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The first search for bosonic super-WIMPs with masses up to 1 MeV/c$^2$ with GERDA

We present the first search for bosonic super-WIMPs as keV-scale dark matter candidates performed with the GERDA experiment. GERDA is a neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment which operates high-purity germanium detectors enriched in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-07-08 GERDA collaboration , M. Agostini , A. M. Bakalyarov , M. Balata , I. Barabanov , L. Baudis , C. Bauer , E. Bellotti , S. Belogurov , A. Bettini , L. Bezrukov , D. Borowicz , E. Bossio , V. Bothe , V. Brudanin , R. Brugnera , A. Caldwell , C. Cattadori , A. Chernogorov , T. Comellato , V. D'Andrea , E. V. Demidova , N. Di Marco , E. Doroshkevich , V. Egorov , F. Fischer , M. Fomina , A. Gangapshev , A. Garfagnini , C. Gooch , P. Grabmayr , V. Gurentsov , K. Gusev , J. Hakenmüller , S. Hemmer , R. Hiller , W. Hofmann , M. Hult , L. V. Inzhechik , J. Janicskó Csáthy , J. Jochum , M. Junker , V. Kazalov , Y. Kermaïdic , H. Khushbakht , T. Kihm , I. V. Kirpichnikov , A. Klimenko , R. Kneißl , K. T. Knöpfle , O. Kochetov , V. N. Kornoukhov , P. Krause , V. V. Kuzminov , M. Laubenstein , A. Lazzaro , M. Lindner , I. Lippi , A. Lubashevskiy , B. Lubsandorzhiev , G. Lutter , C. Macolino , B. Majorovits , W. Maneschg , M. Miloradovic , R. Mingazheva , M. Misiaszek , P. Moseev , I. Nemchenok , K. Panas , L. Pandola , K. Pelczar , L. Pertoldi , P. Piseri , A. Pullia , C. Ransom , L. Rauscher , S. Riboldi , N. Rumyantseva , C. Sada , F. Salamida , S. Schönert , J. Schreiner , M. Schütt , A-K. Schütz , O. Schulz , M. Schwarz , B. Schwingenheuer , O. Selivanenko , E. Shevchik , M. Shirchenko , H. Simgen , A. Smolnikov , D. Stukov , A. A. Vasenko , A. Veresnikova , C. Vignoli , K. von Sturm , T. Wester , C. Wiesinger , M. Wojcik , E. Yanovich , B. Zatschler , I. Zhitnikov , S. V. Zhukov , D. Zinatulina , A. Zschocke , A. J. Zsigmond , K. Zuber G. Zuzel

Detection of the Natural Alpha Decay of Tungsten

The natural alpha decay of 180W has been unambiguously detected for the first time. The alpha peak is found in a (gamma,beta and neutron)-free background spectrum. This has been achieved by the simultaneous measurement of phonon and light…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 C. Cozzini , G. Angloher , C. Bucci , F. von Feilitzsch , D. Hauff , S. Henry , Th. Jagemann , J. Jochum , H. Kraus , B. Majorovits , V. Mikhailik , J. Ninkovic , F. Petricca , W. Potzel , F. Proebst , Y. Ramachers , W. Rau , M. Razeti , W. Seidel , M. Stark , L. Stodolsky , A. J. B. Tolhurst , W. Westphal , H. Wulandari

Scintillating double beta decay bolometers

We present the results obtained in the development of scintillating Double Beta Decay bolometers. Several Mo and Cd based crystals were tested with the bolometric technique. The scintillation light was measured through a second independent…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Pirro , J. W. Beeman , S. Capelli , M. Pavan , E. Previtali , P. Gorla

Analysis of Fermi-LAT data from Tucana-II: Possible constraints on the Dark Matter models with an intriguing hint of a signal

Tucana-II (Tuc-II), a recently discovered and confirmed Ultra Faint Dwarf Spheroidal galaxy, has a high mass to light ratio as well as a large line-of-sight stellar velocity dispersion, thus making it an ideal candidate for an indirect dark…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-23 Pooja Bhattacharjee , Pratik Majumdar , Sayan Biswas , Partha S. Joarder

Bayes and present dark matter direct search status

Recently there has been a huge activity in the dark matter direct detection field, with the report of an excess from CoGeNT and CRESST along with the annual modulated signal of DAMA/Libra and the strong exclusion bound from XENON100. We…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Chiara Arina

Development of large-volume $^{130}$TeO$_2$ bolometers for the CROSS $2\beta$ decay search experiment

We report on the development of thermal detectors based on large-size tellurium dioxide crystals (45x45x45 mm), containing tellurium enriched in $^{130}$Te to about 91%, for the CROSS double-beta decay experiment. A powder used for the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-07-25 F. T. Avignone , A. S. Barabash , V. Berest , L. Bergé , J. M. Calvo-Mozota , P. Carniti , M. Chapellier , I. Dafinei , F. A. Danevich , L. Dumoulin , F. Ferella , F. Ferri , A. Gallas , A. Giuliani , C. Gotti , P. Gras , A. Ianni , L. Imbert , H. Khalife , V. V. Kobychev , S. I. Konovalov , P. Loaiza , P. de Marcillac , S. Marnieros , C. A. Marrache-Kikuchi , M. Martinez , S. Nisi , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , Y. Peinaud , G. Pessina , D. V. Poda , Ph. Rosier , J. A. Scarpaci , V. I. Tretyak , V. I. Umatov , M. M. Zarytskyy , A. Zolotarova

Instrumentation, acquisition and analysis of the Phase II SIMPLE dark matter search signals

I describe the new instrumentation for the SIMPLE dark matter search experiment, and its use in identifying, validating and rejecting non-WIMP backgrounds in the first stage of the Phase II project measurements. Beyond intrinsic acoustic…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-11 M. Felizardo

ALMA Reveals Potential Localized Dust Enrichment from Massive Star Clusters in II Zw 40

We present subarcsecond images of submillimeter CO and continuum emission from a local galaxy forming massive star clusters: the blue compact dwarf galaxy II Zw 40. At $\sim$0.4" resolution (20 pc), the CO(3-2), CO(1-0), 3mm and 870${\mu}$m…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-02 S. Michelle Consiglio , Jean L. Turner , Sara Beck , David S. Meier

Dark Matter Search in the Edelweiss Experiment

Preliminary results obtained with 320g bolometers with simultaneous ionization and heat measurements are described. After a few weeks of data taking, data accumulated with one of these detectors are beginning to exclude the upper part of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-03 M. Chapellier , A. Benoit , L. Berge , A. Broniatowski , B. Chambon , G. Chardin , P. Charvin , M. De Jesus , P. Di Stefano , D. Drain , L. Dumoulin , J. Gascon , G. Gerbier , C. Goldbach , M. Goyot , M. Gros , J. P. Hadjout , S. Herve , A. Juillard , A. de Lesquen , M. Loidl , J. Mallet , S. Marnieros , O. Martineau , N. Mirabolfathi , L. Miramonti , L. Mosca , X. -F. Navick , G. Nollez , P. Pari , C. Pastor , E. Simon , M. Stern , L. Vagneron

A likelihood framework for cryogenic scintillating calorimeters used in the CRESST dark matter search

Cryogenic scintillating calorimeters are ultrasensitive particle detectors for rare event searches, particularly for the search for dark matter and the measurement of neutrino properties. These detectors are made from scintillating target…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-17 CRESST Collaboration , G. Angloher , S. Banik , G. Benato , A. Bento , A. Bertolini , R. Breier , C. Bucci , J. Burkhart , L. Canonica , A. D'Addabbo , S. Di Lorenzo , L. Einfalt , A. Erb , F. v. Feilitzsch , S. Fichtinger , D. Fuchs , A. Garai , V. M. Ghete , P. Gorla , P. V. Guillaumon , S. Gupta , D. Hauff , M. Ješkovský , J. Jochum , M. Kaznacheeva , A. Kinast , H. Kluck , H. Kraus , S. Kuckuk , A. Langenkämper , M. Mancuso , L. Marini , B. Mauri , L. Meyer , V. Mokina , M. Olmi , T. Ortmann , C. Pagliarone , L. Pattavina , F. Petricca , W. Potzel , P. Povinec , F. Pröbst , F. Pucci , F. Reindl , J. Rothe , K. Schäffner , J. Schieck , D. Schmiedmayer , S. Schönert , C. Schwertner , M. Stahlberg , L. Stodolsky , C. Strandhagen , R. Strauss , I. Usherov , F. Wagner , V. Wagner , V. Zema

Complete event-by-event $\alpha$/$\gamma(\beta)$ separation in a full-size TeO$_2$ CUORE bolometer by Neganov-Luke-magnified light detection

In the present work, we describe the results obtained with a large ($\approx 133$ cm$^3$) TeO$_2$ bolometer, with a view to a search for neutrinoless double-beta decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) of $^{130}$Te. We demonstrate an efficient $\alpha$…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-04-26 L. Bergé , M. Chapellier , M. de Combarieu , L. Dumoulin , A. Giuliani , M. Gros , P. de Marcillac , S. Marnieros , C. Nones , V. Novati , E. Olivieri , B. Paul , D. V. Poda , T. Redon , B. Siebenborn , A. S. Zolotarova , E. Armengaud , C. Augier , A. Benoît , J. Billard , A. Broniatowski , P. Camus , A. Cazes , F. Charlieux , M. De Jesus , K. Eitel , N. Foerster , J. Gascon , Y. Jin , A. Juillard , M. Kleifges , V. Kozlov , H. Kraus , V. A. Kudryavtsev , H. Le Sueur , R. Maisonobe , X-F. Navick , P. Pari , E. Queguiner , S. Rozov , V. Sanglard , L. Vagneron , M. Weber , E. Yakushev

LUMINEU: a search for neutrinoless double beta decay based on ZnMoO$_4$ scintillating bolometers

The LUMINEU is designed to investigate the possibility to search for neutrinoless double beta decay in $^{100}$Mo by means of a large array of scintillating bolometers based on ZnMoO$_4$ crystals enriched in $^{100}$Mo. High energy…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2016-06-22 E. Armengaud , Q. Arnaud , C. Augier , A. Benoit , A. Benoit , L. Berge , R. S. Boiko , T. Bergmann , J. Blumer , A. Broniatowski , V. Brudanin , P. Camus , A. Cazes , M. Chapellier , F. Charlieux , D. M. Chernyak , N. Coron , P. Coulter , F. A. Danevich , T. de Boissiere , R. Decourt , M. De Jesus , L. Devoyon , A. -A. Drillien , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , C. Enss , D. Filosofov , A. Fleischmann , N. Foerster , N. Fourches , J. Gascon , L. Gastaldo , G. Gerbier , A. Giuliani , D. Gray , M. Gros , L. Hehn , S. Henry , S. Herve , G. Heuermann , V. Humbert , I. M. Ivanov , A. Juillard , C. Kefelian , M. Kleifges , H. Kluck , V. V. Kobychev , F. Koskas , V. Kozlov , H. Kraus , V. A. Kudryavtsev , H. Le Sueur , M. Loidl , P. Magnier , E. P. Makarov , M. Mancuso , P. de Marcillac , S. Marnieros , C. Marrache-Kikuchi , A. Menshikov , S. G. Nasonov , X. -F. Navick , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , P. Pari , B. Paul , Y. Penichot , G. Pessina , M. C. Piro , O. Plantevin , D. V. Poda , T. Redon , M. Robinson , M. Rodrigues , S. Rozov , V. Sanglard , B. Schmidt , S. Scorza V. N. Shlegel , B. Siebenborn , O. Strazzer , D. Tcherniakhovski , M. Tenconi , L. Torres , V. I. Tretyak , L. Vagneron , Ya. V. Vasiliev , M. Velazquez , O. Viraphong , R. J. Walker , M. Weber , E. Yakushev , X. Zhang , V. N. Zhdankov

Model for the Cherenkov light emission of TeO$_{2}$ cryogenic calorimeters

The most sensitive process able to probe the Majorana nature of neutrinos and discover Lepton Number Violation is the neutrino-less double beta decay. Thanks to the excellent energy resolution, efficiency and intrinsic radio-purity,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-05-03 Nicola Casali

Search for An Annual Modulation in Three Years of CoGeNT Dark Matter Detector Data

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are well-established dark matter candidates. WIMP interactions with sensitive detectors are expected to display a characteristic annual modulation in rate. We release a dataset spanning 3.4 years…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-15 C. E. Aalseth , P. S. Barbeau , J. Colaresi , J. I. Collar , J. Diaz Leon , J. E. Fast , N. E. Fields , T. W. Hossbach , A. Knecht , M. S. Kos , M. G. Marino , H. S. Miley , M. L. Miller , J. L. Orrell , K. M. Yocum

Development of new ultra-low-background particle detectors based on Micromegas technology for the search of Dark Matter at the low-mass frontier

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are one of the best motivated candidates to compose the Dark Matter of the Universe. The lack of experimental confirmation by direct detection experiments or collider searches has ruled out…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-04 Oscar Perez

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

We report on a search for low-energy (E < 20 keV) WIMP-induced nuclear recoils using data collected in 2009 - 2010 by EDELWEISS from four germanium detectors equipped with thermal sensors and an electrode design (ID) which allows to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-28 EDELWEISS Collaboration , E. Armengaud , C. Augier , A. Benoît , L. Bergé , T. Bergmann , J. Blümer , A. Broniatowski , V. Brudanin , B. Censier , M. Chapellier , F. Charlieux , F. Couëdo , P. Coulter , G. A. Cox , J. Domange , A. A. Drillien , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , D. Filosofov , N. Fourches , J. Gascon , G. Gerbier , J. Gironnet , M. Gros , G. Heuermann , S. Henry , S. Hervé , A. Juillard , M. Kleifges , H. Kluck , V. Kozlov , H. Kraus , V. A. Kudryavtsev , H. Le Sueur , P. Loaiza , S. Marnieros , A. Menshikov , X. -F. Navick , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , P. Pari , B. Paul , M. Robinson , S. Rozov , V. Sanglard , B. Schmidt , B. Siebenborn , D. Tcherniakhovski , A. S. Torrento-Coello , L. Vagneron , R. J. Walker , M. Weber , E. Yakushev , X. Zhang

New limits on dark--matter WIMPs from the Heidelberg--Moscow experiment

New results after 0.69 kg yr of measurement with an enriched 76Ge detector of the Heidelberg--Moscow experiment with an active mass of 2.758 kg are presented. An energy threshold of 9 keV and a background level of 0.042 counts/(kg d keV) in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-17 L. Baudis , J. Hellmig , G. Heusser , H. V. Klapdor--Kleingrothaus , S. Kolb , B. Majorovits , H. Päs , Y. Ramachers , H. Strecker , V. Alexeev , A. Bakalyarov , A. Balysh , S. T. Belyaev , V. I. Lebedev , S. Zhukov

First Dark Matter Results from the XENON100 Experiment

The XENON100 experiment, in operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, is designed to search for dark matter WIMPs scattering off 62 kg of liquid xenon in an ultra-low background dual-phase time projection chamber. In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-03 The XENON100 Collaboration , E. Aprile , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , A. Askin , L. Baudis , A. Behrens , E. Brown , J. M. R. Cardoso , B. Choi , D. B. Cline , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , K. -L. Giboni , K. Hugenberg , A. Kish , C. W. Lam , J. Lamblin , R. F. Lang , K. E. Lim , J. A. M. Lopes , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , Y. Mei , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , G. Plante , A. C. C. Ribeiro , R. Santorelli , J. M. F. dos Santos , M. Schumann , P. Shagin , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , E. Tziaferi , H. Wang , C. Weinheimer

Radiogenic and Muon-Induced Backgrounds in the LUX Dark Matter Detector

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter experiment aims to detect rare low-energy interactions from Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). The radiogenic backgrounds in the LUX detector have been measured and compared with…

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Development of cryogenic phonon detectors based on CaMoO4 and ZnWO4 scintillating crystals for direct dark matter search experiments

This work reports on the development of the first phonon detectors based on CaMoO4 and ZnWO4 scintillating crystals for the CRESST-II experiment. In particular, a novel technique for the production of the ZnWO4 phonon detector with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-13 I. Bavykina , G. Angloher , D. Hauff , M. Kiefer , F. Petricca , F. Proebst