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DarkSide-50 532-day Dark Matter Search with Low-Radioactivity Argon

The DarkSide-50 direct-detection dark matter experiment is a dual-phase argon time projection chamber operating at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. This paper reports on the blind analysis of a (16,660+-270) kg d exposure using a target…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-21 The DarkSide Collaboration , P. Agnes , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , G. R. Araujo , M. Ave , H. O. Back , B. Baldin , G. Batignani , K. Biery , V. Bocci , G. Bonfini , W. Bonivento , B. Bottino , F. Budano , S. Bussino , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , F. Calaprice , A. Caminata , N. Canci , A. Candela , M. Caravati , M. Cariello , M. Carlini , M. Carpinelli , S. Catalanotti , V. Cataudella , P. Cavalcante , S. Cavuoti , A. Chepurnov , C. Cicalò , A. G. Cocco , G. Covone , D. D'Angelo , M. D'Incecco , D. D'Urso , S. Davini , A. De Candia , S. De Cecco , M. De Deo , G. De Filippis , G. De Rosa , M. De Vincenzi , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Eusanio , G. Di Pietro , C. Dionisi , M. Downing , E. Edkins , A. Empl , A. Fan , G. Fiorillo , R. S. Fitzpatrick , K. Fomenko , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiati , C. Ghiano , S. Giagu , C. Giganti , G. K. Giovanetti , O. Gorchakov , A. M. Goretti , F. Granato , M. Gromov , M. Guan , Y. Guardincerri , M. Gulino , B. R. Hackett , K. Herner , B. Hosseini , D. Hughes , P. Humble , E. V. Hungerford , An. Ianni , V. Ippolito , I. James , T. N. Johnson , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , I. Kochanek , G. Koh , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , M. Kuss , M. La Commara , M. Lai , X. Li , M. Lissia , G. Longo , Y. Ma , A. A. Machado , I. N. Machulin , A. Mandarano , L. Mapelli , S. M. Mari , J. Maricic , C. J. Martoff , A. Messina , P. D. Meyers , R. Milincic , A. Monte , M. Morrocchi , B. J. Mount , V. N. Muratova , P. Musico , A. Navrer Agasson , A. O. Nozdrina , A. Oleinik , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , K. Pelczar , N. Pelliccia , A. Pocar , S. Pordes , S. S. Poudel , D. A. Pugachev , H. Qian , F. Ragusa , M. Razeti , A. Razeto , B. Reinhold , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , Q. Riffard , A. Romani , B. Rossi , N. Rossi , D. Sablone , O. Samoylov , W. Sands , S. Sanfilippo , C. Savarese , B. Schlitzer , E. Segreto , D. A. Semenov , A. Shchagin , A. Sheshukov , P. N. Singh , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , C. Stanford , S. Stracka , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , P. Trinchese , E. V. Unzhakov , M. Verducci , A. Vishneva , B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , T. J. Waldrop , H. Wang , Y. Wang , A. W. Watson , S. Westerdale , M. M. Wojcik , X. Xiang , X. Xiao , C. Yang , Z. Ye , C. Zhu , G. Zuzel

The SuperCDMS Experiment

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

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

Limits on light WIMPs with a germanium detector at 177 eVee threshold at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory

The China Dark Matter Experiment reports results on light WIMP dark matter searches at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory with a germanium detector array with a total mass of 20 g. The physics threshold achieved is 177 eVee ("ee"…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-08-20 S. K. Liu , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , J. P. Cheng , H. T. Wong , Y. J. Li , S. T. Lin , J. P. Chang , N. Chen , Q. H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , Y. C. Chuang , Z. Deng , Q. Du , H. Gong , X. Q. Hao , H. J. He , Q. J. He , H. X. Huang , T. R. Huang , H. Jiang , H. B. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , J. Li , X. Li , X. Q. Li , X. Y. Li , Y. L. Li , H. Y. Liao , F. K. Lin , L. C. Lü , 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 , S. Y. Wu , Y. C. Wu , Y. C. Wu , Z. Z. Xianyu , R. Q. Xiao , H. Y. Xing , F. Z. Xu , Y. Xu , X. J. Xu , T. Xue , C. W. Yang , 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 , W. Zhao , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu , W. B. Zhu , X. Z. Zhu , Z. H. 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

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

Dark Matter Results From 54-Ton-Day Exposure of PandaX-II Experiment

We report a new search of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using the combined low background data sets in 2016 and 2017 from the PandaX-II experiment in China. The latest data set contains a new exposure of 77.1 live day, with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-08 II Collaboration , Xiangyi Cui , Abdusalam Abdukerim , Wei Chen , Xun Chen , Yunhua Chen , Binbin Dong , Deqing Fang , Changbo Fu , Karl Giboni , Franco Giuliani , Linhui Gu , Yikun Gu , Xuyuan Guo , Zhifan Guo , Ke Han , Changda He , Di Huang , Shengming He , Xingtao Huang , Zhou Huang , Xiangdong Ji , Yonglin Ju , Shaoli Li , Yao Li , Heng Lin , Huaxuan Liu , Jianglai Liu , Yugang Ma , Yajun Mao , Kaixiang Ni , Jinhua Ning , Xiangxiang Ren , Fang Shi , Andi Tan , Cheng Wang , Hongwei Wang , Meng Wang , Qiuhong Wang , Siguang Wang , Xiuli Wang , Xuming Wang , Qinyu Wu , Shiyong Wu , Mengjiao Xiao , Pengwei Xie , Binbin Yan , Yong Yang , Jianfeng Yue , Dan Zhang , Hongguang Zhang , Tao Zhang , Tianqi Zhang , Li Zhao , Jifang Zhou , Ning Zhou , Xiaopeng Zhou

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

Collider Constraints on the Dark Matter Interpretation of the CDMS II Results

The recent observation of three events by the CDMS II experiment can be interpreted as a 8.6 GeV dark matter scatters elastically with the nucleons inside the silicon detectors with a spin-independent cross section of 1.9 x 10^-41 cm^2. We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-08-02 Kingman Cheung , Chih-Ting Lu , Po-Yan Tseng , Tzu-Chiang Yuan

Status of the EDELWEISS-2 Dark Matter Search

The Edelweiss programme is dedicated to the direct search for Dark Matter as massive weakly interacting particles (WIMPs) with Germanium cryogenic detectors operated in the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane in the French Alps at a depth of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-11-01 A. Chantelauze

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

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 results from the LUX dark matter experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment, a dual-phase xenon time-projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (Lead, South Dakota), was cooled and filled in February 2013. We report results of the first…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-12 LUX Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , H. M. Araujo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , S. Bedikian , E. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bolozdynya , A. Bradley , D. Byram , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , J. J. Chapman , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , K. Clark , T. Coffey , A. Currie , A. Curioni , S. Dazeley , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , J. Dobson , E. M. Dragowsky , E. Druszkiewicz , B. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , C. Flores , R. J. Gaitskell , V. M. Gehman , C. Ghag , K. R. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , C. Hall , M. Hanhardt , S. A. Hertel , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , M. Ihm , R. G. Jacobsen , L. Kastens , K. Kazkaz , R. Knoche , S. Kyre , R. Lander , N. A. Larsen , C. Lee , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Lyashenko , D. C. Malling , R. Mannino , D. N. McKinsey , D. -M. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , J. Morad , M. Morii , A. St. J. Murphy , C. Nehrkorn , H. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikkel , R. A. Ott , M. Pangilinan , P. D. Parker , E. K. Pease , K. Pech , P. Phelps , L. Reichhart , T. Shutt , C. Silva , W. Skulski , C. J. Sofka , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , T. Stiegler , K. O`Sullivan , T. J. Sumner , R. Svoboda , M. Sweany , M. Szydagis , D. Taylor , B. Tennyson , D. R. Tiedt , M. Tripathi , S. Uvarov , J. R. Verbus , N. Walsh , R. Webb , J. T. White , D. White , M. S. Witherell , M. Wlasenko , F. L. H. Wolfs , M. Woods , C. Zhang

Introduction of the CDEX experiment

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are the candidates of dark matter in our universe. Up to now any direct interaction of WIMP with nuclei has not been observed yet. The exclusion limits of the spin-independent cross section of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-04-24 Ke-Jun Kang , Jian-Ping Cheng , Jin Li , Yuan-Jing Li , Qian Yue , Yang Bai , Yong Bi , Jian-Ping Chang , Nan Chen , Ning Chen , Qing-Hao Chen , Yun-Hua Chen , Zhi Deng , Qiang Du , Hui Gong , Xi-Qing Hao , Hong-Jian He , Qing-Ju He , Xin-Hui Hu , Han-Xiong Huang , Hao Jiang , Jian-Min Li , Xia Li , Xin-Ying Li , Xue-Qian Li , Yu-Lan Li , Shu-Kui Liu , Ya-Bin Liu , Lan-Chun Lu , Hao Ma , Jian-Qiang Qin , Jie Ren , Jing Ren , Xi-Chao Ruan , Man-Bin Shen , Jian Su , Chang-Jian Tang , Zhen-Yu Tang , Ji-Min Wang , Qing Wang , Xu-Feng Wang , Shi-Yong Wu , Yu-Cheng Wu , Zhong-Zhi Xianyu , Hao-Yang Xing , Xun-Jie Xu , Yin Xu , Tao Xue , Li-Tao Yang , Nan Yi , Hao Yu , Chun-Xu Yu , Xiong-Hui Zeng , Zhi Zeng , Lan Zhang , Guang-Hua Zhang , Ming-Gang Zhao , Su-Ning Zhong , Jin Zhou , Zu-Ying Zhou , Jing-Jun Zhu , Wei-Bin Zhu , Xue-Zhou Zhu , Zhong-Hua Zhu

Study of a WIMP dark matter model with the updated results of CDMS II

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

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

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

Final results of the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search with cryogenic heat-and-ionization Ge detectors

The final results of the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search using cryogenic heat-and-ionization Ge detectors are presented. The final data sample corresponds to an increase by a factor five in exposure relative to the previously published…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 V. Sanglard , A. Benoit , L. Berge , J. Blumer , A. Broniatowski , B. Censier , L. Chabert , M. Chapellier , G. Chardin , P. Charvin , S. Collin , M. De Jesus , H. Deschamps , P. Di Stefano , Y. Dolgorouky , D. Drain , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , M. Fesquet , S. Fiorucci , J. Gascon , G. Gerbier , E. Gerlic , C. Goldbach , M. Goyot , M. Gros , S. Herve , M. Horn , A. Juillard , M. Karolak , C. Kikuchi , A. de Lesquen , M. Luca , J. Mallet , S. Marnieros , L. Mosca , X. -F. Navick , G. Nollez , P. Pari , L. Schoeffel , M. Stern , L. Vagneron , V. Villar

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

Recent Results from the SIMPLE Dark Matter Search

SIMPLE is an experimental search for evidence of spin-dependent dark matter, based on superheated droplet detectors using C$_{2}$ClF$_{5}$. We report preliminary results of a 0.6 kgdy exposure of five one liter devices, each containing…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-11-03 TA Girard , F. Giuliani , J. I. Collar