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Influence of NaI background and mass on testing the DAMA modulation

We present here the model dependent and independent sensitivity studies for NaI detectors designed to test the DAMA result, and compare the predicted limits from SABRE with the present performance of both ANAIS and COSINE. We find that the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-12-28 Madeleine J. Zurowski , Elisabetta Barberio

New Limits on Dark Matter from Super-Kamiokande

The signals observed at the direct detection experiments DAMA, CoGeNT and CRESST could be explained by light WIMPs with sizeable spin-independent cross sections with nucleons. The capture and subsequent annihilation of such particles in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-06-21 Rolf Kappl , Martin Wolfgang Winkler

CDMS-II to SuperCDMS: WIMP search at a zeptobarn

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

Present status of IGEX dark matter search at Canfranc Underground Laboratory

One IGEX 76Ge double-beta decay detector is currently operating in the Canfranc Underground Laboratory in a search for dark matter WIMPs, through the Ge nuclear recoil produced by the WIMP elastic scattering. A new exclusion plot has been…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-06-25 I. G. Irastorza , A. Morales , C. E. Aalseth , F. T. Avignone , R. L. Brodzinski , S. Cebrian , E. Garcia , I. V. Kirpichnikov , A. A. Klimenko , H. S. Miley , J. Morales , A. Ortiz de Solorzano , S. B. Osetrov , V. S. Pogosov , J. Puimedon , J. H. Reeves , M. L. Sarsa , A. A. Smolnikov , A. G. Tamanyan , A. A. Vasenko , S. I. Vasiliev , J. A. Villar

Dark matter spin determination with directional direct detection experiments

If the dark matter particle has spin 0, only two types of WIMP-nucleon interaction can arise from the non-relativistic reduction of renormalisable single-mediator models for dark matter-quark interactions. Based on this crucial observation,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-01-17 Riccardo Catena , Jan Conrad , Christian Döring , Alfredo Davide Ferella , Martin B. Krauss

Reconstructing the WIMP Velocity Distribution from Direct Dark Matter Detection Data with a Non-Negligible Threshold Energy

In this paper, we investigate the modification of our expressions developed for the model-independent data analysis procedure of the reconstruction of the (time-averaged) one-dimensional velocity distribution of Galactic Weakly Interacting…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-10 Chung-Lin Shan

Background Determination for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment

The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment recently reported limits on WIMP-nucleus interactions from its initial science run, down to $9.2\times10^{-48}$ cm$^2$ for the spin-independent interaction of a 36 GeV/c$^2$ WIMP at 90% confidence level. In this…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-07-19 J. Aalbers , D. S. Akerib , A. K. Al Musalhi , F. Alder , S. K. Alsum , C. S. Amarasinghe , A. Ames , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , A. Baker , J. Bang , J. W. Bargemann , A. Baxter , K. Beattie , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , G. M. Blockinger , B. Boxer , C. A. J. Brew , P. Brás , S. Burdin , M. Buuck , R. Cabrita , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , A. Chawla , H. Chen , A. P. S. Chiang , N. I. Chott , M. V. Converse , A. Cottle , G. Cox , O. Creaner , C. E. Dahl , A. David , S. Dey , L. de Viveiros , C. Ding , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , S. R. Eriksen , A. Fan , N. M. Fearon , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , E. D. Fraser , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , R. Gibbons , M. G. D. Gilchriese , S. Gokhale , J. Green , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. B. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , S. Han , E. Hartigan-O'Connor , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , G. Heuermann , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , D. Hunt , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , O. Jahangir , R. S. James , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , D. Khaitan , I. Khurana , R. Kirk , D. Kodroff , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , L. Kreczko , B. Krikler , V. A. Kudryavtsev , E. A. Leason , J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , X. Liu , M. I. Lopes , E. Lopez Asamar , B. López Paredes , W. Lorenzon , C. Lu , S. Luitz , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. E. McCarthy , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , E. H. Miller , E. Mizrachi , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. D. Morales Mendoza , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , M. Murdy , A. St. J. Murphy , D. Naim , A. Naylor , C. Nedlik , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , A. Nguyen , J. A. Nikoleyczik , I. Olcina , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , J. Orpwood , K. J. Palladino , J. Palmer , N. Parveen , S. J. Patton , B. Penning , G. Pereira , E. Perry , T. Pershing , A. Piepke , D. Porzio , S. Poudel , Y. Qie , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , H. S. Riyat , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , T. Rushton , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , S. Shaw , T. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , G. Sinev , R. Smith , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Soria , I. Stancu , A. Stevens , K. Stifter , B. Suerfu , T. J. Sumner , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , R. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , D. J. Temples , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , Z. Tong , D. R. Tovey , J. Tranter , M. Trask , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , W. Turner , U. Utku , A. C. Vaitkus , A. Wang , J. J. Wang , W. Wang , Y. Wang , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , T. J. Whitis , M. Williams , F. L. H. Wolfs , S. Woodford , D. Woodward , C. J. Wright , Q. Xia , X. Xiang , J. Xu , M. Yeh

Effects of Residue Background Events in Direct Dark Matter Detection Experiments on the Reconstruction of the Velocity Distribution Function of Halo WIMPs

In our earlier work on the development of a model-independent data analysis method for reconstructing the (moments of the) time-averaged one-dimensional velocity distribution function of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) by using…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-13 Chung-Lin Shan

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

Momentum Dependent Dark Matter Scattering

It is usually assumed that WIMPs interact through spin-independent and spin-dependent interactions. Interactions which carry additional powers of the momentum transfer, q^2, are assumed to be too small to be relevant. In theories with new…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-08-18 Spencer Chang , Aaron Pierce , Neal Weiner

WIMP-nucleon scattering with heavy WIMP effective theory

The discovery of a Standard Model-like Higgs boson and the hitherto absence of evidence for other new states may indicate that if WIMPs comprise cosmological dark matter, they are heavy compared to electroweak scale particles, $M \gg…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-06-06 Richard J. Hill , Mikhail P. Solon

Electron-interacting dark matter: Implications from DAMA/LIBRA-phase2 and prospects for liquid xenon detectors and NaI detectors

We investigate the possibility for the direct detection of low mass (GeV scale) WIMP dark matter in scintillation experiments. Such WIMPs are typically too light to leave appreciable nuclear recoils, but may be detected via their scattering…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-10-09 B. M. Roberts , V. V. Flambaum

Five-Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Data Processing, Sky Maps, and Basic Results

We present new full-sky temperature and polarization maps in five frequency bands from 23 to 94 GHz, based on data from the first five years of the WMAP sky survey. The five-year maps incorporate several improvements in data processing made…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-18 G. Hinshaw , J. L. Weiland , R. S. Hill , N. Odegard , D. Larson , C. L. Bennett , J. Dunkley , B. Gold , M. R. Greason , N. Jarosik , E. Komatsu , M. R. Nolta , L. Page , D. N. Spergel , E. Wollack , M. Halpern , A. Kogut , M. Limon , S. S. Meyer , G. S. Tucker , E. L. Wright

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

A Consistent Dark Matter Interpretation For CoGeNT and DAMA/LIBRA

In this paper, we study the recent excess of low energy events observed by the CoGeNT collaboration and the annual modulation reported by the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration, and discuss whether these signals could both be the result of the same…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-12-24 Dan Hooper , J. I. Collar , Jeter Hall , Dan McKinsey , Chris Kelso

Results on the Spin-Dependent Scattering of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles on Nucleons from the Run 3 Data of the LUX Experiment

We present the first experimental constraints on the spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon elastic cross sections from LUX data acquired in 2013. LUX is a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-05-17 LUX Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , E. M. Boulton , A. Bradley , R. Bramante , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , J. J. Chapman , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , T. J. R. Davison , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , B. N. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , V. M. Gehman , C. Ghag , K. R. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , C. R. Hall , M. Hanhardt , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , D. P. Hogan , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , M. Ihm , R. G. Jacobsen , W. Ji , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , R. Knoche , N. A. Larsen , C. Lee , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , D. C. Malling , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , D. M. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , K. O'Sullivan , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , R. A. Ott , K. J. Palladino , M. Pangilinan , E. K. Pease , P. Phelps , L. Reichhart , C. Rhyne , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , S. Stephenson , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , W. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , W. H. To , M. Tripathi , L. Tvrznikova , S. Uvarov , J. R. Verbus , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , K. Yazdani , S. K. Young , C. Zhang

Global interpretation of direct Dark Matter searches after CDMS-II results

We perform a global fit to data from Dark Matter (DM) direct detection experiments, including the recent CDMS-II results. We discuss possible interpretations of the DAMA annual modulation signal in terms of spin-independent and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-05-28 Joachim Kopp , Thomas Schwetz , Jure Zupan

A potential WIMP signature for the caustic ring halo model

Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) direct detection event rate calculations usually rely on fairly simple, essentially static, analytic halo models. This is largely since the resolution of numerical simulations is not yet large…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-31 Anne M Green

Direct dark matter search by annual modulation with 2.7 years of XMASS-I data

An annual modulation signal due to the Earth orbiting around the Sun would be one of the strongest indications of the direct detection of dark matter. In 2016, we reported a search for dark matter by looking for this annual modulation with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-30 XMASS Collaboration , K. Abe , K. Hiraide , K. Ichimura , Y. Kishimoto , K. Kobayashi , M. Kobayashi , S. Moriyama , M. Nakahata , T. Norita , H. Ogawa , K. Sato , H. Sekiya , O. Takachio , A. Takeda , S. Tasaka , M. Yamashita , B. S. Yang , N. Y. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. Itow , K. Kanzawa , R. Kegasa , K. Masuda , H. Takiya , K. Fushimi , G. Kanzaki , K. Martens , Y. Suzuki , B. D. Xu , R. Fujita , K. Hosokawa , K. Miuchi , N. Oka , Y. Takeuchi , Y. H. Kim , K. B. Lee , M. K. Lee , Y. Fukuda , M. Miyasaka , K. Nishijima , S. Nakamura

Limits on the spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross-sections from the first science run of the ZEPLIN-III experiment

We present new experimental constraints on the WIMP-nucleon spin-dependent elastic cross-sections using data from the first science run of ZEPLIN-III, a two-phase xenon experiment searching for galactic dark matter WIMPs based at the Boulby…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-10-29 V. N. Lebedenko , H. M. Araujo , E. J. Barnes , A. Bewick , R. Cashmore , V. Chepel , D. Davidge , J. Dawson , T. Durkin , B. Edwards , C. Ghag , V. Graffagnino , M. Horn , A. S. Howard , A. J. Hughes , W. G. Jones , M. Joshi , G. E. Kalmus , A. G. Kovalenko , A. Lindote , I. Liubarsky , M. I. Lopes , R. Luscher , K. Lyons , P. Majewski , A. StJ. Murphy , F. Neves , J. Pinto da Cunha , R. Preece , J. J. Quenby , P. R. Scovell , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , V. N. Stekhanov , T. J. Sumner , C. Thorne , R. J. Walker