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Direct search of dark matter with the SABRE experiment

The interaction rate of hypothesised dark matter particles in an Earth-bound detector is expected to undergo an annual modulation due to the planet's orbital motion. The DAMA experiment has observed such a modulation with high significance…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-04-24 Irene Bolognino

Low-Mass Dark Matter Search with the DarkSide-50 Experiment

We present the results of a search for dark matter WIMPs in the mass range below 20 GeV/c^2 using a target of low-radioactivity argon. The data were obtained using the DarkSide-50 apparatus at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS). The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-29 The DarkSide Collaboration , P. Agnes , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , G. R. Araujo , D. M. Asner , M. Ave , H. O. Back , B. Baldin , G. Batignani , K. Biery , V. Bocci , G. Bonfini , W. Bonivento , B. Bottino , F. Budano , S. Bussino , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , F. Calaprice , A. Caminata , N. Canci , A. Candela , M. Caravati , M. Cariello , M. Carlini , M. Carpinelli , S. Catalanotti , V. Cataudella , P. Cavalcante , S. Cavuoti , R. Cereseto , A. Chepurnov , C. Cicalò , L. Cifarelli , A. G. Cocco , G. Covone , D. D'Angelo , M. D'Incecco , D. D'Urso , S. Davini , A. De Candia , S. De Cecco , M. De Deo , G. De Filippis , G. De Rosa , M. De Vincenzi , P. Demontis , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Eusanio , G. Di Pietro , C. Dionisi , M. Downing , E. Edkins , A. Empl , A. Fan , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , A. Gabrieli , C. Galbiati , P. Garcia Abia , C. Ghiano , S. Giagu , C. Giganti , G. K. Giovanetti , O. Gorchakov , A. M. Goretti , F. Granato , M. Gromov , M. Guan , Y. Guardincerri , M. Gulino , B. R. Hackett , M. H. Hassanshahi , K. Herner , B. Hosseini , D. Hughes , P. Humble , E. V. Hungerford , Al. Ianni , An. Ianni , V. Ippolito , I. James , T. N. Johnson , Y. Kahn , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , I. Kochanek , G. Koh , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , M. Kuss , M. La Commara , M. Lai , X. Li , M. Lisanti , M. Lissia , B. Loer , G. Longo , Y. Ma , A. A. Machado , I. N. Machulin , A. Mandarano , L. Mapelli , S. M. Mari , J. Maricic , C. J. Martoff , A. Messina , P. D. Meyers , R. Milincic , S. Mishra-Sharma , A. Monte , M. Morrocchi , B. J. Mount , V. N. Muratova , P. Musico , R. Nania , A. Navrer Agasson , A. O. Nozdrina , A. Oleinik , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , F. Pazzona , K. Pelczar , N. Pelliccia , V. Pesudo , A. Pocar , S. Pordes , S. S. Poudel , D. A. Pugachev , H. Qian , F. Ragusa , M. Razeti , A. Razeto , B. Reinhold , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , Q. Riffard , A. Romani , B. Rossi , N. Rossi , D. Sablone , O. Samoylov , W. Sands , S. Sanfilippo , M. Sant , R. Santorelli , C. Savarese , E. Scapparone , B. Schlitzer , E. Segreto , D. A. Semenov , A. Shchagin , A. Sheshukov , P. N. Singh , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , C. Stanford , S. Stracka , G. B. Suffritti , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , P. Trinchese , E. V. Unzhakov , M. Verducci , A. Vishneva , B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , T. J. Waldrop , H. Wang , Y. Wang , A. W. Watson , S. Westerdale , M. M. Wojcik , M. Wojcik , X. Xiang , X. Xiao , C. Yang , Z. Ye , C. Zhu , A. Zichichi , G. Zuzel

Results from 730 kg days of the CRESST-II Dark Matter Search

The CRESST-II cryogenic Dark Matter search, aiming at detection of WIMPs via elastic scattering off nuclei in CaWO$_4$ crystals, completed 730 kg days of data taking in 2011. We present the data collected with eight detector modules, each…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 G. Angloher , M. Bauer , I. Bavykina , A. Bento , C. Bucci , C. Ciemniak , G. Deuter , F. von Feilitzsch , D. Hauff , P. Huff , C. Isaila , J. Jochum , M. Kiefer , M. Kimmerle , J. -C. Lanfranchi , F. Petricca , S. Pfister , W. Potzel , F. Pröbst , F. Reindl , S. Roth , K. Rottler , C. Sailer , K. Schäffner , J. Schmaler , S. Scholl , W. Seidel , M. von Sivers , L. Stodolsky , C. Strandhagen , R. Strauß , A. Tanzke , I. Usherov , S. Wawoczny , M. Willers , A. Zöller

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

Dark Matter Searches with LUX

We report here on the results from the Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) search with the LUX dark matter experiment. LUX, a two-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) with 250 kg of active mass, has been operated from 2012 until…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-10-11 Cláudio Frederico Pascoal da Silva

The WIMPless Miracle: Dark Matter Particles without Weak-scale Masses or Weak Interactions

We propose that dark matter is composed of particles that naturally have the correct thermal relic density, but have neither weak-scale masses nor weak interactions. These WIMPless models emerge naturally from gauge-mediated supersymmetry…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-01-10 Jonathan L. Feng , Jason Kumar

WIMP Searches at the International Linear Collider

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs, $\chi$) are candidates for Dark Matter. WIMP searches at lepton colliders are complementary to searches at hadron colliders and direct and indirect detection, since they directly probe the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-02-20 Moritz Habermehl , Keisuke Fujii , Jenny List , Shigeki Matsumoto , Tomohiko Tanabe

Dark Matter Attenuation Effects: Sensitivity Ceilings for Spin-Dependent and Spin-Independent Interactions

Direct detection experiments aimed at uncovering the elusive nature of dark matter (DM) have made significant progress in probing ever lower cross-sections for DM-nucleon interactions. At the same time, an upper limit in the cross-section…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-11 DMC Collaboration , N. Darvishi , J. Smirnov , S. Autti , L. Bloomfield , A. Casey , N. Eng , P. Franchini , R. P. Haley , P. J. Heikkinen , A. Jennings , A. Kemp , E. Leason , J. March-Russell , A. Mayer , J. Monroe , D. Munstermann , M. T. Noble , J. R. Prance , X. Rojas , T. Salmon , J. Saunders , R. Smith , M. D. Thompson , A. Thomson , A. Ting , V. Tsepelin , S. M. West , L. Whitehead , D. E. Zmeev

Compatibility of DAMA Dark Matter Detection with Other Searches

We present two examples of velocity distributions for light dark matter particles that reconcile the annual modulation signal observed by DAMA with all other negative results from dark matter searches. They are: (1) a conventional…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 Paolo Gondolo , Graciela Gelmini

DAMA results

DAMA is an observatory for rare processes based on the development and use of various kinds of radiopure scintillators. Several low background set-ups have been realized with passing and many rare processes have been investigated. Main…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-24 R. Bernabei , P. Belli , F. Cappella , R. Cerulli , F. Montecchia , F. Nozzoli , A. Incicchitti , D. Prosperi , C. J. Dai , H. H. Kuang , J. M. Ma , Z. P. Ye

Background Determination for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment

The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment recently reported limits on WIMP-nucleus interactions from its initial science run, down to $9.2\times10^{-48}$ cm$^2$ for the spin-independent interaction of a 36 GeV/c$^2$ WIMP at 90% confidence level. In this…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-07-19 J. Aalbers , D. S. Akerib , A. K. Al Musalhi , F. Alder , S. K. Alsum , C. S. Amarasinghe , A. Ames , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , A. Baker , J. Bang , J. W. Bargemann , A. Baxter , K. Beattie , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , G. M. Blockinger , B. Boxer , C. A. J. Brew , P. Brás , S. Burdin , M. Buuck , R. Cabrita , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , A. Chawla , H. Chen , A. P. S. Chiang , N. I. Chott , M. V. Converse , A. Cottle , G. Cox , O. Creaner , C. E. Dahl , A. David , S. Dey , L. de Viveiros , C. Ding , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , S. R. Eriksen , A. Fan , N. M. Fearon , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , E. D. Fraser , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , R. Gibbons , M. G. D. Gilchriese , S. Gokhale , J. Green , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. B. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , S. Han , E. Hartigan-O'Connor , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , G. Heuermann , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , D. Hunt , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , O. Jahangir , R. S. James , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , D. Khaitan , I. Khurana , R. Kirk , D. Kodroff , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , 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. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , X. Liu , M. I. Lopes , E. Lopez Asamar , B. López Paredes , W. Lorenzon , C. Lu , S. Luitz , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. E. McCarthy , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , E. H. Miller , E. Mizrachi , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. D. Morales Mendoza , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , M. Murdy , A. St. J. Murphy , D. Naim , A. Naylor , C. Nedlik , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , A. Nguyen , J. A. Nikoleyczik , I. Olcina , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , J. Orpwood , K. J. Palladino , J. Palmer , N. Parveen , S. J. Patton , B. Penning , G. Pereira , E. Perry , T. Pershing , A. Piepke , D. Porzio , S. Poudel , Y. Qie , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , H. S. Riyat , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , T. Rushton , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , S. Shaw , T. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , G. Sinev , R. Smith , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Soria , I. Stancu , A. Stevens , K. Stifter , B. Suerfu , T. J. Sumner , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , R. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , D. J. Temples , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , Z. Tong , D. R. Tovey , J. Tranter , M. Trask , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , W. Turner , U. Utku , A. C. Vaitkus , A. Wang , J. J. Wang , W. Wang , Y. Wang , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , T. J. Whitis , M. Williams , F. L. H. Wolfs , S. Woodford , D. Woodward , C. J. Wright , Q. Xia , X. Xiang , J. Xu , M. Yeh

Effect of the galactic halo modeling on the DAMA/NaI annual modulation result: an extended analysis of the data for WIMPs with a purely spin-independent coupling

The DAMA/NaI Collaboration has observed a 4-sigma C.L. model independent effect investigating the annual modulation signature in the counting rate of an NaI(Tl) set-up (total exposure of 57986 kg day) and the implications of this effect…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 P. Belli , R. Cerulli , N. Fornengo , S. Scopel

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

Magnetic Inelastic Dark Matter

Iodine is distinguished from other elements used in dark matter direct detection experiments both by its large mass as well as its large magnetic moment. Inelastic dark matter utilizes the large mass of iodine to allay tensions between the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-12-23 Spencer Chang , Neal Weiner , Itay Yavin

Detecting dark matter WIMPs in the Draco dwarf: a multi-wavelength perspective

We explore the possible signatures of dark matter (DM) pair annihilations in the nearby dwarf spheroidal galaxy Draco. After investigating the mass models for Draco in the light of available observational data, we carefully model the DM…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Colafrancesco , S. Profumo , P. Ullio

Time-dependent rate of multicomponent dark matter: Reproducing the DAMA/LIBRA phase-2 results

The current paradigm for dark matter direct detection is to assume that the dark sector is solely composed of a single particle species. In this short paper, we make the observation that dark matter comprising both a light and a heavy…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-01-17 Juan Herrero-Garcia , Andre Scaffidi , Martin White , Anthony G. Williams

Dark Matter Signals on a Laser Interferometer

WIMPs are promising dark matter candidates. A WIMP occasionally collides with a mirror equipped with interferometric gravitational wave detectors such as LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA and the Einstein Telescope (ET). When WIMPs collide with a mirror…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-10 Satoshi Tsuchida , Nobuyuki Kanda , Yousuke Itoh , Masaki Mori

WIMP search by the DAMA experiment at Gran Sasso

DAMA is searching for rare processes by developing and using several kinds of radiopure scintillators: in particular, NaI(Tl), liquid Xenon and CaF$_2$(Eu). The main results are here summarized with particular attention to the investigation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Belli , R. Bernabei , M. Amato , F. Cappella , R. Cerulli , C. J. Dai , H. L. He , G. Ignesti , A. Incicchitti , H. H. Kuang , J. M. Ma , F. Montecchia , F. Nozzoli , D. Prosperi

Astrophysics independent bounds on the annual modulation of dark matter signals

We show how constraints on the time integrated event rate from a given dark matter (DM) direct detection experiment can be used to set a stringent constraint on the amplitude of the annual modulation signal in another experiment. The method…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-05-30 Juan Herrero-Garcia , Thomas Schwetz , Jure Zupan

Search for Daily Modulation of MeV Dark Matter Signals with DAMIC-M

Dark Matter (DM) particles with sufficiently large cross sections may scatter as they travel through Earth's bulk. The corresponding changes in the DM flux give rise to a characteristic daily modulation signal in detectors sensitive to…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-09-25 I. Arnquist , N. Avalos , D. Baxter , X. Bertou , N. Castello-Mor , A. E. Chavarria , J. Cuevas-Zepeda , A. Dastgheibi-Fard , C. De Dominicis , O. Deligny , J. Duarte-Campderros , E. Estrada , N. Gadola , R. Gaior , T. Hossbach , L. Iddir , B. J. Kavanagh , B. Kilminster , A. Lantero-Barreda , I. Lawson , S. Lee , A. Letessier-Selvon , P. Loaiza , A. Lopez-Virto , K. J. McGuire , P. Mitra , S. Munagavalasa , D. Norcini , S. Paul , A. Piers , P. Privitera , P. Robmann , S. Scorza , M. Settimo , R. Smida , M. Traina , R. Vilar , G. Warot , R. Yajur , J-P. Zopounidis