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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

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment, results from the 2004 campaign and status of the current update

The CDMS II experiment uses Z-dependent Ionization Phonon (ZIP) detectors made of Germanium and Silicon to identify nuclear recoils from Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) with near complete event-by-event rejection of various…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Samuel Leclercq

Results from 730 kg days of the CRESST-II Dark Matter Search

The CRESST-II cryogenic Dark Matter search, aiming at detection of WIMPs via elastic scattering off nuclei in CaWO$_4$ crystals, completed 730 kg days of data taking in 2011. We present the data collected with eight detector modules, each…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 G. Angloher , M. Bauer , I. Bavykina , A. Bento , C. Bucci , C. Ciemniak , G. Deuter , F. von Feilitzsch , D. Hauff , P. Huff , C. Isaila , J. Jochum , M. Kiefer , M. Kimmerle , J. -C. Lanfranchi , F. Petricca , S. Pfister , W. Potzel , F. Pröbst , F. Reindl , S. Roth , K. Rottler , C. Sailer , K. Schäffner , J. Schmaler , S. Scholl , W. Seidel , M. von Sivers , L. Stodolsky , C. Strandhagen , R. Strauß , A. Tanzke , I. Usherov , S. Wawoczny , M. Willers , A. Zöller

The NAIAD experiment for WIMP searches at Boulby mine and recent results

The NAIAD experiment (NaI Advanced Detector) for WIMP dark matter searches at Boulby mine (UK) is described. The detector consists of an array of encapsulated and unencapsulated NaI(Tl) crystals with high light yield. Six crystals are…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 B. Ahmed , G. J. Alner , H. Araujo , J. C. Barton , A. Bewick , M. J. Carson , D. Davidge , J. V. Dawson , T. Gamble , S. P. Hart , R. Hollingworth , A. S. Howard , W. G. Jones , M. K. Joshi , V. A. Kudryavtsev , T. B. Lawson , V. Lebedenko , M. J. Lehner , J. D. Lewin , P. K. Lightfoot , I. Liubarsky , R. Luscher , J. E. McMillan , B. Morgan , G. Nicklin , S. M. Paling , R. M. Preece , J. J. Quenby , J. W. Roberts , M. Robinson , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , N. J. C. Spooner , T. J. Sumner , D. R. Tovey

Results from the Final Exposure of the CDMS II Experiment

We report results from a blind analysis of the final data taken with the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment (CDMS II) at the Soudan Underground Laboratory, Minnesota, USA. A total raw exposure of 612 kg-days was analyzed for this work.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 The CDMS Collaboration , Z. Ahmed

Limits on the spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross-sections from the first science run of the ZEPLIN-III experiment

We present new experimental constraints on the WIMP-nucleon spin-dependent elastic cross-sections using data from the first science run of ZEPLIN-III, a two-phase xenon experiment searching for galactic dark matter WIMPs based at the Boulby…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-29 V. N. Lebedenko , H. M. Araujo , E. J. Barnes , A. Bewick , R. Cashmore , V. Chepel , D. Davidge , J. Dawson , T. Durkin , B. Edwards , C. Ghag , V. Graffagnino , M. Horn , A. S. Howard , A. J. Hughes , W. G. Jones , M. Joshi , G. E. Kalmus , A. G. Kovalenko , A. Lindote , I. Liubarsky , M. I. Lopes , R. Luscher , K. Lyons , P. Majewski , A. StJ. Murphy , F. Neves , J. Pinto da Cunha , R. Preece , J. J. Quenby , P. R. Scovell , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , V. N. Stekhanov , T. J. Sumner , C. Thorne , R. J. Walker

Limits on spin-independent WIMP-nucleon interactions from the two-tower run of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search

We report new results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. Two towers, each consisting of six detectors, were operated for 74.5 live days, giving spectrum-weighted exposures of 34 kg-d for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 CDMS Collaboration

The DRIFT Directional Dark Matter Detector and First Studies of the Head-Tail Effect

Measurement of the direction of the elastic nuclear recoil track and ionization charge distribution along it, gives unique possibility for unambiguous detection of the dark matter WIMP particle. Within current radiation detection…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-08-23 N. J. C. Spooner , P. Majewski

First background-free limit from a directional dark matter experiment: results from a fully fiducialised DRIFT detector

The addition of O2 to gas mixtures in time projection chambers containing CS2 has recently been shown to produce multiple negative ions that travel at slightly different velocities. This allows a measurement of the absolute position of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-07-24 J. B. R. Battat , J. Brack , E. Daw , A. Dorofeev , A. C. Ezeribe , J. -L. Gauvreau , M. Gold , J. L. Harton , J. M. Landers , E. Law , E. R. Lee , D. Loomba , A. Lumnah , J. A. J. Matthews , E. H. Miller , A. Monte , F. Mouton , A. StJ. Murphy , S. M. Paling , N. Phan , M. Robinson , S. W. Sadler , A. Scarff , F. Schuckman , D. P. Snowden-Ifft , N. J. C. Spooner , S. Telfer , S. E. Vahsen , D. Walker , D. Warner , L. Yuriev

Improved Limits on Spin-Dependent WIMP-Proton Interactions from a Two Liter CF$_3$I Bubble Chamber

Data from the operation of a bubble chamber filled with 3.5 kg of CF$_{3}$I in a shallow underground site are reported. An analysis of ultrasound signals accompanying bubble nucleations confirms that alpha decays generate a significantly…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-08 E. Behnke , J. Behnke , S. J. Brice , D. Broemmelsiek , J. I. Collar , P. S. Cooper , M. Crisler , C. E. Dahl , D. Fustin , J. Hall , J. H. Hinnefeld , M. Hu , I. Levine , E. Ramberg , T. Shepherd , A. Sonnenschein , M. Szydagis

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

Latest results of the EDELWEISS-II experiment

The EDELWEISS-II collaboration has performed a direct search for WIMP dark matter with an array of ten 400-g heat-and-ionization cryogenic detectors equipped with Inter-Digit electrodes for the rejection of near-surface events. Results from…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-06-09 Torrento-Coello , A. S

Track Reconstruction and Performance of DRIFT Directional Dark Matter Detectors using Alpha Particles

First results are presented from an analysis of data from the DRIFT-IIa and DRIFT-IIb directional dark matter detectors at Boulby Mine in which alpha particle tracks were reconstructed and used to characterise detector performance--an…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Burgos , J. Forbes , C. Ghag , M. Gold , V. A. Kudryavtsev , T. B. Lawson , D. Loomba , P. Majewski , J. E. McMillan , D. Muna , A. StJ. Murphy , G. G. Nicklin , S. M. Paling , A. Petkov , S. J. S. Plank , M. Robinson , N. Sanghi , N. J. T. Smith , D. P. Snowden-Ifft , N. J. C. Spooner , T. J. Sumner , J. Turk , T. Tziaferi

First dark matter search results from a 4-kg CF$_3$I bubble chamber operated in a deep underground site

New data are reported from the operation of a 4.0 kg CF$_{3}$I bubble chamber in the 6800-foot-deep SNOLAB underground laboratory. The effectiveness of ultrasound analysis in discriminating alpha-decay background events from single nuclear…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-21 E. Behnke , J. Behnke , S. J. Brice , D. Broemmelsiek , J. I. Collar , A. Conner , P. S. Cooper , M. Crisler , C. E. Dahl , D. Fustin , E. Grace , J. Hall , M. Hu , I. Levine , W. H. Lippincott , T. Moan , T. Nania , E. Ramberg , A. E. Robinson , A. Sonnenschein , M. Szydagis , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui

First Dark Matter Search Results from a Surface Run of the 10-L DMTPC Directional Dark Matter Detector

The Dark Matter Time Projection Chamber (DMTPC) is a low pressure (75 Torr CF4) 10 liter detector capable of measuring the vector direction of nuclear recoils with the goal of directional dark matter detection. In this paper we present the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-06-27 S. Ahlen , J. B. R. Battat , T. Caldwell , C. Deaconu , D. Dujmic , W. Fedus , P. Fisher , F. Golub , S. Henderson , A. Inglis , A. Kaboth , G. Kohse , R. Lanza , A. Lee , J. Lopez , J. Monroe , T. Sahin , G. Sciolla , N. Skvorodnev , H. Tomita , H. Wellenstein , I. Wolfe , R. Yamamoto , H. Yegoryan

Improved Spin Dependent Limits from the PICASSO Dark Matter Search Experiment

The PICASSO experiment reports an improved limit for the existence of cold dark matter WIMPs interacting via spin-dependent interactions with nuclei. The experiment is installed in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory at a depth of 2070 m. With…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 The PICASSO Collaboration , M. Barnabe-Heider , E. Behnke , K. Clark , M. Di Marco , P. Doane , W. Feighery , M. -H. Genest , R. Gornea , R. Guenette , S. Kanagalingam , C. B. Krauss , C. Leroy , L. Lessard , I. Levine , J. -P. Martin , C. Muthusi , A. J. Noble , R. Noulty , U. Wichoski , V. Zacek

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

Commissioning Run of the CRESST-II Dark Matter Search

The CRESST cryogenic direct dark matter search at Gran Sasso, searching for WIMPs via nuclear recoil, has been upgraded to CRESST-II by several changes and improvements.We present the results of a commissioning run carried out in 2007. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-30 G. Angloher , M. Bauer , I. Bavykina , A. Bento , A. Brown , C. Bucci , C. Ciemniak , C. Coppi , G. Deuter , F. von Feilitzsch , D. Hauff , S. Henry , P. Huff , J. Imber , S. Ingleby , C. Isaila , J. Jochum , M. Kiefer , M. Kimmerle , H. Kraus , J. -C. Lanfranchi , R. F. Lang , B. Majorovits , M. Malek , R. McGowan , V. B. Mikhailik , E. Pantic , F. Petricca , S. Pfister , W. Potzel , F. Proebst , W. Rau , S. Roth , K. Rottler , C. Sailer , K. Schaeffner , J. Schmaler , S. Scholl , W. Seidel , L. Stodolsky , A. J. B. Tolhurst , I. Usherov , W. Westphal

Recent results from the CDMS-II experiment

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment (CDMS) employs low-temperature Ge and Si detectors to detect WIMPs via their elastic scattering interaction with the target nuclei. The current analysis of 397.8 kg-days Ge exposure resulted in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 T. Bruch

Measurement of the Range Component Directional Signature in a DRIFT-II Detector using 252Cf Neutrons

The DRIFT collaboration utilizes low pressure gaseous detectors to search for WIMP dark matter with directional signatures. A 252Cf neutron source was placed on each of the principal axes of a DRIFT detector in order to test its ability to…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-02-16 S. Burgos , E. Daw , J. Forbes , C. Ghag , M. Gold , C. Hagemann , V. A. Kudryavtsev , T. B. Lawson , D. Loomba , P. Majewski , D. Muna , A. St. J. Murphy , G. G. Nicklin , S. M. Paling , A. Petkov , S. J. S. Plank , M. Robinson , N. Sanghi , D. P. Snowden-Ifft , N. J. C. Spooner , J. Turk , E. Tziaferi