezeribe , C. Ha , I. S. Hahn , E. J. Jeon , J. H. Jo , H. W. Joo , W. G. Kang , W. Kang , M. Kauer , G. S. Kim , H. Kim , H. J. Kim , K. W. Kim , N. Y. Kim , S. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , Y. J. Ko , V. A. Kudryavtsev , H. S. Lee , J. Lee , J. Y. Lee , M. H. Lee , D. S. Leonard , W. A. Lynch , R. H. Maruyama , F. Mouton , S. L. Olsen , B. J. Park , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , K. S. Park , R. L. C. Pitta , H. Prihtiadi , S. J. Ra , C. Rott , K. A. Shin , A. Scarff , N. J. C. Spooner , W. G. Thompson , L. Yang , G. H. Yu. The Sogang Phenomenology Group , : , Sunghyun Kang , Stefano Scopel , Gaurav Tomar , Jong-Hyun Yoon

The new interaction suggested by the anomalous $^8$Be transition sets a rigorous constraint on the mass range of dark matter

The WIMPs are considered one of the favorable dark matter (DM) candidates, but as the upper bounds on the interactions between DM and standard model (SM) particles obtained by the upgraded facilities of DM direct detections get lower and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-02-01 Lian-Bao Jia , Xue-Qian Li

$Z'$ Mediated WIMPs: Dead, Dying, or Soon to be Detected?

Although weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) have long been among the most studied and theoretically attractive classes of candidates for the dark matter of our universe, the lack of their detection in direct detection and collider…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-11-27 Carlos Blanco , Miguel Escudero , Dan Hooper , Samuel J. Witte

Our Dark Matter Stopping in the Earth

We have worked for some time on a model for dark matter, in which dark matter consists of small bubbles of a new speculated type of vacuum, which are pumped up by some ordinary matter such as diamond, so as to resist the pressure of the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-11-28 H. B. Nielsen , Colin D. Froggatt