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Dual-Phase Liquid Xenon Detectors for Dark Matter Searches

Dual-phase time projection chambers (TPCs) filled with the liquid noble gas xenon (LXe) are currently the most sensitive detectors searching for interactions of WIMP dark matter in a laboratory-based experiment. This is achieved by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-08 Marc Schumann

Projected WIMP sensitivity of the CDEX-50 dark matter experiment

CDEX-50 is a next-generation project of the China Dark Matter Experiment (CDEX) that aims to search for dark matter using a 50-kg germanium detector array. This paper comprises a thorough summary of the CDEX-50 dark matter experiment,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-08-08 X. P. Geng , L. T. Yang , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , Y. J. Li , H. P. An , Greeshma C. , J. P. Chang , Y. H. Chen , J. P. Cheng , W. H. Dai , Z. Deng , C. H. Fang , H. Gong , Q. J. Guo , T. Guo , X. Y. Guo , L. He , S. M. He , J. W. Hu , H. X. Huang , T. C. Huang , L. Jiang , S. Karmakar , H. B. Li , H. Y. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , Q. Y. Li , R. M. J. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. L. Li , Y. F. Liang , B. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. T. Lin , J. X. Liu , S. K. Liu , Y. D. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. Y. Liu , H. Ma , Y. C. Mao , Q. Y. Nie , J. H. Ning , H. Pan , N. C. Qi , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , M. K. Singh , T. X. Sun , C. J. Tang , Y. Tian , G. F. Wang , J. Z. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Y. X. Wang , H. T. Wong , S. Y. Wu , Y. C. Wu , H. Y. Xing , R. Xu , Y. Xu , T. Xue , Y. L. Yan , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. J. Yu , J. F. Yue , M. Zeng , Z. Zeng , B. T. Zhang , F. S. Zhang , L. Zhang , Z. H. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , J. Z. Zhao , K. K. Zhao , M. G. Zhao , J. F. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu

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

Limits on WIMP Dark Matter

The current state searches for dark matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using both direct and indirect techniques is reviewed. Advances in recent years by various direct search experiments, utilising…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. J. C. Spooner , V. A. Kudryavtsev

Probing low WIMP masses with the next generation of CRESST detector

The purpose of this document is to describe the upgrade of the CRESST dark matter search at LNGS. The proposed strategy will allow to explore a region of the parameter space for spin-independent WIMP-nucleon elastic scattering corresponding…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-30 The CRESST Collaboration , G. Angloher , A. Bento , C. Bucci , L. Canonica , A. Erb , F. v. Feilitzsch , N. Ferreiro Iachellini , P. Gorla , A. Gütlein , D. Hauff , J. Jochum , M. Kiefer , H. Kluck , H. Kraus , J. -C. Lanfranchi , J. Loebell , A. Münster , F. Petricca , W. Potzel , F. Pröbst , F. Reindl , K. Schäffner , J. Schieck , S. Scholl , S. Schönert , W. Seidel , L. Stodolsky , C. Strandhagen , R. Strauss , A. Tanzke , M. Uffinger , A. Ulrich , I. Usherov , S. Wawoczny , M. Willers , M. Wüstrich , A. Zöller

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

Development of large Micromegas readout planes for experiments searching for rare events

The use of Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) in particle physics experiments has been growing since their invention, reaching sizes equivalent to buildings (ALICE or ATLAS at CERN). However, their application in another class of experiments,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-12-24 Hector Mirallas

How well will ton-scale dark matter direct detection experiments constrain minimal supersymmetry?

Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) are amongst the most interesting dark matter (DM) candidates. Many DM candidates naturally arise in theories beyond the standard model (SM) of particle physics, like weak-scale supersymmetry…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Yashar Akrami , Christopher Savage , Pat Scott , Jan Conrad , Joakim Edsjö

The GAP-TPC

Several experiments have been conducted worldwide, with the goal of observing low-energy nuclear recoils induced by WIMPs scattering off target nuclei in ultra-sensitive, low-background detectors. In the last few decades noble liquid…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-03-23 B. Rossi , A. Anastasio , A. Boiano , S. Catalanotti , A. G. Cocco , G. Covone , P. Di Meo , G. Longo , A. Vanzanella , S. Walker , H. Wang , Y. Wang , G. Fiorillo

ALETHEIA: Hunting for Low-mass Dark Matter with Liquid Helium TPCs

Dark Matter (DM) is one of the most critical questions to be understood and answered in fundamental physics today. Observations with varied astronomical and cosmological technologies strongly indicated that DM exists in the Universe, the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-08 Junhui Liao , Yuanning Gao , Zhen Jiang , Zhuo Liang , Zebang OuYang , Zhaohua Peng , Fengshou Zhang , Lei hang , Jiangfeng Zhou

CDMSlite: A Search for Low-Mass WIMPs using Voltage-Assisted Calorimetric Ionization Detection in the SuperCDMS Experiment

SuperCDMS is an experiment designed to directly detect Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), a favored candidate for dark matter ubiquitous in the Universe. In this paper, we present WIMP-search results using a calorimetric…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-02-05 R. Agnese , A. J. Anderson , M. Asai , D. Balakishiyeva , R. Basu Thakur , D. A. Bauer , J. Billard , A. Borgland , M. A. Bowles , D. Brandt , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , D. G. Cerdeno , H. Chagani , J. Cooley , B. Cornell , C. H. Crewdson , P. Cushman , M. Daal , P. C. F. Di Stefano , T. Doughty , L. Esteban , S. Fallows , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , G. L. Godfrey , S. R. Golwala , J. Hall , H. R. Harris , S. A. Hertel , T. Hofer , D. Holmgren , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , A. Jastram , O. Kamaev , B. Kara , M. H. Kelsey , A. Kennedy , M. Kiveni , K. Koch , 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 , A. N. Villano , B. Welliver , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , J. J. Yen , B. A. Young , J. Zhang

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

Low-Mass Dark Matter Search with the DarkSide-50 Experiment

We present the results of a search for dark matter WIMPs in the mass range below 20 GeV/c^2 using a target of low-radioactivity argon. The data were obtained using the DarkSide-50 apparatus at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS). The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-29 The DarkSide Collaboration , P. Agnes , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , G. R. Araujo , D. M. Asner , M. Ave , H. O. Back , B. Baldin , G. Batignani , K. Biery , V. Bocci , G. Bonfini , W. Bonivento , B. Bottino , F. Budano , S. Bussino , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , F. Calaprice , A. Caminata , N. Canci , A. Candela , M. Caravati , M. Cariello , M. Carlini , M. Carpinelli , S. Catalanotti , V. Cataudella , P. Cavalcante , S. Cavuoti , R. Cereseto , A. Chepurnov , C. Cicalò , L. Cifarelli , A. G. Cocco , G. Covone , D. D'Angelo , M. D'Incecco , D. D'Urso , S. Davini , A. De Candia , S. De Cecco , M. De Deo , G. De Filippis , G. De Rosa , M. De Vincenzi , P. Demontis , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Eusanio , G. Di Pietro , C. Dionisi , M. Downing , E. Edkins , A. Empl , A. Fan , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , A. Gabrieli , C. Galbiati , P. Garcia Abia , C. Ghiano , S. Giagu , C. Giganti , G. K. Giovanetti , O. Gorchakov , A. M. Goretti , F. Granato , M. Gromov , M. Guan , Y. Guardincerri , M. Gulino , B. R. Hackett , M. H. Hassanshahi , K. Herner , B. Hosseini , D. Hughes , P. Humble , E. V. Hungerford , Al. Ianni , An. Ianni , V. Ippolito , I. James , T. N. Johnson , Y. Kahn , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , I. Kochanek , G. Koh , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , M. Kuss , M. La Commara , M. Lai , X. Li , M. Lisanti , M. Lissia , B. Loer , G. Longo , Y. Ma , A. A. Machado , I. N. Machulin , A. Mandarano , L. Mapelli , S. M. Mari , J. Maricic , C. J. Martoff , A. Messina , P. D. Meyers , R. Milincic , S. Mishra-Sharma , A. Monte , M. Morrocchi , B. J. Mount , V. N. Muratova , P. Musico , R. Nania , A. Navrer Agasson , A. O. Nozdrina , A. Oleinik , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , F. Pazzona , K. Pelczar , N. Pelliccia , V. Pesudo , A. Pocar , S. Pordes , S. S. Poudel , D. A. Pugachev , H. Qian , F. Ragusa , M. Razeti , A. Razeto , B. Reinhold , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , Q. Riffard , A. Romani , B. Rossi , N. Rossi , D. Sablone , O. Samoylov , W. Sands , S. Sanfilippo , M. Sant , R. Santorelli , C. Savarese , E. Scapparone , B. Schlitzer , E. Segreto , D. A. Semenov , A. Shchagin , A. Sheshukov , P. N. Singh , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , C. Stanford , S. Stracka , G. B. Suffritti , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , P. Trinchese , E. V. Unzhakov , M. Verducci , A. Vishneva , B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , T. J. Waldrop , H. Wang , Y. Wang , A. W. Watson , S. Westerdale , M. M. Wojcik , M. Wojcik , X. Xiang , X. Xiao , C. Yang , Z. Ye , C. Zhu , A. Zichichi , G. Zuzel

Cryogenic Composite Detectors for the Dark Matter Experiments CRESST and EURECA

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are candidates for non-baryonic Dark Matter. WIMPs are supposed to interact with baryonic matter via scattering off nuclei producing a nuclear recoil with energies up to a few 10 keV with a very…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-10-03 S. Roth , C. Ciemniak , C. Coppi , F. v. Feilitzsch , A. Guetlein , C. Isaila , J. -C. Lanfranchi , S. Pfister , W. Potzel , W. Westphal

The XENON Dark Matter Experiment

The XENON experiment aims at the direct detection of dark matter in the form of WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) via their elastic scattering off Xenon nuclei. With a fiducial mass of 1000 kg of liquid xenon, a sufficiently low…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 XENON Collaboration , Elena Aprile

Detection of WIMP-like dark matter in some extensions of the Standard Model

One of the most popular classes of candidates for dark matter are Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), i.e. particles possessing masses and couplings falling roughly within the electroweak scale. Apart from offering a natural…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-06-21 Andreas Goudelis

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

Detector performance of the NEWAGE experiment

NEWAGE(NEw generation WIMP search with an Advanced Gaseous tracking device Experiment) project is a direction-sensitive dark matter search experiment with a gaseous micro time-projection-chamber(micro-TPC). We report on the performance of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-11-09 Kentaro Miuchi , Kaori Hattori , Shigeto Kabuki , Hidetoshi Kubo , Shunsuke Kurosawa , Hironobu Nishimura , Yoko Okada , Atsushi Takada , Toru Tanimori , Ken'ichi Tsuchiya , Kazuki Ueno , Hiroyuki Sekiya , Atsushi Takeda

An Introduction to Dark Matter Direct Detection Searches & Techniques

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), are a leading candidate for the dark matter that is observed to constitute ~25% of the total mass-energy density of the Universe. The direct detection of relic WIMPs (those produced during the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-08-23 Tarek Saab

The DMTPC detector

Directional detection of Dark Matter allows for unambiguous direct detection of WIMPs as well as discrimination between various Dark Matter models in our galaxy. The DMTPC detector is a low-pressure TPC with optical readout designed for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-17 G. Sciolla , J. Battat , T. Caldwell , B. Cornell , D. Dujmic , P. Fisher , S. Henderson , R. Lanza , A. Lee , J. Lopez , A. Kaboth , G. Kohse , J. Monroe , T. Sahin , R. Vanderspek , R. Yamamoto , H. Yegoryan , S. Ahlen , D. Avery , K. Otis , A. Roccaro , H. Tomita , A. Dushkin , H. Wellenstein