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Effects of Residue Background Events in Direct Dark Matter Detection Experiments on the Determination of the WIMP Mass

In the earlier work on the development of a model-independent data analysis method for determining the mass of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) by using measured recoil energies from direct Dark Matter detection experiments…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-13 Yu-Ting Chou , Chung-Lin Shan

Probing low-mass WIMP candidates of dark matter with tetrafluoroethane superheated liquid detectors

Probing low mass (sub-GeV -- few GeV) Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) candidates of dark matter through WIMP-induced nuclear recoils in direct detection experiments requires use of detector materials consisting of low mass target…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-05-13 Susnata Seth , Sunita Sahoo , Pijushpani Bhattacharjee , Mala Das

Direct detection data and possible hints for low-mass WIMPs

Possible hints for WIMP dark matter with mass around 10 GeV coming from the DAMA, CoGeNT, and maybe also CRESST experiments are presented, and confronted with constraints from CDMS and XENON data. Focusing on spin-independent (SI)…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-11-29 Thomas Schwetz

Low Pressure Negative Ion Drift Chamber for Dark Matter Search

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are an attractive candidate for the dark matter thought to make up the bulk of the mass of our universe. We explore here the possibility of using a low pressure negative ion drift chamber to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-30 D. P. Snowden-Ifft , C. J. Martoff , J. M. Burwell

Dark Matter at Boulby Mine

The Boulby Dark Matter Collaboration (BDMC) is running a WIMP Dark Matter research programme in the underground laboratory of Boulby Mine. The two axes of the programme are based on (1) liquid Xenon (LXe) as the WIMP target and (2)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 R. Luscher

Preliminary Limits on the WIMP-Nucleon Cross Section from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS)

We are conducting an experiment to search for WIMPs, or weakly-interacting massive particles, in the galactic halo using terrestrial detectors. This generic class of hypothetical particles, whose properties are similar to those predicted by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 DS Akerib , PD Barnes , DA Bauer , PL Brink , B Cabrera , DO Caldwell , RM Clarke , A Da Silva , AK Davies , BL Dougherty , KD Irwin , RJ Gaitskell , SR Golwala , EE Haller , J Jochum , WB Knowlton , V Kuzminov , SW Nam , V Novikov , MJ Penn , TA Perera , RR Ross , B Sadoulet , RW Schnee , T Shutt , A Smith , AH Sonnenschein , AL Spadafora , WK Stockwell , S Yellin , BA Young

Lowering the Threshold in the DAMA Dark Matter Search

The DAMA experiment searches for Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter via its expected but rare interactions within the detector, where the interaction rates will modulate throughout the year due to the orbital motion of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Chris Kelso , Pearl Sandick , Christopher Savage

First results on low-mass WIMP from the CDEX-1 experiment at the China Jinping underground Laboratory

The China Dark matter Experiment collaboration reports the first experimental limit on WIMP dark matter from 14.6 kg-day of data taken with a 994 g p-type point-contact germanium detector at the China Jinping underground Laboratory where…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-09-17 W. Zhao , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , J. P. Cheng , Y. J. Li , S. T. Lin , Y. Bai , Y. Bi , J. P. Chang , N. Chen , N. Chen , Q. H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , Y. C. Chuang , Z. Deng , C. Du , Q. Du , H. Gong , X. Q. Hao , H. J. He , Q. J. He , X. H. Hu , H. X. Huang , T. R. Huang , H. Jiang , H. B. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , J. Li , X. Li , X. Y. Li , Y. L. Li , H. Y. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. K. Liu , L. C. Lv , H. Ma , S. J. Mao , J. Q. Qin , J. Ren , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , M. B. Shen , L. Singh , M. K. Singh , A. K. Soma , J. Su , C. J. Tang , C. H. Tseng , J. M. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , H. T. Wong , S. Y. Wu , W. Wu , Y. C. Wu , Y. C. Wu , Z. Z. Xianyu , H. Y. Xing , Y. Xu , X. J. Xu , T. Xue , L. T. Yang , S. W. Yang , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. Yu , X. Z. Yu , X. H. Zeng , Z. Zeng , L. Zhang , Y. H. Zhang , M. G. Zhao , S. N. Zhong , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu , W. B. Zhu , X. Z. Zhu , Z. H. Zhu

Effects of Threshold Energy on Reconstructions of Properties of Low-Mass WIMPs in Direct Dark Matter Detection Experiments

In this paper, we revisit our model-independent methods developed for reconstructing properties of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) by using measured recoil energies from direct Dark Matter detection experiments directly and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-08-02 Yu Bai , Weichao Sun , Chung-Lin Shan

Light WIMP search in XMASS

A search for light dark matter using low-threshold data from the single phase liquid xenon scintillation detector XMASS, has been conducted. Using the entire 835 kg inner volume as target, the analysis threshold can be lowered to 0.3 keVee…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-31 K. Abe , K. Hieda , K. Hiraide , S. Hirano , Y. Kishimoto , K. Kobayashi , S. Moriyama , K. Nakagawa , M. Nakahata , H. Ogawa , N. Oka , H. Sekiya , A. Shinozaki Y. Suzuki , A. Takeda , O. Takachio , K. Ueshima , D. Umemoto , M. Yamashita , B. S. Yang , S. Tasaka , J. Liu , K. Martens , K. Hosokawa , K. Miuchi , A. Murata , Y. Onishi , Y. Otsuka , Y. Takeuchi , Y. H. Kim , K. B. Lee , M. K. Lee , J. S. Lee , Y. Fukuda , Y. Itow , K. Masuda , Y. Nishitani , H. Takiya , H. Uchida , N. Y. Kim , Y. D. Kim , F. Kusaba , D. Motoki , K. Nishijima , K. Fujii , I. Murayama , S. Nakamura

Dark Matter Search Results from a One Tonne$\times$Year Exposure of XENON1T

We report on a search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using 278.8 days of data collected with the XENON1T experiment at LNGS. XENON1T utilizes a liquid xenon time projection chamber with a fiducial mass of $(1.30 \pm 0.01)$…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-14 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , L. Althueser , F. D. Amaro , M. Anthony , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , P. de Perio , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , S. Diglio , A. Elykov , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Geis , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , H. Qiu , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , R. Itay , F. Joerg , B. Kaminsky , S. Kazama , A. Kish , G. Koltman , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. A. M. Lopes , J. Mahlstedt , A. Manfredini , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , D. Masson , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , K. Miller , A. Molinario , K. Morå , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , B. Pelssers , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , R. Podviianiuk , N. Priel , D. Ramírez García , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , B. Riedel , A. Rizzo , A. Rocchetti , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , N. Upole , M. Vargas , O. Wack , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , C. Wittweg , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu

Results from a Low-Energy Analysis of the CDMS II Germanium Data

We report results from a reanalysis of data from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) experiment at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. Data taken between October 2006 and September 2008 using eight germanium detectors are reanalyzed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-22 CDMS Collaboration , Z. Ahmed , D. S. Akerib , S. Arrenberg , C. N. Bailey , D. Balakishiyeva , L. Baudis , D. A. Bauer , P. L. Brink , T. Bruch , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , J. Cooley , E. do Couto e Silva , P. Cushman , M. Daal , F. DeJongh , P. Di Stefano , M. R. Dragowsky , L. Duong , S. Fallows , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , J. Filippini , J. Fox , M. Fritts , S. R. Golwala , J. Hall , R. Hennings-Yeomans , S. A. Hertel , D. Holmgren , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , O. Kamaev , M. Kiveni , M. Kos , S. W. Leman , S. Liu , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , K. A. McCarthy , N. Mirabolfathi , D. Moore , H. Nelson , R. W. Ogburn , A. Phipps , M. Pyle , X. Qiu , E. Ramberg , W. Rau , A. Reisetter , R. Resch , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , R. W. Schnee , D. N. Seitz , B. Serfass , K. M. Sundqvist , M. Tarka , P. Wikus , S. Yellin , J. Yoo , B. A. Young , J. Zhang

ArDM: a ton-scale liquid Argon experiment for direct detection of Dark Matter in the Universe

The ArDM project aims at developing and operating large noble liquid detectors to search for direct evidence of Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) as Dark Matter in the Universe. The initial goal is to design, assemble and operate a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Rubbia

Low Background kTon-Scale Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers

We find that it is possible to increase sensitivity to low energy physics in a third or fourth DUNE-like module with careful controls over radiopurity and some modifications to a detector similar to the DUNE Far Detector design. In…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-03-18 A. Avasthi , T. Bezerra , A. Borkum , E. Church , J. Genovesi , J. Haiston , C. M. Jackson , I. Lazanu , B. Monreal , S. Munson , C. Ortiz , M. Parvu , S. J. M. Peeters , D. Pershey , S. S. Poudel , J. Reichenbacher , R. Saldanha , K. Scholberg , G. Sinev , J. Zennamo , H. O. Back , J. F. Beacom , F. Capozzi , C. Cuesta , Z. Djurcic , A. C. Ezeribe , I. Gil-Botella , S. W. Li , M. Mooney , M. Sore , S. Westerdale

Determining the WIMP mass using direct detection experiments

We study the accuracy with which the WIMP mass could be determined by a superCDMS-like direct detection experiment, given optimistic assumptions about the detector set-up and WIMP properties. We consider WIMPs with an interaction…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Anne M Green

First results from a Dark Matter search with liquid Argon at 87 K in the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory

A new method of searching for dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) has been developed with the direct detection of the low energy nuclear recoils observed in a massive target (ultimately many tons) of ultra…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 P. Benetti , R. Acciarri , F. Adamo , B. Baibussinov , M. Baldo-Ceolin , M. Belluco , F. Calaprice , E. Calligarich , M. Cambiaghi , F. Carbonara , F. Cavanna , S. Centro , A. G. Cocco , F. Di Pompeo , N. Ferrari , G. Fiorillo , C. Galbiati , V. Gallo , L. Grandi , A. Ianni , G. Mangano , G. Meng , C. Montanari , O. Palamara , L. Pandola , F. Pietropaolo , G. L. Raselli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , A. M. Szelc , S. Ventura , C. Vignoli

New Concept for Electron Beam-Dump Experiment Utilizing Directional WIMP Detector

Light dark matter in the context of dark sector theories is an attractive candidate for the dark matter thought to make up the bulk of the mass of our universe. We explore here the possibility of using a low-pressure, negative-ion, time…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-27 D. P. Snowden-Ifft , J. L. Harton , N. Ma , F. G. Schuckman

Search for Low-Mass WIMPs with SuperCDMS

We report a first search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using the background rejection capabilities of SuperCDMS. An exposure of 577 kg-days was analyzed for WIMPs with mass < 30 GeV/c2, with the signal region blinded.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-06-25 R. Agnese , A. J. Anderson , M. Asai , D. Balakishiyeva , R. Basu Thakur , D. A. Bauer , J. Beaty , J. Billard , A. Borgland , M. A. Bowles , D. Brandt , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , D. G. Cerdeno , H. Chagani , Y. Chen , M. Cherry , J. Cooley , B. Cornell , C. H. Crewdson , P. Cushman , M. Daal , D. DeVaney , P. C. F. Di Stefano , E. Do Couto E Silva , T. Doughty , L. Esteban , S. Fallows , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , G. L. Godfrey , S. R. Golwala , J. Hall , S. Hansen , H. R. Harris , S. A. Hertel , B. A. Hines , T. Hofer , D. Holmgren , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , A. Jastram , O. Kamaev , B. Kara , M. H. Kelsey , S. Kenany , A. Kennedy , M. Kiveni , K. Koch , A. Leder , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , C. Martinez , K. A. McCarthy , N. Mirabolfathi , R. A. Moffatt , R. H. Nelson , L. Novak , K. Page , R. Partridge , M. Pepin , A. Phipps , M. Platt , K. Prasad , M. Pyle , H. Qiu , W. Rau , P. Redl , A. Reisetter , R. W. Resch , Y. Ricci , M. Ruschman , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , R. L. Schmitt , K. Schneck , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , D. N. Seitz , B. Serfass , B. Shank , D. Speller , A. Tomada , S. Upadhyayula , A. N. Villano , B. Welliver , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , J. J. Yen , B. A. Young , J. Zhang

First Results of the EDELWEISS WIMP Search using a 320 g Heat-and-Ionization Ge Detector

The EDELWEISS collaboration has performed a direct search for WIMP dark matter using a 320 g heat-and-ionization cryogenic Ge detector operated in a low-background environment in the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane. No nuclear recoils are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-28 A. Benoit , L. Berge , A. Broniatowski , B. Chambon , M. Chapellier , 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 , A. Juillard , A. de Lesquen , M. Loidl , J. Mallet , S. Marnieros , O. Martineau , N. Mirabolfathi , L. Mosca , L. Miramonti , X. -F. Navick , G. Nollez , P. Pari , M. Stern , L. Vagneron

CDEX dark matter experiment: Status and prospects

The China Dark Matter Experiment (CDEX) aims at direct searches of light Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL) with an overburden of about 2400m rock. Results from a prototype CDEX-1…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-02-04 Hao Ma , Yang Chen , Qian Yue , Li Wang , Tao Xue , Zhi Zeng , Kejun Kang , Jianping Cheng , Yuanjing Li , Jianmin Li , Yulan Li for CDEX Collaboration