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Impact of COHERENT measurements, cross section uncertainties and new interactions on the neutrino floor

We reconsider the discovery limit of multi-ton direct detection dark matter experiments in the light of recent measurements of the coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering process. Assuming the cross section to be a parameter entirely…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-01-28 D. Aristizabal Sierra , V. De Romeri , L. J. Flores , D. K. Papoulias

Results on Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles from an 11 kg-day Target Exposure of DAMIC at SNOLAB

We present constraints on the existence of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) from an 11 kg-day target exposure of the DAMIC experiment at the SNOLAB underground laboratory. The observed energy spectrum and spatial distribution of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-29 A. Aguilar-Arevalo , D. Amidei , D. Baxter , G. Cancelo , B. A. Cervantes Vergara , A. E. Chavarria , J. C. D'Olivo , J. Estrada , F. Favela-Perez , R. Gaior , Y. Guardincerri , E. W. Hoppe , T. W. Hossbach , B. Kilminster , I. Lawson , S. J. Lee , A. Letessier-Selvon , A. Matalon , P. Mitra , C. T. Overman , A. Piers , P. Privitera , K. Ramanathan , J. Da Rocha , Y. Sarkis , M. Settimo , R. Smida , R. Thomas , J. Tiffenberg , M. Traina , R. Vilar , A. L. Virto

Dark Matter Results From 54-Ton-Day Exposure of PandaX-II Experiment

We report a new search of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using the combined low background data sets in 2016 and 2017 from the PandaX-II experiment in China. The latest data set contains a new exposure of 77.1 live day, with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-08 II Collaboration , Xiangyi Cui , Abdusalam Abdukerim , Wei Chen , Xun Chen , Yunhua Chen , Binbin Dong , Deqing Fang , Changbo Fu , Karl Giboni , Franco Giuliani , Linhui Gu , Yikun Gu , Xuyuan Guo , Zhifan Guo , Ke Han , Changda He , Di Huang , Shengming He , Xingtao Huang , Zhou Huang , Xiangdong Ji , Yonglin Ju , Shaoli Li , Yao Li , Heng Lin , Huaxuan Liu , Jianglai Liu , Yugang Ma , Yajun Mao , Kaixiang Ni , Jinhua Ning , Xiangxiang Ren , Fang Shi , Andi Tan , Cheng Wang , Hongwei Wang , Meng Wang , Qiuhong Wang , Siguang Wang , Xiuli Wang , Xuming Wang , Qinyu Wu , Shiyong Wu , Mengjiao Xiao , Pengwei Xie , Binbin Yan , Yong Yang , Jianfeng Yue , Dan Zhang , Hongguang Zhang , Tao Zhang , Tianqi Zhang , Li Zhao , Jifang Zhou , Ning Zhou , Xiaopeng Zhou

Effective field theory interactions for liquid argon target in DarkSide-50 experiment

We reanalize data collected with the DarkSide-50 experiment and recently used to set limits on the spin-independent interaction rate of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) on argon nuclei with an effective field theory framework.…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-02-19 50 Collaboration , P. Agnes , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , M. Ave , H. O. Back , G. Batignani , K. Biery , V. Bocci , G. Bonfini , W. M. Bonivento , B. Bottino , 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 , A. Chepurnov , C. Cicalò , A. G. Cocco , G. Covone , D. D'Angelo , S. Davini , A. DeCandia , S. DeCecco , M. DeDeo , G. DeFilippis , G. DeRosa , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. DiEusanio , M. D'Incecco , G. DiPietro , C. Dionisi , M. Downing , D. D'Urso , E. Edkins , A. Empl , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiati , C. Ghiano , S. Giagu , C. Giganti , G. K. Giovanetti , O. Gorchakov , A. M. Goretti , F. Granato , A. Grobov , M. Gromov , M. Guan , Y. Guardincerri , M. Gulino , B. R. Hackett , K. Herner , B. Hosseini , D. Hughes , P. Humble , E. V. Hungerford , Al. Ianni , An. Ianni , V. Ippolito , T. N. Johnson , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , I. Kochanek , G. Koh , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , M. Kuss , M. LaCommara , M. Lai , X. Li , M. Lissia , G. Longo , 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 , A. Monte , M. Morrocchi , V. N. Muratova , P. Musico , A. NavrerAgasson , A. O. Nozdrina , A. Oleinik , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , K. Pelczar , N. Pelliccia , E. Picciau , A. Pocar , S. Pordes , S. S. Poudel , H. Qian , F. Ragusa , M. Razeti , A. Razeto , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , Q. Riffard , A. Romani , B. Rossi , N. Rossi , D. Sablone , O. Samoylov , W. Sands , S. Sanfilippo , C. Savarese , 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 , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , P. Trinchese , E. V. Unzhakov , M. Verducci , A. Vishneva , R. B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , T. J. Waldrop , H. Wang , Y. Wang , A. W. Watson , S. Westerdale , M. M. Wojcik , X. Xiang , X. Xiao , C. Yang , Z. Ye , C. Zhu , G. Zuzel

Final Analysis and Results of the Phase II SIMPLE Dark Matter Search

We report the final results of the Phase II SIMPLE measurements, comprising two run stages of 15 superheated droplet detectors each, the second stage including an improved neutron shielding. The analyses includes a refined signal analysis,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 M. Felizardo , T. A. Girard , T. Morlat , A. C. Fernandes , A. R. Ramos , J. G. Marques , M. Auguste , D. Boyer , A. Cavaillou , J. Poupeney , C. Sudre , J. Puibasset , H. S. Miley , R. F. Payne , F. P. Carvalho , M. I. Prudêncio , R. Marques

The DAMIC excess from WIMP-nucleus elastic scattering

Two dark matter searches performed with charge-coupled devices (CCDs) in the DAMIC cryostat at SNOLAB reported with high statistical significance the presence of an unidentified source of low-energy events in bulk silicon. The observed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-28 A. E. Chavarria , H. Lin , K. J. McGuire , A. Piers , M. Traina

Dark Matter Search Results from the Commissioning Run of PandaX-II

We present the results of a search for WIMPs from the commissioning run of the PandaX-II experiment located at the China Jinping underground Laboratory. A WIMP search data set with an exposure of 306$\times$19.1 kg-day was taken, while its…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-06-29 PandaX Collaboration , Andi Tan , Xiang Xiao , Xiangyi Cui , Xun Chen , Yunhua Chen , Deqing Fang , Changbo Fu , Karl Giboni , Franco Giuliani , Haowei Gong , Shouyang Hu , Xingtao Huang , Xiangdong Ji , Yonglin Ju , Siao Lei , Shaoli Li , Xiaomei Li , Xinglong Li , Hao Liang , Qing Lin , Huaxuan Liu , Jianglai Liu , Wolfgang Lorenzon , Yugang Ma , Yajun Mao , Kaixuan Ni , Kirill Pushkin , Xiangxiang Ren , Michael Schubnell , Manbin Shen , Fang Shi , Scott Stephenson , Hongwei Wang , Jiming Wang , Meng Wang , Qiuhong Wang , Siguang Wang , Xuming Wang , Zhou Wang , Shiyong Wu , Mengjiao Xiao , Pengwei Xie , Binbin Yan , Yong Yang , Jianfeng Yue , Xionghui Zeng , Hongguang Zhang , Hua Zhang , Huanqiao Zhang , Tao Zhang , Li Zhao , Jing Zhou , Xiaopeng Zhou

Renormalization of the Spin-dependent WIMP scattering off nuclei

We study the amplitude for the spin-dependent WIMP scattering off nuclei by including the leading long-range two-body currents in the most important isovector contribution. We show that such effects are essentially independent of the target…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-01-09 P. C. Divari , J. D. Vergados

Combined Limits on WIMPs from the CDMS and EDELWEISS Experiments

The CDMS and EDELWEISS collaborations have combined the results of their direct searches for dark matter using cryogenic germanium detectors. The total data set represents 614 kg.d equivalent exposure. A straightforward method of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 CDMS , EDELWEISS Collaborations , : , Z. Ahmed , D. S. Akerib , E. Armengaud , S. Arrenberg , C. Augier , C. N. Bailey , D. Balakishiyeva , L. Baudis , D. A. Bauer , A. Benoît , L. Bergé , J. Blümer , P. L. Brink , A. Broniatowski , T. Bruch , V. Brudanin , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , B. Censier , M. Chapellier , G. Chardin , F. Charlieux , J. Cooley , P. Coulter , G. A. Cox , P. Cushman , M. Daal , X. Defay , M. De Jesus , F. DeJongh , P. C. F. Di Stefano , Y. Dolgorouki , J. Domange , L. Dumoulin , M. R. Dragowsky , K. Eitel , S. Fallows , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , J. Filippini , D. Filosofov , N. Fourches , J. Fox , M. Fritts , J. Gascon , G. Gerbier , J. Gironnet , S. R. Golwala , M. Gros , J. Hall , R. Hennings-Yeomans , S. Henry , S. A. Hertel , S. Hervé , D. Holmgren , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , A. Juillard , O. Kamaev , M. Kiveni , H. Kluck , M. Kos , V. Kozlov , H. Kraus , V. A. Kudryavtsev , S. W. Leman , S. Liu , P. Loaiza , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , S. Marnieros , C. Martinez , K. A. McCarthy , N. Mirabolfathi , D. Moore , P. Nadeau , X-F. Navick , H. Nelson , C. Nones , R. W. Ogburn , E. Olivieri , P. Pari , L. Pattavina , B. Paul , A. Phipps , M. Pyle , X. Qiu , W. Rau , A. Reisetter , Y. Ricci , M. Robinson , S. Rozov , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , V. Sanglard , B. Schmidt , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , D. N. Seitz , S. Semikh , B. Serfass , K. M. Sundqvist , M. Tarka , A. S. Torrento-Coello , L. Vagneron , M. -A. Verdier , R. J. Walker , P. Wikus , E. Yakushev , S. Yellin , J. Yoo , B. A. Young , J. Zhang

Generalized Analysis of Weakly-Interacting Massive Particle Searches

We perform a generalized analysis of data from WIMP search experiments for point-like WIMPs of arbitrary spin and general Lorenz-invariant WIMP-nucleus interaction. We show that in the non-relativistic limit only spin-independent (SI) and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Andriy Kurylov , Marc Kamionkowski

Sensitivity of the EDELWEISS WIMP search to spin-dependent interactions

The EDELWEISS collaboration is searching for WIMP dark matter using natural Ge cryogenic detectors. The whole data set of the first phase of the experiment contains a fiducial exposure of 4.8 kg.day on Ge-73, the naturally present (7.8%),…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Benoit , L. Berge , J. Bluemer , A. Broniatowski , B. Censier , L. Chabert , M. Chapellier , G. Chardin , S. Collin , M. De Jesus , H. Deschamps , P. Di Stefano , Y. Dolgorouky , D. Drain , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , M. Fesquet , S. Fiorucci , J. Gascon , G. Gerbier , C. Goldbach , M. Gros , R. Gumbsheimer , M. Horn , A. Juillard , A. De Lesquen , M. Luca , J. Mallet , S. Marnieros , L. Mosca , X. -F. Navick , G. Nollez , P. Pari , M. Razeti , V. Sanglard , L. Schoeffel , M. Stern , V. Villar

Aspects of spin-dependent dark matter search

The Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) is the main candidate for the relic dark matter. A set of exclusion curves currently obtained for cross sections of the spin-dependent WIMP-proton and WIMP-neutron interaction is given. A…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 V. A. Bednyakov

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

Recent results from the CDMS-II experiment

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment (CDMS) employs low-temperature Ge and Si detectors to detect WIMPs via their elastic scattering interaction with the target nuclei. The current analysis of 397.8 kg-days Ge exposure resulted in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 T. Bruch

Are direct search experiments sensitive to all spin-independent WIMP candidates?

The common analysis of direct searches for spin-independent Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) assumes that a spin-independent WIMP couples with the same strength with both nucleons, \textit{i.e.} that the spin-independent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Giuliani

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Technical Design Report

In this Technical Design Report (TDR) we describe the LZ detector to be built at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF). The LZ dark matter experiment is designed to achieve sensitivity to a WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-03-29 B. J. Mount , S. Hans , R. Rosero , M. Yeh , C. Chan , R. J. Gaitskell , D. Q. Huang , J. Makkinje , D. C. Malling , M. Pangilinan , C. A. Rhyne , W. C. Taylor , J. R. Verbus , Y. D. Kim , H. S. Lee , J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , J. Li , J. Belle , A. Cottle , W. H. Lippincott , D. J. Markley , T. J. Martin , M. Sarychev , T. E. Tope , M. Utes , R. Wang , I. Young , H. M. Araújo , A. J. Bailey , D. Bauer , D. Colling , A. Currie , S. Fayer , F. Froborg , S. Greenwood , W. G. Jones , V. Kasey , M. Khaleeq , I. Olcina , B. López Paredes , A. Richards , T. J. Sumner , A. Tomás , A. Vacheret , P. Brás , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , F. Neves , J. P. Rodrigues , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , M. J. Barry , A. Cole , A. Dobi , W. R. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , N. J. Gantos , V. M. Gehman , M. G. D. Gilchriese , K. Hanzel , M. D. Hoff , K. Kamdin , K. T. Lesko , C. T. McConnell , K. O'Sullivan , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , S. J. Patton , J. S. Saba , P. Sorensen , K. J. Thomas , C. E. Tull , W. L. Waldron , M. S. Witherell , A. Bernstein , K. Kazkaz , J. Xu , D. Yu. Akimov , A. I. Bolozdynya , A. V. Khromov , A. M. Konovalov , A. V. Kumpan , V. V. Sosnovtsev , C. E. Dahl , D. Temples , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , L. de Viveiros , D. S. Akerib , H. Auyeung , T. P. Biesiadzinski , M. Breidenbach , R. Bramante , R. Conley , W. W. Craddock , A. Fan , A. Hau , C. M. Ignarra , W. Ji , H. J. Krebs , R. Linehan , C. Lee , S. Luitz , E. Mizrachi , M. E. Monzani , F. G. O'Neill , S. Pierson , M. Racine , B. N. Ratcliff , G. W. Shutt , T. A. Shutt , K. Skarpaas , K. Stifter , W. H. To , J. Va'vra , T. J. Whitis , W. J. Wisniewski , X. Bai , R. Bunker , R. Coughlen , C. Hjemfelt , R. Leonard , E. H. Miller , E. Morrison , J. Reichenbacher , R. W. Schnee , M. R. Stark , K. Sundarnath , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , P. Bauer , B. Carlson , M. Horn , M. Johnson , J. Keefner , C. Maupin , D. J. Taylor , S. Balashov , P. Ford , V. Francis , E. Holtom , A. Khazov , A. Kaboth , P. Majewski , J. A. Nikkel , J. O'Dell , R. M. Preece , M. G. D. van der Grinten , S. D. Worm , R. L. Mannino , T. M. Stiegler , P. A. Terman , R. C. Webb , C. Levy , J. Mock , M. Szydagis , J. K. Busenitz , M. Elnimr , J. Y-K. Hor , Y. Meng , A. Piepke , I. Stancu , L. Kreczko , B. Krikler , B. Penning , E. P. Bernard , R. G. Jacobsen , D. N. McKinsey , R. Watson , J. E. Cutter , S. El-Jurf , R. M. Gerhard , D. Hemer , S. Hillbrand , B. Holbrook , B. G. Lenardo , A. G. Manalaysay , J. A. Morad , S. Stephenson , J. A. Thomson , M. Tripathi , S. Uvarov , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. Kyre , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , M. Solmaz , D. T. White , M. Cascella , J. E. Y. Dobson , C. Ghag , X. Liu , L. Manenti , L. Reichhart , S. Shaw , U. Utku , P. Beltrame , T. J. R. Davison , M. F. Marzioni , A. St. J. Murphy , A. Nilima , B. Boxer , S. Burdin , A. Greenall , S. Powell , H. J. Rose , P. Sutcliffe , J. Balajthy , T. K. Edberg , C. R. Hall , J. S. Silk , S. Hertel , C. W. Akerlof , M. Arthurs , W. Lorenzon , K. Pushkin , M. Schubnell , K. E. Boast , C. Carels , T. Fruth , H. Kraus , F. -T. Liao , J. Lin , P. R. Scovell , E. Druszkiewicz , D. Khaitan , M. Koyuncu , W. Skulski , F. L. H. Wolfs , J. Yin , E. V. Korolkova , V. A. Kudryavtsev , P. Rossiter , D. Woodward , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , D. -M. Mei , L. Wang , W. -Z. Wei , M. While , C. Zhang , S. K. Alsum , T. Benson , D. L. Carlsmith , J. J. Cherwinka , S. Dasu , G. Gregerson , B. Gomber , A. Pagac , K. J. Palladino , C. O. Vuosalo , Q. Xiao , J. H. Buckley , V. V. Bugaev , M. A. Olevitch , E. M. Boulton , W. T. Emmet , T. W. Hurteau , N. A. Larsen , E. K. Pease , B. P. Tennyson , L. Tvrznikova

Dark Matter Results from First 98.7-day Data of PandaX-II Experiment

We report the WIMP dark matter search results using the first physics-run data of the PandaX-II 500 kg liquid xenon dual-phase time-projection chamber, operating at the China JinPing Underground Laboratory. No dark matter candidate is…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-09-21 II Collaboration , Andi Tan , Mengjiao Xiao , Xiangyi Cui , Xun Chen , Yunhua Chen , Deqing Fang , Changbo Fu , Karl Giboni , Franco Giuliani , Haowei Gong , Shouyang Hu , Xingtao Huang , Xiangdong Ji , Yonglin Ju , Siao Lei , Shaoli Li , Xiaomei Li , Xinglong Li , Hao Liang , Qing Lin , Huaxuan Liu , Jianglai Liu , Wolfgang Lorenzon , Yugang Ma , Yajun Mao , Kaixuan Ni , Xiangxiang Ren , Michael Schubnell , Manbin Shen , Fang Shi , Hongwei Wang , Jiming Wang , Meng Wang , Qiuhong Wang , Siguang Wang , Xuming Wang , Zhou Wang , Shiyong Wu , Xiang Xiao , Pengwei Xie , Binbin Yan , Yong Yang , Jianfeng Yue , Xionghui Zeng , Hongguang Zhang , Hua Zhang , Huanqiao Zhang , Tao Zhang , Li Zhao , Jing Zhou , Ning Zhou , Xiaopeng Zhou

Neutrino physics with multi-ton scale liquid xenon detectors

We study the sensitivity of large-scale xenon detectors to low-energy solar neutrinos, to coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering and to neutrinoless double beta decay. As a concrete example, we consider the xenon part of the proposed DARWIN…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-02-10 L. Baudis , A. Ferella , A. Kish , A. Manalaysay , T. Marrodan Undagoitia , M. Schumann

Limits on Low-Mass WIMP Dark Matter with an Ultra-Low-Energy Germanium Detector at 220 eV Threshold

An energy threshold of (220$\pm$10) eV was achieved at an efficiency of 50% with a four-channel ultra-low-energy germanium detector each with an active mass of 5 g\cite{wimppaper}. This provides a unique probe to WIMP dark matter with mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Shin-Ted Lin , H. T. Wong

Exclusion Limits on the WIMP-Nucleon Cross-Section from the First Run of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search in the Soudan Underground Lab

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS-II) employs low-temperature Ge and Si detectors to seek Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) via their elastic scattering interactions with nuclei. Simultaneous measurements of both ionization…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 CDMS Collaboration