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Discrimination between Nuclear Recoils and Electron Recoils by Simultaneous Detection of Phonons and Scintillation Light

We have developed a detector, consisting of a cryogenic calorimeter with a scintillating crystal as absorber, and a second calorimeter for the detection of the scintillation light, both operated at 12 mK. Using a CaWO4 crystal with a mass…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Meunier , M. Bravin , M. Bruckmayer , S. Giordano , M. Loidl , O. Meier , F. Proebst , W. Seidel , M. Sisti , L. Stodolsky , S. Uchaikin , L. Zerle

Towards an improved understanding of the relative scintillation efficiency of nuclear recoils in liquid xenon

Liquid xenon (LXe) particle detectors are a powerful technology in the field of dark matter direct detection, having shown impressive results in recent years and holding strong possibility for leading the field in sensitivity to galactic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-07-23 A. Manalaysay

Improved Modeling of $\beta$ Electronic Recoils in Liquid Xenon Using LUX Calibration Data

We report here methods and techniques for creating and improving a model that reproduces the scintillation and ionization response of a dual-phase liquid and gaseous xenon time-projection chamber. Starting with the recent release of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-03-02 The LUX Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , J. Balajthy , A. Baxter , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , E. M. Boulton , B. Boxer , P. Brás , S. Burdin , D. Byram , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , J. E. Cutter , L. de Viveiros , E. Druszkiewicz , A. Fan , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , C. Ghag , M. G. D. Gilchriese , C. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , D. P. Hogan , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , O. Jahangir , W. Ji , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , E. V. Korolkova , S. Kravits , V. A. Kudryavtsev , E. Leason , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , J. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , D. M. Mei , M. Moongweluwan , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , A. Naylor , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , A. Nilima , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , E. K. Pease , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , C. Rhyne , P. Rossiter , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , R. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , W. H. To , M. Tripathi , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , S. Uvarov , A. Vacheret , V. Velan , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , J. Xu , C. Zhang

Technique for Surface Background Rejection in Liquid Argon Dark Matter Detectors using Layered Wavelength-Shifting and Scintillating Thin Films

A technique using layered wavelength shifting, scintillating and non-scintillating films is presented to achieve discrimination of surface $\alpha$ events from low-energy nuclear recoils in liquid argon detectors. A discrimination power…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-07-08 M. G. Boulay , M. Kuźniak

CYGNUS: Feasibility of a nuclear recoil observatory with directional sensitivity to dark matter and neutrinos

Now that conventional weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter searches are approaching the neutrino floor, there has been a resurgence of interest in detectors with sensitivity to nuclear recoil directions. A large-scale…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-23 S. E. Vahsen , C. A. J. O'Hare , W. A. Lynch , N. J. C. Spooner , E. Baracchini , P. Barbeau , J. B. R. Battat , B. Crow , C. Deaconu , C. Eldridge , A. C. Ezeribe , M. Ghrear , D. Loomba , K. J. Mack , K. Miuchi , F. M. Mouton , N. S. Phan , K. Scholberg , T. N. Thorpe

Study of fast neutron detector for COSINE-100 experiment

A monitoring system for fast neutrons is planned in the COSINE experiment, a dark matter experiment with NaI crystals. We pursued several R&D approaches for a neutron detector using a liquid scintillator (LS). A pulse shape discrimination…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-25 G. Adhikari , P. Adhikari , C. Ha , E. J. Jeon , K. W. Kim , N. Y. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. J. Ko , H. S. Lee , J. Lee , M. H. Lee , R. H. Maruyama , S. L. Olsen , H. Prihtiadi

The CRESST Dark Matter Search

The current status of CRESST (Cryogenic Rare Event Search using Superconducting Thermometers) and new results concerning the detector development are presented. The basic technique of CRESST is to search for particle Dark Matter (WIMPS,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 CRESST-Collaboration , : , M. Bravin , M. Bruckmayer , C. Bucci

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

Dark matter detection in two easy steps

Multi-component dark matter particles may have a more intricate direct detection signal than simple elastic scattering on nuclei. In a broad class of well-motivated models the inelastic excitation of dark matter particles is followed by…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-03-19 Maxim Pospelov , Neal Weiner , Itay Yavin

Silicon Detector Dark Matter Results from the Final Exposure of CDMS II

We report results of a search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPS) with the silicon detectors of the CDMS II experiment. This blind analysis of 140.2 kg-days of data taken between July 2007 and September 2008 revealed three…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-10-15 CDMS Collaboration , R. Agnese , Z. Ahmed , A. J. Anderson , S. Arrenberg , D. Balakishiyeva , R. Basu Thakur , D. A. Bauer , J. Billard , A. Borgland , D. Brandt , P. L. Brink , T. Bruch , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , D. G. Cerdeno , H. Chagani , J. Cooley , B. Cornell , C. H. Crewdson , P. Cushman , M. Daal , F. Dejongh , E. Do Couto E Silva , T. Doughty , L. Esteban , S. Fallows , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , J. Filippini , J. Fox , M. Fritts , G. L. Godfrey , S. R. Golwala , J. Hall , R. H. Harris , S. A. Hertel , T. Hofer , D. Holmgren , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , A. Jastram , O. Kamaev , B. Kara , M. H. Kelsey , A. Kennedy , P. Kim , M. Kiveni , K. Koch , M. Kos , S. W. Leman , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , C. Martinez , K. A. McCarthy , N. Mirabolfathi , R. A. Moffatt , D. C. Moore , P. Nadeau , R. H. Nelson , K. Page , R. Partridge , M. Pepin , A. Phipps , K. Prasad , M. Pyle , H. Qiu , W. Rau , P. Redl , A. Reisetter , Y. Ricci , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , K. Schneck , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , B. Serfass , B. Shank , D. Speller , K. M. Sundqvist , A. N. Villano , B. Welliver , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , J. J. Yen , J. Yoo , B. A. Young , J. Zhang

Low Threshold Results and Limits from the DRIFT Directional Dark Matter Detector

We present results from a 54.7 live-day shielded run of the DRIFT-IId detector, the world's most sensitive, directional, dark matter detector. Several improvements were made relative to our previous work including a lower threshold for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-19 J. B. R. Battat , A. C. Ezeribe , J. -L. Gauvreau , J. L. Harton , R. Lafler , E. Law , E. R. Lee , D. Loomba , A. Lumnah , E. H. Miller , A. Monte , F. Mouton , S. M. Paling , N. S. Phan , M. Robinson , S. W. Sadler , A. Scarff , F. G. Schuckman , D. P. Snowden-Ifft , N. J. C. Spooner , N. Waldram

Light Dark Matter Detection with Hydrogen-rich Crystals and Low-Tc TES Detectors

Direct detection of nuclear scatterings of sub-GeV Dark Matter (DM) particles favors low-Z nuclei. Hydrogen nucleus, which has a single proton, provides the best kinematic match to a light dark matter particle. The characteristic nuclear…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-09-22 G. Wang , C. L. Chang , M. Lisovenko , V. Novosad , V. G. Yefremenko , J. Zhang

Toward directional detection of Dark Matter with the DM-TPC detector

Directional detection can provide unambiguous observation of Dark Matter interactions even in presence of insidious backgrounds. The DM-TPC collaboration is developing a detector with the goal of measuring the direction and sense of nuclear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 G. Sciolla , S. Ahlen , D. Dujmic , V. Dutta , P. Fisher , S. Henderson , A. Kaboth , G. Kohse , R. Lanza , J. Monroe , A. Roccaro , N. Skvorodnev , H. Tomita , R. Vanderspek , H. Wellenstein , R. Yamamoto

Enhanced Dark Matter Sensitivity using a Hybrid SiPM-SNSPD-Qubit Detector in Liquid Argon

We investigate novel strategies to extend the sensitivity of dark matter direct detection experiments to energy deposits well below the thresholds of conventional detectors. In liquid-argon time-projection chambers equipped with silicon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-01-12 Faeq Abed , Asmaa AlMellah , Kareem Al-Jubouri , Alex Lumoski

Reconstructing the Velocity Distribution of WIMPs from Direct Dark Matter Detection Data

Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) are one of the leading candidates for dark matter. Currently, the most promising method to detect many different WIMP candidates is the direct detection of the recoil energy deposited in a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-27 Manuel Drees , Chung-Lin Shan

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 Phase of the Annual Modulation as a Tool for Determining the WIMP Mass

The count rate of Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter candidates in direct detection experiments experiences an annual modulation due to the Earth's motion around the Sun. In the standard isothermal halo model, the signal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Matthew J. Lewis , Katherine Freese

The DAMIC dark matter experiment

The DAMIC (Dark Matter in CCDs) experiment uses high resistivity, scientific grade CCDs to search for dark matter. The CCD's low electronic noise allows an unprecedently low energy threshold of a few tens of eV that make it possible to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-08-07 A. Aguilar-Arevalo , D. Amidei , X. Bertou , D. Bole , M. Butner , G. Cancelo , A. Castañeda Vázquez , A. E. Chavarria , J. R. T. de Mello Neto , S. Dixon , J. C. D'Olivo , J. Estrada , G. Fernandez Moroni , K. P. Hernández Torres , F. Izraelevitch , A. Kavner , B. Kilminster , I. Lawson , J. Liao , M. López , J. Molina , G. Moreno-Granados , J. Pena , P. Privitera , Y. Sarkis , V. Scarpine , T. Schwarz , M. Sofo Haro , J. Tiffenberg , D. Torres Machado , F. Trillaud , X. You , J. Zhou

Extracting Particle Physics Information from Direct Detection of Dark Matter with Minimal Assumptions

In the absence of direct accelerator data to constrain particle models, and given existing astrophysical uncertainties associated with the phase space distribution of WIMP dark matter in our galactic halo, extracting information on…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-01-26 Lawrence M. Krauss , Jayden L. Newstead

A search for light dark matter in XENON10 data

We report results of a search for light (<10 GeV) particle dark matter with the XENON10 detector. The event trigger was sensitive to a single electron, with the analysis threshold of 5 electrons corresponding to 1.4 keV nuclear recoil…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-09 J. Angle , E. Aprile , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , A. Bernstein , A. Bolozdynya , P. Brusov , L. C. C. Coelho , C. E. Dahl , L. DeViveiros , A. D. Ferella , L. M. P. Fernandes , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , K. L. Giboni , R. Gomez , R. Hasty , L. Kastens , J. Kwong , J. A. M. Lopes , N. Madden , A. Manalaysay , A. Manzur , D. N. McKinsey , M. E. Monzani , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , J. Orboeck , G. Plante , R. Santorelli , J. M. F. dos Santos , P. Shagin , T. Shutt , P. Sorensen , S. Schulte , C. Winant , M. Yamashita