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Earth-Scattering of super-heavy Dark Matter: updated constraints from detectors old and new

Direct searches for Dark Matter (DM) are continuously improving, probing down to lower and lower DM-nucleon interaction cross sections. For strongly-interacting massive particle (SIMP) Dark Matter, however, the accessible cross section is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-07-03 Bradley J. Kavanagh

Searching for Strongly Interacting Massive Particles (SIMPs)

We consider laboratory experiments that can detect stable, neutral strongly interacting massive particles (SIMPs). We explore the SIMP annihilation cross section from its minimum value (restricted by cosmological bounds) to the barn range,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-08-25 R. N. Mohapatra , F. Olness , R. Stroynowski , V. L. Teplitz

Results on MeV-scale dark matter from a gram-scale cryogenic calorimeter operated above ground

Models for light dark matter particles with masses below 1 GeV/c$^2$ are a natural and well-motivated alternative to so-far unobserved weakly interacting massive particles. Gram-scale cryogenic calorimeters provide the required detector…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-25 G. Angloher , P. Bauer , A. Bento , C. Bucci , L. Canonica , X. Defay , 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 , A. Langenkämper J. Loebell , M. Mancuso , E. Mondragon , A. Münster , L. Oberauer , C. Pagliarone , F. Petricca , W. Potzel , F. Pröbst , R. Puig , F. Reindl , J. Rothe , K. Schäffner , J. Schieck , S. Schönert , W. Seidel , M. Stahlberg , L. Stodolsky , C. Strandhagen , R. Strauss , A. Tanzke , H. H. Trinh Thi , C. Türkoglu , M. Uffinger , A. Ulrich , I. Usherov , S. Wawoczny , M. Willers , M. Wüstrich , A. Zöller

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

Exclusion limits on the WIMP-nucleon cross-section from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) employs low-temperature Ge and Si detectors to search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) via their elastic-scattering interactions with nuclei while discriminating against interactions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 CDMS Collaboration

Search for strongly interacting massive particles generating trackless jets in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = $ 13 TeV

A search for dark matter in the form of strongly interacting massive particles (SIMPs) using the CMS detector at the LHC is presented. The SIMPs would be produced in pairs that manifest themselves as pairs of jets without tracks. The energy…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-03-28 CMS Collaboration

Preliminary Limits on the WIMP-Nucleon Cross Section from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS)

We are conducting an experiment to search for WIMPs, or weakly-interacting massive particles, in the galactic halo using terrestrial detectors. This generic class of hypothetical particles, whose properties are similar to those predicted by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 DS Akerib , PD Barnes , DA Bauer , PL Brink , B Cabrera , DO Caldwell , RM Clarke , A Da Silva , AK Davies , BL Dougherty , KD Irwin , RJ Gaitskell , SR Golwala , EE Haller , J Jochum , WB Knowlton , V Kuzminov , SW Nam , V Novikov , MJ Penn , TA Perera , RR Ross , B Sadoulet , RW Schnee , T Shutt , A Smith , AH Sonnenschein , AL Spadafora , WK Stockwell , S Yellin , BA Young

Exclusion Limits on the WIMP-Nucleon Cross-Section from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) employs Ge and Si detectors to search for WIMPs via their elastic-scattering interactions with nuclei while discriminating against interactions of background particles. CDMS data give limits on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 CDMS Collaboration

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

SIMP (Strongly Interacting Massive Particle) Search

We consider laboratory experiments that can detect stable, neutral strongly interacting massive particles (SIMPs). We explore the SIMP annihilation cross section from its minimum value (restricted by cosmological bounds) to the barn range,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Vigdor L. Teplitz , Rabindra N. Mohapatra , Fred Olness , Ryszard Stroynowski

SIMP (Strongly Interacting Massive Particle) Search

We consider laboratory experiments that can detect stable, neutral strongly interacting massive particles (SIMPs). We explore the SIMP annihilation cross section from its minimum value (restricted by cosmological bounds) to the barn range,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-06 Vigdor L. Teplitz , Rabindra N. Mohapatra , Fred Olness , Ryszard Stroynowski

New limits on WIMP interactions from the SIMPLE dark matter search

The SIMPLE project uses superheated C2ClF5 liquid detectors to search for particle dark matter candidates. We report the results of the first stage exposure (14.1 kgd) of its latest two-stage, Phase II run, with 15 superheated droplet…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-11 TA Girard , T. A. Morlat , M. Felizardo , A. C. Fernandes , A. R. Ramos , J. G. Marques

Results from the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) experiment at Soudan

We report the result of a blinded search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using the majority of the SuperCDMS Soudan dataset. With an exposure of 1690 kg days, a single candidate event is observed, consistent with expected…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-02-14 SuperCDMS Collaboration , R. Agnese , T. Aramaki , I. J. Arnquist , W. Baker , D. Balakishiyeva , S. Banik , D. Barker , R. Basu Thakur , D. A. Bauer , T. Binder , M. A. Bowles , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , R. Calkins , C. Cartaro , D. G. Cerdeño , Y. Chang , Y. Chen , J. Cooley , B. Cornell , P. Cushman , M. Daal , P. C. F. Di Stefano , T. Doughty , E. Fascione , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , M. Fritts , G. Gerbier , R. Germond , M. Ghaith , G. L. Godfrey , S. R. Golwala , J. Hall , H. R. Harris , Z. Hong , E. W. Hoppe , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , V. Iyer , D. Jardin , A. Jastram , C. Jena , M. H. Kelsey , A. Kennedy , A. Kubik , N. A. Kurinsky , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , P. Lukens , D. MacDonell , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , N. Mast , E. H. Miller , N. Mirabolfathi , B. Mohanty , J. D. Morales Mendoza , J. Nelson , J. L. Orrell , S. M. Oser , K. Page , W. A. Page , R. Partridge , M. Penalver Martinez , M. Pepin , A. Phipps , S. Poudel , M. Pyle , H. Qiu , W. Rau , P. Redl , A. Reisetter , T. Reynolds , A. Roberts , A. E. Robinson , H. E. Rogers , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , K. Schneck , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , K. Senapati , B. Serfass , D. Speller , M. Stein , J. Street , H. A. Tanaka , D. Toback , R. Underwood , A. N. Villano , B. von Krosigk , B. Welliver , J. S. Wilson , M. J. Wilson , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , J. J. Yen , B. A. Young , X. Zhang , X. Zhao

Results on sub-GeV Dark Matter from a 10 eV Threshold CRESST-III Silicon Detector

We present limits on the spin-independent interaction cross section of dark matter particles with silicon nuclei, derived from data taken with a cryogenic calorimeter with 0.35 g target mass operated in the CRESST-III experiment. A baseline…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-26 CRESST Collaboration , G. Angloher , S. Banik , G. Benato , A. Bento , A. Bertolini , R. Breier , C. Bucci , J. Burkhart , L. Canonica , A. D'Addabbo , S. Di Lorenzo , L. Einfalt , A. Erb , F. v. Feilitzsch , N. Ferreiro Iachellini , S. Fichtinger , D. Fuchs , A. Fuss , A. Garai , V. M. Ghete , S. Gerster , P. Gorla , P. V. Guillaumon , S. Gupta , D. Hauff , M. Ješkovský , J. Jochum , M. Kaznacheeva , A. Kinast , H. Kluck , H. Kraus , A. Langenkämper , M. Mancuso , L. Marini , L. Meyer , V. Mokina , A. Nilima , M. Olmi , T. Ortmann , C. Pagliarone , L. Pattavina , F. Petricca , W. Potzel , P. Povinec , F. Pröbst , F. Pucci , F. Reindl , J. Rothe , K. Schäffner , J. Schieck , D. Schmiedmayer , S. Schönert , C. Schwertner , M. Stahlberg , L. Stodolsky , C. Strandhagen , R. Strauss , I. Usherov , F. Wagner , M. Willers , V. Zema

Searching for low-mass dark matter particles with a massive Ge bolometer operated above-ground

The EDELWEISS collaboration has performed a search for dark matter particles with masses below the GeV-scale with a 33.4-g germanium cryogenic detector operated in a surface lab. The energy deposits were measured using a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-04-24 E. Armengaud , C. Augier , A. Benoît , A. Benoit , L. Bergé , J. Billard , A. Broniatowski , P. Camus , A. Cazes , M. Chapelier , F. Charlieux , D. Ducimetière , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , D. Filosofov , J. Gascon , A. Giuliani , M. Gros , M. De Jésus , Y. Jin , A. Juillard , M. Kleifges , R. Maisonobe , S. Marnieros , D. Misiak , X. -F. Navick , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , C. Oriol , P. Pari , B. Paul , D. Poda , E. Queguiner , S. Rozov , V. Sanglard , B. Siebenborn , L. Vagneron , M. Weber , E. Yakushev , A. Zolotarova , B. J. Kavanagh

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

New Results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment

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

A low-mass dark matter search using ionization signals in XENON100

We perform a low-mass dark matter search using an exposure of 30\,kg$\times$yr with the XENON100 detector. By dropping the requirement of a scintillation signal and using only the ionization signal to determine the interaction energy, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-20 XENON100 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 , A. Buss , L. Bütikofer , 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 , E. Duchovni , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , D. Franco , W. Fulgione , M. Galloway , M. Garbini , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , E. Gross , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , R. Itay , B. Kaminsky , G. Kessler , A. Kish , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , M. Le Calloch , C. Levy , F. Linde , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , A. Lyashenko , A. Manfredini , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Masson , D. Mayani , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , Y. Meng , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , B. Miguez , A. Molinario , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , P. Pakarha , B. Pelssers , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , G. Plante , N. Priel , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Stein , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , C. D. Tunnell , M. von Sivers , R. Wall , H. Wang , M. Weber , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , J. Wulf , Y. Zhang

Search for low-mass dark matter WIMPs with 12 ton-day exposure of DarkSide-50

We report on the search for dark matter WIMPs in the mass range below 10 GeV/c$^2$, from the analysis of the entire dataset acquired with a low-radioactivity argon target by the DarkSide-50 experiment at LNGS. The new analysis benefits from…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-07-18 50 Collaboration , P. Agnes , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , M. Ave , H. O. Back , G. Batignani , K. Biery , V. Bocci , W. M. Bonivento , B. Bottino , S. Bussino , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , F. Calaprice , A. Caminata , N. Canci , M. Caravati , M. Cariello , M. Carlini , M. Carpinelli , V. Cataudella , P. Cavalcante , S. Cavuoti , S. Chashin , A. Chepurnov , C. Cicalò , G. Covone , D. D'Angelo , S. Davini , A. De Candia , S. De Cecco , G. De Filippis , G. De Rosa , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , M. D'Incecco , C. Dionisi , F. Dordei , M. Downing , D. D'Urso , G. Fiorillo , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiati , C. Ghiano , C. Giganti , G. K. Giovanetti , A. M. Goretti , G. Grilli di Cortona , A. Grobov , M. Gromov , M. Guan , M. Gulino , B. R. Hackett , K. Herner , T. Hessel , B. Hosseini , F. Hubaut , E. V. Hungerford , An. Ianni , V. Ippolito , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , M. Kimura , I. Kochanek , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , M. Kuss , M. La Commara , M. Lai , X. Li , M. Lissia , G. Longo , O. Lychagina , I. N. Machulin , L. P. Mapelli , S. M. Mari , J. Maricic , A. Messina , R. Milincic , J. Monroe , M. Morrocchi , X. Mougeot , V. N. Muratova , P. Musico , A. O. Nozdrina , A. Oleinik , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , K. Pelczar , N. Pelliccia , S. Piacentini , S. Piacentini , E. Picciau , A. Pocar , D. M. Poehlmann , S. Pordes , S. S. Poudel , P. Pralavorio , D. D. Price , F. Ragusa , M. Razeti , A. Razeto , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , J. Rode , A. Romani , D. Sablone , O. Samoylov , W. Sands , S. Sanfilippo , E. Sanford , C. Savarese , B. Schlitzer , D. A. Semenov , A. Shchagin , A. Sheshukov , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , S. Stracka , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , E. V. Unzhakov , A. Vishneva , R. B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , H. Wang , Y. Wang , S. Westerdale , M. M. Wojcik , X. Xiao , C. Yang , G. Zuzel

WIMP Dark Matter Search using a 3.1 Tonne-Year Exposure of the XENONnT Experiment

We report on a search for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter (DM) via elastic DM-xenon-nucleus interactions in the XENONnT experiment. We combine datasets from the first and second science campaigns resulting in a total…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-12-18 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , K. Abe , S. Ahmed Maouloud , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , D. Antón Martin , S. R. Armbruster , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , M. Bazyk , L. Bellagamba , R. Biondi , A. Bismark , K. Boese , A. Brown , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Cai , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , A. P. Cimental Chávez , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. J. Cuenca-García , V. D'Andrea , L. C. Daniel Garcia , M. P. Decowski , A. Deisting , C. Di Donato , P. Di Gangi , S. Diglio , K. Eitel , S. el Morabit , A. Elykov , A. D. Ferella , C. Ferrari , H. Fischer , T. Flehmke , M. Flierman , D. Fuchs , W. Fulgione , C. Fuselli , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , F. Gao , S. Ghosh , R. Giacomobono , F. Girard , R. Glade-Beucke , L. Grandi , J. Grigat , H. Guan , M. Guida , P. Gyorgy , R. Hammann , A. Higuera , C. Hils , L. Hoetzsch , N. F. Hood , M. Iacovacci , Y. Itow , J. Jakob , F. Joerg , Y. Kaminaga , M. Kara , P. Kavrigin , S. Kazama , P. Kharbanda , M. Kobayashi , D. Koke , K. Kooshkjalali , A. Kopec , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , I. Li , S. Li , S. Liang , Z. Liang , Y. -T. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , K. Liu , M. Liu , J. Loizeau , F. Lombardi , J. Long , J. A. M. Lopes , G. M. Lucchetti , T. Luce , Y. Ma , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Mancuso , L. Manenti , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , K. Martens , J. Masbou , S. Mastroianni , A. Melchiorre , J. Merz , M. Messina , A. Michael , K. Miuchi , A. Molinario , S. Moriyama , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Müller , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , B. Paetsch , Y. Pan , Q. Pellegrini , R. Peres , C. Peters , J. Pienaar , M. Pierre , G. Plante , T. R. Pollmann , L. Principe , J. Qi , J. Qin , D. Ramírez García , M. Rajado , A. Ravindran , A. Razeto , R. Singh , L. Sanchez , J. M. F. dos Santos , I. Sarnoff , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , P. Schulte , H. Schulze Eißing , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , S. Shi , J. Shi , M. Silva , H. Simgen , A. Stevens , C. Szyszka , A. Takeda , Y. Takeuchi , P. -L. Tan , D. Thers , G. Trinchero , C. D. Tunnell , F. Tönnies , K. Valerius , S. Vecchi , S. Vetter , F. I. Villazon Solar , G. Volta , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , V. H. S. Wu , Y. Xing , D. Xu , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , J. Yang , L. Yang , J. Ye , L. Yuan , G. Zavattini , Y. Zhao , M. Zhong