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Can Tonne-Scale Direct Detection Experiments Discover Nuclear Dark Matter?

Models of nuclear dark matter propose that the dark sector contains large composite states consisting of dark nucleons in analogy to Standard Model nuclei. We examine the direct detection phenomenology of a particular class of nuclear dark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-11-01 A. Butcher , R. Kirk , J. Monroe , S. M. West

First Dark Matter Search with Nuclear Recoils from the XENONnT Experiment

We report on the first search for nuclear recoils from dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with the XENONnT experiment which is based on a two-phase time projection chamber with a sensitive liquid xenon…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-08-08 XENON Collaboration , E. Aprile , K. Abe , F. Agostini , S. Ahmed Maouloud , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , J. R. Angevaare , V. C. Antochi , D. Antón Martin , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , A. L. Baxter , M. Bazyk , L. Bellagamba , R. Biondi , A. Bismark , E. J. Brookes , A. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , T. K. Bui , C. Cai , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , A. P. Cimental Chavez , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. J. Cuenca-García , J. P. Cussonneau , V. D'Andrea , M. P. Decowski , P. Di Gangi , S. Di Pede , S. Diglio , K. Eitel , A. Elykov , S. Farrell , A. D. Ferella , C. Ferrari , H. Fischer , M. Flierman , W. Fulgione , C. Fuselli , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , R. Glade-Beucke , L. Grandi , J. Grigat , H. Guan , M. Guida , R. Hammann , A. Higuera , C. Hils , L. Hoetzsch , N. F. Hood , J. Howlett , M. Iacovacci , Y. Itow , J. Jakob , F. Joerg , A. Joy , N. Kato , M. Kara , P. Kavrigin , S. Kazama , M. Kobayashi , G. Koltman , A. Kopec , F. Kuger , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , I. Li , S. Li , S. Liang , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , K. Liu , J. Loizeau , F. Lombardi , J. Long , J. A. M. Lopes , Y. Ma , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Mancuso , L. Manenti , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , K. Martens , J. Masbou , D. Masson , E. Masson , S. Mastroianni , M. Messina , K. Miuchi , K. Mizukoshi , A. Molinario , S. Moriyama , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Müller , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , B. Paetsch , J. Palacio , R. Peres , C. Peters , J. Pienaar , M. Pierre , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , J. Qi , J. Qin , D. Ramírez García , R. Singh , L. Sanchez , J. M. F. dos Santos , I. Sarnoff , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , P. Schulte , H. Schulze Eißing , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , S. Shi , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , A. Takeda , P. -L. Tan , A. Terliuk , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , F. Tönnies , K. Valerius , G. Volta , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , T. Wolf , V. H. S. Wu , Y. Xing , D. Xu , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , L. Yang , J. Ye , L. Yuan , G. Zavattini , M. Zhong , T. Zhu

Lightening Gravity-Mediated Dark Matter

We revisit the scenario of a massive spin-2 particle as the mediator for communicating between dark matter of arbitrary spin and the Standard Model. Taking the general couplings of the spin-2 particle in the effective theory, we discuss the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-08-26 Yoo-Jin Kang , Hyun Min Lee

DaMaSCUS: The Impact of Underground Scatterings on Direct Detection of Light Dark Matter

Conventional dark matter direct detection experiments set stringent constraints on dark matter by looking for elastic scattering events between dark matter particles and nuclei in underground detectors. However these constraints weaken…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-11-21 Timon Emken , Chris Kouvaris

Direct Detection of Dark Matter particles with Long Range Interaction

We study the effect of a long-range DM-nuclei interaction occurring via the exchange of a light mediator. We consider the main direct detection experiments: DAMA, CoGeNT, CRESST, CDMS and XENON100. We find that a long-range force is a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-06-12 Paolo Panci

Constraints on the Blazar-Boosted Dark Matter from the CDEX-10 Experiment

We report new constraints on light dark matter (DM) boosted by blazars using the 205.4 kg day data from the CDEX-10 experiment located at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory. Two representative blazars, TXS 0506+56 and BL Lacertae are…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-04-01 R. Xu , 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 , X. P. Geng , 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 , 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

Introduction of the CDEX experiment

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are the candidates of dark matter in our universe. Up to now any direct interaction of WIMP with nuclei has not been observed yet. The exclusion limits of the spin-independent cross section of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-04-24 Ke-Jun Kang , Jian-Ping Cheng , Jin Li , Yuan-Jing Li , Qian Yue , Yang Bai , Yong Bi , Jian-Ping Chang , Nan Chen , Ning Chen , Qing-Hao Chen , Yun-Hua Chen , Zhi Deng , Qiang Du , Hui Gong , Xi-Qing Hao , Hong-Jian He , Qing-Ju He , Xin-Hui Hu , Han-Xiong Huang , Hao Jiang , Jian-Min Li , Xia Li , Xin-Ying Li , Xue-Qian Li , Yu-Lan Li , Shu-Kui Liu , Ya-Bin Liu , Lan-Chun Lu , Hao Ma , Jian-Qiang Qin , Jie Ren , Jing Ren , Xi-Chao Ruan , Man-Bin Shen , Jian Su , Chang-Jian Tang , Zhen-Yu Tang , Ji-Min Wang , Qing Wang , Xu-Feng Wang , Shi-Yong Wu , Yu-Cheng Wu , Zhong-Zhi Xianyu , Hao-Yang Xing , Xun-Jie Xu , Yin Xu , Tao Xue , Li-Tao Yang , Nan Yi , Hao Yu , Chun-Xu Yu , Xiong-Hui Zeng , Zhi Zeng , Lan Zhang , Guang-Hua Zhang , Ming-Gang Zhao , Su-Ning Zhong , Jin Zhou , Zu-Ying Zhou , Jing-Jun Zhu , Wei-Bin Zhu , Xue-Zhou Zhu , Zhong-Hua Zhu

Limits on Axion Couplings from the first 80-day data of PandaX-II Experiment

We report new searches for the solar axions and galactic axion-like dark matter particles, using the first low-background data from PandaX-II experiment at China Jinping Underground Laboratory, corresponding to a total exposure of about…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-11-08 Changbo Fu , Xiaopeng Zhou , Xun Chen , Yunhua Chen , Xiangyi Cui , Deqing Fang , Karl Giboni , Franco Giuliani , Ke Han , Xingtao Huang , Xiangdong Ji , Yonglin Ju , Siao Lei , Shaoli Li , Huaxuan Liu , Jianglai Liu , Yugang Ma , Yajun Mao , Xiangxiang Ren , Andi Tan , Hongwei Wang , Jimin Wang , Meng Wang , Qiuhong Wang , Siguang Wang , Xuming Wang , Zhou Wang , Shiyong Wu , Mengjiao Xiao , Pengwei Xie , Binbin Yan , Yong Yang , Jianfeng Yue , Hongguang Zhang , Tao Zhang , Li Zhao , Ning Zhou

Search for dark matter produced in association with one or two top quarks in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV

A search is performed for dark matter (DM) produced in association with a single top quark or a pair of top quarks using the data collected with the CMS detector at the LHC from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-08-26 CMS Collaboration

Scattering meets absorption in dark matter detection

Direct detection experiments have started to explore dark matter scattering off electrons and nucleons through light mediators. Mediators with sub-keV masses are efficiently produced in the Sun and can be absorbed in the same detectors that…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-27 Pieter Braat , Anh Vu Phan , Marieke Postma , Susanne Westhoff

First direct detection constraint on mirror dark matter kinetic mixing using LUX 2013 data

We present the results of a direct detection search for mirror dark matter interactions, using data collected from the Large Underground Xenon experiment during 2013, with an exposure of 95 live-days $\times$ 118 kg. Here, the calculations…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-01-08 LUX Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , J. Balajthy , A. Baxter , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , E. M. Boulton , B. Boxer , P. Brás , S. Burdin , D. Byram , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , J. E. Cutter , L. de Viveiros , E. Druszkiewicz , A. Fan , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , C. Ghag , M. G. D. Gilchriese , C. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , D. P. Hogan , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , O. Jahangir , W. Ji , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , E. V. Korolkova , S. Kravitz , V. A. Kudryavtsev , E. Leason , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , J. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , D. M. Mei , M. Moongweluwan , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , A. Naylor , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , A. Nilima , K. O'Sullivan , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , E. K. Pease , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , C. Rhyne , P. Rossiter , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , R. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , W. H. To , M. Tripathi , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , S. Uvarov , A. Vacheret , V. Velan , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , J. Xu , C. Zhang

The unbearable lightness of being: CDMS versus XENON

The CDMS-II collaboration has reported 3 events in a Si detector, which are consistent with being nuclear recoils due to scattering of Galactic dark matter particles with a mass of about 8.6 GeV and a cross-section on neutrons of about 2 x…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-08-05 Mads T. Frandsen , Felix Kahlhoefer , Christopher McCabe , Subir Sarkar , Kai Schmidt-Hoberg

Constraints on inelastic dark matter from the CDEX-1B experiment

We present limits on spin-independent inelastic weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP)-nucleus scattering using the 737.1 kg$\cdot$day dataset from the CDEX-1B experiment. Expected nuclear recoil spectra for various inelastic WIMP…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-01-01 Y. F. Liang , L. T. Yang , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , Y. J. Li , H. P. An , Greeshma C. , J. P. Chang , H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , J. P. Cheng , J. Y. Cui , W. H. Dai , Z. Deng , Y. X. Dong , C. H. Fang , H. Gong , Q. J. Guo , T. Guo , X. Y. Guo , L. He , J. R. He , H. X. Huang , T. C. Huang , S. Karmakar , Y. S. Lan , H. B. Li , H. Y. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , M. C. Li , Q. Y. Li , R. M. J. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. L. Li , B. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. T. Lin , J. X. Liu , R. Z. Liu , S. K. Liu , Y. D. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. Y. Liu , H. Ma , Y. C. Mao , A. Mureed , H. Pan , N. C. Qi , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , M. B. Shen , H. Y. Shi , M. K. Singh , T. X. Sun , W. L. Sun , C. J. Tang , Y. Tian , H. F. Wan , G. F. Wang , J. Z. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Y. X. Wang , H. T. Wong , Y. C. Wu , H. Y. Xing , K. Z. Xiong , R. Xu , Y. Xu , T. Xue , Y. L. Yan , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. J. Yu , X. Yu , M. Zeng , Z. Zeng , F. S. Zhang , P. Zhang , P. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , M. G. Zhao , J. F. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu

Top partners tackling vector dark matter

The WIMP-nucleon scattering cross section in a simple dark matter model and its constraints from the latest direct detection experiment are treated here at the loop level. We consider a scenario with an emerging vector dark matter field…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-11-23 Juan Yepes

First results on low-mass WIMP from the CDEX-1 experiment at the China Jinping underground Laboratory

The China Dark matter Experiment collaboration reports the first experimental limit on WIMP dark matter from 14.6 kg-day of data taken with a 994 g p-type point-contact germanium detector at the China Jinping underground Laboratory where…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-09-17 W. Zhao , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , J. P. Cheng , Y. J. Li , S. T. Lin , Y. Bai , Y. Bi , J. P. Chang , N. Chen , N. Chen , Q. H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , Y. C. Chuang , Z. Deng , C. Du , Q. Du , H. Gong , X. Q. Hao , H. J. He , Q. J. He , X. H. Hu , H. X. Huang , T. R. Huang , H. Jiang , H. B. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , J. Li , X. Li , X. Y. Li , Y. L. Li , H. Y. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. K. Liu , L. C. Lv , H. Ma , S. J. Mao , J. Q. Qin , J. Ren , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , M. B. Shen , L. Singh , M. K. Singh , A. K. Soma , J. Su , C. J. Tang , C. H. Tseng , J. M. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , H. T. Wong , S. Y. Wu , W. Wu , Y. C. Wu , Y. C. Wu , Z. Z. Xianyu , H. Y. Xing , Y. Xu , X. J. Xu , T. Xue , L. T. Yang , S. W. Yang , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. Yu , X. Z. Yu , X. H. Zeng , Z. Zeng , L. Zhang , Y. H. Zhang , M. G. Zhao , S. N. Zhong , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu , W. B. Zhu , X. Z. Zhu , Z. H. Zhu

Cornering pseudoscalar-mediated dark matter with the LHC and cosmology

Models in which dark matter particles communicate with the visible sector through a pseudoscalar mediator are well-motivated both from a theoretical and from a phenomenological standpoint. With direct detection bounds being typically…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-07-25 Shankha Banerjee , Daniele Barducci , Geneviève Bélanger , Benjamin Fuks , Andreas Goudelis , Bryan Zaldivar

Search for Cosmic Ray Electron Boosted Dark Matter with the CDEX-10 Experiment

We present new constraints on the cosmic ray electron boosted light dark matter (CReDM) using the 205.4 kg$\cdot$day data of the CDEX-10 experiment located at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory. The cosmic ray electron spectrum and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-01-14 R. Xu , L. T. Yang , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , Y. J. Li , H. P. An , Greeshma C. , J. P. Chang , H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , J. P. Cheng , J. Y. Cui , W. H. Dai , Z. Deng , Y. X. Dong , C. H. Fang , H. Gong , Q. J. Guo , T. Guo , X. Y. Guo , L. He , J. R. He , H. X. Huang , T. C. Huang , S. Karmakar , Y. S. Lan , H. B. Li , H. Y. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , M. C. 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 , R. Z. Liu , S. K. Liu , Y. D. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. Y. Liu , H. Ma , Y. C. Mao , A. Mureed , H. Pan , N. C. Qi , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , M. B. Shen , H. Y. Shi , M. K. Singh , T. X. Sun , W. L. Sun , C. J. Tang , Y. Tian , H. F. Wan , G. F. Wang , J. Z. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Y. X. Wang , H. T. Wong , Y. C. Wu , H. Y. Xing , K. Z. Xiong , Y. Xu , T. Xue , Y. L. Yan , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. J. Yu , X. Yu , M. Zeng , Z. Zeng , F. S. Zhang , P. Zhang , P. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , M. G. Zhao , J. F. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu

XENON1T Dark Matter Data Analysis: Signal Reconstruction, Calibration and Event Selection

The XENON1T experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso is the most sensitive direct detection experiment for dark matter in the form of weakly interacting particles (WIMPs) with masses above $6\,$GeV/$c^2$ scattering off nuclei.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-11-06 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , L. Althueser , F. D. Amaro , V. C. Antochi , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , L. Bellagamba , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , 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 , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , M. Iacovacci , R. Itay , F. Joerg , S. Kazama , A. Kish , G. Koltman , A. Kopec , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. A. M. Lopes , E. López Fune , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Manfredini , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , D. Masson , S. Mastroianni , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , K. Miller , A. Molinario , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , K. Odgers , B. Pelssers , R. Peres , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , R. Podviianiuk , H. Qiu , D. Ramírez García , S. Reichard , B. Riedel , A. Rizzo , A. Rocchetti , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , N. N. Šarčević , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , C. Therreau , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , N. Upole , M. Vargas , O. Wack , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , J. P. Zopounidis

Search for new physics in final states with a single photon and missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV

A search is conducted for new physics in final states containing a photon and missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV, using the data collected in 2016 by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-03-05 CMS Collaboration

Search for dark matter produced in association with a single top quark or a top quark pair in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV

A search for dark matter produced in association with top quarks in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV is presented. The data set used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb$^{-1}$ recorded with the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-04-02 CMS Collaboration