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Improving ANAIS-112 sensitivity to DAMA/LIBRA signal with machine learning techniques

The DAMA/LIBRA observation of an annual modulation in the detection rate compatible with that expected for dark matter particles from the galactic halo has accumulated evidence for more than twenty years. It is the only hint of a direct…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-06 I. Coarasa , J. Apilluelo , J. Amaré , S. Cebrián , D. Cintas , E. García , M. Martínez , M. A. Oliván , Y. Ortigoza , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , T. Pardo , J. Puimedón , A. Salinas , M. L. Sarsa , P. Villar

DAMA/NaI results

The DAMA/NaI set-up of the DAMA experiment has been operative during seven annual cycles and has investigated several rare processes. In particular, it has been realised in order to investigate the model independent annual modulation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Bernabei , P. Belli , F. Cappella , F. Montecchia , F. Nozzoli , A. Incicchitti , D. Prosperi , R. Cerulli , C. J. Dai , H. H. Kuang , J. M. Ma , Z. P. Ye

First results on dark matter annual modulation from ANAIS-112 experiment

ANAIS is a direct detection dark matter experiment aiming at the testing of the DAMA/LIBRA annual modulation result, which standing for about two decades has neither been confirmed nor ruled out by any other experiment in a model…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-24 J. Amaré , S. Cebrián , I. Coarasa , C. Cuesta , E. García , M. Martínez , M. A. Oliván , Y. Ortigoza , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , J. Puimedón , A. Salinas , M. L. Sarsa , P. Villar , J. A. Villar

ANAIS-112 sensitivity in the search for dark matter annual modulation

The annual modulation measured by the DAMA/LIBRA experiment can be explained by the interaction of dark matter WIMPs in NaI(Tl) scintillator detectors. Other experiments, with different targets or techniques, exclude the region of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-14 I. Coarasa , J. Amaré , S. Cebrián , C. Cuesta , E. García , M. Martínez , M. A. Oliván , Y. Ortigoza , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , J. Puimedón , A. Salinas , M. L. Sarsa , P. Villar , J. A. Villar

Annual modulation of dark matter: The ANAIS-112 case

The annual modulation measured by the DAMA/LIBRA experiment can be explained by the interaction of dark matter WIMPs in NaI(Tl) scintillator detectors. Other experiments, with different targets or techniques, exclude the region of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-25 I. Coarasa , J. Amaré , S. Cebrián , C. Cuesta , E. García , M. Martínez , M. A. Oliván , Y. Ortigoza , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , J. Puimedón , M. L. Sarsa , J. A. Villar , P. Villar

Performance of ANAIS-112 experiment after the first year of data taking

ANAIS is a direct detection dark matter experiment aiming at the study of the annual modulation expected in the interaction rate. It uses same target and technique than DAMA/LIBRA experiment, which reported a highly significant positive…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-27 J. Amaré , S. Cebrián , I. Coarasa , C. Cuesta , E. García , M. Martínez , M. A. Oliván , Y. Ortigoza , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , J. Puimedón , A. Salinas , M. L. Sarsa , P. Villar , J. A. Villar

DAMA/LIBRA-phase2 in WIMP effective models

The DAMA/LIBRA collaboration has recently released updated results from their search for the annual modulation signal expected from Dark Matter (DM) scattering in their NaI detectors. We have fitted the updated DAMA result for the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-07-10 Sunghyun Kang , Stefano Scopel , Gaurav Tomar , Jong-Hyun Yoon

Search for a Dark Matter-Induced Annual Modulation Signal in NaI(Tl) with the COSINE-100 Experiment

We present new constraints on the dark matter-induced annual modulation signal using 1.7 years, of COSINE-100 data with a total exposure of 97.7 kg$\cdot$years. The COSINE-100 experiment, consisting of 106 kg of NaI(Tl) target material, is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-26 100 Collaboration , G. Adhikari , P. Adhikari , E. Barbosa de Souza , N. Carlin , S. Choi , M. Djamal , A. C. Ezeribe , C. Ha , I. S. Hahn , E. J. Jeon , J. H. Jo , H. W. Joo , W. G. Kang , W. Kang , M. Kauer , G. S. Kim , H. Kim , H. J. Kim , K. W. Kim , N. Y. Kim , S. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , Y. J. Ko , V. A. Kudryavtsev , H. S. Lee , J. Lee , J. Y. Lee , M. H. Lee , D. S. Leonard , W. A. Lynch , R. H. Maruyama , F. Mouton , S. L. Olsen , B. J. Park , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , K. S. Park , R. L. C. Pitta , H. Prihtiadi , S. J. Ra , C. Rott , K. A. Shin , A. Scarff , N. J. C. Spooner , W. G. Thompson , L. Yang , G. H. Yu

The DAMA/LIBRA signal: an induced modulation effect?

The persistence of the DAMA/LIBRA (DAMA) modulation over the past two decades has been a source of great contention within the dark matter community. The DAMA collaboration reports a persistent, modulating event rate within their setup of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-03-31 R. S. James , K. Rule , E. Barberio , V. U. Bashu , L. J. Bignell , I. Bolognino , G. Brooks , S. S. Chhun , F. Dastgiri , A. R. Duffy , M. Froehlich , T. M. A. Fruth , G. Fu , G. C. Hill , K. Janssens , S. Kapoor , G. J. Lane , K. T. Leaver , P. McGee , L. J. McKie , P. C. McNamara , J. McKenzie , W. J. D. Melbourne , M. Mews , L. J. Milligan , J. Mould , F. Nuti , F. Scutti , Z. Slavkovska , N. J. Spinks , O. Stanley , A. E. Stuchbery , B. Suerfu , G. N. Taylor , P. Urquijo , A. G. Williams , Y. Xing , Y. Y. Zhong , M. J. Zurowski

Astrophysics independent bounds on the annual modulation of dark matter signals

We show how constraints on the time integrated event rate from a given dark matter (DM) direct detection experiment can be used to set a stringent constraint on the amplitude of the annual modulation signal in another experiment. The method…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-05-30 Juan Herrero-Garcia , Thomas Schwetz , Jure Zupan

Three-year annual modulation search with COSINE-100

COSINE-100 is a direct detection dark matter experiment that aims to test DAMA/LIBRA's claim of dark matter discovery by searching for a dark matter-induced annual modulation signal with NaI(Tl) detectors. We present new constraints on the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-11-01 100 Collaboration , G. Adhikari , E. Barbosa de Souza , N. Carlin , J. J. Choi , S. Choi , A. C. Ezeribe , L. E. França , C. Ha , I. S. Hahn , S. J. Hollick , E. J. Jeon , J. H. Jo , H. W. Joo , W. G. Kang , M. Kauer , H. Kim , H. J. Kim , J. Kim , K. W. Kim , S. H. Kim , S. K. Kim , W. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , Y. J. Ko , H. J. Kwon , D. H. Lee , E. K. Lee , H. Lee , H. S. Lee , H. Y. Lee , I. S. Lee , J. Lee , J. Y. Lee , M. H. Lee , S. H. Lee , S. M. Lee , D. S. Leonard , B. B. Manzato , R. H. Maruyama , R. J. Neal , S. L. Olsen , B. J. Park , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , K. S. Park , S. D. Park , R. L. C. Pitta , H. Prihtiadi , S. J. Ra , C. Rott , K. A. Shin , A. Scarff , N. J. C. Spooner , W. G. Thompson , L. Yang , G. H. Yu

Growth of Ultra-high Purity NaI(Tl) Crystal for Dark Matter Searches

The annual modulation of scintillation event rate observed by the DAMA/LIBRA experiment has been a long-standing controversy in the quest of the direct detection of dark matter. The effort to definitively confirm or refute the annual…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-03-04 Burkhant Suerfu , Masayuki Wada , Winston Peloso , Michael Souza , Frank Calaprice , Joshua Tower , Guido Ciampi

ANAIS: Status and prospects

ANAIS (Annual modulation with NAI Scintillators) experiment aims to look for dark matter annual modulation with 250 kg of ultrapure NaI(Tl) scintillators at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC), in order to confirm the DAMA/LIBRA…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-23 J. Amare , S. Cebrian , C. Cuesta , E. Garcia , C. Ginestra , M. Martinez , M. A. Olivan , Y. Ortigoza , A. Ortiz de Solorzano , C. Pobes , J. Puimedon , M. L. Sarsa , J. A. Villar , P. Villar

Combined Annual Modulation Dark Matter Search with COSINE-100 and ANAIS-112

The annual modulation signal, claimed to be consistent with dark matter as observed by DAMA/LIBRA in a sodium-iodide based detector, has persisted for over two decades. COSINE-100 and ANAIS-112 were designed to test the claim directly using…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-23 N. Carlin , J. Y. Cho , J. J. Choi , S. Choi , A. C. Ezeribe , L. E. França , C. Ha , I. S. Hahn , S. J. Hollick , S. B. Hong , E. J. Jeon , H. W. Joo , W. G. Kang , M. Kauer , B. H. Kim , H. J. Kim , J. Kim , K. W. Kim , S. H. Kim , S. K. Kim , W. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , Y. J. Ko , D. H. Lee , E. K. Lee , H. Lee , H. S. Lee , H. Y. Lee , I. S. Lee , J. Lee , J. Y. Lee , M. H. Lee , S. H. Lee , S. M. Lee , Y. J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , N. T. Luan , V. H. A. Machado , B. B. Manzato , R. H. Maruyama , R. J. Neal , S. L. Olsen , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , J. C. Park , J. S. Park , K. S. Park , K. Park , S. D. Park , R. L. C. Pitta , H. Prihtiadi , S. J. Ra , C. Rott , K. A. Shin , D. F. F. S. Cavalcante , M. K. Son , N. J. C. Spooner , L. T. Truc , L. Yang , G. H. Yu , J. Amaré , J. Apilluelo , S. Cebrián , D. Cintas , I. Coarasa , E. García , M. Martínez , Y. Ortigoza , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , T. Pardo , J. Puimedón , M. L. Sarsa , C. Seoane

Annual modulation results from three-year exposure of ANAIS-112

ANAIS (Annual modulation with NaI Scintillators) is a dark matter direct detection experiment consisting of 112.5 kg of NaI(Tl) detectors in operation at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC), in Spain, since August 2017. ANAIS' goal is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-01 J. Amare , S. Cebrian , D. Cintas , I. Coarasa , E. Garcia , M. Martinez , M. A. Olivan , Y. Ortigoza , A. Ortiz de Solorzano , J. Puimedon , A. Salinas , M. L. Sarsa , P. Villar

COSINUS model-independent sensitivity to the DAMA/LIBRA dark matter signal

COSINUS is a dark matter direct detection experiment using NaI crystals as cryogenic scintillating calorimeters. If no signal is observed, this will constrain the dark matter scattering rate in sodium iodide. We investigate how this…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-09-25 G. Angloher , M. R. Bharadwaj , A. Böhmer , M. Cababie , I. Colantoni , I. Dafinei , N. Di Marco , C. Dittmar , L. Einfalt , F. Ferella , F. Ferroni , S. Fichtinger , A. Filipponi , T. Frank , M. Friedl , Z. Ge , M. Heikinheimo , M. N. Hughes , K. Huitu , M. Kellermann , R. Maji , M. Mancuso , L. Pagnanini , F. Petricca , S. Pirro , F. Pröbst , G. Profeta , A. Puiu , F. Reindl , K. Schäffner , J. Schieck , P. Schreiner , C. Schwertner , K. Shera , M. Stahlberg , A. Stendahl , M. Stukel , C. Tresca , F. Wagner , S. Yue , V. Zema , Y. Zhu , The COSINUS Collaboration

The ANAIS Dark Matter Project: Status and Prospects

The ANAIS (Annual modulation with NaI(Tl) Scintillators) experiment aims at the confirmation of the DAMA/LIBRA positive annual modulation signal using the same target and technique at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC). A first step,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-07 J. Amaré , S. Cebrián , C. Cuesta , E. García , M. Martínez , M. A. Oliván , Y. Ortigoza , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , C. Pobes , J. Puimedón , M. L. Sarsa , J. A. Villar , P. Villar

COSINE-100 Full Dataset Challenges the Annual Modulation Signal of DAMA/LIBRA

For over 25 years, the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration has claimed to observe an annual modulation signal, suggesting the existence of dark matter interactions. However, no experiment employing different target materials has observed a dark matter…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-09-09 N. Carlin , J. Y. Cho , J. J. Choi , S. Choi , A. C. Ezeribe , L. E. Franca , C. Ha , I. S. Hahn , S. J. Hollick , E. J. Jeon , H. W. Joo , W. G. Kang , M. Kauer , B. H. Kim , H. J. Kim , J. Kim , K. W. Kim , S. H. Kim , S. K. Kim , W. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , Y. J. Ko , D. H. Lee , E. K. Lee , H. Lee , H. S. Lee , H. Y. Lee , I. S. Lee , J. Lee , J. Y. Lee , M. H. Lee , S. H. Lee , S. M. Lee , Y. J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , N. T. Luan , V. H. A. Machado , B. B. Manzato , R. H. Maruyama , R. J. Neal , S. L. Olsen , B. J. Park , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , J. C. Park , K. S. Park , S. D. Park , R. L. C. Pitta , H. Prihtiadi , S. J. Ra , C. Rott , K. A. Shin , D. F. F. S. Cavalcante , M. K. Son , N. J. C. Spooner , L. T. Truc , L. Yang , G. H. Yu

Search for an annual modulation of dark-matter signals with a germanium spectrometer at the Sierra Grande Laboratory

Data collected during three years with a germanium spectrometer at the Sierra Grande underground laboratory have been analyzed for distinctive features of annual modulation of the signal induced by WIMP dark matter candidates. The main…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 D. Abriola , F. T. Avignone , R. L. Brodzinski , J. I. Collar , D. E. Di Gregorio , H. A. Farach , E. Garcia , A. O. Gattone , C. K. Guerard , F. Hasenbalg , H. Huck , H. S. Miley , A. Morales , J. Morales , A. Ortiz de Solorzano , J. Puimedon , J. H. Reeves , A. Salinas , M. L. Sarsa , J. A. Villar

Investigating Earth shadowing effect with DAMA/LIBRA-phase1

In the present paper the results obtained in the investigation of possible diurnal effects for low-energy single-hit scintillation events of DAMA/LIBRA-phase1 (1.04 ton $\times$ yr exposure) have been analysed in terms of an effect expected…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-07-03 R. Bernabei , P. Belli , S. d'Angelo , A. Di Marco , F. Montecchia , A. d'Angelo , A. Incicchitti , F. Cappella , V. Caracciolo , R. Cerulli , C. J. Dai , H. L. He , H. H. Kuang , X. H. Ma , X. D. Sheng , R. G. Wang , Z. P. Ye