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DarkSide-50 achieved leading WIMP limits down to 1.2 GeV/c2 with an ionization-only analysis, despite its small active mass of 46 kg compared to multi-ton noble-liquid detectors. Accurate modelling of the nuclear-recoil ionization yield…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-01-28 Davide Franco

The current state searches for dark matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using both direct and indirect techniques is reviewed. Advances in recent years by various direct search experiments, utilising…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. J. C. Spooner , V. A. Kudryavtsev

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

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 T. Bruch

Two germanium detectors are currently operating in the Canfranc Underground Laboratory at 2450 m.w.e looking for WIMP dark matter. One is a 2 kg 76Ge IGEX detector (RG-2) which has an energy threshold of 4 keV and a low-energy background…

The XENON10 experiment at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory uses a 15 kg xenon dual phase time projection chamber (XeTPC) to search for dark matter weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). The detector measures simultaneously the…

The LUX collaboration new results advance the search for dark matter candidate particles in the 4 GeV/c^2 and higher mass range, with a maximal spin-independent 90% C.L. limit of 2 x 10^-46 cm^2 at 50 GeV/c^2 for its 332 live-day run,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 M. Szydagis

The EDELWEISS-II collaboration has performed a direct search for WIMP dark matter with an array of ten 400-g heat-and-ionization cryogenic detectors equipped with Inter-Digit electrodes for the rejection of near-surface events. Results from…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-06-09 Torrento-Coello , A. S

The purpose of this document is to describe the upgrade of the CRESST dark matter search at LNGS. The proposed strategy will allow to explore a region of the parameter space for spin-independent WIMP-nucleon elastic scattering corresponding…

NEWAGE is a direction-sensitive dark matter search using a low-pressure gaseous time projection chamber. A low alpha-ray emission rate micro pixel chamber had been developed in order to reduce background for dark matter search. We conducted…

We present here a search for WIMP dark matter using 790.8 live-days of data collected with 3269 kg of liquid argon (1266 kg fiducial) by the DEAP-3600 detector at SNOLAB, using the Profile Likelihood Ratio method. The likelihood model is…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-03-17 DEAP Collaboration , P. Adhikari , R. Ajaj , M. Alpízar-Venegas , P. -A. Amaudruz , J. Anstey , D. J. Auty , M. Baldwin , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , A. Bigentini , C. E. Bina , W. Bonivento , M. G. Boulay , J. F. Bueno , P. M. Burghardt , A. Butcher , M. Cadeddu , B. Cai , M. Cárdenas-Montes , S. Cavuoti , Y. Chen , S. Choudhary , B. T. Cleveland , R. Crampton , S. Daugherty , P. DelGobbo , P. Di Stefano , G. Dolganov , L. Doria , F. A. Duncan , M. Dunford , E. Ellingwood , A. Erlandson , S. S. Farahani , N. Fatemighomi , G. Fiorillo , R. J. Ford , D. Gahan , D. Gallacher , A. Garai , P. García Abia , S. Garg , P. Giampa , A. Giménez-Alcázar , D. Goeldi , P. Gorel , K. Graham , A. Grobov , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , S. Haskins , J. Hu , J. Hucker , D. Huff , T. Hugues , A. Ilyasov , B. Jigmeddorj , C. J. Jillings , A. Joy , G. Kaur , A. Kemp , M. Khoshraftar Yazdi , M. Kuźniak , F. La Zia , M. Lai , S. Langrock , B. Lehnert , J. LePage-Bourbonnais , M. Lissia , L. Luzzi , I. Machulin , P. Majewski , A. Maru , J. Mason , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , J. B. McLaughlin , C. Mielnichuk , L. Mirasola , A. Moharana , J. Monroe , A. Murray , M. Needs , C. Ng , G. Oliviéro , M. Olszewski , S. Pal , D. Papi , B. Park , M. Perry , V. Pesudo , T. R. Pollmann , F. Rad , C. Rethmeier , F. Retière , I. Rodríguez García , L. Roszkowski , R. Santorelli , F. G. Schuckman , N. Seeburn , S. Seth , V. Shalamova , P. Skensved , T. Smirnova , N. J. T. Smith , K. Sobotkiewich , T. Sonley , J. Sosiak , J. Soukup , R. Stainforth , M. Stringer , J. Tang , P. Taylor , R. Turcotte-Tardif , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , G. Vera Díaz , S. Viel , B. Vyas , M. Walczak , J. Walding , M. Ward , S. Westerdale , R. Wormington , A. Zuñiga-Reyes

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

The physics potential of EDELWEISS detectors for the search of low-mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) is studied. Using a data-driven background model, projected exclusion limits are computed using frequentist and…

Building on the successful experience in operating the DarkSide-50 detector, the DarkSide Collaboration is going to construct DarkSide-20k, a direct WIMP search detector using a two-phase Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-09 C. E. Aalseth , F. Acerbi , P. Agnes , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. Alici , A. K. Alton , P. Antonioli , S. Arcelli , R. Ardito , I. J. Arnquist , D. M. Asner , M. Ave , H. O. Back , A. I. Barrado Olmedo , G. Batignani , E. Bertoldo , S. Bettarini , M. G. Bisogni , V. Bocci , A. Bondar , G. Bonfini , W. Bonivento , M. Bossa , B. Bottino , M. Boulay , R. Bunker , S. Bussino , A. Buzulutskov , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , A. Caminata , N. Canci , A. Candela , C. Cantini , M. Caravati , M. Cariello , M. Carlini , M. Carpinelli , A. Castellani , S. Catalanotti , V. Cataudella , P. Cavalcante , S. Cavuoti , R. Cereseto , A. Chepurnov , C. Cicalò , L. Cifarelli , M. Citterio , A. G. Cocco , M. Colocci , S. Corgiolu , G. Covone , P. Crivelli , I. D'Antone , M. D'Incecco , D. D'Urso , M. D. Da Rocha Rolo , M. Daniel , S. Davini , A. de Candia , S. De Cecco , M. De Deo , G. De Filippis , G. De Guido , G. De Rosa , G. Dellacasa , M. Della Valle , P. Demontis , A. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Eusanio , G. Di Pietro , C. Dionisi , A. Dolgov , I. Dormia , S. Dussoni , A. Empl , M. Fernandez Diaz , A. Ferri , C. Filip , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , D. Franco , G. E. Froudakis , F. Gabriele , A. Gabrieli , C. Galbiati , P. Garcia Abia , A. Gendotti , A. Ghisi , S. Giagu , P. Giampa , G. Gibertoni , C. Giganti , M. A. Giorgi , G. K. Giovanetti , M. L. Gligan , A. Gola , O. Gorchakov , A. M. Goretti , F. Granato , M. Grassi , J. W. Grate , G. Y. Grigoriev , M. Gromov , M. Guan , M. B. B. Guerra , M. Guerzoni , M. Gulino , R. K. Haaland , A. Hallin , B. Harrop , E. W. Hoppe , S. Horikawa , B. Hosseini , D. Hughes , P. Humble , E. V. Hungerford , An. Ianni , C. Jillings , T. N. Johnson , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , S. Kim , G. Koh , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , M. Kuss , M. Kuźniak , B. Lehnert , X. Li , M. Lissia , G. U. Lodi , B. Loer , G. Longo , P. Loverre , R. Lussana , L. Luzzi , Y. Ma , A. A. Machado , I. N. Machulin , A. Mandarano , L. Mapelli , M. Marcante , A. Margotti , S. M. Mari , M. Mariani , J. Maricic , C. J. Martoff , M. Mascia , M. Mayer , A. B. McDonald , A. Messina , P. D. Meyers , R. Milincic , A. Moggi , S. Moioli , J. Monroe , A. Monte , M. Morrocchi , B. J. Mount , W. Mu , V. N. Muratova , S. Murphy , P. Musico , R. Nania , A. Navrer Agasson , I. Nikulin , V. Nosov , A. O. Nozdrina , N. N. Nurakhov , A. Oleinik , V. Oleynikov , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , S. Palmas , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , G. Paternoster , V. Pavletcov , F. Pazzona , S. Peeters , K. Pelczar , L. A. Pellegrini , N. Pelliccia , F. Perotti , R. Perruzza , V. Pesudo Fortes , C. Piemonte , F. Pilo , A. Pocar , T. Pollmann , D. Portaluppi , D. A. Pugachev , H. Qian , B. Radics , F. Raffaelli , F. Ragusa , M. Razeti , A. Razeto , V. Regazzoni , C. Regenfus , B. Reinhold , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , F. Retière , Q. Riffard , A. Rivetti , S. Rizzardini , A. Romani , L. Romero , B. Rossi , N. Rossi , A. Rubbia , D. Sablone , P. Salatino , O. Samoylov , E. Sánchez García , W. Sands , M. Sant , R. Santorelli , C. Savarese , E. Scapparone , B. Schlitzer , G. Scioli , E. Segreto , A. Seifert , D. A. Semenov , A. Shchagin , L. Shekhtman , E. Shemyakina , A. Sheshukov , M. Simeone , P. N. Singh , P. Skensved , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , G. Sobrero , A. Sokolov , A. Sotnikov , F. Speziale , R. Stainforth , C. Stanford , G. B. Suffritti , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , A. Tosi , P. Trinchese , E. V. Unzhakov , A. Vacca , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , M. Verducci , T. Viant , F. Villa , A. Vishneva , B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , J. Wahl , J. Walding , S. Walker , H. Wang , Y. Wang , A. W. Watson , S. Westerdale , R. Williams , M. M. Wojcik , S. Wu , X. Xiang , X. Xiao , C. Yang , Z. Ye , A. Yllera de Llano , F. Zappa , G. Zappalà , C. Zhu , A. Zichichi , M. Zullo , A. Zullo

We report results from a blind analysis of the final data taken with the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment (CDMS II) at the Soudan Underground Laboratory, Minnesota, USA. A total raw exposure of 612 kg-days was analyzed for this work.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 The CDMS Collaboration , Z. Ahmed

We report results from a reanalysis of data from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) experiment at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. Data taken between October 2006 and September 2008 using eight germanium detectors are reanalyzed…

We report the first search for nuclear ultra-heavy dark matter (UHDM) in a dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber using the DarkSide-50 experiment. Unlike conventional weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), nuclear UHDM…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-02-11 P. Agnes , I. F. 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 , M. D. Campos , N. Canci , M. Caravati , N. Cargioli , M. Cariello , M. Carlini , P. Cavalcante , S. Chashin , A. Chepurnov , D. D'Angelo , S. Davini , S. De Cecco , A. V. Derbin , M. D'Incecco , C. Dionisi , F. Dordei , M. Downing , M. Fairbairn , G. Fiorillo , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiati , C. Ghiano , C. Giganti , G. K. Giovanetti , V. Goicoechea Casanueva , A. M. Goretti , G. Grilli di Cortona , A. Grobov , M. Gromov , M. Guam , M. Gulino , B. R. Hackett , K. Herner , T. Hessel , F. Hubaut , E. V. Hungerford , A. Ianni , V. Ippolito , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , M. Kimura , I. Kochanek , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , J. Kumar , M. Kuss , M. La Commara , M. Lai , X. Li , M. Lissia , O. Lychagina , I. N. Machulin , L. P. Mapelli , S. M. Mari , J. Maricic , A. Messina , R. Milincic , J. Monroe , M. Morrocchi , 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 , A. Pocar , M. Poehlmann , S. Pordes , S. S. Poudel , P. Pralavorio , D. Price , F. Ragusa , M. Razeti , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , A. Romani , D. Sablone , O. Samoylov , S. Sanfilippo , 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

We report on a dark matter search for a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) in the mass range $m_\chi \in [4, 30]\,\mathrm{GeV}/c^2$ with the EDELWEISS-III experiment. A 2D profile likelihood analysis is performed on data from eight…

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…

Experimental efforts of the last decades have been unsuccessful in detecting WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) in the 10-to-10$^4$ GeV/$c^2$ range, thus motivating the search for lighter dark matter. The DAMIC (DArk Matter In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-05 Michelangelo Traina