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Studies of the muon-induced neutron background in LSM: detector concept and status of the installation

A good particle candidate for Cold Dark Matter (CDM) is the supersymmetric neutralino or more generally a weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP). The expected interaction rate of WIMPs with the detector medium in the direct detection…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-17 V. Kozlov

Potential for definitive discovery of a 70 GeV dark matter WIMP with only second-order gauge couplings

As astronomical observations and their interpretation improve, the case for cold dark matter (CDM) becomes increasingly persuasive. A particularly appealing version of CDM is a weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) with a mass near the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-10-28 Bailey Tallman , Alexandra Boone , Adhithya Vijayakumar , Fiona Lopez , Samuel Apata , Jehu Martinez , Roland Allen

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

New results are reported from the operation of the PICO-60 dark matter detector, a bubble chamber filled with 52 kg of C$_3$F$_8$ located in the SNOLAB underground laboratory. As in previous PICO bubble chambers, PICO-60 C$_3$F$_8$ exhibits…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-03 C. Amole , M. Ardid , I. J. Arnquist , D. M. Asner , D. Baxter , E. Behnke , P. Bhattacharjee , H. Borsodi , M. Bou-Cabo , P. Campion , G. Cao , C. J. Chen , U. Chowdhury , K. Clark , J. I. Collar , P. S. Cooper , M. Crisler , G. Crowder , C. E. Dahl , M. Das , S. Fallows , J. Farine , I. Felis , R. Filgas , F. Girard , G. Giroux , J. Hall , O. Harris , E. W. Hoppe , M. Jin , C. B. Krauss , M. Laurin , I. Lawson , A. Leblanc , I. Levine , W. H. Lippincott , F. Mamedov , D. Maurya , P. Mitra , T. Nania , R. Neilson , A. J. Noble , S. Olson , A. Ortega , A. Plante , R. Podviyanuk , S. Priya , A. E. Robinson , A. Roeder , R. Rucinski , O. Scallon , S. Seth , A. Sonnenschein , N. Starinski , I. Štekl , F. Tardif , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , J. Wells , U. Wichoski , Y. Yan , V. Zacek , J. Zhang

Current status of direct dark matter detection experiments

Much like ordinary matter, dark matter might consist of elementary particles, and weakly interacting massive particles are one of the prime suspects. During the past decade, the sensitivity of experiments trying to directly detect them has…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-05 Jianglai Liu , Xun Chen , Xiangdong Ji

The ZEPLIN II dark matter detector: data acquisition system and data reduction

ZEPLIN-II is a two-phase (liquid/gas) xenon dark matter detector searching for WIMP-nucleon interactions. In this paper we describe the data acquisition system used to record the data from ZEPLIN-II and the reduction procedures which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. J. Alner

Bayes and present dark matter direct search status

Recently there has been a huge activity in the dark matter direct detection field, with the report of an excess from CoGeNT and CRESST along with the annual modulated signal of DAMA/Libra and the strong exclusion bound from XENON100. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Chiara Arina

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

Response of the XENON100 Dark Matter Detector to Nuclear Recoils

Results from the nuclear recoil calibration of the XENON100 dark matter detector installed underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), Italy are presented. Data from measurements with an external 241AmBe neutron source…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-12 The XENON100 Collaboration , E. Aprile , M. Alfonsi , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , C. Balan , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , A. Behrens , P. Beltrame , K. Bokeloh , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , J. M. R. Cardoso , W. -T. Chen , B. Choi , 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. Geis , C. Ghag , K. -L. Giboni , L. W. Goetzke , C. Grignon , E. Gross , W. Hampel , R. Itay , F. Kaether , G. Kessler , 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 , M. Messina , A. Molinario , 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 , H. Schuhmacher , B. Wiegel

A Spin-Dependent Interpretation for Possible Signals of Light Dark Matter

Signals broadly compatible with light (7-10 GeV) dark matter have been reported in three direct detection experiments: CoGeNT, DAMA/LIBRA, and CDMS-II silicon. These possible signals have been interpreted in the context of spin-independent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-09-11 Matthew R. Buckley , W. Hugh Lippincott

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

Simulations of Events for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment

The LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter search aims to achieve a sensitivity to the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross-section down to (1--2)$\times10^{-12}$\,pb at a WIMP mass of 40 GeV/$c^2$. This paper describes the simulations framework that, along…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-25 ZEPLIN Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , C. W. Akerlof , A. Alqahtani , S. K. Alsum , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , X. Bai , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , J. Bang , D. Bauer , A. Baxter , J. Bensinger , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , K. E. Boast , B. Boxer , P. Brás , J. H. Buckley , V. V. Bugaev , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , R. Cabrita , C. Carels , D. L. Carlsmith , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Cascella , C. Chan , N. I. Chott , A. Cole , A. Cottle , J. E. Cutter , C. E. Dahl , L. de Viveiros , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , T. K. Edberg , S. R. Eriksen , A. Fan , S. Fayer , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , E. D. Fraser , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , E. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , S. Gokhale , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. R. Hall , A. Harrison , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , J. Y-K. Hor , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , O. Jahangir , W. Ji , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , I. Khurana , C. D. Kocher , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , J. Kras , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , L. Kreczko , B. Krikler , V. A. Kudryavtsev , E. A. Leason , J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Li , J. Liao , F. -T. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , R. Liu , X. Liu , C. Loniewski , M. I. Lopes , B. López Paredes , W. Lorenzon , S. Luitz , J. M. Lyle , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , L. Manenti , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , Y. Meng , E. H. Miller , E. Mizrachi , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , A. St. J. Murphy , D. Naim , A. Naylor , C. Nedlik , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikoleyczik , A. Nilima , I. Olcina , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , S. Pal , K. J. Palladino , J. Palmer , N. Parveen , E. K. Pease , B. Penning , G. Pereira , A. Piepke , K. Pushkin , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , A. Richards , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , G. Rutherford , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , M. Schubnell , P. R. Scovell , D. Seymour , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , R. Smith , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , I. Stancu , A. Stevens , K. Stifter , T. J. Sumner , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , M. Tan , W. C. Taylor , R. Taylor , D. J. Temples , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , A. Tomás , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , W. Turner , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , A. Vacheret , A. Vaitkus , J. J. Wang , W. Wang , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , R. G. White , T. J. Whitis , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , X. Xiang , J. Xu , M. Yeh , P. Zarzhitsky

Constraining the Spin-Dependent WIMP-Nucleon Cross Sections with XENON1T

We report the first experimental results on spin-dependent elastic weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) nucleon scattering from the XENON1T dark matter search experiment. The analysis uses the full ton year exposure of XENON1T to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-01 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , L. Althueser , F. D. Amaro , M. Anthony , V. C. Antochi , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , 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 , A. Elykov , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , M. Iacovacci , R. Itay , F. Joerg , S. Kazama , A. Kish , G. Koltman , A. Kopec , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. A. M. Lopes , E. López Fune , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Manfredini , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , D. Masson , S. Mastroianni , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , K. Miller , A. Molinario , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , K. Odgers , B. Pelssers , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , R. Podviianiuk , N. Priel , H. Qiu , D. Ramírez García , S. Reichard , B. Riedel , A. Rizzo , A. Rocchetti , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , N. Šarčević , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , C. Therreau , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , N. Upole , M. Vargas , O. Wack , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , J. Wulf , Z. Xu , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , J. P. Zopounidis

The impact of XENON100 and the LHC on Supersymmetric Dark Matter

The effect of 2010 and 2011 LHC data are discussed in connection to the potential for the direct detection of supersymmetric dark matter. The impact of the recent XENON100 results are contrasted to these predictions.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-04 Keith A. Olive

The Waning of the WIMP: Endgame?

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) continue to be considered some of the best-motivated Dark Matter (DM) candidates. No conclusive signal, despite an extensive search program that combines, often in a complementary way, direct,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-18 Giorgio Arcadi , David Cabo-Almeida , Maíra Dutra , Pradipta Ghosh , Manfred Lindner , Yann Mambrini , Jacinto P. Neto , Mathias Pierre , Stefano Profumo , Farinaldo S. Queiroz

Direct Search for Dark Matter Particles With Very Large Detectors

We briefly discuss the expected level of supersymmetric dark matter cross-sections as a reference for dark matter detectors. We then discuss the current ZEPLIN II program as a prototype of large liquid Xenon detectors. Cryoarray is a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 David B. Cline

Global fits of the cMSSM including the first LHC and XENON100 data

We present updated global fits of the constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (cMSSM), including the most recent constraints from the ATLAS and CMS detectors at the LHC, as well as the most recent results of the XENON100…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-01-20 G. Bertone , D. G. Cerdeno , M. Fornasa , R. Ruiz de Austri , C. Strege , R. Trotta

Prospects of cold dark matter searches with an ultra-low-energy germanium detector

The report describes the research program on the development of ultra-low-energy germanium detectors, with emphasis on WIMP dark matter searches. A threshold of 100 eV is achieved with a 20 g detector array, providing a unique probe to the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 H. T. Wong

Exploring for sub-MeV Boosted Dark Matter from Xenon Electron Direct Detection

Direct detection experiments turn to lose sensitivity of searching for a sub-MeV light dark matter candidate due to the threshold of recoil energy. However, such light dark matter particles can be accelerated by energetic cosmic-rays such…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-05-26 Qing-Hong Cao , Ran Ding , Qian-Fei Xiang

Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross sections from 225 live days of XENON100 data

We present new experimental constraints on the elastic, spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross section using recent data from the XENON100 experiment, operated in the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. An analysis of 224.6 live days x…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-09 XENON100 collaboration , E. Aprile , M. Alfonsi , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , C. Balan , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , A. Behrens , P. Beltrame , K. Bokeloh , A. Brown , E. Brown , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , J. M. R. Cardoso , W. -T. Chen , B. Choi , 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 , A. Kish , J. Lamblin , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , M. Le Calloch , D. Lellouch , 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 , M. Messina , A. Molinario , 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

Introduction of the CDEX experiment

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are the candidates of dark matter in our universe. Up to now any direct interaction of WIMP with nuclei has not been observed yet. The exclusion limits of the spin-independent cross section of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-04-24 Ke-Jun Kang , Jian-Ping Cheng , Jin Li , Yuan-Jing Li , Qian Yue , Yang Bai , Yong Bi , Jian-Ping Chang , Nan Chen , Ning Chen , Qing-Hao Chen , Yun-Hua Chen , Zhi Deng , Qiang Du , Hui Gong , Xi-Qing Hao , Hong-Jian He , Qing-Ju He , Xin-Hui Hu , Han-Xiong Huang , Hao Jiang , Jian-Min Li , Xia Li , Xin-Ying Li , Xue-Qian Li , Yu-Lan Li , Shu-Kui Liu , Ya-Bin Liu , Lan-Chun Lu , Hao Ma , Jian-Qiang Qin , Jie Ren , Jing Ren , Xi-Chao Ruan , Man-Bin Shen , Jian Su , Chang-Jian Tang , Zhen-Yu Tang , Ji-Min Wang , Qing Wang , Xu-Feng Wang , Shi-Yong Wu , Yu-Cheng Wu , Zhong-Zhi Xianyu , Hao-Yang Xing , Xun-Jie Xu , Yin Xu , Tao Xue , Li-Tao Yang , Nan Yi , Hao Yu , Chun-Xu Yu , Xiong-Hui Zeng , Zhi Zeng , Lan Zhang , Guang-Hua Zhang , Ming-Gang Zhao , Su-Ning Zhong , Jin Zhou , Zu-Ying Zhou , Jing-Jun Zhu , Wei-Bin Zhu , Xue-Zhou Zhu , Zhong-Hua Zhu