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Prospects of cold dark matter searches with an ultra-low-energy germanium detector

The report describes the research program on the development of ultra-low-energy germanium detectors, with emphasis on WIMP dark matter searches. A threshold of 100 eV is achieved with a 20 g detector array, providing a unique probe to the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 H. T. Wong

Probing the Dark Matter EFT with QUEST-DMC: Projected Sensitivities and Attenuation Ceilings

This proceedings contribution summarises projected constraints from the QUEST-DMC concept, a surface-based direct-detection experiment using superfluid $^3$He operated below the millikelvin regime and instrumented with nanomechanical…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-03-02 DMC Collaboration , N. Darvishi , S. Autti , L. Bloomfield , A. Casey , N. Eng , P. Franchini , R. P. Haley , P. J. Heikkinen , A. Jennings , A. Kemp , E. Leason , J. March-Russell , A. Mayer , J. Monroe , D. Munstermann , M. T. Noble , J. R. Prance , X. Rojas , T. Salmon , J. Saunders , J. Smirnov , R. Smith , M. D. Thompson , A. Thomson , A. Ting , V. Tsepelin , S. M. West , L. Whitehead , D. E. Zmeev

Search for composite dark matter with optically levitated sensors

Results are reported from a search for a class of composite dark matter models with feeble, long-range interactions with normal matter. We search for impulses arising from passing dark matter particles by monitoring the mechanical motion of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-11-03 Fernando Monteiro , Gadi Afek , Daniel Carney , Gordan Krnjaic , Jiaxiang Wang , David C. Moore

First direct search for light dark matter interactions in a transition-edge sensor

We propose the use of transition-edge sensor (TES) single-photon detectors as a simultaneous target and sensor for direct dark matter searches, and report results from the first search of this kind. We perform a 489 h science run with a TES…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-12-15 Christina Schwemmbauer , Guy Daniel Hadas , Yonit Hochberg , Katharina-Sophie Isleif , Friederike Januschek , Benjamin V. Lehmann , Axel Lindner , Adriana E. Lita , Manuel Meyer , Gulden Othman , Elmeri Rivasto , José Alejandro Rubiera Gimeno

The XENON1T Dark Matter Experiment

The XENON1T experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) is the first WIMP dark matter detector operating with a liquid xenon target mass above the ton-scale. Out of its 3.2t liquid xenon inventory, 2.0t constitute the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-13 XENON Collaboration , E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , F. D. Amaro , M. Anthony , B. Antunes , F. Arneodo , M. Balata , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , A. Breskin , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , L. Bütikofer , J. Calvén , J. M. R. Cardoso , M. Cervantes , A. Chiarini , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , R. Corrieri , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , P. de Perio , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , S. Diglio , J. -M. Disdier , M. Doets , E. Duchovni , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , D. Florin , D. Front , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Geis , K. -L. Giboni , L. W. Goetzke , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , C. Huhmann , R. Itay , A. James , B. Kaminsky , S. Kazama , G. Kessler , A. Kish , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , D. Lellouch , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. A. M. Lopes , R. Maier , A. Manfredini , I. Maris , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Masson , D. Mayani , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , A. Molinario , K. Morå , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , D. Orlandi , R. Othegraven , P. Pakarha , S. Parlati , B. Pelssers , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , M. -C. Piro , G. Plante , N. Priel , D. Ramírez García , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , R. Saldahna , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , M. v. Sivers , M. Stern , A. Stein , D. Tatananni , L. Tatananni , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , N. Upole , M. Vargas , O. Wack , R. Walet , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , C. Wittweg , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang

SENSEI: First Direct-Detection Constraints on sub-GeV Dark Matter from a Surface Run

The Sub-Electron-Noise Skipper CCD Experimental Instrument (SENSEI) uses the recently developed Skipper-CCD technology to search for electron recoils from the interaction of sub-GeV dark matter particles with electrons in silicon. We report…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-09-13 The SENSEI Collaboration , Michael Crisler , Rouven Essig , Juan Estrada , Guillermo Fernandez , Javier Tiffenberg , Miguel Sofo Haro , Tomer Volansky , Tien-Tien Yu

The ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector: instrument design, manufacture and commissioning

We present details of the technical design and manufacture of the ZEPLIN-III dark matter experiment. ZEPLIN-III is a two-phase xenon detector which measures both the scintillation light and the ionisation charge generated in the liquid by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 D. Yu. Akimov , G. J. Alner , H. M. Araujo , A. Bewick , C. Bungau , A. A. Burenkov , M. J. Carson , V. Chepel , D. Cline , D. Davidge , J. C. Davies , E. Daw , J. Dawson , T. Durkin , B. Edwards , T. Gamble , C. Chag , R. J. Hollingworth , A. S. Howard , W. G. Jones , M. Joshi , J. Kirkpatrick , A. Kovalenko , V. A. Kudryavtsev , I. S. Kuznetsov , T. Lawson , V. N. Lebedenko , J. D. Lewin , P. Lightfoot , A. Lindote , I. Liubarsky , M. I. Lopes , R. Luscher , J. E. McMillan , B. Morgan , D. Muna , A. S. Murphy , F. Neves , G. G. Nicklin , S. M. Paling , D. Muna , J. Pinto da Cunha , S. J. S. Plank , R. Preece , J. J. Quenby , M. Robinson , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , N. J. C. Spooner , V. Stekhanov , T. J. Sumner , C. Thorne , D. R. Tovey , E. Tziaferi , R. J. Walker , H. Wang , J. White , F. Wolfs

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

Dark Matter Results from 225 Live Days of XENON100 Data

We report on a search for particle dark matter with the XENON100 experiment, operated at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) for 13 months during 2011 and 2012. XENON100 features an ultra-low electromagnetic background of (5.3…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-21 XENON100 Collaboration , E. Aprile , M. Alfonsi , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , C. Balan , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , A. Behrens , P. Beltrame , K. Bokeloh , E. Brown , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , J. M. R. Cardoso , W. -T. Chen , B. Choi , D. Cline , A. P. Colijn , H. Contreras , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , E. Duchovni , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , W. Fulgione , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Ghag , K. -L. Giboni , L. W. Goetzke , C. Grignon , E. Gross , W. Hampel , F. Kaether , H. Kettling , A. Kish , J. Lamblin , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , M. Le Calloch , C. Levy , K. E. Lim , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , K. Lung , T. Marrodan Undagoitia , F. V. Massoli , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , Y. Meng , A. Molinario , E. Nativ , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , R. Persiani , G. Plante , N. Priel , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , P. R. Scovell , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , O. Vitells , H. Wang , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer

A low-threshold diamond cryogenic detector for sub-GeV Dark Matter searches

In this work we report the realization of the first low-threshold cryogenic detector that uses diamond as absorber for astroparticle physics applications. We tested two 0.175$\,$g CVD diamond samples, each instrumented with a W-TES. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-10-19 A. H. Abdelhameed , G. Angloher , A. Bento , E. Bertoldo , A. Bertolini , L. Canonica , N. Ferreiro Iachellini , D. Fuchs , A. Garai , D. Hauff , A. Nilima , M. Mancuso , F. Petricca , F. Pröbst , F. Pucci , J. Rothe

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

Exothermic Dark Matter

We propose a novel mechanism for dark matter to explain the observed annual modulation signal at DAMA/LIBRA which avoids existing constraints from every other dark matter direct detection experiment including CRESST, CDMS, and XENON10. The…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-10-07 Peter W. Graham , Roni Harnik , Surjeet Rajendran , Prashant Saraswat

Performance of a Large-Volume Cryogenic Pure CsI Detector for CE{\nu}NS and Low-Energy Rare-Event Searches

A cryogenic detector system based on two 3.3 kg high-purity CsI crystals was developed and characterized at approximately 95 K. Each wedge-shaped crystal was coupled to dual-ended 3-inch photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) for scintillation…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-09-23 Chen'guang Su , Lingquan Kong , Qian Liu , Shi Chen , Wenqian Huang , Kimiya Moharrami , Yangheng Zheng , Jin Li

Dark-Photon Search using Data from CRESST-II Phase 2

Identifying the nature and origin of dark matter is one of the major challenges for modern astro and particle physics. Direct dark-matter searches aim at an observation of dark-matter particles interacting within detectors. The focus of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-05-16 G. Angloher , P. Bauer , A. Bento , C. Bucci , L. Canonica , X. Defay , A. Erb , F. v. Feilitzsch , N. Ferreiro Iachellini , P. Gorla , A. Gütlein , D. Hauff , J. Jochum , M. Kiefer , H. Kluck , H. Kraus , J. C. Lanfranchi , J. Loebell , M. Mancuso , A. Münster , C. Pagliarone , F. Petricca , W. Potzel , F. Pröbst , R. Puig , F. Reindl , K. Schäffner , J. Schieck , S. Schönert , W. Seidel , L. Stodolsky , C. Strandhagen , R. Strauss , A. Tanzke , H. H. Trinh Thi , C. Türkoǧlu , M. Uffinger , A. Ulrich , I. Usherov , S. Wawoczny , M. Willers , M. Wüstrich , A. Zöller

Dark biportals at direct detection

We present a study of the constraining power of low-threshold, high-resolution direct-detection experiments for a biportal simplified dark matter model. In the scenario we consider here, dark matter and Standard Model particles interact…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-09-14 Leonie Einfalt , Suchita Kulkarni , Massimiliano Procura , Florian Reindl

Dark Matter EFT Landscape Probed by QUEST-DMC

We present the projected sensitivity to non-relativistic Effective Field Theory (EFT) operators for Dark Matter (DM) direct detection using the QUEST-DMC experiment. QUEST-DMC employs superfluid Helium-3 as a target medium and measures…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-21 DMC Collaboration , N. Darvishi , S. Autti , L. Bloomfield , A. Casey , N. Eng , P. Franchini , R. P. Haley , P. J. Heikkinen , A. Jennings , A. Kemp , E. Leason , J. March-Russell , A. Mayer , J. Monroe , D. Munstermann , M. T. Noble , J. R. Prance , X. Rojas , T. Salmon , J. Saunders , J. Smirnov , R. Smith , M. D. Thompson , A. Thomson , A. Ting , V. Tsepelin , S. M. West , L. Whitehead , D. E. Zmeev

Direct Dark Matter search with the XENON program

We present the most recent results from XENON100, the current phase of the XENON dark matter search program. XENON100 is a dual phase time-projection chamber operated at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) whose ultra-low…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-14 Paolo Beltrame

Direct Dark Matter Searches with CDMS and XENON

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) and XENON experiments aim to directly detect dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) via their elastic scattering on the target nuclei. The experiments use different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kaixuan Ni , Laura Baudis

Dark Matter Search Results from the Complete Exposure of the PICO-60 C$_3$F$_8$ Bubble Chamber

Final results are reported from operation of the PICO-60 C$_3$F$_8$ dark matter detector, a bubble chamber filled with 52 kg of C$_3$F$_8$ located in the SNOLAB underground laboratory. The chamber was operated at thermodynamic thresholds as…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-17 C. Amole , M. Ardid , I. J. Arnquist , D. M. Asner , D. Baxter , E. Behnke , M. Bressler , B. Broerman , G. Cao , C. J. Chen , U. Chowdhury , K. Clark , J. I. Collar , P. S. Cooper , C. B. Coutu , C. Cowles , M. Crisler , G. Crowder , N. A. Cruz-Venegas , C. E. Dahl , M. Das , S. Fallows , J. Farine , I. Felis , R. Filgas , F. Girard , G. Giroux , J. Hall , C. Hardy , O. Harris , T. Hillier , E. W. Hoppe , C. M. Jackson , M. Jin , L. Klopfenstein , C. B. Krauss , M. Laurin , I. Lawson , A. Leblanc , I. Levine , C. Licciardi , W. H. Lippincott , B. Loer , F. Mamedov , P. Mitra , C. Moore , T. Nania , R. Neilson , A. J. Noble , P. Oedekerk , A. Ortega , M. -C. Piro , A. Plante , R. Podviyanuk , S. Priya , A. E. Robinson , S. Sahoo , O. Scallon , S. Seth , A. Sonnenschein , N. Starinski , I. Štekl , T. Sullivan , F. Tardif , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , N. Walkowski , E. Weima , U. Wichoski , K. Wierman , Y. Yan , V. Zacek , J. Zhang

First Limits on Light Dark Matter Interactions in a Low Threshold Two Channel Athermal Phonon Detector from the TESSERACT Collaboration

We present results of a search for spin-independent dark matter-nucleon interactions in a 1 cm$^2$ by 1 mm thick (0.233 gram) high-resolution silicon athermal phonon detector operated above ground. For interactions in the substrate, this…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-04-14 C. L. Chang , Y. -Y. Chang , L. Chaplinsky , C. W. Fink , M. Garcia-Sciveres , W. Guo , S. A. Hertel , X. Li , J. Lin , M. Lisovenko , R. Mahapatra , W. Matava , D. N. McKinsey , V. Novati , P. K. Patel , B. Penning , H. D. Pinckney , M. Platt , M. Pyle , Y. Qi , M. Reed , G. R. C Rischbieter , R. K. Romani , B. Sadoulet , B. Serfass , P. Sorensen , A. Suzuki , V. Velan , G. Wang , Y. Wang , S. L. Watkins , M. R. Williams , J. K. Wuko , T. Aramaki , P. Cushman , N. N. Gite , A. Gupta , M. E. Huber , N. A. Kurinsky , J. S. Mammo , B. von Krosigk , A. J. Mayer , J. Nelson , S. M. Oser , L. Pandey , A. Pradeep , W. Rau , T. Saab