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Dark Matter-Electron Scattering Search Using Cryogenic Light Detectors

The CSC (cryogenic scintillating calorimeter) technology devoted to rare event searches is reaching the sensitivity level required for the hunt of dark matter-electron scatterings. Dark matter-electron interactions in scintillating targets…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-07-18 V. Zema , P. Figueroa , G. Angloher , M. R. Bharadwaj , T. Frank , M. N. Hughes , M. Kellermann , F. Pröbst , K. Schäffner , K. Shera , M. Stahlberg

Modeling the triple-GEM detector response to background particles for the CMS Experiment

An estimate of environmental background hit rate on triple-GEM chambers is performed using Monte Carlo (MC) simulation and compared to data taken by test chambers installed in the CMS experiment (GE1/1) during Run-2 at the Large Hadron…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-01-05 M. Abbas , M. Abbrescia , H. Abdalla , A. Abdelalim , S. AbuZeid , A. Agapitos , A. Ahmad , A. Ahmed , W. Ahmed , C. Aimè , C. Aruta , I. Asghar , P. Aspell , C. Avila , I. Azhgirey , J. Babbar , Y. Ban , R. Band , S. Bansal , L. Benussi , V. Bhatnagar , M. Bianco , S. Bianco , K. Black , L. Borgonovi , O. Bouhali , A. Braghieri , S. Braibant , S. Butalla , S. Calzaferri , M. Caponero , F. Cassese , A. Castaneda , N. Cavallo , S. S. Chauhan , A. Colaleo , A. Conde Garcia , M. Dalchenko , A. De Iorio , G. De Lentdecker , D. Dell Olio , G. De Robertis , W. Dharmaratna , S. Dildick , B. Dorney , R. Erbacher , F. Fabozzi , F. Fallavollita , A. Ferraro , D. Fiorina , E. Fontanesi , M. Franco , C. Galloni , P. Giacomelli , S. Gigli , J. Gilmore , M. Gola , M. Gruchala , A. Gutierrez , R. Hadjiiska , T. Hakkarainen , J. Hauser , K. Hoepfner , M. Hohlmann , H. Hoorani , T. Huang , P. Iaydjiev , A. Irshad , A. Iorio , F. Ivone , J. Jaramillo , V. Jha , A. Juodagalvis , E. Juska , B. Kailasapathy , T. Kamon , Y. Kang , P. Karchin , A. Kaur , H. Kaur , H. Keller , H. Kim , J. Kim , S. Kim , B. Ko , A. Kumar , S. Kumar , H. Kumawat , N. Lacalamita , J. S. H. Lee , A. Levin , Q. Li , F. Licciulli , L. Lista , K. Liyanage , F. Loddo , M. Luhach , M. Maggi , Y. Maghrbi , N. Majumdar , K. Malagalage , S. Malhotra , S. Mallows , S. Martiradonna , N. Mccoll , C. McLean , J. Merlin , M. Misheva , D. Mishra , G. Mocellin , L. Moureaux , A. Muhammad , S. Muhammad , S. Mukhopadhyay , M. Naimuddin , P. Netrakanti , S. Nuzzo , R. Oliveira , L. Pant , P. Paolucci , I. C. Park , L. Passamonti , G. Passeggio , A. Peck , A. Pellecchia , N. Perera , L. Petre , H. Petrow , D. Piccolo , D. Pierluigi , G. Raffone , M. Rahmani , F. Ramirez , A. Ranieri , G. Rashevski , B. Regnery , M. Ressegotti , C. Riccardi , M. Rodozov , E. Romano , C. Roskas , B. Rossi , P. Rout , D. Roy , J. D. Ruiz , A. Russo , A. Safonov , A. K. Sahota , D. Saltzberg , G. Saviano , A. Shah , A. Sharma , R. Sharma , T. Sheokand , M. Shopova , F. Simone , J. Singh , U. Sonnadara , E. Starling , B. Stone , J. Sturdy , G. Sultanov , Z. Szillasi , D. Teague , D. Teyssier , T. Tuuva , M. Tytgat , I. Vai , N. Vanegas , R. Venditti , P. Verwilligen , W. Vetens , A. K. Virdi , P. Vitulo , A. Wajid , D. Wang , K. Wang , I. J. Watson , N. Wickramage , W. Jang , D. D. C. Wickramarathna , S. Yang , Y. Yang , U. Yang , J. Yongho , I. Yoon , Z. You , I. Yu , S. Zaleski

Geant4 simulation model of electromagnetic processes in oriented crystals for accelerator physics

Electromagnetic processes of charged particles interaction with oriented crystals provide a wide variety of innovative applications such as beam steering, crystal-based extraction/collimation of leptons and hadrons in an accelerator, a…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-07-26 Alexei Sytov , Laura Bandiera , Kihyeon Cho , Soonwook Hwang , Giuseppe Antonio Pablo Cirrone , Luciano Pandola , Susanna Guatelli , Anatoly Rosenfeld , Viktar Haurylavets , Victor Tikhomirov , Vladimir Ivanchenko

QUEST-DMC superfluid $^3$He detector for sub-GeV dark matter

The focus of dark matter searches to date has been on Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) in the GeV/$c^2$-TeV/$c^2$ mass range. The direct, indirect and collider searches in this mass range have been extensive but ultimately…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-03-18 S. Autti , A. Casey , N. Eng , N. Darvishi , P. Franchini , R. P. Haley , P. J. Heikkinen , A. Jennings , A. Kemp , E. Leason , L. V. Levitin , J. Monroe , J. March-Russel , M. T. Noble , J. R. Prance , X. Rojas , T. Salmon , J. Saunders , R. Smith , M. D. Thompson , V. Tsepelin , S. M. West , L. Whitehead , V. V. Zavjalov , D. E. Zmeev

Maximum Likelihood Analysis of Low Energy CDMS II Germanium Data

We report on the results of a search for a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) signal in low-energy data of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS~II) experiment using a maximum likelihood analysis. A background model is constructed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-08 SuperCDMS Collaboration , R. Agnese , A. J. Anderson , D. Balakishiyeva , R. Basu Thakur , D. A. Bauer , J. Billard , A. Borgland , M. A. Bowles , D. Brandt , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , D. G. Cerdeno , H. Chagani , Y. Chen , J. Cooley , B. Cornell , C. H. Crewdson , P. Cushman , M. Daal , P. C. F. Di Stefano , T. Doughty , L. Esteban , S. Fallows , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , M. Fritts , G. L. Godfrey , S. R. Golwala , M. Graham , J. Hall , H. R. Harris , S. A. Hertel , T. Hofer , D. Holmgren , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , A. Jastram , O. Kamaev , B. Kara , M. H. Kelsey , A. Kennedy , M. Kiveni , K. Koch , A. Leder , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , C. Martinez , K. A. McCarthy , N. Mirabolfathi , R. A. Moffatt , D. C. Moore , R. H. Nelson , 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 , H. E. Rogers , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , K. Schneck , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , B. Serfass , B. Shank , D. Speller , S. Upadhyayula , A. N. Villano , B. Welliver , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , J. J. Yen , B. A. Young , J. Zhang

The C-4 Dark Matter Experiment

We describe the experimental design of C-4, an expansion of the CoGeNT dark matter search to four identical detectors each approximately three times the mass of the p-type point contact germanium diode presently taking data at the Soudan…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 R. M. Bonicalzi , J. I. Collar , J. Colaresi , J. E. Fast , N. E. Fields , E. S. Fuller , M. Hai , T. W. Hossbach , M. S. Kos , J. L. Orrell , C. T. Overman , D. J. Reid , B. A. VanDevender , C. Wiseman , K. M. Yocum

TREX-DM: a low background Micromegas-based TPC for low-mass WIMP detection

Dark Matter experiments are recently focusing their detection techniques in low-mass WIMPs, which requires the use of light elements and low energy threshold. In this context, we describe the TREX-DM experiment, a low background…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-06-22 F. J. Iguaz , J. G. Garza , F. Aznar , J. F. Castel , S. Cebrian , T. Dafni , J. A. Garcia , I. G. Irastorza , A. Lagraba , G. Luzon , A. Peiro

Comparative Simulation of CEvNS Recoil Observables in Geant4 Using Germanium, Argon, and Xenon Targets

We present a Geant4-based simulation study of Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CEvNS) for three commonly used detector targets: Germanium, Argon, and Xenon. A custom CEvNS model was implemented, including differential cross…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-10-20 Yusuf Havvat

Convolutional Neural Networks for Direct Detection of Dark Matter

The XENON1T experiment uses a time projection chamber (TPC) with liquid Xenon to search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), a proposed Dark Matter particle, via direct detection. As this experiment relies on capturing rare…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-08-03 Charanjit K. Khosa , Lucy Mars , Joel Richards , Veronica Sanz

Search for Low-Mass Dark Matter with CDMSlite Using a Profile Likelihood Fit

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search low ionization threshold experiment (CDMSlite) searches for interactions between dark matter particles and germanium nuclei in cryogenic detectors. The experiment has achieved a low energy threshold with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-05 SuperCDMS Collaboration , R. Agnese , T. Aralis , T. Aramaki , I. J. Arnquist , E. Azadbakht , W. Baker , S. Banik , D. Barker , D. A. Bauer , T. Binder , M. A. Bowles , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , R. Calkins , R. A. Cameron , C. Cartaro , D. G. Cerdeño , Y. -Y. Chang , J. Cooley , B. Cornell , P. Cushman , F. De Brienne , T. Doughty , E. Fascione , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , C. W. Fink , M. Fritts , G. Gerbier , R. Germond , M. Ghaith , S. R. Golwala , H. R. Harris , N. Herbert , 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 , R. E. Lawrence , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , P. Lukens , D. MacDonell , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , N. Mast , E. Miller , N. Mirabolfathi , B. Mohanty , J. D. Morales Mendoza , J. Nelson , H. Neog , J. L. Orrell , S. M. Oser , W. A. Page , R. Partridge , M. Pepin , F. Ponce , S. Poudel , M. Pyle , H. Qiu , W. Rau , A. Reisetter , R. Ren , T. Reynolds , A. Roberts , A. E. Robinson , H. E. Rogers , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , A. Scarff , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , K. Senapati , B. Serfass , D. Speller , C. Stanford , M. Stein , J. Street , H. A. Tanaka , D. Toback , R. Underwood , A. N. Villano , B. von Krosigk , S. L. Watkins , J. S. Wilson , M. J. Wilson , J. Winchell , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , B. A. Young , X. Zhang , X. Zhao

First Dark Matter Search Results from the XENON1T Experiment

We report the first dark matter search results from XENON1T, a $\sim$2000-kg-target-mass dual-phase (liquid-gas) xenon time projection chamber in operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy and the first ton-scale detector…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-27 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , F. D. Amaro , M. Anthony , F. Arneodo , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , L. Bütikofer , J. Calvén , J. M. R. Cardoso , M. Cervantes , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , P. de Perio , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , S. Diglio , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , R. Gardner , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , R. Itay , 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 , A. Manfredini , I. Mariş , 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 , P. Pakarha , B. Pelssers , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , M. -C. Piro , G. Plante , N. Priel , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , B. Riedel , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , N. Rupp , R. Saldanha , J. M. F. dos Santos , 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 , A. Stein , S. Thapa , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , M. Vargas , N. Upole , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu

Integrating Out Astrophysical Uncertainties

Underground searches for dark matter involve a complicated interplay of particle physics, nuclear physics, atomic physics and astrophysics. We attempt to remove the uncertainties associated with astrophysics by developing the means to map…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-11-04 Patrick J. Fox , Jia Liu , Neal Weiner

MaGe - a Geant4-based Monte Carlo framework for low-background experiments

A Monte Carlo framework, MaGe, has been developed based on the Geant4 simulation toolkit. Its purpose is to simulate physics processes in low-energy and low-background radiation detectors, specifically for the Majorana and Gerda $^{76}$Ge…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2008-02-07 Yuen-Dat Chan , Jason A. Detwiler , Reyco Henning , Victor M. Gehman , Rob A. Johnson , David V. Jordan , Kareem Kazkaz , Markus Knapp , Kevin Kroninger , Daniel Lenz , Jing Liu , Xiang Liu , Michael G. Marino , Akbar Mokhtarani , Luciano Pandola , Alexis G. Schubert , Claudia Tomei

Ultra-Low-Energy Germanium Detector for Neutrino-Nucleus Coherent Scattering and Dark Matter Searches

The status and plans of a research program on the development of ultra-low-energy germanium detectors with sub-keV sensitivities are reported. We survey the scientific goals which include the observation of neutrino-nucleus coherent…

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

Results on sub-GeV Dark Matter from a 10 eV Threshold CRESST-III Silicon Detector

We present limits on the spin-independent interaction cross section of dark matter particles with silicon nuclei, derived from data taken with a cryogenic calorimeter with 0.35 g target mass operated in the CRESST-III experiment. A baseline…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-26 CRESST Collaboration , G. Angloher , S. Banik , G. Benato , A. Bento , A. Bertolini , R. Breier , C. Bucci , J. Burkhart , L. Canonica , A. D'Addabbo , S. Di Lorenzo , L. Einfalt , A. Erb , F. v. Feilitzsch , N. Ferreiro Iachellini , S. Fichtinger , D. Fuchs , A. Fuss , A. Garai , V. M. Ghete , S. Gerster , P. Gorla , P. V. Guillaumon , S. Gupta , D. Hauff , M. Ješkovský , J. Jochum , M. Kaznacheeva , A. Kinast , H. Kluck , H. Kraus , A. Langenkämper , M. Mancuso , L. Marini , L. Meyer , V. Mokina , A. Nilima , M. Olmi , T. Ortmann , C. Pagliarone , L. Pattavina , F. Petricca , W. Potzel , P. Povinec , F. Pröbst , F. Pucci , F. Reindl , J. Rothe , K. Schäffner , J. Schieck , D. Schmiedmayer , S. Schönert , C. Schwertner , M. Stahlberg , L. Stodolsky , C. Strandhagen , R. Strauss , I. Usherov , F. Wagner , M. Willers , V. Zema

Background study for the pn-CCD detector of CERN Axion Solar Telescope

The CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST) experiment searches for axions from the Sun converted into photons with energies up to around 10 keV via the inverse Primakoff effect in the high magnetic field of a superconducting Large Hadron…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Cebrián , A. Rodríguez , M. Kuster , B. Beltrán , J. M. Carmona , H. Gómez , R. Hartmann , I. G. Irastorza , R. Kotthaus , G. Luzón , J. Morales , A. Ortiz de Solórzano , J. Ruz , L. Strüder , J. A. Villar

A study of energy correction for the electron beam data in the BGO ECAL of the DAMPE

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is an orbital experiment aiming at searching for dark matter indirectly by measuring the spectra of photons, electrons and positrons originating from deep space. The BGO electromagnetic calorimeter…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-11 Zhiying Li , Zhiyong Zhang , Yifeng Wei , Chi Wang , Yunlong Zhang , Sicheng Wen , Xiaolian Wang , Zizong Xu , Guangshun Huang

Fast neutron background characterization of the future Ricochet experiment at the ILL research nuclear reactor

The future Ricochet experiment aims at searching for new physics in the electroweak sector by providing a high precision measurement of the Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CENNS) process down to the sub-100 eV nuclear recoil…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-01 C. Augier , G. Baulieu , V. Belov , L. Berge , J. Billard , G. Bres , J. -L. Bret , A. Broniatowski , M. Calvo , A. Cazes , D. Chaize , M. Chapellier , L. Chaplinsky , G. Chemin , R. Chen , J. Colas , M. De Jesus , P. de Marcillac , L. Dumoulin , O. Exshaw , S. Ferriol , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , J. -B. Filippini , J. A. Formaggio , S. Fuard , J. Gascon , A. Giuliani , J. Goupy , C. Goy , C. Guerin , E. Guy , P. Harrington , S. T. Heine , S. A. Hertel , M. Heusch , C. F. Hirjibehedin , Z. Hong , J. -C. Ianigro , Y. Jin , J. P. Johnston , A. Juillard , D. Karaivanov , S. Kazarcev , J. Lamblin , H. Lattaud , M. Li , A. Lubashevskiy , S. Marnieros , D. W. Mayer , J. Minet , D. Misiak , J. -L. Mocellin , A. Monfardini , F. Mounier , W. D. Oliver , E. Olivieri , C. Oriol , P. K. Patel , E. Perbet , H. D. Pinckney , D. Poda , D. Ponomarev , F. Rarbi , J. -S. Real , T. Redon , A. Robert , S. Rozov , I. Rozova , T. Salagnac , V. Sanglard , B. Schmidt , Ye. Shevchik , V. Sibille , T. Soldner , J. Stachurska , A. Stutz , L. Vagneron , W. Van De Pontseele , F. Vezzu , S. Weber , L. Winslow , E. Yakushev , D. Zinatulina

TeV dark matter in the disk

DAMA annual modulation data and, CoGeNT, CDMS-II, EDELWEISS-II, CRESST excesses of events over the expected background are reanalyzed in terms of a dark matter particle signal considering the case of a rotating halo. It is found that DAMA…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-16 Francesco Nozzoli

Likelihood Approach to the First Dark Matter Results from XENON100

Many experiments that aim at the direct detection of Dark Matter are able to distinguish a dominant background from the expected feeble signals, based on some measured discrimination parameter. We develop a statistical model for such…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-10-20 XENON100 Collaboration , E. Aprile , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , A. Askin , L. Baudis , A. Behrens , K. Bokeloh , E. Brown , T. Bruch , J. M. R. Cardoso , B. Choi , D. Cline , E. Duchovni , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , K. -L. Giboni , E. Gross , A. Kish , C. W. Lam , J. Lamblin , R. F. Lang , K. E. Lim , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , Y. Mei , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , G. Plante , A. C. C. Ribeiro , R. Santorelli , J. M. F. dos Santos , M. Schumann , P. Shagin , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , E. Tziaferi , O. Vitells , H. Wang , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer