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CYGNUS: Feasibility of a nuclear recoil observatory with directional sensitivity to dark matter and neutrinos

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Reducing DRIFT Backgrounds with a Submicron Aluminized-Mylar Cathode

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The CRESST-II cryogenic dark matter search aims for the detection of WIMPs via elastic scattering off nuclei in CaWO$_4$ crystals. We present results from a low-threshold analysis of a single upgraded detector module. This module…

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Effects of Residue Background Events in Direct Dark Matter Detection Experiments on the Determinations of Ratios of WIMP-Nucleon Cross Sections

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Results on light dark matter particles with a low-threshold CRESST-II detector

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Dark Matter Search Results from 4.2 Tonne-Years of Exposure of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment

We report results of a search for nuclear recoils induced by weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter using the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) two-phase xenon time projection chamber. This analysis uses a total exposure of $4.2\pm0.1$…

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First results of the EDELWEISS-II WIMP search using Ge cryogenic detectors with interleaved electrodes

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We report new limits on spin-independent WIMP-nucleon interaction cross-section using 39.5 kg-days of data taken with a p-type point-contact germanium detector of 840 g fiducial mass at the Kuo-Sheng Reactor Neutrino Laboratory. Crucial to…

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Optimizing WIMP directional detectors

We study the dependence of the exposure required to directly detect a WIMP directional recoil signal on the capabilities of a directional detector. Specifically we consider variations in the nuclear recoil energy threshold, the background…

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Results of Dark Matter Search using the Full PandaX-II Exposure

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Probing the Local Velocity Distribution of WIMP Dark Matter with Directional Detectors

We explore the ability of directional nuclear-recoil detectors to constrain the local velocity distribution of weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter by performing Bayesian parameter estimation on simulated recoil-event data…

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Nuclear Spin in Direct Dark Matter Search

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