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Directional Neutrino Searches for Galactic Center Dark Matter at Large Underground LArTPCs

We investigate the sensitivity of a large, underground LArTPC-based neutrino detector to dark matter in the Galactic Center annihilating into neutrinos. Such a detector could have the ability to resolve the direction of the electron in a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-05-24 Matthew R. Buckley , Andrew Mastbaum , Gopolang Mohlabeng

An Introduction to Dark Matter Direct Detection Searches & Techniques

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), are a leading candidate for the dark matter that is observed to constitute ~25% of the total mass-energy density of the Universe. The direct detection of relic WIMPs (those produced during the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-08-23 Tarek Saab

Dark matter directional detection with MIMAC

MiMac is a project of micro-TPC matrix of gaseous (He3, CF4) chambers for direct detection of non-baryonic dark matter. Measurement of both track and ionization energy will allow the electron-recoil discrimination, while access to the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-01 C. Grignon , J. Billard , G. Bosson , O. Bourrion , O. Guillaudin , C. Koumeir , F. Mayet , D. Santos , P. Colas , E. Ferrer , I. Giomataris

Improvement of the Determination of the WIMP Mass from Direct Dark Matter Detection Data

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are one of the leading candidates for Dark Matter. We developed a model-independent method for determining the WIMP mass by using data (i.e., measured recoil energies) of direct detection…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-02-02 Manuel Drees , Chung-Lin Shan

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

Determining Ratios of WIMP-Nucleon Cross Sections from Direct Dark Matter Detection Data

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are one of the leading candidates for Dark Matter. So far the usual procedure for constraining the WIMP-nucleon cross sections in direct Dark Matter detection experiments have been to fit the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-07-05 Chung-Lin Shan

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

Reconstructing the Velocity Distribution of WIMPs from Direct Dark Matter Detection Data

Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) are one of the leading candidates for dark matter. Currently, the most promising method to detect many different WIMP candidates is the direct detection of the recoil energy deposited in a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-27 Manuel Drees , Chung-Lin Shan

Search for low-mass WIMPs in a 0.6 kg day exposure of the DAMIC experiment at SNOLAB

We present results of a dark matter search performed with a 0.6 kg day exposure of the DAMIC experiment at the SNOLAB underground laboratory. We measure the energy spectrum of ionization events in the bulk silicon of charge-coupled devices…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-11 A. Aguilar-Arevalo , D. Amidei , X. Bertou , M. Butner , G. Cancelo , A. Castañeda Vázquez , B. A. Cervantes Vergara , A. E. Chavarria , C. R. Chavez , J. R. T. de Mello Neto , J. C. D'Olivo , J. Estrada , G. Fernandez Moroni , R. Gaïor , Y. Guandincerri , K. P. Hernández Torres , F. Izraelevitch , A. Kavner , B. Kilminster , I. Lawson , A. Letessier-Selvon , J. Liao , J. Molina , J. R. Peña , P. Privitera , K. Ramanathan , Y. Sarkis , T. Schwarz , C. Sengul , M. Settimo , M. Sofo Haro , R. Thomas , J. Tiffenberg , E. Tiouchichine , D. Torres Machado , F. Trillaud , X. You , J. Zhou

Predicted rates for direct WIMP searches

The differential event rate for direct detection of dark matter, both the time averaged and the modulated one due to the motion of the Earth, are discussed. The calculations focus on relatively light cold dark matter candidates (WIMP) and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-03 J. D. Vergados

A low-mass dark matter search using ionization signals in XENON100

We perform a low-mass dark matter search using an exposure of 30\,kg$\times$yr with the XENON100 detector. By dropping the requirement of a scintillation signal and using only the ionization signal to determine the interaction energy, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-20 XENON100 Collaboration , 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 , E. Brown S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , A. Buss , L. Bütikofer , 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 , E. Duchovni , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , D. Franco , W. Fulgione , M. Galloway , M. Garbini , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , E. Gross , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , R. Itay , B. Kaminsky , G. Kessler , A. Kish , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , M. Le Calloch , C. Levy , F. Linde , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , A. Lyashenko , A. Manfredini , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Masson , D. Mayani , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , Y. Meng , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , B. Miguez , A. Molinario , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , P. Pakarha , B. Pelssers , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , G. Plante , N. Priel , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Stein , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , C. D. Tunnell , M. von Sivers , R. Wall , H. Wang , M. Weber , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , J. Wulf , Y. Zhang

Exclusion Limits on the WIMP-Nucleon Cross-Section from the First Run of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search in the Soudan Underground Lab

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS-II) employs low-temperature Ge and Si detectors to seek Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) via their elastic scattering interactions with nuclei. Simultaneous measurements of both ionization…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 CDMS Collaboration

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

Directionality of nuclear recoils in a liquid argon time projection chamber

The direct search for dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) is performed by detecting nuclear recoils (NR) produced in a target material from the WIMP elastic scattering. A promising experimental strategy…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-01-12 20k Collaboration , P. Agnes , I. Ahmad , S. Albergo , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , P. Amaudruz , M. Atzori Corona , M. Ave , I. Ch. Avetisov , O. Azzolini , H. O. Back , Z. Balmforth , A. Barrado-Olmedo , P. Barrillon , A. Basco , G. Batignani , V. Bocci , W. M. Bonivento , B. Bottino , M. G. Boulay , J. Busto , M. Cadeddu , A. Caminata , N. Canci , G. Cappello , A. Capra , S. Caprioli , M. Caravati , N. Cargioli , M. Carlini , P. Castello , V. Cataudella , P. Cavalcante , S. Cavuoti , S. Cebrian , J. M. Cela Ruiz , S. Chashin , A. Chepurnov , E. Chyhyrynets , L. Cifarelli , D. Cintas , M. Citterio , B. Cleveland , V. Cocco , E. Conde Vilda , L. Consiglio , S. Copello , G. Covone , M. Czubak , M. D'Aniello , S. D'Auria , M. D. Da Rocha Rolo , S. Davini , A. de Candia , S. De Cecco , D. De Gruttola , G. De Filippis , D. Dell'Aquila , S. De Pasquale , G. De Rosa , G. Dellacasa , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Capua , L. Di Noto , C. Dionisi , P. Di Stefano , G. Dolganov , F. Dordei , A. Elersich , E. Ellingwood , T. Erjavec , M. Fernandez Diaz , G. Fiorillo , P. Franchini , D. Franco , N. Funicello , F. Gabriele , D. Gahan , C. Galbiati , G. Gallina , G. Gallus , M. Garbini , P. Garcia Abia , A. Gendotti , C. Ghiano , C. Giganti , G. K. Giovanetti , V. Goicoechea Casanueva , A. Gola , G. Grauso , G. Grilli di Cortona , A. Grobov , M. Gromov , M. Guan , M. Guerzoni , M. Gulino , C. Guo , B. R. Hackett , A. L. Hallin , A. Hamer , M. Haranczyk , T. Hessel , S. Hill , S. Horikawa , F. Hubaut , J. Hucker , T. Hugues , An. Ianni , V. Ippolito , C. Jillings , S. Jois , P. Kachru , N. Kemmerich , A. A. Kemp , C. L. Kendziora , M. Kimura , I. Kochanek , K. Kondo , G. Korga , S. Koulosousas , A. Kubankin , M. Kuss , M. Kuzniak , M. La Commara , M. Lai , E. Le Guirriec , E. Leason , A. Leoni , X. Li , L. Lidey , M. Lissia , L. Luzzi , O. Lychagina , O. Macfadyen , I. N. Machulin , S. Manecki , I. Manthos , L. Mapelli , A. Margotti , S. M. Marik , C. Mariani , J. Maricic , A. Marini , M. Martínez , C. J. Martoff , G. Matteucci , K. Mavrokoridis , A. B. McDonald , A. Messina , R. Milincic , A. Mitra , A. Moharana , J. Monroe , E. Moretti , M. Morrocchi , T. Mróz , V. N. Muratova , C. Muscas , P. Musico , R. Nania , M. Nessi , G. Nieradka , K. Nikolopoulos , J. Nowak , K. Olchansky , A. Oleinik , V. Oleynikov , P. Organtini , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , G. Paternoster , P. A. Pegoraro , K. Pelczar , V. Pesudo , S. Piacentini , N. Pino , A. Pocar , D. M. Poehlmann , S. Pordes , P. Pralavorio , D. Price , F. Ragusa , Y. Ramachers , M. Razeti , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , F. Retiere , L. P. Rignanese , C. Ripoli , A. Rivetti , A. Roberts , C. Roberts , J. Rode , G. Rogers , L. Romero , M. Rossi , A. Rubbia , M. A. Sabia , P. Salomone , E. Sandford , S. Sanfilippo , D. Santone , R. Santorelli , C. Savarese , E. Scapparone , G. Schillaci , F. G. Schuckman , G. Scioli , M. Simeone , P. Skensved , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , T. Smirnova , B. Smith , A. Sosa , F. Spadoni , M. Spangenberg , R. Stefanizzi , A. Steri , V. Stornelli , S. Stracka , M. Stringer , S. Sulis , A. Sung , Y. Suvorov , A. M. Szelc , R. Tartaglia , A. Taylor , J. Taylor , S. Tedesco , G. Testera , K. Thieme , T. N. Thorpe , A. Tonazzo , A. Tricomi , E. V. Unzhakov , T. Vallivilayil John , M. Van Uffelen , T. Viant , S. Viel , R. B. Vogelaar , J. Vossebeld , M. Wada , M. B. Walczak , H. Wang , Y. Wang , S. Westerdale , L. Williams , I. Wingerter-Seez , R. Wojaczynski , Ma. M. Wojcik , T. Wright , Y. Xie , C. Yang , A. Zabihi , P. Zakhary , A. Zani , A. Zichichi , G. Zuzel , M. P. Zykova

Results of direct dark matter detection with CDEX experiment at CJPL

The China Dark Matter Experiment (CDEX), located at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL) whose overburden is about 2400m rock, aims at direct searches of light Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). A single-element…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-03-24 Hao Ma , Ze She , Zhongzhi Liu , Litao Yang , Qian Yue , Zhi Zeng , Tao Xue

Nuclear Spin in Direct Dark Matter Search

The Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are among the main candidates for the relic dark matter (DM). The idea of the direct DM detection relies on elastic in-dependent (SD) and spin-independent (SI) interaction of WIMPs with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 V. A. Bednyakov , F. Simkovic , I. V. Titkova

First Results of the EDELWEISS WIMP Search using a 320 g Heat-and-Ionization Ge Detector

The EDELWEISS collaboration has performed a direct search for WIMP dark matter using a 320 g heat-and-ionization cryogenic Ge detector operated in a low-background environment in the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane. No nuclear recoils are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-28 A. Benoit , L. Berge , A. Broniatowski , B. Chambon , M. Chapellier , G. Chardin , P. Charvin , M. De Jesus , P. Di Stefano , D. Drain , L. Dumoulin , J. Gascon , G. Gerbier , C. Goldbach , M. Goyot , M. Gros , J. P. Hadjout , A. Juillard , A. de Lesquen , M. Loidl , J. Mallet , S. Marnieros , O. Martineau , N. Mirabolfathi , L. Mosca , L. Miramonti , X. -F. Navick , G. Nollez , P. Pari , M. Stern , L. Vagneron

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

Long-term study of backgrounds in the DRIFT-II directional dark matter experiment

Low-pressure gas Time Projection Chambers being developed for directional dark matter searches offer a technology with strong particle identification capability combined with the potential to produce a definitive detection of Galactic…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-16 J. Brack , E. Daw , A. Dorofeev , A. C. Ezeribe , J. R. Fox , J. -L. Gauvreau , M. Gold , L. J. Harmon , J. Harton , R. Lafler , J. M. Landers , R. Lauer , E. R. Lee , D. Loomba , J. A. J. Matthews , E. H. Miller , A. Monte , A. StJ. Murphy , S. M. Paling , N. Phan , M. Pipe , M. Robinson , S. Sadler , A. Scarff , D. P. Snowden-Ifft , N. J. C. Spooner , S. Telfer , D. Walker , L. Yuriev

Optimisation of amplification and gas mixture for directional Dark Matter searches with the CYGNO/INITIUM project

Astrophysical and cosmological observations suggest the existence of beyond standard model ingredient known as dark matter (DM). One of the most supported class of theories suggests that DM is composed of weakly interactive massive…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-04 Giorgio Dho