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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…

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Interpreting data from WIMP direct detection experiments

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A search for low-mass WIMPs with EDELWEISS-II heat-and-ionization detectors

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