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Solar and Atmospheric Neutrinos: Limitations for Direct Dark Matter Searches

In experiments for direct dark matter searches, neutrinos coherently scattering off nuclei can produce similar events as Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). To reach sensitivities better than about 10^-10 pb for the elastic WIMP…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-09-24 A. Gütlein , W. Potzel , C. Ciemniak , F. von Feilitzsch , N. Haag , M. Hofmann , C. Isaila , T. Lachenmaier , J. -C. Lanfranchi , L. Oberauer , S. Pfister , S. Roth , M. von Sivers , R. Strauß , A. Zöller

Gaseous time projection chambers for rare event detection: Results from the T-REX project. II. Dark matter

As part of the T-REX project, a number of R&D and prototyping activities have been carried out during the last years to explore the applicability of Micromegas-read gaseous TPCs in rare event searches like double beta decay (DBD), axion…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-05-09 I. G. Irastorza , F. Aznar , J. Castel , S. Cebrián , T. Dafni , J. Galán , J. A. García , J. G. Garza , H. Gómez , D. C. Herrera , F. J. Iguaz , G. Luzón , H. Mirallas , E. Ruiz , L. Seguí , A. Tomás

Background assessment for the TREX Dark Matter experiment

TREX-DM is conceived to look for low-mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using a gas Time Projection Chamber equipped with micromegas readout planes at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory. The detector can hold in the active…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-23 J. Castel , S. Cebrian , I. Coarasa , T. Dafni , J. Galan , F. J. Iguaz , I. G. Irastorza , G. Luzon , H. Mirallas , A. Ortiz de Solorzano , E. Ruiz-Choliz

Lowering the Threshold in the DAMA Dark Matter Search

The DAMA experiment searches for Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter via its expected but rare interactions within the detector, where the interaction rates will modulate throughout the year due to the orbital motion of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Chris Kelso , Pearl Sandick , Christopher Savage

DARWIN: dark matter WIMP search with noble liquids

DARWIN (dark matter wimp search with noble liquids) is a design study for a next-generation, multi-ton dark matter detector in Europe. Liquid argon and/or liquid xenon are the target media for the direct detection of dark matter candidates…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Laura Baudis

WIMP-Search Results from the Second CDMSlite Run

The CDMS low ionization threshold experiment (CDMSlite) uses cryogenic germanium detectors operated at a relatively high bias voltage to amplify the phonon signal in the search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). Results are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-10 SuperCDMS Collaboration , R. Agnese , A. J. Anderson , T. Aramaki , M. Asai , W. Baker , D. Balakishiyeva , D. Barker , R. Basu Thakur , D. A. Bauer , J. Billard , A. Borgland , M. A. Bowles , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , R. Calkins , D. G. Cerdeno , H. Chagani , Y. Chen , J. Cooley , B. Cornell , P. Cushman , M. Daal , P. C. F. Di Stefano , T. Doughty , L. Esteban , S. Fallows , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , M. Ghaith , G. L. Godfrey , S. R. Golwala , J. Hall , H. R. Harris , T. Hofer , D. Holmgren , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , D. Jardin , A. Jastram , O. Kamaev , B. Kara , M. H. Kelsey , A. Kennedy , A. Leder , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , P. Lukens , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , N. Mast , N. Mirabolfathi , R. A. Moffatt , J. D. Morales Mendoza , S. M. Oser , K. Page , W. A. Page , R. Partridge , M. Pepin , A. Phipps , K. Prasad , M. Pyle , H. Qiu , W. Rau , P. Redl , A. Reisetter , Y. Ricci , A. Roberts , H. E. Rogers , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , K. Schneck , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , B. Serfass , B. Shank , D. Speller , D. Toback , R. Underwood , S. Upadhyayula , A. N. Villano , B. Welliver , J. S. Wilson , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , J. J. Yen , B. A. Young , J. Zhang

Light Yield in DarkSide-10: a Prototype Two-phase Liquid Argon TPC for Dark Matter Searches

As part of the DarkSide program of direct dark matter searches using liquid argon TPCs, a prototype detector with an active volume containing 10 kg of liquid argon, DarkSide-10, was built and operated underground in the Gran Sasso National…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 T. Alexander , D. Alton , K. Arisaka , H. O. Back , P. Beltrame , J. Benziger , G. Bonfini , A. Brigatti , J. Brodsky , L. Cadonati , F. Calaprice , A. Candela , H. Cao , P. Cavalcante , A. Chavarria , A. Chepurnov , D. Cline , A. G. Cocco , C. Condon , D. D'Angelo , S. Davini , E. De Haas , A. Derbin , G. Di Pietro , I. Dratchnev , D. Durben , A. Empl , A. Etenko , A. Fan , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiati , S. Gazzana , C. Ghag , C. Ghiano , A. Goretti , L. Grandi , M. Gromov , M. Guan , C. Guo , G. Guray , E. V. Hungerford , Al. Ianni , An. Ianni , A. Kayunov , K. Keeter , C. Kendziora , S. Kidner , V. Kobychev , G. Koh , D. Korablev , G. Korga , E. Shields , P. Li , B. Loer , P. Lombardi , C. Love , L. Ludhova , L. Lukyanchenko , A. Lund , K. Lung , Y. Ma , I. Machulin , J. Maricic , C. J. Martoff , Y. Meng , E. Meroni , P. D. Meyers , T. Mohayai , D. Montanari , M. Montuschi , P. Mosteiro , B. Mount , V. Muratova , A. Nelson , A. Nemtzow , N. Nurakhov , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , M. Pallavicini , E. Pantic , S. Parmeggiano , R. Parsells , N. Pelliccia , L. Perasso , F. Perfetto , L. Pinsky , A. Pocar , S. Pordes , G. Ranucci , A. Razeto , A. Romani , N. Rossi , P. Saggese , R. Saldanha , C. Salvo , W. Sands , M. Seigar , D. Semenov , M. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , S. Sukhotin , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , J. Tatarowicz , G. Testera , A. Teymourian , J. Thompson , E. Unzhakov , R. B. Vogelaar , H. Wang , S. Westerdale , M. Wojcik , A. Wright , J. Xu , C. Yang , S. Zavatarelli , M. Zehfus , W. Zhong , G. Zuzel

Direct Dark Matter Searches

For many working in particle physics and cosmology successful discovery and characterisation of the new particles that most likely explain the non-baryonic cold dark matter, known to comprise the majority of matter in the Universe, would be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 N. J. Spooner

Searching for light WIMPS via their interaction with electrons

In the present work we examine the possibility of detecting light dark matter particles (WIMP) utilizing their possible interactions with the electrons. Employing reasonable theoretical models we evaluate the expected event rates in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-04-11 J. D. Vergados

Projected WIMP Sensitivity of the XENONnT Dark Matter Experiment

XENONnT is a dark matter direct detection experiment, utilizing 5.9 t of instrumented liquid xenon, located at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. In this work, we predict the experimental background and project the sensitivity of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-11-18 The XENON collaboration , E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , L. Althueser , F. D. Amaro , V. C. Antochi , E. Angelino , J. R. Angevaare , F. Arneodo , D. Barge , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , L. Bellagamba , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , B. Cimmino , M. Clark , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , A. Depoian , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , R. Di Stefano , S. Diglio , A. Elykov , G. Eurin , A. D. Ferella , W. Fulgione , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , M. Galloway , F. Gao , L. Grandi , C. Hasterok , C. Hils , K. Hiraide , L. Hoetzsch , J. Howlett , M. Iacovacci , Y. Itow , F. Joerg , N. Kato , S. Kazama , M. Kobayashi , G. Koltman , A. Kopec , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. Long , J. A. M. Lopes , E. López Fune , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Mancuso , L. Manenti , A. Manfredini , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , K. Martens , J. Masbou , D. Masson , S. Mastroianni , M. Messina , K. Miuchi , K. Mizukoshi , A. Molinario , K. Morå , S. Moriyama , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , K. Odgers , J. Palacio , B. Pelssers , R. Peres , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , J. Qin , H. Qiu , D. Ramírez García , S. Reichard , A. Rocchetti , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , N. Šarčević , M. Scheibelhut , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , A. Takeda , C. Therreau , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , K. Valerius , M. Vargas , G. Volta , H. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , J. Ye , G. Zavattini , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , J. P. Zopounidis

Dark Matter Detection Capabilities of a Large Multipurpose Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers are planned to comprise a central role in the future of the U.S. High Energy Physics neutrino program. In particular, this detector technology will form the basis for the 40 kton Deep Underground…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-09-22 Eric Church , Christopher Jackson , Richard Saldanha

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

Direct dark matter searches with the full data set of XMASS-I

Various WIMP dark matter searches using the full data set of XMASS-I, a single-phase liquid xenon detector, are reported in this paper. Stable XMASS-I data taking accumulated a total live time of 1590.9 days between November 20, 2013 and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-02 XMASS Collaboration , K. Abe , K. Hiraide , N. Kato , S. Moriyama , M. Nakahata , K. Sato , H. Sekiya , T. Suzuki , Y. Suzuki , A. Takeda , B. S. Yang , N. Y. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , Y. Itow , K. Martens , A. Mason , M. Yamashita , K. Miuchi , Y. Takeuchi , K. B. Lee , M. K. Lee , Y. Fukuda , H. Ogawa , K. Ichimura , Y. Kishimoto , K. Nishijima , K. Fushimi , B. D. Xu , K. Kobayashi , S. Nakamura

First Dark Matter Search Results from a Surface Run of the 10-L DMTPC Directional Dark Matter Detector

The Dark Matter Time Projection Chamber (DMTPC) is a low pressure (75 Torr CF4) 10 liter detector capable of measuring the vector direction of nuclear recoils with the goal of directional dark matter detection. In this paper we present the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-06-27 S. Ahlen , J. B. R. Battat , T. Caldwell , C. Deaconu , D. Dujmic , W. Fedus , P. Fisher , F. Golub , S. Henderson , A. Inglis , A. Kaboth , G. Kohse , R. Lanza , A. Lee , J. Lopez , J. Monroe , T. Sahin , G. Sciolla , N. Skvorodnev , H. Tomita , H. Wellenstein , I. Wolfe , R. Yamamoto , H. Yegoryan

Search for Ultraheavy Dark Matter from Observations of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies with VERITAS

Dark matter is a key piece of the current cosmological scenario, with weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) a leading dark matter candidate. WIMPs have not been detected in their conventional parameter space (100 GeV $\lesssim…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-29 A. Acharyya , A. Archer , P. Bangale , J. T. Bartkoske , P. Batista , M. Baumgart , W. Benbow , J. H. Buckley , A. Falcone , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , G. M. Foote , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , G. Gallagher , W. F. Hanlon , O. Hervet , J. Hoang , J. Holder , T. B. Humensky , W. Jin , P. Kaaret , M. Kertzman , M. Kherlakian , D. Kieda , T. K. Kleiner , N. Korzoun , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , M. Lundy , G. Maier , C. E McGrath , P. Moriarty , S. O'Brien , R. A. Ong , K. Pfrang , M. Pohl , E. Pueschel , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , E. Roache , N. L. Rodd , J. L. Ryan , I. Sadeh , L. Saha , M. Santander , G. H. Sembroski , R. Shang , M. Splettstoesser , D. Tak , J. V. Tucci , V. V. Vassiliev , D. A. Williams

The XENON1T Dark Matter Search Experiment

The worldwide race towards direct dark matter detection in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) has been dramatically accelerated by the remarkable progress and evolution of liquid xenon time projection chambers…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-28 Elena Aprile , XENON1T collaboration

A Precision Search for WIMPs with Charged Cosmic Rays

AMS-02 has reached the sensitivity to probe canonical thermal WIMPs by their annihilation into antiprotons. Due to the high precision of the data, uncertainties in the astrophysical background have become the most limiting factor for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-14 Annika Reinert , Martin Wolfgang Winkler

Direct Dark Matter Detection - A spin 3/2 WIMP candidate

We consider a Dark Matter candidate particle of spin 3/2 with neutrino-like Standard Model strength interactions. In the Majorana case, the particle can account for all of the Dark Matter for a range of masses between 70-160 GeV, depending…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-04-02 Konstantin G. Savvidy , J. D. Vergados

Limits on light WIMPs with a 1 kg-scale germanium detector at 160 eVee physics threshold at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory

We report results of a search for light weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter from the CDEX-1 experiment at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL). Constraints on WIMP-nucleon spin-independent (SI) and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-06-27 L. T. Yang , H. B. Li , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , J. P. Cheng , Y. J. Li , H. T. Wong , M. Aǧartioǧlu , H. P. An , J. P. Chang , J. H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , Z. Deng , Q. Du , H. Gong , L. He , J. W. Hu , Q. D. Hu , H. X. Huang , L. P. Jia , H. Jiang , H. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , X. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. L. Li , F. K. Lin , S. T. Lin , S. K. Liu , Z. Z. Liu , H. Ma , J. L. Ma , H. Pan , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , B. Sevda , V. Sharma , M. B. Shen , L. Singh , M. K. Singh , C. J. Tang , W. Y. Tang , Y. Tian , J. M. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. Wang , S. Y. Wu , Y. C. Wu , H. Y. Xing , Y. Xu , T. Xue , S. W. Yang , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. J. Yu , J. F. Yue , X. H. Zeng , M. Zeng , Z. Zeng , Y. H. Zhang , M. G. Zhao , W. Zhao , J. F. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu , Z. H. Zhu

An Introduction to Dark Matter Direct Detection Searches & Techniques

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), are a leading candidate for the dark matter that is observed to constitute ~25% of the total mass-energy density of the Universe. The direct detection of relic WIMPs (those produced during the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-08-23 Tarek Saab