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Low-Mass Dark Matter Search with the DarkSide-50 Experiment

We present the results of a search for dark matter WIMPs in the mass range below 20 GeV/c^2 using a target of low-radioactivity argon. The data were obtained using the DarkSide-50 apparatus at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS). The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-29 The DarkSide Collaboration , P. Agnes , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , G. R. Araujo , D. M. Asner , 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 , R. Cereseto , A. Chepurnov , C. Cicalò , L. Cifarelli , 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 , P. Demontis , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Eusanio , G. Di Pietro , C. Dionisi , M. Downing , E. Edkins , A. Empl , A. Fan , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , A. Gabrieli , C. Galbiati , P. Garcia Abia , 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 , M. H. Hassanshahi , K. Herner , B. Hosseini , D. Hughes , P. Humble , E. V. Hungerford , Al. Ianni , An. Ianni , V. Ippolito , I. James , T. N. Johnson , Y. Kahn , 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. Lisanti , M. Lissia , B. Loer , 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 , S. Mishra-Sharma , A. Monte , M. Morrocchi , B. J. Mount , V. N. Muratova , P. Musico , R. Nania , A. Navrer Agasson , A. O. Nozdrina , A. Oleinik , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , F. Pazzona , K. Pelczar , N. Pelliccia , V. Pesudo , 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 , M. Sant , R. Santorelli , C. Savarese , E. Scapparone , 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 , G. B. Suffritti , 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 , M. Wojcik , X. Xiang , X. Xiao , C. Yang , Z. Ye , C. Zhu , A. Zichichi , G. Zuzel

DMTPC: A dark matter detector with directional sensitivity

By correlating nuclear recoil directions with the Earth's direction of motion through the Galaxy, a directional dark matter detector can unambiguously detect Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), even in the presence of backgrounds.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-21 J. B. R. Battat , S. Ahlen , T. Caldwell , D. Dujmic , A. Dushkin , P. Fisher , F. Golub , S. Goyal , S. Henderson , A. Inglis , R. Lanza , J. Lopez , A. Kaboth , G. Kohse , J. Monroe , G. Sciolla , B. N. Skvorodnev , H. Tomita , R. Vanderspek , H. Wellenstein , R. Yamamoto

First Dark Matter Search Results from the XENON1T Experiment

We report the first dark matter search results from XENON1T, a $\sim$2000-kg-target-mass dual-phase (liquid-gas) xenon time projection chamber in operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy and the first ton-scale detector…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-27 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , F. D. Amaro , M. Anthony , F. Arneodo , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , L. Bütikofer , J. Calvén , J. M. R. Cardoso , M. Cervantes , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , P. de Perio , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , S. Diglio , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , R. Gardner , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , R. Itay , B. Kaminsky , S. Kazama , G. Kessler , A. Kish , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , D. Lellouch , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. A. M. Lopes , A. Manfredini , I. Mariş , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Masson , D. Mayani , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , A. Molinario , K. Morå , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , P. Pakarha , B. Pelssers , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , M. -C. Piro , G. Plante , N. Priel , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , B. Riedel , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , N. Rupp , R. Saldanha , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , M. v. Sivers , A. Stein , S. Thapa , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , M. Vargas , N. Upole , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu

Search for light dark matter with NEWS-G

The NEWS-G collaboration is searching for light dark matter candidates using a spherical proportional counter. Light gases, such as hydrogen, helium, and neon, are used as targets, providing access in the 0.1-10 GeV mass range. First…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-26 K. Nikolopoulos

Simulation of the Directional Dark Matter Detector (D3) and Directional Neutron Observer (DiNO)

Preliminary simulation and optimization studies of the Directional Dark Matter Detector and the Directional Neutron Observer are presented. These studies show that the neutron interaction with the gas-target in these detectors is treated…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 I. Jaegle , H. Feng , S. Ross , J. Yamaoka , S. E. Vahsen

First Results from the DarkSide-50 Dark Matter Experiment at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso

We report the first results of DarkSide-50, a direct search for dark matter operating in the underground Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) and searching for the rare nuclear recoils possibly induced by weakly interacting massive…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 P. Agnes , T. Alexander , A. Alton , K. Arisaka , H. O. Back , B. Baldin , K. Biery , G. Bonfini , M. Bossa , A. Brigatti , J. Brodsky , F. Budano , L. Cadonati , F. Calaprice , N. Canci , A. Candela , H. Cao , M. Cariello , P. Cavalcante , A. Chavarria , A. Chepurnov , A. G. Cocco , L. Crippa , D. D'Angelo , M. D'Incecco , S. Davini , M. De Deo , 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 , A. Goretti , L. Grandi , M. Gromov , M. Y. Guan , Y. Guardincerri , B. Hackett , K. Herner , E. V. Hungerford , Al. Ianni , An. Ianni , C. Jollet , K. Keeter , C. Kendziora , S. Kidner , V. Kobychev , G. Koh , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kurlej , P. X. Li , B. Loer , P. Lombardi , C. Love , L. Ludhova , S. Luitz , Y. Q. Ma , I. Machulin , A. Mandarano , S. Mari , J. Maricic , L. Marini , C. J. Martoff , A. Meregaglia , E. Meroni , P. D. Meyers , R. Milincic , D. Montanari , A. Monte , M. Montuschi , M. E. Monzani , P. Mosteiro , B. Mount , V. Muratova , P. Musico , A. Nelson , S. Odrowski , M. Okounkova , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , E. Pantic , L. Papp , S. Parmeggiano , R. Parsells , K. Pelczar , N. Pelliccia , S. Perasso , A. Pocar , S. Pordes , D. Pugachev , H. Qian , K. Randle , G. Ranucci , A. Razeto , B. Reinhold , A. Renshaw , A. Romani , B. Rossi , N. Rossi , S. D. Rountree , D. Sablone , P. Saggese , R. Saldanha , W. Sands , S. Sangiorgio , E. Segreto , D. Semenov , E. Shields , M. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , C. Stanford , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , J. Tatarowicz , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , E. Unzhakov , R. B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , S. Walker , H. Wang , Y. Wang , A. Watson , S. Westerdale , M. Wojcik , A. Wright , X. Xiang , J. Xu , C. G. Yang , J. Yoo , S. Zavatarelli , A. Zec , C. Zhu , G. Zuzel

Simulations of neutron background in a time projection chamber relevant to dark matter searches

Presented here are results of simulations of neutron background performed for a time projection chamber acting as a particle dark matter detector in an underground laboratory. The investigated background includes neutrons from rock and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-11 M. J. Carson , J. C. Davies , E. Daw , R. J. Hollingworth , J. A. Kirkpatrick , V. A. Kudryavtsev , T. B. Lawson , P. K. Lightfoot , J. E. McMillan , B. Morgan , S. M. Paling , M. Robinson , N. J. C Spooner , D. R. Tovey , E. Tziaferi

DM-TPC: a new approach to directional detection of Dark Matter

Directional detection can provide unambiguous observation of Dark Matter interactions even in presence of insidious backgrounds. The DM-TPC collaboration is developing a detector with the goal of measuring the direction and sense of nuclear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-05-19 G. Sciolla , S. Ahlen , D. Dujmic , V. Dutta , P. Fisher , S. Henderson , A. Kaboth , G. Kohse , R. Lanza , J. Monroe , A. Roccaro , N. Skvorodnev , H. Tomita , R. Vanderspek , H. Wellenstein , R. Yamamoto

First measurement of nuclear recoil head-tail sense in a fiducialised WIMP dark matter detector

Recent computational results suggest that directional dark matter detectors have potential to probe for WIMP dark matter particles below the neutrino floor. The DRIFT-IId detector used in this work is a leading directional WIMP search time…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-11-28 J. B. R. Battat , E. Daw , A. C. Ezeribe , J. -L. Gauvreau , J. L. Harton , R. Lafler , E. R. Lee , D. Loomba , A. Lumnah , E. H. Miller , F. Mouton , A. StJ. Murphy , S. M. Paling , N. S. Phan , M. Robinson , S. W. Sadler , A. Scarff , F. G. Schuckman , D. P. Snowden-Ifft , N. J. C. Spooner

A Search of Low-Mass WIMPs with p-type Point Contact Germanium Detector in the CDEX-1 Experiment

The CDEX-1 experiment conducted a search of low-mass (< 10 GeV/c2) Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) dark matter at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory using a p-type point-contact germanium detector with a fiducial mass of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-10-25 W. Zhao , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , J. P. Cheng , Y. J. Li , H. T. Wong , S. T. Lin , J. P. Chang , J. H. Chen , Q. H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , 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. Li , J. Li , J. M. Li , X. Li , X. Y. Li , Y. L. Li , F. K. Lin , S. K. Liu , L. C. Lü , H. Ma , J. L. Ma , S. J. Mao , J. Q. Qin , J. Ren , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , V. Sharma , M. B. Shen , L. Singh , M. K. Singh , A. K. Soma , J. Su , C. J. Tang , J. M. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , S. Y. Wu , Y. C. Wu , Z. Z. Xianyu , R. Q. Xiao , H. Y. Xing , F. Z. Xu , Y. Xu , X. J. Xu , T. Xue , L. T. Yang , S. W. Yang , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. Yu , X. Z. Yu , M. Zeng , X. H. Zeng , Z. Zeng , L. Zhang , Y. H. Zhang , M. G. Zhao , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu , W. B. Zhu , X. Z. Zhu , Z. H. Zhu

First results from the NEWS-G direct dark matter search experiment at the LSM

New Experiments With Spheres-Gas (NEWS-G) is a direct dark matter detection experiment using Spherical Proportional Counters (SPCs) with light noble gases to search for low-mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). We report the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-19 G Collaboration , Q. Arnaud , D. Asner , J. -P. Bard , A. Brossard , B. Cai , M. Chapellier , M. Clark , E. C. Corcoran , T. Dandl , A. Dastgheibi-Fard , K. Dering , P. Di Stefano , D. Durnford , G. Gerbier , I. Giomataris , P. Gorel , M. Gros , O. Guillaudin , E. W. Hoppe , A. Kamaha , I. Katsioulas , D. G. Kelly , R. D. Martin , J. McDonald , J. -F. Muraz , J. -P. Mols , X. -F. Navick , T. Papaevangelou , F. Piquemal , S. Roth , D. Santos , I. Savvidis , A. Ulrich , F. Vazquez de Sola Fernandez , M. Zampaolo

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

Directional detection of Dark Matter with the MIcro-tpc MAtrix of Chambers

Particles weakly interacting with ordinary matter, with an associated mass of the order of an atomic nucleus (WIMPs), are plausible candidates for Dark Matter. The direct detection of an elastic collision of a target nuclei induced by one…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-01 C. Couturier , O. Guillaudin , F. Naraghi , Q. Riffard , D. Santos , N. Sauzet , P. Colas , E. Ferrer Ribas , I. Giomataris , J. Busto , D. Fouchez , C. Tao , N. Zhou

Assessing the discovery potential of directional detection of Dark Matter

There is a worldwide effort toward the development of a large TPC (Time Projection Chamber) devoted to directional Dark Matter detection. All current projects are being designed to fulfill a unique goal : identifying weakly interacting…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-12 J. Billard , F. Mayet , D. Santos

Dark matter search experiment with CaF2(Eu) scintillator at Kamioka Observatory

We report recent results of a WIMP dark matter search experiment using 310g of CaF2(Eu) scintillator at Kamioka Observatory. We chose a highly radio-pure crystal, PMTs and radiation shields, so that the background rate decreased…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Y. Shimizu , M. Minowa , W. Suganuma , Y. Inoue

Prospects of cold dark matter searches with an ultra-low-energy germanium detector

The report describes the research program on the development of ultra-low-energy germanium detectors, with emphasis on WIMP dark matter searches. A threshold of 100 eV is achieved with a 20 g detector array, providing a unique probe to the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 H. T. Wong

Low Energy Investigations at Kamioka Observatory

At Kamioka Observatory many activities for low energy rare event search are ongoing. Super-Kamiokande(SK), the largest water Cherenkov neutrino detector, currently continues data taking as the fourth phase of the experiment (SK-IV). In…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-12 Hiroyuki Sekiya

Toward directional detection of Dark Matter with the DM-TPC detector

Directional detection can provide unambiguous observation of Dark Matter interactions even in presence of insidious backgrounds. The DM-TPC collaboration is developing a detector with the goal of measuring the direction and sense of nuclear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 G. Sciolla , S. Ahlen , D. Dujmic , V. Dutta , P. Fisher , S. Henderson , A. Kaboth , G. Kohse , R. Lanza , J. Monroe , A. Roccaro , N. Skvorodnev , H. Tomita , R. Vanderspek , H. Wellenstein , R. Yamamoto

Dark Matter Search Results from the PICO-60 C$_3$F$_8$ Bubble Chamber

New results are reported from the operation of the PICO-60 dark matter detector, a bubble chamber filled with 52 kg of C$_3$F$_8$ located in the SNOLAB underground laboratory. As in previous PICO bubble chambers, PICO-60 C$_3$F$_8$ exhibits…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-03 C. Amole , M. Ardid , I. J. Arnquist , D. M. Asner , D. Baxter , E. Behnke , P. Bhattacharjee , H. Borsodi , M. Bou-Cabo , P. Campion , G. Cao , C. J. Chen , U. Chowdhury , K. Clark , J. I. Collar , P. S. Cooper , M. Crisler , G. Crowder , C. E. Dahl , M. Das , S. Fallows , J. Farine , I. Felis , R. Filgas , F. Girard , G. Giroux , J. Hall , O. Harris , E. W. Hoppe , M. Jin , C. B. Krauss , M. Laurin , I. Lawson , A. Leblanc , I. Levine , W. H. Lippincott , F. Mamedov , D. Maurya , P. Mitra , T. Nania , R. Neilson , A. J. Noble , S. Olson , A. Ortega , A. Plante , R. Podviyanuk , S. Priya , A. E. Robinson , A. Roeder , R. Rucinski , O. Scallon , S. Seth , A. Sonnenschein , N. Starinski , I. Štekl , F. Tardif , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , J. Wells , U. Wichoski , Y. Yan , V. Zacek , J. Zhang

First Results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search in the Soudan Underground Lab

We report the first results from a search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) in the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) experiment at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. Four Ge and two Si detectors were operated for 52.6 live…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 CDMS Collaboration