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The SABRE project and the SABRE PoP

SABRE aims to directly measure the annual modulation of the dark matter interaction rate with NaI(Tl) crystals. A modulation compatible with the standard hypothesis in which our Galaxy is embedded in a dark matter halo has been measured by…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-05-10 M. Antonello , E. Barberio , T. Baroncelli , J. Benziger , L. J. Bignell , I. Bolognino , F. Calaprice , S. Copello , D. D'Angelo , G. D'Imperio , I. Dafinei , G. Di Carlo , M. Diemoz , A. Di Ludovico , W. Dix , A. R. Duffy , F. Froborg , G. K. Giovanetti , E. Hoppe , A. Ianni , L. Ioannucci , S. Krishnan , G. J. Lane , I. Mahmood , A. Mariani , M. Mastrodicasa , P. Montini , J. Mould , F. Nuti , D. Orlandi , M. Paris , V. Pettinacci , L. Pietrofaccia , D. Prokopovic , S. Rahatlou , N. Rossi , A. Sarbutt , E. Shields , M. J. Souza , A. E. Stuchbery , B. Suerfu , C. Tomei , V. Toso , P. Urquijo , C. Vignoli , M. Wada , A. Wallner , A. G. Williams , J. Xu

Understanding NaI(Tl) crystal background for dark matter searches

We have developed ultra-low-background NaI(Tl) crystals to reproduce the DAMA results with the ultimate goal of achieving purity levels that are comparable to or better than those of the DAMA/LIBRA crystals. Even though the achieved…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-02 G. Adhikari , P. Adhikari , C. Ha , E. J. Jeon , N. Y. Kim , Y. D. Kim , S. Y. Kong , H. S. Lee , S. Y. Oh , J. S. Park , K. S. Park

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

Development of ultra-pure NaI(Tl) detectors for the COSINE-200 experiment

The annual modulation signal observed by the DAMA experiment is a long-standing question in the community of dark matter direct detection. This necessitates an independent verification of its existence using the same detection technique.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-09-10 B. J. Park , J. J. Choe , J. S. Choi , O. Gileva , C. Ha , A. Iltis , E. J. Jeon , D. Y. Kim , K. W. Kim , S. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. J. Ko , C. H. Lee , H. S. Lee , I. S. Lee , M. H. Lee , S. H. Lee , S. J. Ra , J. K. Son , K. A. Shin

Testing the Dark Matter Interpretation of the DAMA/LIBRA Result with Super-Kamiokande

We consider the prospects for testing the dark matter interpretation of the DAMA/LIBRA signal with the Super-Kamiokande experiment. The DAMA/LIBRA signal favors dark matter with low mass and high scattering cross section. We show that these…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-01-08 Jonathan L. Feng , Jason Kumar , John Learned , Louis E. Strigari

COSINE-100 Full Dataset Challenges the Annual Modulation Signal of DAMA/LIBRA

For over 25 years, the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration has claimed to observe an annual modulation signal, suggesting the existence of dark matter interactions. However, no experiment employing different target materials has observed a dark matter…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-09-09 N. Carlin , J. Y. Cho , J. J. Choi , S. Choi , A. C. Ezeribe , L. E. Franca , C. Ha , I. S. Hahn , S. J. Hollick , E. J. Jeon , H. W. Joo , W. G. Kang , M. Kauer , B. H. Kim , H. J. Kim , J. Kim , K. W. Kim , S. H. Kim , S. K. Kim , W. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , Y. J. Ko , D. H. Lee , E. K. Lee , H. Lee , H. S. Lee , H. Y. Lee , I. S. Lee , J. Lee , J. Y. Lee , M. H. Lee , S. H. Lee , S. M. Lee , Y. J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , N. T. Luan , V. H. A. Machado , B. B. Manzato , R. H. Maruyama , R. J. Neal , S. L. Olsen , B. J. Park , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , J. C. Park , K. S. Park , S. D. Park , R. L. C. Pitta , H. Prihtiadi , S. J. Ra , C. Rott , K. A. Shin , D. F. F. S. Cavalcante , M. K. Son , N. J. C. Spooner , L. T. Truc , L. Yang , G. H. Yu

Tests on NaI(Tl) crystals for WIMP search at the Yangyang Underground Laboratory

Among the direct search experiments for WIMP dark matter, the DAMA experiment observed an annual modulation signal interpreted as WIMP interactions with 9.2$\sigma$ significance. However, this result is contradictory with other direct…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-07 K. W. Kim , W. G. Kang , S. Y. Oh , P. Adhikari , J. H. So , N. Y. Kim , H. S. Lee , S. Choi , I. S. Hahn , E. J. Jeon , H. W. Joo , B. H. Kim , H. J. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , J. K. Lee , D. S. Leonard , J. Li , S. L. Olsen , H. S. Park

Puzzles of Dark Matter - More Light on Dark Atoms?

Positive results of dark matter searches in experiments DAMA/NaI and DAMA/LIBRA confronted with results of other groups can imply nontrivial particle physics solutions for cosmological dark matter. Stable particles with charge -2, bound…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-20 Maxim Yu. Khlopov , Andrey G. Mayorov , Evgeny Yu. Soldatov

Lowering the energy threshold in COSINE-100 dark matter searches

COSINE-100 is a dark matter detection experiment that uses NaI(Tl) crystal detectors operating at the Yangyang underground laboratory in Korea since September 2016. Its main goal is to test the annual modulation observed by the DAMA/LIBRA…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-04-14 G. Adhikari , E. Barbosa de Souza , N. Carlin , J. J. Choi , S. Choi , M. Djamal , A. C. Ezeribe , L. E. Franca , C. Ha , I. S. Hahn , E. J. Jeon , J. H. Jo , W. G. Kang , M. Kauer , H. Kim , H. J. Kim , K. W. Kim , S. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , Y. J. Ko , E. K. Lee , H. S. Lee , J. Lee , J. Y. Lee , M. H. Lee , S. H. Lee , D. S. Leonard , B. B. Manzato , R. H. Maruyama , R. J. Neal , S. L. Olsen , B. J. Park , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , K. S. Park , R. L. C. Pitta , H. Prihtiadi , S. J. Ra , C. Rott , K. A. Shin , A. Scarff , N. J. C. Spooner , W. G. Thompson , L. Yang , G. H. Yu

Explaining the DAMA Signal with WIMPless Dark Matter

WIMPless dark matter provides a framework in which dark matter particles with a wide range of masses naturally have the correct thermal relic density. We show that WIMPless dark matter with mass around 2-10 GeV can explain the annual…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-06-03 Jonathan L. Feng , Jason Kumar , Louis E. Strigari

Probing DAMA/LIBRA in the full parameter space of WIMP effective models of inelastic scattering

We discuss the compatibility of the combined annual modulation effect measured by DAMA/LIBRA-phase1 and DAMA/LIBRA-phase2 with an explanation in terms of inelastic scattering events induced by the most general Galilean-invariant effective…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-06-05 Sunghyun Kang , Stefano Scopel , Gaurav Tomar

The AIDA-TNG project: gas distributions inside and around haloes

The nature of Dark Matter (DM) is one of the most outstanding mysteries of modern astrophysics. While the standard Cold DM (CDM) model successfully explains observations on most astrophysical scales, DM particles have not yet been detected,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-27 Chi Zhang , Enrico Garaldi , Giulia Despali , Matteo Viel , Lauro Moscardini , Mark Vogelsberger

First use of large area SiPM matrices coupled with NaI(Tl) scintillating crystal for low energy dark matter search

The long-standing claim of dark matter detection by the DAMA experiment remains a crucial open question in astroparticle physics. A key step towards its independent verification is the development of NaI(Tl)-based detectors with improved…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-01-08 Edoardo Martinenghi , Valerio Toso , Fabrizio Bruno Armani , Andrea Castoldi , Giuseppe di Carlo , Luca Frontini , Niccolò Gallice , Chiara Guazzoni , Valentino Liberali , Alberto Stabile , Valeria Trabattoni , Andrea Zani , Davide D'Angelo

Direct dark matter search by annual modulation in XMASS-I

A search for dark matter was conducted by looking for an annual modulation signal due to the Earth's rotation around the Sun using XMASS, a single phase liquid xenon detector. The data used for this analysis was 359.2 live days times 832 kg…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-27 XMASS Collaboration , K. Abe , K. Hiraide , K. Ichimura , Y. Kishimoto , K. Kobayashi , M. Kobayashi , S. Moriyama , M. Nakahata , T. Norita , H. Ogawa , H. Sekiya , O. Takachio , A. Takeda , M. Yamashita , B. S. Yang , N. Y. Kim , Y. D. Kim , S. Tasaka , K. Fushimi , J. Liu , K. Martens , Y. Suzuki , B. D. Xu , R. Fujita , K. Hosokawa , K. Miuchi , Y. Onishi , N. Oka , Y. Takeuchi , Y. H. Kim , J. S. Lee , K. B. Lee , M. K. Lee , Y. Fukuda , Y. Itow , R. Kegasa , K. Kobayashi , K. Masada , H. Takiya , K. Nishijima , S. Nakamura

Lowering threshold of NaI(Tl) scintillator to 0.7 keV in the COSINE-100 experiment

COSINE-100 is a direct dark matter search experiment, with the primary goal of testing the annual modulation signal observed by DAMA/LIBRA, using the same target material, NaI(Tl). In previous analyses, we achieved the same 1 keV energy…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-12-24 G. H. Yu , N. Carlin , J. Y. Cho , J. J. Choi , S. Choi , A. C. Ezeribe , L. E. França , C. Ha , I. S. Hahn , S. J. Hollick , E. J. Jeon , H. W. Joo , W. G. Kang , M. Kauer , B. H. Kim , H. J. Kim , J. Kim , K. W. Kim , S. H. Kim , S. K. Kim , W. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , Y. J. Ko , D. H. Lee , E. K. Lee , H. Lee , H. S. Lee , H. Y. Lee , I. S. Lee , J. Lee , J. Y. Lee , M. H. Lee , S. H. Lee , S. M. Lee , Y. J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , N. T. Luan , V. H. A. Machado , B. B. Manzato , R. H. Maruyama , R. J. Neal , S. L. Olsen , B. J. Park , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , J. C. Park , K. S. Park , S. D. Park , R. L. C. Pitta , H. Prihtiadi , S. J. Ra , C. Rott , K. A. Shin , D. F. F. S. Cavalcante , M. K. Son , N. J. C. Spooner , L. T. Truc , L. Yang

Dark Matter Direct Detection Signals inferred from a Cosmological N-body Simulation with Baryons

We extract at redshift z=0 a Milky Way sized object including gas, stars and dark matter (DM) from a recent, high-resolution cosmological N-body simulation with baryons. Its resolution is sufficient to witness the formation of a rotating…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 F. -S. Ling , E. Nezri , E. Athanassoula , R. Teyssier

From DAMA/LIBRA To Super-Kamiokande

We consider the prospects for probing low-mass dark matter with the Super-Kamiokande experiment. We show that upcoming analyses including fully-contained events with sensitivity to dark matter masses from 5 to 10 GeV can test the dark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-11-15 Jason Kumar

Background analysis and status of the ANAIS dark matter project

ANAIS (Annual modulation with NaI Scintillators) is a project aiming to set up at the new facilities of the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC), a large scale NaI(Tl) experiment in order to explore the DAMA/LIBRA annual modulation…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-02 J. Amaré , S. Cebrián , C. Cuesta , E. García , C. Ginestra , M. Martínez , M. A. Oliván , Y. Ortigoza , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , C. Pobes , J. Puimedón , M. L. Sarsa , J. A. Villar , P. Villar

A testable conventional hypothesis for the DAMA-LIBRA annual modulation

The annual modulation signal observed by the DAMA-LIBRA Collaboration (D-L) may plausibly be explained as a consequence of energy deposited in the NaI(Tl) crystals by cosmic ray muons penetrating the detector. Delayed pulses in the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-07 David Nygren

Three-year annual modulation search with COSINE-100

COSINE-100 is a direct detection dark matter experiment that aims to test DAMA/LIBRA's claim of dark matter discovery by searching for a dark matter-induced annual modulation signal with NaI(Tl) detectors. We present new constraints on the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-11-01 100 Collaboration , G. Adhikari , E. Barbosa de Souza , N. Carlin , J. J. Choi , S. Choi , A. C. Ezeribe , L. E. França , C. Ha , I. S. Hahn , S. J. Hollick , E. J. Jeon , J. H. Jo , H. W. Joo , W. G. Kang , M. Kauer , H. Kim , H. J. Kim , J. Kim , K. W. Kim , S. H. Kim , S. K. Kim , W. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , Y. J. Ko , H. J. Kwon , D. H. Lee , E. K. Lee , H. Lee , H. S. Lee , H. Y. Lee , I. S. Lee , J. Lee , J. Y. Lee , M. H. Lee , S. H. Lee , S. M. Lee , D. S. Leonard , B. B. Manzato , R. H. Maruyama , R. J. Neal , S. L. Olsen , B. J. Park , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , K. S. Park , S. D. Park , R. L. C. Pitta , H. Prihtiadi , S. J. Ra , C. Rott , K. A. Shin , A. Scarff , N. J. C. Spooner , W. G. Thompson , L. Yang , G. H. Yu