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Low-mass dark matter search results from full exposure of PandaX-I experiment

We report the results of a weakly-interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter search using the full 80.1\;live-day exposure of the first stage of the PandaX experiment (PandaX-I) located in the China Jin-Ping Underground Laboratory. The…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-09-23 PandaX Collaboration , Xiang Xiao , Xun Chen , Andi Tan , Yunhua Chen , Xiangyi Cui , Deqing Fang , Changbo Fu , Karl L. Giboni , Haowei Gong , Guodong Guo , Ming He , Xiangdong Ji , Yonglin Ju , Siao Lei , Shaoli Li , Qing Lin , Huaxuan Liu , Jianglai Liu , Xiang Liu , Wolfgang Lorenzon , Yugang Ma , Yajun Mao , Kaixuan Ni , Kirill Pushkin , Xiangxiang Ren , Michael Schubnell , Manbin Shen , Yuji Shi , Scott Stephenson , Hongwei Wang , Jiming Wang , Meng Wang , Siguang Wang , Xuming Wang , Zhou Wang , Shiyong Wu , Mengjiao Xiao , Pengwei Xie , Binbin Yan , Yinghui You , Xionghui Zeng , Tao Zhang , Li Zhao , Xiaopeng Zhou , Zhonghua Zhu

Search for low-mass dark matter WIMPs with 12 ton-day exposure of DarkSide-50

We report on the search for dark matter WIMPs in the mass range below 10 GeV/c$^2$, from the analysis of the entire dataset acquired with a low-radioactivity argon target by the DarkSide-50 experiment at LNGS. The new analysis benefits from…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-07-18 50 Collaboration , P. Agnes , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , M. Ave , H. O. Back , G. Batignani , K. Biery , V. Bocci , W. M. Bonivento , B. Bottino , S. Bussino , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , F. Calaprice , A. Caminata , N. Canci , M. Caravati , M. Cariello , M. Carlini , M. Carpinelli , V. Cataudella , P. Cavalcante , S. Cavuoti , S. Chashin , A. Chepurnov , C. Cicalò , G. Covone , D. D'Angelo , S. Davini , A. De Candia , S. De Cecco , G. De Filippis , G. De Rosa , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , M. D'Incecco , C. Dionisi , F. Dordei , M. Downing , D. D'Urso , G. Fiorillo , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiati , C. Ghiano , C. Giganti , G. K. Giovanetti , A. M. Goretti , G. Grilli di Cortona , A. Grobov , M. Gromov , M. Guan , M. Gulino , B. R. Hackett , K. Herner , T. Hessel , B. Hosseini , F. Hubaut , E. V. Hungerford , An. Ianni , V. Ippolito , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , M. Kimura , I. Kochanek , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , M. Kuss , M. La Commara , M. Lai , X. Li , M. Lissia , G. Longo , O. Lychagina , I. N. Machulin , L. P. Mapelli , S. M. Mari , J. Maricic , A. Messina , R. Milincic , J. Monroe , M. Morrocchi , X. Mougeot , V. N. Muratova , P. Musico , A. O. Nozdrina , A. Oleinik , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , K. Pelczar , N. Pelliccia , S. Piacentini , S. Piacentini , E. Picciau , A. Pocar , D. M. Poehlmann , S. Pordes , S. S. Poudel , P. Pralavorio , D. D. Price , F. Ragusa , M. Razeti , A. Razeto , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , J. Rode , A. Romani , D. Sablone , O. Samoylov , W. Sands , S. Sanfilippo , E. Sanford , C. Savarese , B. Schlitzer , D. A. Semenov , A. Shchagin , A. Sheshukov , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , S. Stracka , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , E. V. Unzhakov , A. Vishneva , R. B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , H. Wang , Y. Wang , S. Westerdale , M. M. Wojcik , X. Xiao , C. Yang , G. Zuzel

Limits on spin-independent WIMP-nucleon interactions from the two-tower run of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search

We report new results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. Two towers, each consisting of six detectors, were operated for 74.5 live days, giving spectrum-weighted exposures of 34 kg-d for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 CDMS Collaboration

WIMP Dark Matter Search using a 3.1 Tonne-Year Exposure of the XENONnT Experiment

We report on a search for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter (DM) via elastic DM-xenon-nucleus interactions in the XENONnT experiment. We combine datasets from the first and second science campaigns resulting in a total…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-12-18 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , K. Abe , S. Ahmed Maouloud , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , D. Antón Martin , S. R. Armbruster , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , M. Bazyk , L. Bellagamba , R. Biondi , A. Bismark , K. Boese , A. Brown , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Cai , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , A. P. Cimental Chávez , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. J. Cuenca-García , V. D'Andrea , L. C. Daniel Garcia , M. P. Decowski , A. Deisting , C. Di Donato , P. Di Gangi , S. Diglio , K. Eitel , S. el Morabit , A. Elykov , A. D. Ferella , C. Ferrari , H. Fischer , T. Flehmke , M. Flierman , D. Fuchs , W. Fulgione , C. Fuselli , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , F. Gao , S. Ghosh , R. Giacomobono , F. Girard , R. Glade-Beucke , L. Grandi , J. Grigat , H. Guan , M. Guida , P. Gyorgy , R. Hammann , A. Higuera , C. Hils , L. Hoetzsch , N. F. Hood , M. Iacovacci , Y. Itow , J. Jakob , F. Joerg , Y. Kaminaga , M. Kara , P. Kavrigin , S. Kazama , P. Kharbanda , M. Kobayashi , D. Koke , K. Kooshkjalali , A. Kopec , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , I. Li , S. Li , S. Liang , Z. Liang , Y. -T. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , K. Liu , M. Liu , J. Loizeau , F. Lombardi , J. Long , J. A. M. Lopes , G. M. Lucchetti , T. Luce , Y. Ma , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Mancuso , L. Manenti , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , K. Martens , J. Masbou , S. Mastroianni , A. Melchiorre , J. Merz , M. Messina , A. Michael , K. Miuchi , A. Molinario , S. Moriyama , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Müller , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , B. Paetsch , Y. Pan , Q. Pellegrini , R. Peres , C. Peters , J. Pienaar , M. Pierre , G. Plante , T. R. Pollmann , L. Principe , J. Qi , J. Qin , D. Ramírez García , M. Rajado , A. Ravindran , A. Razeto , R. Singh , L. Sanchez , J. M. F. dos Santos , I. Sarnoff , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , P. Schulte , H. Schulze Eißing , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , S. Shi , J. Shi , M. Silva , H. Simgen , A. Stevens , C. Szyszka , A. Takeda , Y. Takeuchi , P. -L. Tan , D. Thers , G. Trinchero , C. D. Tunnell , F. Tönnies , K. Valerius , S. Vecchi , S. Vetter , F. I. Villazon Solar , G. Volta , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , V. H. S. Wu , Y. Xing , D. Xu , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , J. Yang , L. Yang , J. Ye , L. Yuan , G. Zavattini , Y. Zhao , M. Zhong

The Status of the Search for Low Mass WIMPs: 2013

Using information from a recent dark matter symposium at Marina del Rey and from various publications in 2012 and 2013, we discuss the most recent evidence and constraints on low mass WIMPs. There are now five separate experimental limits…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-08-16 David Cline

Results from the CDMS 5-Tower Operation

Astrophysical observations strongly suggest that non-luminous, nonbaryonic components, so called "Dark Matter", may constitute most of the matter in the Universe. The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) experiment is designed to detect Dark…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Jonghee Yoo

Searching for WIMPs with TREX-DM: achievements and challenges

The TREX-DM detector, a low background chamber with microbulk Micromegas readout, was commissioned in the underground laboratory of Canfranc (LSC) in 2018. Since then, data taking campaigns have been carried out with Argon and Neon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-12-21 Juan F. Castel , Susana Cebrián , Theopisti Dafni , David Díez-Ibáñez , Álvaro Ezquerro , Javier Galán , Juan Antonio García , Igor G. Irastorza , María Jiménez , Gloria Luzón , Cristina Margalejo , Ángel de Mira , Hector Mirallas , Luis Obis , Alfonso Ortiz de Solórzano , Oscar Pérez , Jaime Ruz , Julia Vogel

Search for Dark Matter WIMPs using Upward Through-going Muons in Super-Kamiokande

We present the results of indirect searches for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) with 1679.6 live days of data from the Super-Kamiokande detector using neutrino-induced upward through-going muons. The search is performed by…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 Kamiokande Collaboration , S. Desai , Y. Ashie , S. Fukuda , Y. Fukuda , K. Ishihara , Y. Itow , Y. Koshio , A. Minamino , M. Miura , S. Moriyama , M. Nakahata , T. Namba , R. Nambu , Y. Obayashi , N. Sakurai , M. Shiozawa , Y. Suzuki , H. Takeuchi , Y. Takeuchi , S. Yamada , M. Ishitsuka , T. Kajita , K. Kaneyuki , S. Nakayama , A. Okada , T. Ooyabu , C. Saji , M. Earl , E. Kearns , J. L. Stone , L. R. Sulak , C. W. Walter , W. Wang , M. Goldhaber , T. Barszczak , D. Casper , J. P. Cravens , W. Gajewski , W. R. Kropp , S. Mine , D. W. Liu , M. B. Smy , H. W. Sobel , C. W. Sterner , M. R. Vagins , K. S. Ganezer , J. Hill , W. E. Keig , J. Y. Kim , I. T. Lim , R. W. Ellsworth , S. Tasaka , G. Guillian , A. Kibayashi , J. G. Learned , S. Matsuno , D. Takemori , M. D. Messier , Y. Hayato , A. K. Ichikawa , T. Ishida , T. Ishii , T. Iwashita , J. Kameda , T. Kobayashi , T. Maruyama , K. Nakamura , K. Nitta , Y. Oyama , M. Sakuda , Y. Totsuka , A. T. Suzuki , M. Hasegawa , K. Hayashi , T. Inagaki , I. Kato , H. Maesaka , T. Morita , T. Nakaya , K. Nishikawa , T. Sasaki , S. Ueda , S. Yamamoto , T. J. Haines , S. Dazeley , S. Hatakeyama , R. Svoboda , E. Blaufuss , J. A. Goodman , G. W. Sullivan , D. Turcan , K. Scholberg , A. Habig , C. K. Jung , T. Kato , K. Kobayashi , M. Malek , C. Mauger , C. McGrew , A. Sarrat , E. Sharkey , C. Yanagisawa , T. Toshito , C. Mitsuda , K. Miyano , T. Shibata , Y. Kajiyama , Y. Nagashima , M. Takita , M. Yoshida , H. I. Kim , H. Okazawa , T. Ishizuka , Y. Choi , H. K. Seo , Y. Gando , T. Hasegawa , K. Inoue , J. Shirai , A. Suzuki , M. Koshiba , T. Hashimoto , Y. Nakajima , K. Nishijima , T. Harada , H. Ishino , M. Morii , R. Nishimura , Y. Watanabe , D. Kielczewska , J. Zalipska , R. Gran , K. K. Shiraishi , K. Washburn , R. J. Wilkes

A Low-noise Germanium Ionization Spectrometer for Low-background Science

Recent progress on the development of very low noise high purity germanium ionization spectrometers has produced an instrument of 1.2 kg mass and excellent noise performance. The detector was installed in a low-background cryostat intended…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-01-19 Craig E. Aalseth , Juan I. Collar , Jim Colaresi , James E. Fast , Todd W. Hossbach , John L. Orrell , Cory T. Overman , Bjorn Scholz , Brent A. VanDevender , K. Michael Yocum

Potential for definitive discovery of a 70 GeV dark matter WIMP with only second-order gauge couplings

As astronomical observations and their interpretation improve, the case for cold dark matter (CDM) becomes increasingly persuasive. A particularly appealing version of CDM is a weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) with a mass near the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-10-28 Bailey Tallman , Alexandra Boone , Adhithya Vijayakumar , Fiona Lopez , Samuel Apata , Jehu Martinez , Roland Allen

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

TREX-DM: a low background Micromegas-based TPC for low mass WIMP detection

Dark Matter experiments are recently focusing their detection techniques in low-mass WIMPs, which requires the use of light elements and low energy threshold. In this context, we present the TREX-DM experiment, a low background…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-24 F. J. Iguaz , J. G. Garza , F. Aznar , J. F. Castel , S. Cebrian , T. Dafni , J. A. Garcia , H. Gomez , D. Gonzalez-Diaz , I. G. Irastorza , A. Lagraba , G. Luzon , A. Peiro , A. Rodriguez

Constraints on Lightly Ionizing Particles from CDMSlite

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search low ionization threshold experiment (CDMSlite) achieved efficient detection of very small recoil energies in its germanium target, resulting in sensitivity to Lightly Ionizing Particles (LIPs) in a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-02-22 SuperCDMS Collaboration , I. Alkhatib , D. W. P. Amaral , T. Aralis , T. Aramaki , I. J. Arnquist , I. Ataee Langroudy , E. Azadbakht , S. Banik , D. Barker , C. Bathurst , D. A. Bauer , L. V. S. Bezerra , R. Bhattacharyya , M. A. Bowles , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , R. Calkins , R. A. Cameron , C. Cartaro , D. G. Cerdeño , Y. -Y. Chang , M. Chaudhuri , R. Chen , N. Chott , J. Cooley , H. Coombes , J. Corbett , P. Cushman , F. De Brienne , M. L. di Vacri , M. D. Diamond , E. Fascione , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , C. W. Fink , K. Fouts , M. Fritts , G. Gerbier , R. Germond , M. Ghaith , S. R. Golwala , H. R. Harris , B. A. Hines , M. I. Hollister , Z. Hong , E. W. Hoppe , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , V. Iyer , D. Jardin , A. Jastram , V. K. S. Kashyap , M. H. Kelsey , A. Kubik , N. A. Kurinsky , R. E. Lawrence , A. Li , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , P. Lukens , D. B. MacFarlane , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , N. Mast , A. J. Mayer , H. Meyer zu Theenhausen , É. M. Michaud , E. Michielin , N. Mirabolfathi , B. Mohanty , J. D. Morales Mendoza , S. Nagorny , J. Nelson , H. Neog , V. Novati , J. L. Orrell , S. M. Oser , W. A. Page , R. Partridge , R. Podviianiuk , F. Ponce , S. Poudel , A. Pradeep , M. Pyle , W. Rau , E. Reid , R. Ren , T. Reynolds , A. Roberts , A. E. Robinson , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , A. Sattari , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , B. Serfass , D. J. Sincavage , C. Stanford , J. Street , D. Toback , R. Underwood , S. Verma , A. N. Villano , B. von Krosigk , S. L. Watkins , J. S. Wilson , M. J. Wilson , J. Winchell , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , B. A. Young , T. C. Yu , E. Zhang , H. G. Zhang , X. Zhao , L. Zheng

Limits on dark matter WIMPs using upward-going muons in the MACRO detector

We perform an indirect search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using the MACRO detector to look for neutrino-induced upward-going muons resulting from the annihilation of WIMPs trapped in the Sun and Earth. The search is…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-04-06 The MACRO Collaboration , M. Ambrosio et al

WIMP decay as a possible Warm Dark Matter model

The Weakly Interacting Massive Particles(WIMPs) have long been the favored CDM candidate in the standard $\Lambda$CDM model. However, owing to great improvement in the experimental sensitivity in the past decade, some parameter space of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-15 Abineet Parichha , Shiv Sethi

Ultra-Low-Energy Germanium Detector for Neutrino-Nucleus Coherent Scattering and Dark Matter Searches

The status and plans of a research program on the development of ultra-low-energy germanium detectors with sub-keV sensitivities are reported. We survey the scientific goals which include the observation of neutrino-nucleus coherent…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Henry T. Wong

Direct Detection Limits on Heavy Dark Matter

Multiply-interacting massive particles (MIMPs) are heavy (>10^10 GeV/c^2) dark matter particles that interact strongly with regular matter, but may have evaded detection due to the low number density required to make up the local dark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-01-12 Michael Clark , Amanda Depoian , Bahaa Elshimy , Abigail Kopec , Rafael F. Lang , Shengchao Li , Juehang Qin

TREX-DM: a low background Micromegas-based TPC for low-mass WIMP detection

Dark Matter experiments are recently focusing their detection techniques in low-mass WIMPs, which requires the use of light elements and low energy threshold. In this context, we describe the TREX-DM experiment, a low background…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-06-22 F. J. Iguaz , J. G. Garza , F. Aznar , J. F. Castel , S. Cebrian , T. Dafni , J. A. Garcia , I. G. Irastorza , A. Lagraba , G. Luzon , A. Peiro

Search for Low-Mass Dark Matter with CDMSlite Using a Profile Likelihood Fit

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search low ionization threshold experiment (CDMSlite) searches for interactions between dark matter particles and germanium nuclei in cryogenic detectors. The experiment has achieved a low energy threshold with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-05 SuperCDMS Collaboration , R. Agnese , T. Aralis , T. Aramaki , I. J. Arnquist , E. Azadbakht , W. Baker , S. Banik , D. Barker , D. A. Bauer , T. Binder , M. A. Bowles , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , R. Calkins , R. A. Cameron , C. Cartaro , D. G. Cerdeño , Y. -Y. Chang , J. Cooley , B. Cornell , P. Cushman , F. De Brienne , T. Doughty , E. Fascione , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , C. W. Fink , M. Fritts , G. Gerbier , R. Germond , M. Ghaith , S. R. Golwala , H. R. Harris , N. Herbert , Z. Hong , E. W. Hoppe , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , V. Iyer , D. Jardin , A. Jastram , C. Jena , M. H. Kelsey , A. Kennedy , A. Kubik , N. A. Kurinsky , R. E. Lawrence , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , P. Lukens , D. MacDonell , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , N. Mast , E. Miller , N. Mirabolfathi , B. Mohanty , J. D. Morales Mendoza , J. Nelson , H. Neog , J. L. Orrell , S. M. Oser , W. A. Page , R. Partridge , M. Pepin , F. Ponce , S. Poudel , M. Pyle , H. Qiu , W. Rau , A. Reisetter , R. Ren , T. Reynolds , A. Roberts , A. E. Robinson , H. E. Rogers , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , A. Scarff , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , K. Senapati , B. Serfass , D. Speller , C. Stanford , M. Stein , J. Street , H. A. Tanaka , D. Toback , R. Underwood , A. N. Villano , B. von Krosigk , S. L. Watkins , J. S. Wilson , M. J. Wilson , J. Winchell , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , B. A. Young , X. Zhang , X. Zhao

Status of the KIMS-NaI experiment

KIMS-NaI is a direct detection experiment searching for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMP) via their scattering off of nuclei in a NaI(Tl) crystal. The KIMS-NaI collaboration has carried out tests of six crystals in the Yangyang…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-03 Kyungwon Kim