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DARWIN: towards the ultimate dark matter detector

DARk matter WImp search with liquid xenoN (DARWIN) will be an experiment for the direct detection of dark matter using a multi-ton liquid xenon time projection chamber at its core. Its primary goal will be to explore the experimentally…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-02 J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , F. D. Amaro , C. Amsler , E. Aprile , L. Arazi , F. Arneodo , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , B. Beskers , A. Breskin , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , L. Buetikofer , J. Calven , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , S. Diglio , G. Drexlin , E. Duchovni , E. Erdal , G. Eurin , A. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , M. Galloway , M. Garbini , C. Geis , F. Glueck , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , C. Hasterok , V. Hannen , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , D. Hilk , C. Hils , A. James , B. Kaminsky , S. Kazama , B. Kilminster , A. Kish , L. M. Krauss , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , Q. Lin , F. L. Linde , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , T. Marrodan Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Mayani , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , A. Molinario , K. D. Mora , E. Morteau , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , J. L. Newstead , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , P. Pakarha , B. Pelssers , P. de Perio , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , M. C. Piro , G. Plante , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , A. Rizzo , N. Rupp , J. M. F. Dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , M. Schumann , J. Schreiner , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , M. C. Silva , H. Simgen , P. Sissol , M. von Sivers , D. Thers , J. Thurn , A. Tiseni , R. Trotta , C. D. Tunnell , K. Valerius , M. A. Vargas , H. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , T. Wester , J. Wulf , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , K. Zuber

Nuclear Spin in Direct Dark Matter Search

The Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are among the main candidates for the relic dark matter (DM). The idea of the direct DM detection relies on elastic in-dependent (SD) and spin-independent (SI) interaction of WIMPs with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 V. A. Bednyakov , F. Simkovic , I. V. Titkova

Design and Construction of the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Detector

The Dark matter Experiment using Argon Pulse-shape discrimination (DEAP) has been designed for a direct detection search for particle dark matter using a single-phase liquid argon target. The projected cross section sensitivity for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-19 P. -A. Amaudruz , M. Baldwin , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , C. E. Bina , D. Bishop , J. Bonatt , G. Boorman , M. G. Boulay , B. Broerman , T. Bromwich , J. F. Bueno , P. M. Burghardt , A. Butcher , B. Cai , S. Chan , M. Chen , R. Chouinard , S. Churchwell , B. T. Cleveland , D. Cranshaw , K. Dering , J. DiGioseffo , S. Dittmeier , F. A. Duncan , M. Dunford , A. Erlandson , N. Fatemighomi , S. Florian , A. Flower , R. J. Ford , R. Gagnon , P. Giampa , V. V. Golovko , P. Gorel , R. Gornea , E. Grace , K. Graham , D. R. Grant , E. Gulyev , A. Hall , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , P. J. Harvey , C. Hearns , C. J. Jillings , O. Kamaev , A. Kemp , M. Kuźniak , S. Langrock , F. La Zia , B. Lehnert , O. Li , J. J. Lidgard , P. Liimatainen , C. Lim , T. Lindner , Y. Linn , S. Liu , P. Majewski , R. Mathew , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , K. McFarlane , T. McGinn , J. B. McLaughlin , S. Mead , R. Mehdiyev , C. Mielnichuk , J. Monroe , A. Muir , P. Nadeau , C. Nantais , C. Ng , A. J. Noble , E. O'Dwyer , C. Ohlmann , K. Olchanski , K. S. Olsen , C. Ouellet , P. Pasuthip , S. J. M. Peeters , T. R. Pollmann , E. T. Rand , W. Rau , C. Rethmeier , F. Retière , N. Seeburn , B. Shaw , K. Singhrao , P. Skensved , B. Smith , N. J. T. Smith , T. Sonley , J. Soukup , R. Stainforth , C. Stone , V. Strickland , B. Sur , J. Tang , J. Taylor , L. Veloce , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , J. Walding , M. Ward , S. Westerdale , R. White , E. Woolsey , J. Zielinski

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

Constraints on Low-Mass WIMP Interactions on 19F from PICASSO

Recent results from the PICASSO dark matter search experiment at SNOLAB are reported. These results were obtained using a subset of 10 detectors with a total target mass of 0.72 kg of 19F and an exposure of 114 kgd. The low backgrounds in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-11-07 The PICASSO Collaboration , S. Archambault , E. Behnke , P. Bhattacharjee , S. Bhattacharya , X. Dai , M. Das , A. Davour , F. Debris , N. Dhungana , J. Farine , S. Gagnebin , G. Giroux , E. Grace , C. M. Jackson , A. Kamaha , C. Krauss , S. Kumaratunga , M. Lafrenière , M. Laurin , I. Lawson , L. Lessard , I. Levine , C. Levy , R. P. MacDonald , D. Marlisov , J. -P. Martin , P. Mitra , A. J. Noble , M. -C. Piro , R. Podviyanuk , S. Pospisil , S. Saha , O. Scallon , S. Seth , N. Starinski , I. Stekl , U. Wichoski , T. Xie , V. Zacek

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

A Search for WIMPs with the First Five-Tower Data from CDMS

We report first results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) experiment running with its full complement of 30 cryogenic particle detectors at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. This report is based on the analysis of data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 CDMS Collaboration

Results from the XENON100 Dark Matter Search Experiment

XENON100 is a liquid xenon time projection chamber built to search for rare collisions of hypothetical, weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), which are candidates for the dark matter in our universe, with xenon atoms. Operated in a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Laura Baudis

A Gaseous Time Projection Chamber with Micromegas Readout for Low Radioactive Material Screening

Low radioactive material screening is becoming essential for rare event search experiments, such as neutrinoless double beta decay and dark matter searches in underground laboratories. A gaseous time projection chamber (TPC) can be used for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-08-08 Haiyan Du , Chengbo Du , Ke Han , Shengming He , Liqiang Liu , Yue Meng , Shaobo Wang , Tao Zhang , Wenming Zhang , Li Zhao , Jifang Zhou

Limits on Light Weakly Interacting Massive Particles from the First 102.8 kg ${\times}$ day Data of the CDEX-10 Experiment

We report the first results of a light weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) search from the CDEX-10 experiment with a 10 kg germanium detector array immersed in liquid nitrogen at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory with a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-06-27 H. Jiang , L. P. Jia , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , J. P. Cheng , Y. J. Li , H. T. Wong , M. Agartioglu , H. P. An , J. P. Chang , J. H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , Z. Deng , Q. Du , H. Gong , L. He , J. W. Hu , Q. D. Hu , H. X. Huang , H. B. Li , H. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , X. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. L. Li , B. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. T. Lin , S. K. Liu , Y. D. Liu , Y. Y. Liu , Z. Z. Liu , H. Ma , J. L. Ma , H. Pan , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , B. Sevda , V. Sharma , M. B. Shen , L. Singh , M. K. Singh , T. X. Sun , C. J. Tang , W. Y. Tang , Y. Tian , G. F. Wang , J. M. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. Wang , S. Y. Wu , Y. C. Wu , H. Y. Xing , Y. Xu , T. Xue , L. T. Yang , S. W. Yang , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. J. Yu , J. F. Yue , X. H. Zeng , M. Zeng , Z. Zeng , F. S. Zhang , Y. H. Zhang , M. G. Zhao , J. F. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu , Z. H. Zhu

The Waning of the WIMP: Endgame?

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) continue to be considered some of the best-motivated Dark Matter (DM) candidates. No conclusive signal, despite an extensive search program that combines, often in a complementary way, direct,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-18 Giorgio Arcadi , David Cabo-Almeida , Maíra Dutra , Pradipta Ghosh , Manfred Lindner , Yann Mambrini , Jacinto P. Neto , Mathias Pierre , Stefano Profumo , Farinaldo S. Queiroz

New Dark Matter Detector using Nanoscale Explosives

We present nanoscale explosives as a novel type of dark matter detector and study the ignition properties. When a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle WIMP from the Galactic Halo elastically scatters off of a nucleus in the detector, the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-15 Alejandro Lopez , Andrzej Drukier , Katherine Freese , Cagliyan Kurdak , Gregory Tarle

Radiopurity of Micromegas readout planes

Micromesh Gas Amplification Structures (Micromegas) are being used in an increasing number of Particle Physics applications since their conception fourteen years ago. More recently, they are being used or considered as readout of Time…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-05-23 S. Cebrián , T. Dafni , E. Ferrer-Ribas , J. Galán , I. Giomataris , H. Gómez , F. J. Iguaz , I. G. Irastorza , G. Luzón , R. de Oliveira , A. Rodríguez , L. Seguí , A. Tomás , J. A. Villar

Estimating the Spin-Independent WIMP-Nucleon Coupling from Direct Dark Matter Detection Data

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are one of the leading candidates for Dark Matter. For understanding the nature of WIMPs and identifying them among new particles produced at colliders (hopefully in the near future),…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-08-17 Chung-Lin Shan

Probing Miracle-less WIMP Dark Matter via Gravitational Waves Spectral Shapes

We propose a novel probe of weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter (DM) candidates of a wide mass range which fall short of the required annihilation rates to satisfy correct thermal relic abundance, dubbed as…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-07-29 Debasish Borah , Suruj Jyoti Das , Abhijit Kumar Saha , Rome Samanta

Sensitivity projections for a dual-phase argon TPC optimized for light dark matter searches through the ionization channel

Dark matter lighter than 10 GeV/c$^2$ encompasses a promising range of candidates. A conceptual design for a new detector, DarkSide-LowMass, is presented, based on the DarkSide-50 detector and progress toward DarkSide-20k, optimized for a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-06-21 P. Agnes , I. Ahmad , S. Albergo , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , P. Amaudruz , M. Atzori Corona , D. J. Auty , M. Ave , I. Ch. Avetisov , R. I. Avetisov , O. Azzolini , H. O. Back , Z. Balmforth , V. Barbarian , A. Barrado Olmedo , P. Barrillon , A. Basco , G. Batignani , E. Berzin , A. Bondar , W. M. Bonivento , E. Borisova , B. Bottino , M. G. Boulay , G. Buccino , S. Bussino , J. Busto , A. Buzulutskov , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , A. Caminata , N. Canci , A. Capra , S. Caprioli , M. Caravati , M. Cárdenas-Montes , N. Cargioli , M. Carlini , P. Castello , V. Cataudella , P. Cavalcante , S. Cavuoti , S. Cebrian , J. M. Cela Ruiz , S. Chashin , A. Chepurnov , E Chyhyrynets , C. Cicalò , L. Cifarelli , D. Cintas , V. Cocco , E. Conde Vilda , L. Consiglio , S. Copello , G. Covone , S. Cross , P. Czudak , M. D'Aniello , S. D'Auria , M. D. Da Rocha Rolo , O. Dadoun , M. Daniel , S. Davini , A. De Candia , S. De Cecco , A. De Falco , G. De Filippis , D. De Gruttola , S. De Pasquale , G. De Rosa , G. Dellacasa , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Capua , L. Di Noto , P. Di Stefano , C. Dionisi , G. Dolganov , F. Dordei , L. Doria , T. Erjavec , M. Fernandez Diaz , G. Fiorillo , A. Franceschi , P. Franchini , D. Franco , E. Frolov , N. Funicello , F. Gabriele , D. Gahan , C. Galbiati , G. Gallina , G. Gallus , M. Garbini , P. Garcia Abia , A. Gendotti , C. Ghiano , R. A. Giampaolo , C. Giganti , M. A. Giorgi , G. K. Giovanetti , V. Goicoechea Casanueva , A. Gola , D. Gorman , R. Graciani Diaz , G. Grauso , G. Grilli di Cortona , A. Grobov , M. Gromov , M. Guan , M. Guerzoni , M. Gulino , C. Guo , B. R. Hackett , J. B. Hall , A. L. Hallin , A. Hamer , H. Helton , M. Haranczyk , T. Hessel , S. Hill , S. Horikawa , F. Hubaut , T. Hugues , E. V. Hungerford , An. Ianni , V. Ippolito , C. Jillings , P. Kachru , A. A. Kemp , C. L. Kendziora , G. Keppel , A. V. Khomyakov , M. Kimura , I. Kochanek , K. Kondo , G. Korga , S. Koulosousas , A. Kubankin , M. Kuss , M. Kuźniak , M. La Commara , M. Lai , E. Le Guirriec , E. Leason , X. Li , L. Lidey , J. Lipp , M. Lissia , G. Longo , L. Luzzi , O. Macfadyen , I. N. Machulin , I. Manthos , L. Mapelli , A. Margotti , S. M. Mari , C. Mariani , J. Maricic , A. Marini , M. Martínez , C. J. Martoff , A. Masoni , K. Mavrokoridis , A. Mazzi , A. B. McDonald , A. Messina , R. Milincic , A. Moggi , A. Moharana , J. Monroe , M. Morrocchi , E. N. Mozhevitina , T. Mróz , V. N. Muratova , C. Muscas , P. Musico , R. Nania , T. Napolitano , M. Nessi , G. Nieradka , K. Nikolopoulos , I. Nikulin , J. Nowak , K. Olchansky , A. Oleinik , V. Oleynikov , P. Organtini , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , G. Paternoster , P. A. Pegoraro , K. Pelczar , C. Pellegrino , F. Perotti , V. Pesudo , S. Piacentini , F. Pietropaolo , N. Pino , C. Pira , A. Pocar , D. M. Poehlmann , S. Pordes , P. Pralavorio , D. Price , F. Raffaelli , F. Ragusa , Y. Ramachers , A. Ramirez , M. Razeti , A. Razeto , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , F. Resnati , F. Retiere , L. P. Rignanese , C. Ripoli , A. Rivetti , A. Roberts , C. Roberts , J. Rode , G. Rogers , L. Romero , M. Rossi , A. Rubbia , S. Sadashivajois , T. R. Saffold , O. Samoylov , E. Sandford , S. Sanfilippo , D. Santone , R. Santorelli , C. Savarese , E. Scapparone , G. Scioli , D. A. Semenov , A. Shchagin , A. Sheshukov , M. Simeone , P. Skensved , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , T. Smirnova , B. Smith , A. Sokolov , M. Spangenberg , R. Stefanizzi , A. Steri , S. Stracka , V. Strickland , M. Stringer , S. Sulis , A. Sung , Y. Suvorov , A. M. Szelc , C. Türkoğ , R. Tartaglia , A. Taylor , J. Taylor , S. Tedesco , G. Testera , K. Thieme , T. N. Thorpe , A. Tonazzo , S. Torres-Lara , A. Tricomi , E. V. Unzhakov , T. Vallivilayil John , M. Van Uffelen , T. Viant , S. Viel , A. Vishneva , R. B. Vogelaar , J. Vossebeld , M. Wada , M. B. Walczak , Y. Wang , S. Westerdale , R. J. Wheadon , L. Williams , I. Wingerter-Seez , R. Wojaczyński , Ma. M. Wojcik , Ma. Wojcik , T. Wright , Y. Xie , C. Yang , A. Zabihi , P. Zakhary , A. Zani , A. Zichichi , G. Zuzel , M. P. Zykova

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

Dark Matter Detection Capabilities of a Large Multipurpose Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers are planned to comprise a central role in the future of the U.S. High Energy Physics neutrino program. In particular, this detector technology will form the basis for the 40 kton Deep Underground…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-09-22 Eric Church , Christopher Jackson , Richard Saldanha

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

Recent results from the canfranc dark matter search with germanium detectors

Two germanium detectors are currently operating in the Canfranc Underground Laboratory at 2450 m.w.e looking for WIMP dark matter. One is a 2 kg 76Ge IGEX detector (RG-2) which has an energy threshold of 4 keV and a low-energy background…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-11-03 I. G. Irastorza , A. Morales , C. E. Aalseth , F. T. Avignone , R. L. Brodzinski , S. Cebrian , E. Garcia , D. Gonzalez , W. K. Hensley , H. S. Miley , J. Morales , A. Ortiz de Solorzano , J. Puimedon , J. H. Reeves , M. L. Sarsa , S. Scopel , J. A. Villar