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MicroBooNE: A New Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber Experiment

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber detectors are well suited to study neutrino interactions, and are an intriguing option for future massive detectors capable of measuring the parameters that characterize neutrino oscillations. These…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-02-10 M. Soderberg

The ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector: instrument design, manufacture and commissioning

We present details of the technical design and manufacture of the ZEPLIN-III dark matter experiment. ZEPLIN-III is a two-phase xenon detector which measures both the scintillation light and the ionisation charge generated in the liquid by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 D. Yu. Akimov , G. J. Alner , H. M. Araujo , A. Bewick , C. Bungau , A. A. Burenkov , M. J. Carson , V. Chepel , D. Cline , D. Davidge , J. C. Davies , E. Daw , J. Dawson , T. Durkin , B. Edwards , T. Gamble , C. Chag , R. J. Hollingworth , A. S. Howard , W. G. Jones , M. Joshi , J. Kirkpatrick , A. Kovalenko , V. A. Kudryavtsev , I. S. Kuznetsov , T. Lawson , V. N. Lebedenko , J. D. Lewin , P. Lightfoot , A. Lindote , I. Liubarsky , M. I. Lopes , R. Luscher , J. E. McMillan , B. Morgan , D. Muna , A. S. Murphy , F. Neves , G. G. Nicklin , S. M. Paling , D. Muna , J. Pinto da Cunha , S. J. S. Plank , R. Preece , J. J. Quenby , M. Robinson , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , N. J. C. Spooner , V. Stekhanov , T. J. Sumner , C. Thorne , D. R. Tovey , E. Tziaferi , R. J. Walker , H. Wang , J. White , F. Wolfs

DarkSide-20k sensitivity to light dark matter particles

The dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber is presently one of the leading technologies to search for dark matter particles with masses below 10 GeV/c$^2$. This was demonstrated by the DarkSide-50 experiment with approximately 50…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-01-07 20k Collaboration , F. Acerbi , P. Adhikari , P. Agnes , I. Ahmad , S. Albergo , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , P. Amaudruz , M. Angiolilli , E. Aprile , R. Ardito , M. Atzori Corona , D. J. Auty , M. Ave , I. C. Avetisov , O. Azzolini , H. O. Back , Z. Balmforth , A. Barrado Olmedo , P. Barrillon , G. Batignani , P. Bhowmick , S. Blua , V. Bocci , W. Bonivento , B. Bottino , M. G. Boulay , A. Buchowicz , S. Bussino , J. Busto , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , R. Calabrese , V. Camillo , A. Caminata , N. Canci , A. Capra , M. Caravati , M. Cárdenas-Montes , N. Cargioli , M. Carlini , A. Castellani , P. Castello , P. Cavalcante , S. Cebrian , J. M. Cela Ruiz , S. Chashin , A. Chepurnov , L. Cifarelli , D. Cintas , M. Citterio , B. Cleveland , Y. Coadou , V. Cocco , D. Colaiuda , E. Conde Vilda , L. Consiglio , B. S. Costa , M. Czubak , M. D'Aniello , S. D'Auria , M. D. Da Rocha Rolo , G. Darbo , S. Davini , S. De Cecco , G. De Guido , G. Dellacasa , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Capua , A. Di Ludovico , L. Di Noto , P. Di Stefano , L. K. Dias , D. Díaz Mairena , X. Ding , C. Dionisi , G. Dolganov , F. Dordei , V. Dronik , A. Elersich , E. Ellingwood , T. Erjavec , M. Fernandez Diaz , A. Ficorella , G. Fiorillo , P. Franchini , D. Franco , H. Frandini Gatti , E. Frolov , F. Gabriele , D. Gahan , C. Galbiati , G. Galiński , G. Gallina , G. Gallus , M. Garbini , P. Garcia Abia , A. Gawdzik , A. Gendotti , A. Ghisi , G. K. Giovanetti , V. Goicoechea Casanueva , A. Gola , L. Grandi , G. Grauso , G. Grilli di Cortona , A. Grobov , M. Gromov , M. Guerzoni , M. Gulino , C. Guo , B. R. Hackett , A. Hallin , A. Hamer , M. Haranczyk , B. Harrop , T. Hessel , S. Hill , S. Horikawa , J. Hu , F. Hubaut , J. Hucker , T. Hugues , E. V. Hungerford , A. Ianni , V. Ippolito , A. Jamil , C. Jillings , S. Jois , P. Kachru , R. Keloth , N. Kemmerich , A. Kemp , C. L. Kendziora , M. Kimura , K. Kondo , G. Korga , L. Kotsiopoulou , S. Koulosousas , A. Kubankin , P. Kunzé , M. Kuss , M. Kuźniak , M. Kuzwa , M. La Commara , M. Lai , E. Le Guirriec , E. Leason , A. Leoni , L. Lidey , M. Lissia , L. Luzzi , O. Lychagina , O. Macfadyen , I. N. Machulin , S. Manecki , I. Manthos , L. Mapelli , A. Marasciulli , S. M. Mari , C. Mariani , J. Maricic , M. Martinez , C. J. Martoff , G. Matteucci , K. Mavrokoridis , A. B. McDonald , J. Mclaughlin , S. Merzi , A. Messina , R. Milincic , S. Minutoli , A. Mitra , S. Moioli , J. Monroe , E. Moretti , M. Morrocchi , T. Mroz , V. N. Muratova , M. Murphy , M. Murra , C. Muscas , P. Musico , R. Nania , M. Nessi , G. Nieradka , K. Nikolopoulos , E. Nikoloudaki , J. Nowak , K. Olchanski , A. Oleinik , V. Oleynikov , P. Organtini , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , D. Papi , G. Pastuszak , G. Paternoster , A. Peck , P. A. Pegoraro , K. Pelczar , L. A. Pellegrini , R. Perez , F. Perotti , V. Pesudo , S. Piacentini , N. Pino , G. Plante , A. Pocar , M. Poehlmann , S. Pordes , P. Pralavorio , D. Price , S. Puglia , M. Queiroga Bazetto , F. Ragusa , Y. Ramachers , A. Ramirez , S. Ravinthiran , M. Razeti , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , F. Retiere , L. P. Rignanese , A. Rivetti , A. Roberts , C. Roberts , G. Rogers , L. Romero , M. Rossi , A. Rubbia , D. Rudik , M. Sabia , P. Salomone , O. Samoylov , E. Sandford , S. Sanfilippo , D. Santone , R. Santorelli , E. M. Santos , C. Savarese , E. Scapparone , G. Schillaci , F. G. Schuckman , G. Scioli , D. A. Semenov , V. Shalamova , A. Sheshukov , M. Simeone , P. Skensved , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , T. Smirnova , B. Smith , A. Sotnikov , F. Spadoni , M. Spangenberg , R. Stefanizzi , A. Steri , V. Stornelli , S. Stracka , S. Sulis , A. Sung , C. Sunny , Y. Suvorov , A. M. Szelc , O. Taborda , R. Tartaglia , A. Taylor , J. Taylor , S. Tedesco , G. Testera , K. Thieme , A. Thompson , A. Tonazzo , S. Torres-Lara , A. Tricomi , E. V. Unzhakov , T. J. Vallivilayil , M. Van Uffelen , L. Velazquez-Fernandez , T. Viant , S. Viel , A. Vishneva , R. B. Vogelaar , J. Vossebeld , B. Vyas , M. B. Walczak , Y. Wang , H. Wang , S. Westerdale , L. Williams , R. Wojaczyński , M. Wojcik , M. M. Wojcik , T. Wright , Y. Xie , C. Yang , J. Yin , A. Zabihi , P. Zakhary , A. Zani , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , A. Zichichi , G. Zuzel , M. P. Zykova

Search for low-mass dark matter with the DAMIC experiment

The DAMIC (Dark Matter in CCDs) experiment searches for the interactions of dark matter particles with the nuclei and the electrons in the silicon bulk of thick fully depleted charge-coupled devices (CCDs). Because of the low noise and low…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-04-02 Mariangela Settimo

Direct Dark Matter Search with XMASS-I

XMASS-I uses single phase liquid xenon technology for aiming at the direct detection of dark matter. The detector observes only scintillation light by 2 inch 642 PMTs which are placed in sphere shape around an active volume. With its large…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-28 Masaki Yamashita

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

Final results are reported from operation of the PICO-60 C$_3$F$_8$ dark matter detector, a bubble chamber filled with 52 kg of C$_3$F$_8$ located in the SNOLAB underground laboratory. The chamber was operated at thermodynamic thresholds as…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-17 C. Amole , M. Ardid , I. J. Arnquist , D. M. Asner , D. Baxter , E. Behnke , M. Bressler , B. Broerman , G. Cao , C. J. Chen , U. Chowdhury , K. Clark , J. I. Collar , P. S. Cooper , C. B. Coutu , C. Cowles , M. Crisler , G. Crowder , N. A. Cruz-Venegas , C. E. Dahl , M. Das , S. Fallows , J. Farine , I. Felis , R. Filgas , F. Girard , G. Giroux , J. Hall , C. Hardy , O. Harris , T. Hillier , E. W. Hoppe , C. M. Jackson , M. Jin , L. Klopfenstein , C. B. Krauss , M. Laurin , I. Lawson , A. Leblanc , I. Levine , C. Licciardi , W. H. Lippincott , B. Loer , F. Mamedov , P. Mitra , C. Moore , T. Nania , R. Neilson , A. J. Noble , P. Oedekerk , A. Ortega , M. -C. Piro , A. Plante , R. Podviyanuk , S. Priya , A. E. Robinson , S. Sahoo , O. Scallon , S. Seth , A. Sonnenschein , N. Starinski , I. Štekl , T. Sullivan , F. Tardif , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , N. Walkowski , E. Weima , U. Wichoski , K. Wierman , Y. Yan , V. Zacek , J. Zhang

MIMAC low energy electron-recoil discrimination measured with fast neutrons

MIMAC (MIcro-TPC MAtrix of Chambers) is a directional WIMP Dark Matter detector project. Direct dark matter experiments need a high level of electron/recoil discrimination to search for nuclear recoils produced by WIMP-nucleus elastic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-21 Q. Riffard , D. Santos , O. Guillaudin , G. Bosson , O. Bourrion , J. Bouvier , T. Descombes , J. -F. Muraz , L. Lebreton , D. Maire , P. Colas , I. Giomataris , J. Busto , D. Fouchez , J. Brunner , C. Tao

Dark Matter at Boulby Mine

The Boulby Dark Matter Collaboration (BDMC) is running a WIMP Dark Matter research programme in the underground laboratory of Boulby Mine. The two axes of the programme are based on (1) liquid Xenon (LXe) as the WIMP target and (2)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 R. Luscher

TREX-DM: a low background Micromegas-based TPC for low mass WIMP detection

Dark Matter experiments are recently focusing their detection techniques in low-mass WIMPs, which requires the use of light elements and low energy threshold. In this context, we present the TREX-DM experiment, a low background…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-24 F. J. Iguaz , J. G. Garza , F. Aznar , J. F. Castel , S. Cebrian , T. Dafni , J. A. Garcia , H. Gomez , D. Gonzalez-Diaz , I. G. Irastorza , A. Lagraba , G. Luzon , A. Peiro , A. Rodriguez

The SIMPLE Phase II Dark Matter Search

Phase II of SIMPLE (Superheated Instrument for Massive ParticLe Experiments) searched for astroparticle dark matter using superheated liquid C$_{2}$ClF$_{5}$ droplet detectors. Each droplet generally requires an energy deposition with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-19 M. Felizardo , TA Girard , T. Morlat , A. C. Fernandes , A. R. Ramos , J. G. Marques , A. Kling , J. Puibasset , M. Auguste , D. Boyer , A. Cavaillou , J. Poupeney , C. Sudre , F. P. Carvalho , M. I. Prudencio , R. Marques

Search for dark matter with a 231-day exposure of liquid argon using DEAP-3600 at SNOLAB

DEAP-3600 is a single-phase liquid argon (LAr) direct-detection dark matter experiment, operating 2 km underground at SNOLAB (Sudbury, Canada). The detector consists of 3279 kg of LAr contained in a spherical acrylic vessel. This paper…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-31 R. Ajaj , P. -A. Amaudruz , G. R. Araujo , M. Baldwin , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , C. E. Bina , J. Bonatt , M. G. Boulay , B. Broerman , J. F. Bueno , P. M. Burghardt , A. Butcher , B. Cai , S. Cavuoti , M. Chen , Y. Chen , B. T. Cleveland , D. Cranshaw , K. Dering , J. DiGioseffo , L. Doria , F. A. Duncan , M. Dunford , A. Erlandson , N. Fatemighomi , G. Fiorillo , S. Florian , A. Flower , R. J. Ford , R. Gagnon , D. Gallacher , E. A. Garcés , S. Garg , P. Giampa , D. Goeldi , V. V. Golovko , P. Gorel , K. Graham , D. R. Grant , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , P. J. Harvey , C. Hearns , A. Joy , C. J. Jillings , O. Kamaev , G. Kaur , A. Kemp , I. Kochanek , M. Kuźniak , S. Langrock , F. La Zia , B. Lehnert , X. Li , J. Lidgard , T. Lindner , O. Litvinov , J. Lock , G. Longo , P. Majewski , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , T. McGinn , J. B. McLaughlin , R. Mehdiyev , C. Mielnichuk , J. Monroe , P. Nadeau , C. Nantais , C. Ng , A. J. Noble , E. O'Dwyer , C. Ouellet , P. Pasuthip , S. J. M. Peeters , M. -C. Piro , T. R. Pollmann , E. T. Rand , C. Rethmeier , F. Retière , N. Seeburn , K. Singhrao , P. Skensved , B. Smith , N. J. T. Smith , T. Sonley , J. Soukup , R. Stainforth , C. Stone , V. Strickland , B. Sur , J. Tang , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , L. Veloce , S. Viel , J. Walding , M. Waqar , M. Ward , S. Westerdale , J. Willis , A. Zuñiga-Reyes

Feasibility study of SiGHT: a novel ultra low background photosensor for low temperature operation

Rare event search experiments, such as those searching for dark matter and observations of neutrinoless double beta decay, require ultra low levels of radioactive background for unmistakable identification. In order to reduce the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-03-01 Yi Wang , Alden Fan , Giuliana Fiorillo , Cristiano Galbiati , Meng-Yun Guan , George Korga , Emilija Pantic , Alessandro Razeto , Andrew Renshaw , Biagio Rossi , Yury Suvorov , Hanguo Wang , Chang-Gen Yang

Results from the CDMS 5-Tower Operation

Astrophysical observations strongly suggest that non-luminous, nonbaryonic components, so called "Dark Matter", may constitute most of the matter in the Universe. The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) experiment is designed to detect Dark…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Jonghee Yoo

ArCLight - a Compact Dielectric Large-Area Photon Detector

ArCLight is a novel device for detecting scintillation light over large areas with Photon Detection Efficiency (PDE) of the order of a few percent. Its robust technological design allows for efficient use in large-volume particle detectors,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-01-17 M. Auger , Y. Chen , A. Ereditato , D. Goeldi , I. Kreslo , D. Lorca , M. Luethi , T. Mettler , J. R. Sinclair , M. S. Weber

Optimization of light collection from crystal scintillators for cryogenic experiments

High light collection efficiency is an important requirement in any application of scintillation detectors. The purpose of this study is to investigate the possibility for improving this parameter in cryogenic scintillation bolometers,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-02-11 F. A. Danevich , R. V. Kobychev , V. V. Kobychev , H. Kraus , V. B. Mikhailik , V. M. Mokina

Experimental signatures of a new dark matter WIMP

The WIMP proposed here yields the observed abundance of dark matter, and is consistent with the current limits from direct detection, indirect detection, and collider experiments, if its mass is $\sim 72$ GeV/$c^2$. It is also consistent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-08-02 Reagan Thornberry , Maxwell Throm , Gabriel Frohaug , John Killough , Dylan Blend , Michael Erickson , Brian Sun , Brett Bays , Roland E. Allen

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) Experiment

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) collaboration has designed and constructed a dual-phase xenon detector, in order to conduct a search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles(WIMPs), a leading dark matter candidate. The goal of the LUX…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-01-15 D. S. Akerib , X. Bai , S. Bedikian , E. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bolozdynya , A. Bradley , D. Byram , S. B. Cahn , C. Camp , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , D. Carr , J. J. Chapman , A. Chiller , C. Chiller , K. Clark , T. Classen , T. Coffey , A. Curioni , E. Dahl , S. Dazeley , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , E. Dragowsky , E. Druszkiewicz , B. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , K. R. Gibson , M. Gilchriese , C. Hall , M. Hanhardt , B. Holbrook , M. Ihm , R. G. Jacobsen , L. Kastens , K. Kazkaz , R. Knoche , S. Kyre , J. Kwong , R. Lander , N. A. Larsen , C. Lee , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Lyashenko , D. C. Malling , R. Mannino , Z. Marquez , D. N. McKinsey , D. -M. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , M. Morii , H. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikkel , M. Pangilinan , P. D. Parker , E. K. Pease , K. Pech , P. Phelps , A. Rodionov , P. Roberts , A. Shei , T. Shutt , C. Silva , W. Skulski , V. N. Solovov , C. J. Sofka , P. Sorensen , J. Spaans , T. Stiegler , D. Stolp , R. Svoboda , M. Sweany , M. Szydagis , D. Taylor , J. Thomson , M. Tripathi , S. Uvarov , J. R. Verbus , N. Walsh , R. Webb , D. White , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. Wlasenko , F. L. H. Wolfs , M. Woods , C. Zhang

New Results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment

Using improved Ge and Si detectors, better neutron shielding, and increased counting time, the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) experiment has obtained stricter limits on the cross section of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs)…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 CDMS Collaboration

WIMP Dark Matter at the International Linear Collider

In this study, the sensitivity of future lepton colliders to WIMP dark matter is evaluated assuming WIMP pair production accompanied by a photon from initial state radiation, through which the process can be identified. A full detector…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-05-06 Moritz Habermehl , Mikael Berggren , Jenny List

Status and Sensitivity Projections for the XENON100 Dark Matter Experiment

The XENON experimental program aims to detect cold dark matter particles via their elastic collisions with xenon nuclei in two-phase time projection chambers (TPCs). We are currently testing a new TPC at the 100 kg scale, XENON100. This…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Elena Aprile , Laura Baudis