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The Argon Dark Matter (ArDM) experiment consists of a liquid argon (LAr) time projection chamber (TPC) sensitive to nuclear recoils resulting from scattering of hypothetical Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) on argon targets.…

We demonstrate that current and planned underground neutrino experiments could offer a powerful probe of few-MeV dark matter when combined with a nearby high-intensity low-to-medium energy electron accelerator. This experimental setup, an…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-11-18 Eder Izaguirre , Gordan Krnjaic , Maxim Pospelov

The possibility of using CCD detectors in a low threshold direct detection dark matter search experiment is discussed. We present the main features of the DECam detectors that make them a good alternative for such an experiment, namely…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-07-01 J. Estrada , H. Cease , H. T. Diehl , B. Flaugher , J. Jones , D. Kubik , A. Sonnenschein

Dark matter (DM) direct detection experiments have been setting strong limits on the DM-nucleon scattering cross section at the DM mass above a few GeV, but leave large parameter space unexplored in the low mass region. DM is likely to be…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-04-22 Zhan-Hong Lei , Jian Tang , Bing-Long Zhang

Observing nuclear neutrinoless double beta (0vbb) decay would be a revolutionary result in particle physics. Observing such a decay would prove that the neutrinos are their own antiparticles, help to study the absolute mass of neutrinos,…

The CYGNO collaboration is developing a novel strategy for directional Dark Matter searches based on a gaseous Time Projection Chamber (TPC). The detector is optimized for the exploration of light (0.5-50 GeV) WIMPs-like particles and…

We describe the design and assembly of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment, a direct detection search for cosmic WIMP dark matter particles. The centerpiece of the experiment is a large liquid xenon time projection chamber sensitive to low energy…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-11-05 The LZ Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , C. W. Akerlof , D. Yu. Akimov , A. Alquahtani , S. K. Alsum , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , A. Arbuckle , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , H. Auyeung , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , J. Bang , M. J. Barry , J. Barthel , D. Bauer , P. Bauer , A. Baxter , J. Belle , P. Beltrame , J. Bensinger , T. Benson , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , B. Birrittella , K. E. Boast , A. I. Bolozdynya , E. M. Boulton , B. Boxer , R. Bramante , S. Branson , P. Brás , M. Breidenbach , J. H. Buckley , V. V. Bugaev , R. Bunker , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , J. S. Campbell , C. Carels , D. L. Carlsmith , B. Carlson , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Cascella , C. Chan , J. J. Cherwinka , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , N. I. Chott , A. Cole , J. Coleman , D. Colling , R. A. Conley , A. Cottle , R. Coughlen , W. W. Craddock , D. Curran , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , J. P. da Cunha , C. E. Dahl , S. Dardin , S. Dasu , J. Davis , T. J. R. Davison , L. de Viveiros , N. Decheine , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , A. Dushkin , T. K. Edberg , W. R. Edwards , B. N. Edwards , J. Edwards , M. M. Elnimr , W. T. Emmet , S. R. Eriksen , C. H. Faham , A. Fan , S. Fayer , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , I. M. Fogarty Florang , P. Ford , V. B. Francis , F. Froborg , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , N. J. Gantos , D. Garcia , A. Geffre , V. M. Gehman , R. Gelfand , J. Genovesi , R. M. Gerhard , C. Ghag , E. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , S. Gokhale , B. Gomber , T. G. Gonda , A. Greenall , S. Greenwood , G. Gregerson , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. B. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , D. Hamilton , S. Hans , K. Hanzel , T. Harrington , A. Harrison , C. Hasselkus , S. J. Haselschwardt , D. Hemer , S. A. Hertel , J. Heise , S. Hillbrand , O. Hitchcock , C. Hjemfelt , M. D. Hoff , B. Holbrook , E. Holtom , J. Y-K. Hor , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , T. W. Hurteau , C. M. Ignarra , M. N. Irving , R. G. Jacobsen , O. Jahangir , S. N. Jeffery , W. Ji , M. Johnson , J. Johnson , P. Johnson , W. G. Jones , A. C. Kaboth , A. Kamaha , K. Kamdin , V. Kasey , K. Kazkaz , J. Keefner , D. Khaitan , M. Khaleeq , A. Khazov , A. V. Khromov , I. Khurana , Y. D. Kim , W. T. Kim , C. D. Kocher , A. M. Konovalov , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , M. Koyuncu , J. Kras , H. Kraus , S. W. Kravitz , H. J. Krebs , L. Kreczko , B. Krikler , V. A. Kudryavtsev , A. V. Kumpan , S. Kyre , A. R. Lambert , B. Landerud , N. A. Larsen , A. Laundrie , E. A. Leason , H. S. Lee , J. Lee , C. Lee , B. G. Lenardo , D. S. Leonard , R. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Li , Y. Liu , J. Liao , F. -T. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , R. Liu , X. Liu , C. Loniewski , M. I. Lopes , B. López Paredes , W. Lorenzon , D. Lucero , S. Luitz , J. M. Lyle , C. Lynch , P. A. Majewski , J. Makkinje , D. C. Malling , A. Manalaysay , L. Manenti , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , D. J. Markley , P. MarrLaundrie , T. J. Martin , M. F. Marzioni , C. Maupin , C. T. McConnell , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , D. -M. Mei , Y. Meng , E. H. Miller , Z. J. Minaker , E. Mizrachi , J. Mock , D. Molash , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , A. St. J. Murphy , D. Naim , A. Naylor , C. Nedlik , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , J. Nesbit , F. Neves , J. A. Nikkel , J. A. Nikoleyczik , A. Nilima , J. O'Dell , H. Oh , F. G. O'Neill , K. O'Sullivan , I. Olcina , M. A. Olevitch , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , L. Oxborough , A. Pagac , D. Pagenkopf , S. Pal , K. J. Palladino , V. M. Palmaccio , J. Palmer , M. Pangilinan , S. J. Patton , E. K. Pease , B. P. Penning , G. Pereira , C. Pereira , I. B. Peterson , A. Piepke , S. Pierson , S. Powell , R. M. Preece , K. Pushkin , Y. Qie , M. Racine , B. N. Ratcliff , J. Reichenbacher , L. Reichhart , C. A. Rhyne , A. Richards , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , J. P. Rodrigues , H. J. Rose , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , R. Rucinski , G. Rutherford , D. Rynders , J. S. Saba , L. Sabarots , D. Santone , M. Sarychev , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , M. Schubnell , P. R. Scovell , M. Severson , D. Seymour , S. Shaw , G. W. Shutt , T. A. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , K. Skarpaas , W. Skulski , A. R. Smith , R. J. Smith , R. E. Smith , J. So , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , V. V. Sosnovtsev , I. Stancu , M. R. Stark , S. Stephenson , N. Stern , A. Stevens , T. M. Stiegler , K. Stifter , R. Studley , T. J. Sumner , K. Sundarnath , P. Sutcliffe , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , M. Tan , W. C. Taylor , R. Taylor , D. J. Taylor , D. Temples , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , K. J. Thomas , J. A. Thomson , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , W. H. To , A. Tomás , T. E. Tope , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , C. E. Tull , W. Turner , L. Tvrznikova , M. Utes , U. Utku , S. Uvarov , J. Va'vra , A. Vacheret , A. Vaitkus , J. R. Verbus , T. Vietanen , E. Voirin , C. O. Vuosalo , S. Walcott , W. L. Waldron , K. Walker , J. J. Wang , R. Wang , L. Wang , Y. Wang , J. R. Watson , J. Migneault , S. Weatherly , R. C. Webb , W. -Z. Wei , M. While , R. G. White , J. T. White , D. T. White , T. J. Whitis , W. J. Wisniewski , K. Wilson , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , J. D. Wolfs , D. Woodward , S. D. Worm , X. Xiang , Q. Xiao , J. Xu , M. Yeh , J. Yin , I. Young , C. Zhang

Dark Matter experiments are recently focusing their detection techniques in low-mass WIMPs, which requires the use of light elements and low energy threshold. In this context, we describe the TREX-DM experiment, a low background…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-06-22 F. J. Iguaz , J. G. Garza , F. Aznar , J. F. Castel , S. Cebrian , T. Dafni , J. A. Garcia , I. G. Irastorza , A. Lagraba , G. Luzon , A. Peiro

We report on recent progress in the search for dark matter particles with masses from 1 MeV to 1 GeV. Several dark matter candidates in this mass range are expected to generate measurable electronic-recoil signals in direct-detection…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-02 Alvaro E. Chavarria

The PandaX-III (Particle And Astrophysical Xenon Experiment III) experiment will search for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (NLDBD) of 136Xe at the China Jin-Ping underground Laboratory II (CJPL-II). In the first phase of the experiment, a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 Ke Han

One trend in dark matter direct detection is the development of techniques which will lower experimental thresholds and achieve sensitivity to light mass dark matter particles. In doing so, it is necessary to have an understanding of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-11-18 D. Barker

Fixed-target experiments using primary electron beams can be powerful discovery tools for light dark matter in the sub-GeV mass range. The Light Dark Matter eXperiment (LDMX) is designed to measure missing momentum in high-rate electron…

Using improved Ge and Si detectors, better neutron shielding, and increased counting time, the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) experiment has obtained stricter limits on the cross section of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs)…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 CDMS Collaboration

The ability of background discrimination using pulse shape discrimination (PSD) in broad-energy germanium (BEGe) detectors makes them as competitive candidates for neutrinoless double beta decay (0{\nu}\b{eta}\b{eta}) experiments. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-06-28 Zhi Zeng , Yu-Hao Mi , Ming Zeng , Hao Ma , Qian Yue , Jian-Ping Cheng , Jun-Li Li , Rui Qiu , Hui Zhang

The Heidelberg Dark Matter Search (HDMS) is an experiment designed for the search for WIMP dark matter. It is using a special configuration of Ge detectors, to efficiently reduce the background in the low-energy region below 100 keV. After…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus , A. Dietz , G. Heusser , I. V. Krivosheina , D. Mazza , H. Strecker , C. Tomei

We explore the sensitivity of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) near detector and the proposed DUNE-PRISM movable near detector to sub-GeV dark matter, specifically scalar dark matter coupled to the Standard Model via a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-11-19 Valentina De Romeri , Kevin J. Kelly , Pedro A. N. Machado

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) may constitute a large fraction of the matter in the Universe. There are excess events in the data of DAMA/LIBRA, CoGeNT, CRESST-II, and recently CDMS-Si, which could be consistent with WIMP…

One of the future plans at Jefferson Lab is running electron scattering experiments with large acceptance detectors at luminosities $> 10^{37}cm^{-2}s^{-1}$. These experiments allow the measurements of the Double Deeply Virtual Compton…

The design and performance of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) detector is described as of March 2015 in this Conceptual Design Report. LZ is a second-generation dark-matter detector with the potential for unprecedented sensitivity to weakly interacting…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-10-05 The LZ Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , C. W. Akerlof , D. Yu. Akimov , S. K. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , M. J. Barry , P. Bauer , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , K. E. Boast , A. I. Bolozdynya , E. M. Boulton , R. Bramante , J. H. Buckley , V. V. Bugaev , R. Bunker , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , C. Carels , D. L. Carlsmith , B. Carlson , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Cascella , C. Chan , J. J. Cherwinka , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , W. W. Craddock , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , J. P. da Cunha , C. E. Dahl , S. Dasu , T. J. R. Davison , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , T. K. Edberg , B. N. Edwards , W. R. Edwards , M. M. Elnimr , W. T. Emmet , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , P. Ford , V. B. Francis , C. Fu , R. J. Gaitskell , N. J. Gantos , V. M. Gehman , R. M. Gerhard , C. Ghag , M. G. D. Gilchriese , B. Gomber , C. R. Hall , A. Harris , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , M. D. Hoff , B. Holbrook , E. Holtom , D. Q. Huang , T. W. Hurteau , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , W. Ji , X. Ji , M. Johnson , Y. Ju , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , A. V. Khromov , A. M. Konovalov , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , H. J. Krebs , V. A. Kudryavtsev , A. V. Kumpan , S. Kyre , N. A. Larsen , C. Lee , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , F. -T. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , W. H. Lippincott , J. Liu , X. Liu , M. I. Lopes , W. Lorenzon , S. Luitz , P. Majewski , D. C. Malling , A. G. Manalaysay , L. Manenti , R. L. Mannino , D. J. Markley , T. J. Martin , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , D. -M. Mei , Y. Meng , E. H. Miller , J. Mock , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikkel , F. G. O'Neill , J. O'Dell , K. O'Sullivan , M. A. Olevitch , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , M. Pangilinan , S. J. Patton , E. K. Pease , A. Piepke , S. Powell , R. M. Preece , K. Pushkin , B. N. Ratcliff , J. Reichenbacher , L. Reichhart , C. Rhyne , J. P. Rodrigues , H. J. Rose , R. Rosero , J. S. Saba , M. Sarychev , R. W. Schnee , M. S. G. Schubnell , P. R. Scovell , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , K. Skarpaas , W. Skulski , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , V. V. Sosnovtsev , I. Stancu , M. R. Stark , S. Stephenson , T. M. Stiegler , T. J. Sumner , K. Sundarnath , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , W. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , K. J. Thomas , J. A. Thomson , D. R. Tiedt , W. H. To , A. Tomás , M. Tripathi , C. E. Tull , L. Tvrznikova , S. Uvarov , J. Va'vra , M. G. D. van der Grinten , J. R. Verbus , C. O. Vuosalo , W. L. Waldron , L. Wang , R. C. Webb , W. -Z. Wei , M. While , D. T. White , T. J. Whitis , W. J. Wisniewski , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , E. Woods , D. Woodward , S. D. Worm , M. Yeh , J. Yin , S. K. Young , C. Zhang

The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR is an array of natural and enriched high purity germanium detectors that will search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of 76-Ge and perform a search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with masses…