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Status and prospects of SABRE North

We present the characterization of a low background NaI(Tl) crystal for the SABRE North experiment. The crystal NaI-33, was studied in two different setups at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy. The Proof-of-Principle (PoP) detector…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-12-21 A. Mariani , J. B. Benziger , F. Calaprice , S. Copello , I. Dafinei , D. D'Angelo , G. D'Imperio , G. Di Carlo , M. Diemoz , A. Di Giacinto , A. Di Ludovico , M. Ianna , A. Ianni , S. Milana , D. Orlandi , V. Pettinacci , L. Pietrofaccia , S. Rahatlou , B. Suerfu , C. Tomei , C. Vignoli , A. Zani

Prospect of undoped inorganic crystals at 77 Kelvin for low-mass dark matter search at Spallation Neutron Source

Investigated in this work were sensitivities of a prototype detector for the detection of low-mass dark matter particles produced at the Spallation Neutron Source at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in two years of data taking. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-23 Dmitry Chernyak , Daniel Pershey , Jing Liu , Keyu Ding , Nathan Saunders , Tupendra Oli

The COSINUS project - perspectives of a NaI scintillating calorimeter for dark matter search

The R&D project COSINUS (Cryogenic Observatory for SIgnatures seen in Next-generation Underground Searches) aims to develop a cryogenic scintillating calorimeter using NaI as target crystal for direct darkmatter search. Dark matter…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-08-23 G. Angloher , D. Hauff , L. Gironi , C. Gotti , G. Pessina , A. Gütlein , M. Maino , S. S. Nagorny , L. Pagnanini , F. Petricca , S. Pirro , F. Pröbst , F. Reindl , K. Schäffner , J. Schieck , W. Seidel

Upgrading the COSINE-100 Experiment for Enhanced Sensitivity to Low-Mass Dark Matter Detection

The DAMA/LIBRA experiment has reported an annual modulation signal in NaI(Tl) detectors, which has been interpreted as a possible indication of dark matter interactions. However, this claim remains controversial, as several experiments have…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-04-09 D. H. Lee , J. Y. Cho , C. Ha , E. J. Jeon , H. J. Kim , J. Kim , K. W. Kim , S. H. Kim , S. K. Kim , W. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. J. Ko , H. Lee , H. S. Lee , I. S. Lee , J. Lee , S. H. Lee , S. M. Lee , R. H. Maruyama , J. C. Park , K. S. Park , K. Park , S. D. Park , K. M. Seo , M. K. Son , G. H. Yu

Study of fast neutron detector for COSINE-100 experiment

A monitoring system for fast neutrons is planned in the COSINE experiment, a dark matter experiment with NaI crystals. We pursued several R&D approaches for a neutron detector using a liquid scintillator (LS). A pulse shape discrimination…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-25 G. Adhikari , P. Adhikari , C. Ha , E. J. Jeon , K. W. Kim , N. Y. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. J. Ko , H. S. Lee , J. Lee , M. H. Lee , R. H. Maruyama , S. L. Olsen , H. Prihtiadi

Identification of Radiopure Titanium for the LZ Dark Matter Experiment and Future Rare Event Searches

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment will search for dark matter particle interactions with a detector containing a total of 10 tonnes of liquid xenon within a double-vessel cryostat. The large mass and proximity of the cryostat to the active…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-09-28 D. S. Akerib , C. W. Akerlof , D. Yu. Akimov , S. K. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , I. J. Arnquist , M. Arthurs , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , M. J. Barry , J. Belle , P. Beltrame , T. Benson , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , K. E. Boast , A. Bolozdynya , B. Boxer , R. Bramante , P. Brás , J. H. Buckley , V. V. Bugaev , R. Bunker , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , C. Carels , D. L. Carlsmith , B. Carlson , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , J. J. Cherwinka , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , A. Cottle , R. Coughlen , W. W. Craddock , A. Currie , C. E. Dahl , T. J. R. Davison , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , T. K. Edberg , W. R. Edwards , W. T. Emmet , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , N. J. Gantos , V. M. Gehman , R. M. Gerhard , C. Ghag , M. G. D. Gilchriese , B. Gomber , C. R. Hall , S. Hans , K. Hanzel , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , S. Hillbrand , C. Hjemfelt , M. D. Hoff , B. Holbrook , E. Holtom , E. W. Hoppe , J. Y-K. Hor , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , T. W. Hurteau , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , W. Ji , A. Kaboth , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , A. V. Khromov , A. M. Konovalov , E. V. Korolkova , M. Koyuncu , H. Kraus , H. J. Krebs , V. A. Kudryavtsev , A. V. Kumpan , S. Kyre , C. Lee , H. S. Lee , J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , R. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , F. -T. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. E. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , X. Liu , M. I. Lopes , B. Lopez Paredes , W. Lorenzon , S. Luitz , P. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , L. Manenti , R. L. Mannino , D. J. Markley , T. J. Martin , M. F. Marzioni , C. T. McConnell , D. N. McKinsey , D. -M. Mei , Y. Meng , E. H. Miller , E. Mizrachi , J. Mock , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , B. J. Mount , A. St. J. Murphy , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikkel , J. O'Dell , K. O'Sullivan , I. Olcina , M. A. Olevitch , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , E. K. Pease , A. Piepke , S. Powell , R. M. Preece , K. Pushkin , B. N. Ratcliff , J. Reichenbacher , L. Reichhart , C. A. Rhyne , A. Richards , J. P. Rodrigues , H. J. Rose , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , J. S. Saba , M. Sarychev , R. W. Schnee , M. Schubnell , P. R. Scovell , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , K. Skarpaas , W. Skulski , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , V. V. Sosnovtsev , I. Stancu , M. R. Stark , S. Stephenson , T. M. Stiegler , K. Stifter , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , D. Temples , P. A. Terman , K. J. Thomas , J. A. Thomson , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , W. H. To , A. Tomás , T. E. Tope , M. Tripathi , L. Tvrznikova , J. Va'vra , A. Vacheret , M. G. D. van der Grinten , J. R. Verbus , C. O. Vuosalo , W. L. Waldron , R. Wang , R. Watson , R. C. Webb , W. -Z. Wei , M. While , D. T. White , T. J. Whitis , W. J. Wisniewski , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , S. Worm , J. Xu , M. Yeh , J. Yin , C. Zhang

Radiopurity measurements of liquid scintillator for the COSINE-100 Upgrade

A new 2,400 L liquid scintillator has been produced for the COSINE-100 Upgrade, which is under construction at Yemilab for the next COSINE dark matter experiment phase. The linear-alkyl-benzene-based scintillator is designed to serve as a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-01 J. Kim , C. Ha , S. H. Kim , W. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. J. Ko , E. K. Lee , H. Lee , H. S. Lee , I. S. Lee , J. Lee , S. H. Lee , S. M. Lee , Y. J. Lee , G. H. Yu

WISPLC: Search for Dark Matter with LC Circuit

The focus on dark matter search has expanded to include low-mass particles such as axions or axion-like particles, and novel theoretical schemes extending the phenomenological landscape, within QCD and beyond, also garnered additional…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-07-20 Zhongyue Zhang , Oindrila Ghosh , Dieter Horns

Lowering threshold of NaI(Tl) scintillator to 0.7 keV in the COSINE-100 experiment

COSINE-100 is a direct dark matter search experiment, with the primary goal of testing the annual modulation signal observed by DAMA/LIBRA, using the same target material, NaI(Tl). In previous analyses, we achieved the same 1 keV energy…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-12-24 G. H. Yu , N. Carlin , J. Y. Cho , J. J. Choi , S. Choi , A. C. Ezeribe , L. E. França , C. Ha , I. S. Hahn , S. J. Hollick , E. J. Jeon , H. W. Joo , W. G. Kang , M. Kauer , B. H. Kim , H. J. Kim , J. Kim , K. W. Kim , S. H. Kim , S. K. Kim , W. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , Y. J. Ko , D. H. Lee , E. K. Lee , H. Lee , H. S. Lee , H. Y. Lee , I. S. Lee , J. Lee , J. Y. Lee , M. H. Lee , S. H. Lee , S. M. Lee , Y. J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , N. T. Luan , V. H. A. Machado , B. B. Manzato , R. H. Maruyama , R. J. Neal , S. L. Olsen , B. J. Park , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , J. C. Park , K. S. Park , S. D. Park , R. L. C. Pitta , H. Prihtiadi , S. J. Ra , C. Rott , K. A. Shin , D. F. F. S. Cavalcante , M. K. Son , N. J. C. Spooner , L. T. Truc , L. Yang

MiniCLEAN Dark Matter Experiment

The MiniCLEAN dark matter experiment will exploit a single-phase liquid-argon detector instrumented with 92 photomultiplier tubes placed in the cryogen temperature with 4-$\pi$ coverage of a 500 kg (150 kg) target (fiducial) mass. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-11-08 JuiJen , Wang

Sensitivities for coherent elastic scattering of solar and supernova neutrinos with future NaI(Tl) dark matter search detectors of COSINE-200/1T

We investigate the prospects for measuring the coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering of solar and supernova neutrinos in future NaI(Tl) dark matter detection experiments. Considering the reduced background and improved light yield of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-08-29 Young Ju Ko , Hyun Su Lee

The NAIAD experiment for WIMP searches at Boulby mine and recent results

The NAIAD experiment (NaI Advanced Detector) for WIMP dark matter searches at Boulby mine (UK) is described. The detector consists of an array of encapsulated and unencapsulated NaI(Tl) crystals with high light yield. Six crystals are…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 B. Ahmed , G. J. Alner , H. Araujo , J. C. Barton , A. Bewick , M. J. Carson , D. Davidge , J. V. Dawson , T. Gamble , S. P. Hart , R. Hollingworth , A. S. Howard , W. G. Jones , M. K. Joshi , V. A. Kudryavtsev , T. B. Lawson , V. Lebedenko , M. J. Lehner , J. D. Lewin , P. K. Lightfoot , I. Liubarsky , R. Luscher , J. E. McMillan , B. Morgan , G. Nicklin , S. M. Paling , R. M. Preece , J. J. Quenby , J. W. Roberts , M. Robinson , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , N. J. C. Spooner , T. J. Sumner , D. R. Tovey

Results from the first cryogenic NaI detector for the COSINUS project

Recently there is a flourishing and notable interest in the crystalline scintillator material sodium iodide (NaI) as target for direct dark matter searches. This is mainly driven by the long-reigning contradicting situation in the dark…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-11-22 COSINUS Collaboration , G. Angloher , P. Carniti , L. Cassina , L. Gironi , C. Gotti , A. Gütlein , M. Maino , M. Mancuso , L. Pagnanini , G. Pessina , F. Petricca , S. Pirro , F. Pröbst , R. Puig , F. Reindl , K. Schäffner , J. Schieck , W. Seidel

Removing krypton from xenon by cryogenic distillation to the ppq level

The XENON1T experiment aims for the direct detection of dark matter in a cryostat filled with 3.3 tons of liquid xenon. In order to achieve the desired sensitivity, the background induced by radioactive decays inside the detector has to be…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-05-09 XENON Collaboration , E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , F. D. Amaro , M. Anthony , F. Arneodo , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , L. Bütikofer , J. Calvén , J. M. R. Cardoso , M. Cervantes , 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 , E. Duchovni , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , D. Franco , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , R. Itay , B. Kaminsky , G. Kessler , A. Kish , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , D. Lellouch , L. Levinson , M. Le Calloch , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes A. Manfredini , I. Maris , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Masson , D. Mayani , Y. Meng , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , B. Miguez , A. Molinario , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , P. Pakarha , B. Pelssers , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , M. -C. Piro , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , N. Priel , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , N. Rupp , R. Saldanha , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , M. v. Sivers , A. Stein , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , N. Upole , H. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , I. Cristescu

First Dark Matter Search Results from the XENON1T Experiment

We report the first dark matter search results from XENON1T, a $\sim$2000-kg-target-mass dual-phase (liquid-gas) xenon time projection chamber in operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy and the first ton-scale detector…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-27 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , F. D. Amaro , M. Anthony , F. Arneodo , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , L. Bütikofer , J. Calvén , J. M. R. Cardoso , M. Cervantes , 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 , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , R. Gardner , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , R. Itay , B. Kaminsky , S. Kazama , G. Kessler , A. Kish , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , D. Lellouch , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. A. M. Lopes , A. Manfredini , I. Mariş , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Masson , D. Mayani , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , A. Molinario , K. Morå , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , P. Pakarha , B. Pelssers , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , M. -C. Piro , G. Plante , N. Priel , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , B. Riedel , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , N. Rupp , R. Saldanha , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , M. v. Sivers , A. Stein , S. Thapa , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , M. Vargas , N. Upole , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu

Dark matter search with the SABRE experiment

The SABRE (Sodium Iodide with Active Background Rejection) experiment will search for an annually modulating signal from dark matter particles in our Galaxy using an array of ultra-pure NaI(Tl) detectors surrounded by an active scintillator…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-24 Paolo Montini

Absolute light yield measurement of NaI:Tl crystals for dark matter search

The NaI:Tl crystals were early investigated and used for wide application fields due to high light yield and crystal growth advantages. So far, the absolute light yields of NaI:Tl crystal have typically been known to be 40 ph/keV. However,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-04-30 Nguyen Thanh Luan , Kim Hong Joo , Lee Hyun Su , Jin Jegal , Lam Tan Truc , Khan Arshad , Nguyen Duc Ton

Results from DAMA/NaI and perspectives for DAMA/LIBRA

The about 100 kg highly radiopure NaI(Tl) set-up of the DAMA project (DAMA/NaI) took data over seven annual cycles up to July 2002 and has achieved results on various rare processes. Its main aim has actually been the exploitation of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-24 R. Bernabei , P. Belli , F. Cappella , F. Montecchia , F. Nozzoli , A. Incicchitti , D. Prosperi , R. Cerulli , C. J. Dai , H. H. Kuang , J. M. Ma , Z. P. Ye

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

Quenching factor measurement for NaI(Tl) scintillation crystal

Scintillation crystals are commonly used for direct detection of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), which are suitable candidates for a particle dark matter. It is well known that the scintillation light yields are different for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-01-03 H. W. Joo , H. S. Park , J. H. Kim , S. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , H. S. Lee , S. H. Kim