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First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment

The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is a dark matter detector centered on a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. This Letter reports results from LUX-ZEPLIN's…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-08-07 J. Aalbers , D. S. Akerib , C. W. Akerlof , A. K. Al Musalhi , F. Alder , A. Alqahtani , S. K. Alsum , C. S. Amarasinghe , A. Ames , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , S. Azadi , A. J. Bailey , A. Baker , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , J. Bang , J. W. Bargemann , M. J. Barry , J. Barthel , D. Bauer , A. Baxter , K. Beattie , J. Belle , P. Beltrame , J. Bensinger , T. Benson , E. P. Bernard , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , B. Birrittella , G. M. Blockinger , K. E. Boast , B. Boxer , R. Bramante , C. A. J. Brew , P. Brás , J. H. Buckley , V. V. Bugaev , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , M. Buuck , R. Cabrita , C. Carels , D. L. Carlsmith , B. Carlson , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Cascella , C. Chan , A. Chawla , H. Chen , J. J. Cherwinka , N. I. Chott , A. Cole , J. Coleman , M. V. Converse , A. Cottle , G. Cox , W. W. Craddock , O. Creaner , D. Curran , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , C. E. Dahl , A. David , J. Davis , T. J. R. Davison , J. Delgaudio , S. Dey , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , A. Dushkin , T. K. Edberg , W. R. Edwards , M. M. Elnimr , W. T. Emmet , S. R. Eriksen , C. H. Faham , A. Fan , S. Fayer , N. M. Fearon , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , P. Ford , V. B. Francis , E. D. Fraser , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , N. J. Gantos , D. Garcia , A. Geffre , V. M. Gehman , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , R. Gibbons , E. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , S. Gokhale , B. Gomber , J. Green , A. Greenall , S. Greenwood , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. B. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , S. Hans , K. Hanzel , A. Harrison , E. Hartigan-O'Connor , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , G. Heuermann , C. Hjemfelt , M. D. Hoff , E. Holtom , J. Y-K. Hor , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , D. Hunt , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , O. Jahangir , R. S. James , S. N. Jeffery , W. Ji , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , K. Kamdin , V. Kasey , K. Kazkaz , J. Keefner , D. Khaitan , M. Khaleeq , A. Khazov , I. Khurana , Y. D. Kim , C. D. Kocher , D. Kodroff , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , J. Kras , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , H. J. Krebs , L. Kreczko , B. Krikler , V. A. Kudryavtsev , S. Kyre , B. Landerud , E. A. Leason , C. Lee , J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , R. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Li , F. -T. Liao , J. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , R. Liu , X. Liu , Y. Liu , C. Loniewski , M. I. Lopes , E. Lopez Asamar , B. López Paredes , W. Lorenzon , D. Lucero , S. Luitz , J. M. Lyle , P. A. Majewski , J. Makkinje , D. C. Malling , A. Manalaysay , L. Manenti , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. F. Marzioni , C. Maupin , M. E. McCarthy , C. T. McConnell , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , Y. Meng , J. Migneault , E. H. Miller , E. Mizrachi , J. A. Mock , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , J. D. Morales Mendoza , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , M. Murdy , A. St. J. Murphy , D. Naim , A. Naylor , C. Nedlik , C. Nehrkorn , F. Neves , A. Nguyen , J. A. Nikoleyczik , A. Nilima , J. O'Dell , F. G. O'Neill , K. O'Sullivan , I. Olcina , M. A. Olevitch , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , J. Orpwood , D. Pagenkopf , S. Pal , K. J. Palladino , J. Palmer , M. Pangilinan , N. Parveen , S. J. Patton , E. K. Pease , B. Penning , C. Pereira , G. Pereira , E. Perry , T. Pershing , I. B. Peterson , A. Piepke , J. Podczerwinski , D. Porzio , S. Powell , R. M. Preece , K. Pushkin , Y. Qie , B. N. Ratcliff , J. Reichenbacher , L. Reichhart , C. A. Rhyne , A. Richards , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , J. P. Rodrigues , A. Rodriguez , H. J. Rose , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , T. Rushton , G. Rutherford , D. Rynders , J. S. Saba , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , P. R. Scovell , D. Seymour , S. Shaw , T. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , G. Sinev , K. Skarpaas , W. Skulski , R. Smith , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Soria , I. Stancu , M. R. Stark , A. Stevens , T. M. Stiegler , K. Stifter , R. Studley , B. Suerfu , T. J. Sumner , P. Sutcliffe , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , M. Tan , D. J. Taylor , R. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , D. J. Temples , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , K. J. Thomas , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , W. H. To , A. Tomás , Z. Tong , D. R. Tovey , J. Tranter , M. Trask , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , C. E. Tull , W. Turner , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , J. Va'vra , A. Vacheret , A. C. Vaitkus , J. R. Verbus , E. Voirin , W. L. Waldron , A. Wang , B. Wang , J. J. Wang , W. Wang , Y. Wang , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , A. White , D. T. White , J. T. White , R. G. White , T. J. Whitis , M. Williams , W. J. Wisniewski , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , J. D. Wolfs , S. Woodford , D. Woodward , S. D. Worm , C. J. Wright , Q. Xia , X. Xiang , Q. Xiao , J. Xu , M. Yeh , J. Yin , I. Young , P. Zarzhitsky , A. Zuckerman , E. A. Zweig

Can we discover dual-component thermal WIMP dark matter?

We address the question of whether the upcoming generation of dark matter search experiments and colliders will be able to discover if the dark matter in the Universe has two components of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-12-23 Stefano Profumo , Kris Sigurdson , Lorenzo Ubaldi

The Direct and Indirect Detection of Weakly Interacting Dark Matter Particles

An ever-increasing body of evidence suggests that weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) constitute the bulk of the matter in the Universe. We illustrate how experimental data, dimensional analysis and Standard Model particle physics…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Halzen

WIMP dark matter, Higgs exchange and DAMA

In the WIMP scenario, there is a one-to-one relation between the dark matter (DM) relic density and spin independent direct detection rate if both the annihilation of DM and its elastic scattering on nuclei go dominantly through Higgs…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-01-06 Sarah Andreas , Thomas Hambye , Michel H. G. Tytgat

Maximum Likelihood Analysis of Low Energy CDMS II Germanium Data

We report on the results of a search for a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) signal in low-energy data of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS~II) experiment using a maximum likelihood analysis. A background model is constructed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-08 SuperCDMS Collaboration , R. Agnese , A. J. Anderson , D. Balakishiyeva , R. Basu Thakur , D. A. Bauer , J. Billard , A. Borgland , M. A. Bowles , D. Brandt , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , D. G. Cerdeno , H. Chagani , Y. Chen , J. Cooley , B. Cornell , C. H. Crewdson , P. Cushman , M. Daal , P. C. F. Di Stefano , T. Doughty , L. Esteban , S. Fallows , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , M. Fritts , G. L. Godfrey , S. R. Golwala , M. Graham , J. Hall , H. R. Harris , S. A. Hertel , T. Hofer , D. Holmgren , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , A. Jastram , O. Kamaev , B. Kara , M. H. Kelsey , A. Kennedy , M. Kiveni , K. Koch , A. Leder , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , C. Martinez , K. A. McCarthy , N. Mirabolfathi , R. A. Moffatt , D. C. Moore , R. H. Nelson , S. M. Oser , K. Page , W. A. Page , R. Partridge , M. Pepin , A. Phipps , K. Prasad , M. Pyle , H. Qiu , W. Rau , P. Redl , A. Reisetter , Y. Ricci , H. E. Rogers , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , K. Schneck , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , B. Serfass , B. Shank , D. Speller , S. Upadhyayula , A. N. Villano , B. Welliver , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , J. J. Yen , B. A. Young , J. Zhang

First Results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search in the Soudan Underground Lab

We report the first results from a search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) in the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) experiment at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. Four Ge and two Si detectors were operated for 52.6 live…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 CDMS Collaboration

The Direct and Indirect Detection of Weakly Interacting Dark Matter Particles

An ever-increasing body of evidence suggests that weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) constitute the bulk of the matter in the Universe. Experimental data, dimensional analysis and Standard Model particle physics are sufficient to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Halzen

WIMP identification through a combined measurement of axial and scalar couplings

We study the prospects for detecting Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), in a number of phenomenological scenarios, with a detector composed of a target simultaneously sensitive to both spin-dependent and spin-independent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 G. Bertone , D. G. Cerdeno , J. I. Collar , B. Odom

Review of Indirect WIMP Search Experiments

Observational evidence for dark matter can be explained by Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). These dark matter particle candidates could indirectly be detected through the observation of signals produced as part of WIMP…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Carsten Rott

Results on Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles from a 11 kg d Target Exposure of DAMIC at SNOLAB (ICRC2021 Proceedings)

Experimental efforts of the last decades have been unsuccessful in detecting WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) in the 10-to-10$^4$ GeV/$c^2$ range, thus motivating the search for lighter dark matter. The DAMIC (DArk Matter In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-05 Michelangelo Traina

Results from the Final Exposure of the CDMS II Experiment

We report results from a blind analysis of the final data taken with the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment (CDMS II) at the Soudan Underground Laboratory, Minnesota, USA. A total raw exposure of 612 kg-days was analyzed for this work.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 The CDMS Collaboration , Z. Ahmed

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

Detection of WIMP-like dark matter in some extensions of the Standard Model

One of the most popular classes of candidates for dark matter are Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), i.e. particles possessing masses and couplings falling roughly within the electroweak scale. Apart from offering a natural…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-06-21 Andreas Goudelis

DAMA annual modulation effect and asymmetric mirror matter

The long-standing model-independent annual modulation effect measured by DAMA Collaboration is examined in the context of asymmetric mirror dark matter, assuming that dark atoms interact with target nuclei in the detector via kinetic mixing…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-09-03 A. Addazi , Z. Berezhiani , R. Bernabei , P. Belli , F. Cappella , R. Cerulli , A. Incicchitti

Light dark matter search with DarkSide-50

We present the latest results from the search for light dark matter particle interactions with the DarkSide-50 dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber. This analysis, based on the ionization signal only, improves the existing limits…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-07-18 D. Franco

The Waning of the WIMP? A Review of Models, Searches, and Constraints

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are among the best-motivated dark matter candidates. In light of no conclusive detection signal yet despite an extensive search program that combines, often in a complementary way, direct,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-04-04 Giorgio Arcadi , Maíra Dutra , Pradipta Ghosh , Manfred Lindner , Yann Mambrini , Mathias Pierre , Stefano Profumo , Farinaldo S. Queiroz

Are direct search experiments sensitive to all spin-independent WIMP candidates?

The common analysis of direct searches for spin-independent Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) assumes that a spin-independent WIMP couples with the same strength with both nucleons, \textit{i.e.} that the spin-independent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Giuliani

WIMP Velocity Impact on Direct Dark Matter Searches

We examine the effect of some uncertainties in the input astrophysical parameters on direct detection searches for WIMPs in the Galactic halo. We concentrate on the possible WIMP annual modulation signal recently reported by the DAMA…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Michal Brhlik , Leszek Roszkowski

Extending the DAMA annual-modulation region by inclusion of the uncertainties in the astrophysical velocities

The original annual-modulation region, singled out by the DAMA/NaI experiment for direct detection of WIMPs, is extended by taking into account the uncertainties in the galactic astrophysical velocities. Also the effect due to a possible…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Belli , R. Bernabei , A. Bottino , F. Donato , N. Fornengo , D. Prosperi , S. Scopel

Searching for feebly interacting dark matter at colliders and beam-dump experiments

Despite the compelling amount of evidence for the existence of dark matter, its exact nature is still one of the main open questions in modern physics. A great experimental effort has been performed to probe one of the most popular dark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-12-20 Sam Junius