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Prospects for determining the particle/antiparticle nature of WIMP dark matter with direct detection experiments

It was recently pointed out that direct detection signals from at least three different targets may be used to determine whether the Dark Matter (DM) particle is different from its antiparticle. In this work, we examine in detail the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-10-16 Bradley J. Kavanagh , Farinaldo S. Queiroz , Werner Rodejohann , Carlos E. Yaguna

On Diurnal and Annual Variations of Directional Detection Rates of Dark Matter

Direction sensitive direct detection of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) as dark matter would provide an unambiguous non-gravitational signature of dark matter (DM). The diurnal variation of DM signal due to earth's rotation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-04-16 Abhijit Bandyopadhyay , Debasish Majumdar

Projected WIMP sensitivity of the CDEX-50 dark matter experiment

CDEX-50 is a next-generation project of the China Dark Matter Experiment (CDEX) that aims to search for dark matter using a 50-kg germanium detector array. This paper comprises a thorough summary of the CDEX-50 dark matter experiment,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-08-08 X. P. Geng , L. T. Yang , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , Y. J. Li , H. P. An , Greeshma C. , J. P. Chang , Y. H. Chen , J. P. Cheng , W. H. Dai , Z. Deng , C. H. Fang , H. Gong , Q. J. Guo , T. Guo , X. Y. Guo , L. He , S. M. He , J. W. Hu , H. X. Huang , T. C. Huang , L. Jiang , S. Karmakar , H. B. Li , H. Y. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , Q. Y. Li , R. M. J. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. L. Li , Y. F. Liang , B. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. T. Lin , J. X. Liu , S. K. Liu , Y. D. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. Y. Liu , H. Ma , Y. C. Mao , Q. Y. Nie , J. H. Ning , H. Pan , N. C. Qi , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , M. K. Singh , T. X. Sun , C. J. Tang , Y. Tian , G. F. Wang , J. Z. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Y. X. Wang , H. T. Wong , S. Y. Wu , Y. C. Wu , H. Y. Xing , R. Xu , Y. Xu , T. Xue , Y. L. Yan , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. J. Yu , J. F. Yue , M. Zeng , Z. Zeng , B. T. Zhang , F. S. Zhang , L. Zhang , Z. H. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , J. Z. Zhao , K. K. Zhao , M. G. Zhao , J. F. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu

Vector WIMP Miracle

Weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) is well known to be a good candidate for dark matter, and it is also predicted by many new physics models beyond the standard model at the TeV scale. We found that, if the WIMP is a vector particle…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-04 Tomohiro Abe , Mitsuru Kakizaki , Shigeki Matsumoto , Osamu Seto

Limits on light WIMPs from the CDEX-1 experiment with a p-type point-contact germanium detector at the China Jingping Underground Laboratory

We report results of a search for light Dark Matter WIMPs with CDEX-1 experiment at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory, based on 53.9 kg-days of data from a p-type point-contact germanium detector enclosed by a NaI(Tl) crystal…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-11-19 Q. Yue , W. Zhao , K. J. Kang , J. P. Cheng , 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. 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 , 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 , 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 , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu , W. B. Zhu , X. Z. Zhu , Z. H. Zhu

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

Spin-Dependent Scattering of Sub-GeV Dark Matter: Models and Constraints

We calculate the scattering rate of sub-GeV dark matter in solid-state targets for spin-dependent dark matter -- nucleon interactions. For dark matter particles with mass below 100 MeV, the scattering occurs predominantly through incoherent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-06-16 Stefania Gori , Simon Knapen , Tongyan Lin , Pankaj Munbodh , Bethany Suter

Aspects of spin-dependent dark matter search

The Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) is the main candidate for the relic dark matter. A set of exclusion curves currently obtained for cross sections of the spin-dependent WIMP-proton and WIMP-neutron interaction is given. A…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 V. A. Bednyakov

Model-independent Limits from Spin-dependent WIMP Dark Matter Experiments

Spin-dependent WIMP searches have traditionally presented results within an odd group approximation and by suppressing one of the spin-dependent interaction cross sections. We here elaborate on a model-independent analysis in which…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Giuliani , TA Girard

Direct Dark Matter Search with the CRESST II Experiment

The quest for the particle nature of dark matter is one of the big open questions of modern physics. A well motivated candidate for dark matter is the so-called WIMP - a weakly interacting massive particle. Recently several theoretically…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-08 J Schieck , G Angloher , A Bento , C Bucci , L Canonica , X Defay , A Erb , F v Feilitzsch , N Ferreiro Iachellini , P Gorla , A Guetlein , D Hauff , J Jochum , M Kiefer , H Kluck , H Kraus , J-C Lanfranchi , J Loebell , M Mancuso , A Muenster , C Pagliarone , F Petricca , W Potzel , F Pröbst , R Puig , F Reindl , K Schaeffner , S Schoenert , W Seidel , M Stahlberg , L Stodolsky , C Strandhagen , R Strauss , A Tanzke , H H Trinh Thi , C Turkoglu , M Uffinger , A Ulrich , I Usherov , S Wawoczny , M Willers , M Wueustrich , A Zoeller

Indirect Searches for Secluded Dark Matter

Dark matter is one of the most important open problems in particle physics and cosmology. Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) appear as an appealing solution, providing the right relic density with a cross-section at the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-10-04 C. Siqueira , Guilherme N. Fortes , Aion Viana , Farinaldo Queiroz

Limits on spin-independent couplings of WIMP dark matter with a p-type point-contact germanium detector

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…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-05-29 TEXONO Collaboration

Results from a Low-Energy Analysis of the CDMS II Germanium Data

We report results from a reanalysis of data from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) experiment at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. Data taken between October 2006 and September 2008 using eight germanium detectors are reanalyzed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-22 CDMS Collaboration , Z. Ahmed , D. S. Akerib , S. Arrenberg , C. N. Bailey , D. Balakishiyeva , L. Baudis , D. A. Bauer , P. L. Brink , T. Bruch , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , J. Cooley , E. do Couto e Silva , P. Cushman , M. Daal , F. DeJongh , P. Di Stefano , M. R. Dragowsky , L. Duong , S. Fallows , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , J. Filippini , J. Fox , M. Fritts , S. R. Golwala , J. Hall , R. Hennings-Yeomans , S. A. Hertel , D. Holmgren , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , O. Kamaev , M. Kiveni , M. Kos , S. W. Leman , S. Liu , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , K. A. McCarthy , N. Mirabolfathi , D. Moore , H. Nelson , R. W. Ogburn , A. Phipps , M. Pyle , X. Qiu , E. Ramberg , W. Rau , A. Reisetter , R. Resch , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , R. W. Schnee , D. N. Seitz , B. Serfass , K. M. Sundqvist , M. Tarka , P. Wikus , S. Yellin , J. Yoo , B. A. Young , J. Zhang

New class of biological detectors for WIMPs

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) may constitute a large fraction of the matter in the Universe. There are excess events in the data of DAMA/LIBRA, CoGeNT, CRESST-II, and recently CDMS-Si, which could be consistent with WIMP…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-03 Andrzej K. Drukier , Charles Cantor , Mark Chonofsky , George M. Church , Robert L. Fagaly , Katherine Freese , Alejandro Lopez , Takeshi Sano , Christopher Savage , Wesley P. Wong

Model-independent assessment of current direct searches for spin-dependent dark matter

I evaluate the current results of spin-dependent weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) searches within a model-independent framework, showing the most restrictive limits to date derive from the combination of xenon and sodium iodide…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Giuliani

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

Ruling out the light WIMP explanation of the galactic 511 keV line

Over the past few decades, an anomalous 511 keV gamma-ray line has been observed from the centre of the Milky Way. Dark matter (DM) in the form of light weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) annihilating into electron-positron pairs…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-01 Ryan J. Wilkinson , Aaron C. Vincent , Celine Boehm , Christopher McCabe

Weighing the Dark Matter Halo

The dark matter problem will be solved only when all of the dark matter is accounted for. Although wimps may be discovered in direct detection experiments soon, we will not know what fraction of the dark matter halo they compose until we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-03 Jacob L. Bourjaily

Search for an Annual Modulation in a P-type Point Contact Germanium Dark Matter Detector

Fifteen months of cumulative CoGeNT data are examined for indications of an annual modulation, a predicted signature of Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) interactions. Presently available data support the presence of a modulated…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-29 C. E. Aalseth , P. S. Barbeau , J. Colaresi , J. I. Collar , J. Diaz Leon , J. E. Fast , N. Fields , T. W. Hossbach , M. E. Keillor , J. D. Kephart , A. Knecht , M. G. Marino , H. S. Miley , M. L. Miller , J. L. Orrell , D. C. Radford , J. F. Wilkerson , K. M. Yocum

GW170817 constraints on the properties of a neutron star in the presence of WIMP dark matter

The properties of a neutron star are studied in the presence of dark matter. We have considered a relatively light Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) as a dark matter candidate with properties suggested by the results of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-08-26 Abdul Quddus , Grigorios Panotopoulos , Bharat Kumar , Shakeb Ahmad , S. K. Patra