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Dark Matter Results from 225 Live Days of XENON100 Data

We report on a search for particle dark matter with the XENON100 experiment, operated at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) for 13 months during 2011 and 2012. XENON100 features an ultra-low electromagnetic background of (5.3…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-21 XENON100 Collaboration , E. Aprile , M. Alfonsi , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , C. Balan , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , A. Behrens , P. Beltrame , K. Bokeloh , E. Brown , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , J. M. R. Cardoso , W. -T. Chen , B. Choi , D. Cline , A. P. Colijn , H. Contreras , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , E. Duchovni , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , W. Fulgione , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Ghag , K. -L. Giboni , L. W. Goetzke , C. Grignon , E. Gross , W. Hampel , F. Kaether , H. Kettling , A. Kish , J. Lamblin , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , M. Le Calloch , C. Levy , K. E. Lim , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , K. Lung , T. Marrodan Undagoitia , F. V. Massoli , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , Y. Meng , A. Molinario , E. Nativ , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , R. Persiani , G. Plante , N. Priel , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , P. R. Scovell , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , O. Vitells , H. Wang , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer

Neutron background at Boulby mine

The neutron background at the underground laboratory at Boulby - a site for several dark matter experiments - is discussed. Special emphasis is put on the neutron background produced by cosmic-ray muons. The most recent versions of the muon…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-08-23 V. A. Kudryavtsev , P. K. Lightfoot , J. E. McMillan , M. Robinson , N. J. C. Spooner , P. F. Smith , N. J. T. Smith , J. D. Lewin , R. Luscher , I. Liubarsky

Design and production of the high voltage electrode grids and electron extraction region for the LZ dual-phase xenon time projection chamber

The dual-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) is a powerful tool for direct-detection experiments searching for WIMP dark matter, other dark matter models, and neutrinoless double-beta decay. Successful operation of such a TPC is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-04-27 R. Linehan , R. L. Mannino , A. Fan , C. M. Ignarra , S. Luitz , K. Skarpaas , T. A. Shutt , D. S. Akerib , S. K. Alsum , T. J. Anderson , H. M. Araújo , M. Arthurs , H. Auyeung , A. J. Bailey , T. P. Biesiadzinski , M. Breidenbach , J. J. Cherwinka , R. A. Conley , J. Genovesi , M. G. D. Gilchriese , A. Glaenzer , T. G. Gonda , K. Hanzel , M. D. Hoff , W. Ji , A. C. Kaboth , S. Kravitz , N. R. Kurita , A. R. Lambert , K. T. Lesko , W. Lorenzon , P. A. Majewski , E. H. Miller , M. E. Monzani , K. J. Palladino , B. N. Ratcliff , J. S. Saba , D. Santone , G. W. Shutt , K. Stifter , M. Szydagis , A. Tomás , J. Va'vra , W. L. Waldron , R. C. Webb , R. G. White , T. J. Whitis , K. Wilson , W. J. Wisniewski

Direct Measurement of the Bubble Nucleation Energy Threshold in a CF3I Bubble Chamber

We have directly measured the energy threshold and efficiency for bubble nucleation from iodine recoils in a CF3I bubble chamber in the energy range of interest for a dark matter search. These interactions cannot be probed by standard…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-02-03 COUPP Collaboration , E. Behnke , T. Benjamin , S. J. Brice , D. Broemmelsiek , J. I. Collar , P. S. Cooper , M. Crisler , C. E. Dahl , D. Fustin , J. Hall , C. Harnish , I. Levine , W. H. Lippincott , T. Moan , T. Nania , R. Neilson , E. Ramberg , A. E. Robinson , A. Sonnenschein , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , R. A. Rivera , L. Uplegger

Dark Matter Results from 100 Live Days of XENON100 Data

We present results from the direct search for dark matter with the XENON100 detector, installed underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso of INFN, Italy. XENON100 is a two-phase time projection chamber with a 62 kg liquid xenon…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 XENON100 Collaboration , E. Aprile , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , A. Askin , L. Baudis , A. Behrens , K. Bokeloh , E. Brown , T. Bruch , G. Bruno , J. M. R. Cardoso , W. -T. Chen , B. Choi , D. Cline , E. Duchovni , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , F. Gao , K. -L. Giboni , E. Gross , A. Kish , C. W. Lam , J. Lamblin , R. F. Lang , C. Levy , K. E. Lim , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , K. Lung , T. Marrodan Undagoitia , Y. Mei , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , R. Persiani , G. Plante , A. C. C. Ribeiro , R. Santorelli , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Schumann , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , O. Vitells , H. Wang , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer

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

Physics at LEP2

The main physics topics of interest at LEP2, the CERN electron-positron collider with center-of-mass energy in the range (161-192) GeV, are reviewed. Progresses in both the precision tests of the standard model and the field of discovery…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-25 Barbara Mele

A Cylindrical GEM Inner Tracker for the BESIII experiment at IHEP

The Beijing Electron Spectrometer III (BESIII) is a multipurpose detector that collects data provided by the collision in the Beijing Electron Positron Collider II (BEPCII), hosted at the Institute of High Energy Physics of Beijing. Since…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-03 R. Farinelli , M. Alexeev , A. Amoroso , F. Bianchi , M. Bertani , D. Bettoni , N. Canale , A. Calcaterra , V. Carassiti , S. Cerioni , J. Chai , S. Chiozzi , G. Cibinetto , A. Cotta Ramusino , F. Cossio , F. De Mori , M. Destefanis , T. Edisher , F. Evangelisti , L. Fava , G. Felici , E. Fioravanti , I. Garzia , M. Gatta , M. Greco , D. Jing , L. Lavezzi , C. Leng , H. Li , M. Maggiora , R. Malaguti , S. Marcello , M. Melchiorri , G. Mezzadri , G. Morello , S. Pacetti , P. Patteri , J. Pellegrino , A. Rivetti , M. D. Rolo , M. Savrie , M. Scodeggio , E. Soldani , S. Sosio , S. Spataro , L. Yang

Dark Energy Survey Year 3 Results: Cosmological constraints from second and third-order shear statistics

We present a cosmological analysis of the third-order aperture mass statistic using Dark Energy Survey Year 3 (DES Y3) data. We perform a complete tomographic measurement of the three-point correlation function of the Y3 weak lensing shape…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-12 R. C. H. Gomes , S. Sugiyama , B. Jain , M. Jarvis , D. Anbajagane , A. Halder , G. A. Marques , S. Pandey , J. Marshall , A. Alarcon , A. Amon , K. Bechtol , M. Becker , G. Bernstein , A. Campos , R. Cawthon , C. Chang , R. Chen , A. Choi , J. Cordero , C. Davis , J. Derose , S. Dodelson , C. Doux , K. Eckert , F. Elsner , J. Elvin-Poole , S. Everett , A. Ferté , M. Gatti , G. Giannini , D. Gruen , I. Harrison , K. Herner , E. M. Huff , D. Huterer , N. Kuropatkin , P. F. Leget , N. Maccrann , J. Mccullough , J. Muir , J. Myles , A. Navarro Alsina , J. Prat , M. Raveri , R. P. Rollins , A. Roodman , A. J. Ross , E. S. Rykoff , C. Sánchez , L. F. Secco , E. Sheldon , T. Shin , M. Troxel , I. Tutusaus , T. N. Varga , B. Yanny , B. Yin , Y. Zhang , J. Zuntz , M. Aguena , F. Andrade-Oliveira , D. Bacon , J. Blazek , S. Bocquet , D. Brooks , A. Carnero Rosell , J. Carretero , M. Costanzi , L. da Costa , M. E. da Silva Pereira , T. M. Davis , J. De Vicente , H. T. Diehl , B. Flaugher , J. Frieman , G. Gutierrez , S. R. Hinton , D. L. Hollowood , K. Honscheid , D. J. James , N. Jeffrey , S. Lee , J. Mena-Fernández , R. Miquel , R. L. C. Ogando , A. A. Plazas Malagón , A. Porredon , E. Sanchez , D. Sanchez Cid , S. Samuroff , M. Smith , E. Suchyta , M. E. C. Swanson , D. Thomas , V. Vikram , J. Weller , M. Yamamoto

New Measurement of the Scintillation Efficiency of Low-Energy Nuclear Recoils in Liquid Xenon

Particle detectors that use liquid xenon (LXe) as detection medium are among the leading technologies in the search for dark matter weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). A key enabling element has been the low-energy detection…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2013-05-29 G. Plante , E. Aprile , R. Budnik , B. Choi , K. -L. Giboni , L. W. Goetzke , R. F. Lang , K. E. Lim , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez

Signal Yields of keV Electronic Recoils and Their Discrimination from Nuclear Recoils in Liquid Xenon

We report on the response of liquid xenon to low energy electronic recoils below 15 keV from beta decays of tritium at drift fields of 92 V/cm, 154 V/cm and 366 V/cm using the XENON100 detector. A data-to-simulation fitting method based on…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-30 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 , L. Bütikofer , J. Calvén , 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 , S. Diglio , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , R. Itay , B. Kaminsky , S. Kazama , G. Kessler , A. Kish , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , D. Lellouch , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. A. M. Lopes , A. Manfredini , I. Maris , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Masson , D. Mayani , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , A. Molinario , K. Morå , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , P. Pakarha , B. Pelssers , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , M. -C. Piro , G. Plante , N. Priel , D. Ramírez García , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , A. Rizzo , N. Rupp , R. Saldanha , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , M. v. Sivers , A. Stein , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , M. Vargas , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang

Results from the NEMO 3 experiment

The aim of the NEMO 3 experiment is the search for neutrinoless double beta decay and precise measurement of two-neutrino double beta decay of several isotopes. The experiment has been taking data since 2003. Since no evidence for…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Ladislav Vala

Axion Dark Matter eXperiment: Detailed Design and Operations

Axion Dark Matter eXperiment (ADMX) ultra low noise haloscope technology has enabled the successful completion of two science runs (1A and 1B) that looked for dark matter axions in the $2.66$ to $3.1$ $\mu$eV mass range with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-22 R. Khatiwada , D. Bowring , A. S. Chou , A. Sonnenschein , W. Wester , D. V. Mitchell , T. Braine , C. Bartram , R. Cervantes , N. Crisosto , N. Du , S. Kimes , L. J Rosenberg , G. Rybka , J. Yang , D. Will , G. Carosi , N. Woollett , S. Durham , L. D. Duffy , R. Bradley , C. Boutan , M. Jones , B. H. LaRoque , N. S. Oblath , M. S. Taubman , J. Tedeschi , John Clarke , A. Dove , A. Eddins , A. Hashim , S. R. O'Kelley , S. Nawaz , I. Siddiqi , N. Stevenson , A. Agrawal , A. V. Dixit , J. R. Gleason , S. Jois , P. Sikivie , N. S. Sullivan , D. B. Tanner , J. A. Solomon , E. Lentz , E. J. Daw , M. G. Perry , J. H. Buckley , P. M. Harrington , E. A. Henriksen , K. W. Murch , G. C. Hilton

Spin-Dependent Limits from the DRIFT-IId Directional Dark Matter Detector

Data are presented from the DRIFT-IId detector housed in the Boulby mine in northeast England. A 0.8 m^3 fiducial volume, containing partial pressures of 30 Torr CS2 and 10 Torr CF4, was exposed for a duration of 47.4 live-time days with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-19 E. Daw , J. R. Fox , J. -L. Gauvreau , C. Ghag , L. J. Harmon , M. Gold , E. Lee , D. Loomba , E. Miller , A. StJ. Murphy , S. M. Paling , J. M. Landers , M. Pipe , K. Pushkin , M. Robinson , D. P. Snowden-Ifft , N. J. C. Spooner , D. Walker

Dark Matter Results from First 98.7-day Data of PandaX-II Experiment

We report the WIMP dark matter search results using the first physics-run data of the PandaX-II 500 kg liquid xenon dual-phase time-projection chamber, operating at the China JinPing Underground Laboratory. No dark matter candidate is…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-09-21 II Collaboration , Andi Tan , Mengjiao Xiao , Xiangyi Cui , Xun Chen , Yunhua Chen , Deqing Fang , Changbo Fu , Karl Giboni , Franco Giuliani , Haowei Gong , Shouyang Hu , Xingtao Huang , Xiangdong Ji , Yonglin Ju , Siao Lei , Shaoli Li , Xiaomei Li , Xinglong Li , Hao Liang , Qing Lin , Huaxuan Liu , Jianglai Liu , Wolfgang Lorenzon , Yugang Ma , Yajun Mao , Kaixuan Ni , Xiangxiang Ren , Michael Schubnell , Manbin Shen , Fang Shi , Hongwei Wang , Jiming Wang , Meng Wang , Qiuhong Wang , Siguang Wang , Xuming Wang , Zhou Wang , Shiyong Wu , Xiang Xiao , Pengwei Xie , Binbin Yan , Yong Yang , Jianfeng Yue , Xionghui Zeng , Hongguang Zhang , Hua Zhang , Huanqiao Zhang , Tao Zhang , Li Zhao , Jing Zhou , Ning Zhou , Xiaopeng Zhou

Real-time Position Reconstruction for the KamLAND-Zen Experiment using Hardware-AI Co-design

Monolithic liquid scintillator detector technology is the workhorse for detecting neutrinos and exploring new physics. The KamLAND-Zen experiment exemplifies this detector technology and has yielded top results in the quest for neutrinoless…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-10-07 Alexander Migala , Eugene Ku , Zepeng Li , Aobo Li

Dual-phase xenon time projection chambers for rare-event searches

In the past decade, dual-phase xenon time projection chambers (Xe-TPCs) have emerged as some of the most powerful detectors in the fields of astroparticle physics and rare-event searches. Developed primarily towards the direct detection of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-02-05 Laura Baudis

The Dynamic Range of LZ

The electronics of the LZ experiment, the 7-tonne dark matter detector to be installed at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), is designed to permit studies of physics where the energies deposited range from 1 keV of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-03-23 Jun Yin

Simulation of neutrons produced by high-energy muons underground

This article describes the Monte Carlo simulation used to interpret the measurement of the muon-induced neutron flux in the Boulby Underground Laboratory (North Yorkshire, UK), recently performed using a large scintillator veto deployed…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-05-23 A. Lindote , H. M. Araujo , V. A. Kudryavtsev , M. Robinson

Measurement of light and charge yield of low-energy electronic recoils in liquid xenon

The dependence of the light and charge yield of liquid xenon on the applied electric field and recoil energy is important for dark matter detectors using liquid xenon time projections chambers. Few measurements have been made of this field…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-22 L. W. Goetzke , E. Aprile , M. Anthony , G. Plante , M. Weber