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Results from the XENON100 Dark Matter Search Experiment

XENON100 is a liquid xenon time projection chamber built to search for rare collisions of hypothetical, weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), which are candidates for the dark matter in our universe, with xenon atoms. Operated in a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Laura Baudis

First Results of the EDELWEISS WIMP Search using a 320 g Heat-and-Ionization Ge Detector

The EDELWEISS collaboration has performed a direct search for WIMP dark matter using a 320 g heat-and-ionization cryogenic Ge detector operated in a low-background environment in the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane. No nuclear recoils are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-28 A. Benoit , L. Berge , A. Broniatowski , B. Chambon , M. Chapellier , G. Chardin , P. Charvin , M. De Jesus , P. Di Stefano , D. Drain , L. Dumoulin , J. Gascon , G. Gerbier , C. Goldbach , M. Goyot , M. Gros , J. P. Hadjout , A. Juillard , A. de Lesquen , M. Loidl , J. Mallet , S. Marnieros , O. Martineau , N. Mirabolfathi , L. Mosca , L. Miramonti , X. -F. Navick , G. Nollez , P. Pari , M. Stern , L. Vagneron

LUX likelihood and limits on spin-independent and spin-dependent WIMP couplings with LUXCalc

We present LUXCalc, a new utility for calculating likelihoods and deriving WIMP-nucleon coupling limits from the recent results of the LUX direct search dark matter experiment. After a brief review of WIMP-nucleon scattering, we derive LUX…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-12-02 Christopher Savage , Andre Scaffidi , Martin White , Anthony G. Williams

The MiniCLEAN Dark Matter Experiment

The MiniCLEAN dark matter experiment will exploit a single-phase liquid-argon detector instrumented with photomultiplier tubes submerged in the cryogen with nearly 4pi coverage of a 500 kg (150 kg) target (fiducial) mass. The high light…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-10-06 Andrew Hime

The EDELWEISS Experiment : Status and Outlook

The EDELWEISS Dark Matter search uses low-temperature Ge detectors with heat and ionisation read- out to identify nuclear recoils induced by elastic collisions with WIMPs from the galactic halo. Results from the operation of 70 g and 320 g…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Gascon , A. Benoit , A. Bonnevaux , L. Berge , A. Broniatowski , B. Chambon , M. Chapellier , G. Chardin , P. Charvin , P. Cluzel , M. De Jesus , P. Di Stefano , D. Drain , L. Dumoulin , G. Gerbier , C. Goldbach , M. Goyot , M. Gros , J. P. Hadjout S. Herve , A. Juillard , A. de Lesquen , M. Loidl , J. Mallet , S. Marnieros , O. Martineau , N. Mirabolfathi , L. Miramonti , L. Mosca , X. -F. Navick , G. Nollez , P. Pari , C. Pastor , E. Simon , M. Stern , L. Vagneron , Jules Gascon

Critical revision of the ZEPLIN-I sensitivity to WIMP interactions

The ZEPLIN collaboration has recently published its first result presenting a maximum sensitivity of $1.1 \times 10^{-6}$ picobarn for a WIMP mass of $\approx$ 60 GeV. The analysis is based on a discrimination method using the different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Benoit , M. Chapellier , G. Chardin , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , J. Gascon , G. Gerbier , C. Goldbach , J. Jochum , A. de Lesquen , G. Nollez , F. Proebst , W. Seidel

Introduction of the CDEX experiment

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are the candidates of dark matter in our universe. Up to now any direct interaction of WIMP with nuclei has not been observed yet. The exclusion limits of the spin-independent cross section of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-04-24 Ke-Jun Kang , Jian-Ping Cheng , Jin Li , Yuan-Jing Li , Qian Yue , Yang Bai , Yong Bi , Jian-Ping Chang , Nan Chen , Ning Chen , Qing-Hao Chen , Yun-Hua Chen , Zhi Deng , Qiang Du , Hui Gong , Xi-Qing Hao , Hong-Jian He , Qing-Ju He , Xin-Hui Hu , Han-Xiong Huang , Hao Jiang , Jian-Min Li , Xia Li , Xin-Ying Li , Xue-Qian Li , Yu-Lan Li , Shu-Kui Liu , Ya-Bin Liu , Lan-Chun Lu , Hao Ma , Jian-Qiang Qin , Jie Ren , Jing Ren , Xi-Chao Ruan , Man-Bin Shen , Jian Su , Chang-Jian Tang , Zhen-Yu Tang , Ji-Min Wang , Qing Wang , Xu-Feng Wang , Shi-Yong Wu , Yu-Cheng Wu , Zhong-Zhi Xianyu , Hao-Yang Xing , Xun-Jie Xu , Yin Xu , Tao Xue , Li-Tao Yang , Nan Yi , Hao Yu , Chun-Xu Yu , Xiong-Hui Zeng , Zhi Zeng , Lan Zhang , Guang-Hua Zhang , Ming-Gang Zhao , Su-Ning Zhong , Jin Zhou , Zu-Ying Zhou , Jing-Jun Zhu , Wei-Bin Zhu , Xue-Zhou Zhu , Zhong-Hua Zhu

First results from the LUX dark matter experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment, a dual-phase xenon time-projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (Lead, South Dakota), was cooled and filled in February 2013. We report results of the first…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-12 LUX Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , H. M. Araujo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , S. Bedikian , E. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bolozdynya , A. Bradley , D. Byram , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , J. J. Chapman , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , K. Clark , T. Coffey , A. Currie , A. Curioni , S. Dazeley , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , J. Dobson , E. M. Dragowsky , E. Druszkiewicz , B. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , C. Flores , R. J. Gaitskell , V. M. Gehman , C. Ghag , K. R. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , C. Hall , M. Hanhardt , S. A. Hertel , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , M. Ihm , R. G. Jacobsen , L. Kastens , K. Kazkaz , R. Knoche , S. Kyre , R. Lander , N. A. Larsen , C. Lee , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Lyashenko , D. C. Malling , R. Mannino , D. N. McKinsey , D. -M. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , J. Morad , M. Morii , A. St. J. Murphy , C. Nehrkorn , H. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikkel , R. A. Ott , M. Pangilinan , P. D. Parker , E. K. Pease , K. Pech , P. Phelps , L. Reichhart , T. Shutt , C. Silva , W. Skulski , C. J. Sofka , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , T. Stiegler , K. O`Sullivan , T. J. Sumner , R. Svoboda , M. Sweany , M. Szydagis , D. Taylor , B. Tennyson , D. R. Tiedt , M. Tripathi , S. Uvarov , J. R. Verbus , N. Walsh , R. Webb , J. T. White , D. White , M. S. Witherell , M. Wlasenko , F. L. H. Wolfs , M. Woods , C. Zhang

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

First Constraints on WIMP-Nucleon Effective Field Theory Couplings in an Extended Energy Region From LUX-ZEPLIN

Following the first science results of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating from the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA, we report the initial limits on a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-05-17 LZ Collaboration , J. Aalbers , D. S. Akerib , A. K. Al Musalhi , F. Alder , C. S. Amarasinghe , A. Ames , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , A. Baker , S. Balashov , J. Bang , J. W. Bargemann , A. Baxter , K. Beattie , T. Benson , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , E. Bishop , G. M. Blockinger , B. Boxer , C. A. J. Brew , P. Brás , S. Burdin , M. Buuck , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Carter , A. Chawla , H. Chen , J. J. Cherwinka , N. I. Chott , M. V. Converse , A. Cottle , G. Cox , D. Curran , C. E. Dahl , A. David , J. Delgaudio , 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. M. A. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , A. Geffre , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , R. Gibbons , S. Gokhale , J. Green , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. R. Hall , S. Han , E. Hartigan-O'Connor , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , G. Heuermann , G. J. Homenides , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , D. Hunt , C. M. Ignarra , E. Jacquet , R. S. James , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , I. Khurana , J. Kim , J. Kingston , R. Kirk , D. Kodroff , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , L. Kreczko , B. Krikler , V. A. Kudryavtsev , J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , M. I. Lopes , E. Lopez Asamar , W. Lorenzon , C. Lu , S. Luitz , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , C. Maupin , M. E. McCarthy , G. McDowell , 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 , 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. Pannifer , N. Parveen , S. J. Patton , B. Penning , G. Pereira , E. Perry , T. Pershing , A. Piepke , Y. Qie , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , H. S. Riyat , R. Rosero , T. Rushton , D. Rynders , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , S. Shaw , T. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , G. Sinev , R. Smith , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Soria , I. Stancu , A. Stevens , K. Stifter , B. Suerfu , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , W. C. Taylor , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , Z. Tong , D. R. Tovey , J. Tranter , M. Trask , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , W. Turner , A. Vacheret , A. C. Vaitkus , V. Velan , A. Wang , J. J. Wang , Y. Wang , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , L. Weeldreyer , T. J. Whitis , M. Williams , W. J. Wisniewski , F. L. H. Wolfs , S. Woodford , D. Woodward , C. J. Wright , Q. Xia , X. Xiang , J. Xu , M. Yeh , E. A. Zweig

Dark Matter Search in the EDELWEISS experiment

The EDELWEISS Dark Matter Search uses low-temperature Ge detectors with heat and ionisation read-out to identify nuclear recoils induced by elastic collisions with WIMPs from the galactic halo. Preliminary results obtained with 320g…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 A. Juillard , A. Benoit , L. Berge , A. Bonnevaux , R. Bouvier , A. Broniatowski , B. Chambon , M. Chapellier , G. Chardin , P. Charvin , P. Cluzel , M. De Jesus , P. Di Stefano , D. Drain , L. Dumoulin , J. Gascon , G. Gerbier , C. Goldbach , M. Goyot , M. Gros , J. P. Hadjout , A. De Lesquen , M. Loidl , D. Loiseau , J. Mallet , S. Marnieros , O. Martineau , N. Mirabolfathi , L. Mosca , X-F. Navick , G. Nollez , P. Pari , C. Pastor , E. Simon , M. Stern , L. Vagneron

Cosmic-ray boosted dark matter in Xe-based direct detection experiments

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) collaboration has achieved the strongest constraint on weak-scale dark matter (DM)-nucleon spin-independent (SI) scattering cross section in a large region of parameter space. In this paper, we take a complementary approach…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-02-08 Tarak Nath Maity , Ranjan Laha

Dark Matter Search Results from the Commissioning Run of PandaX-II

We present the results of a search for WIMPs from the commissioning run of the PandaX-II experiment located at the China Jinping underground Laboratory. A WIMP search data set with an exposure of 306$\times$19.1 kg-day was taken, while its…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-06-29 PandaX Collaboration , Andi Tan , Xiang Xiao , Xiangyi Cui , Xun Chen , Yunhua Chen , Deqing Fang , Changbo Fu , Karl Giboni , Franco Giuliani , Haowei Gong , Shouyang Hu , Xingtao Huang , Xiangdong Ji , Yonglin Ju , Siao Lei , Shaoli Li , Xiaomei Li , Xinglong Li , Hao Liang , Qing Lin , Huaxuan Liu , Jianglai Liu , Wolfgang Lorenzon , Yugang Ma , Yajun Mao , Kaixuan Ni , Kirill Pushkin , Xiangxiang Ren , Michael Schubnell , Manbin Shen , Fang Shi , Scott Stephenson , Hongwei Wang , Jiming Wang , Meng Wang , Qiuhong Wang , Siguang Wang , Xuming Wang , Zhou Wang , Shiyong Wu , Mengjiao Xiao , Pengwei Xie , Binbin Yan , Yong Yang , Jianfeng Yue , Xionghui Zeng , Hongguang Zhang , Hua Zhang , Huanqiao Zhang , Tao Zhang , Li Zhao , Jing Zhou , Xiaopeng Zhou

Search for Light Weakly-Interacting-Massive-Particle Dark Matter by Annual Modulation Analysis with a Point-Contact Germanium Detector at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory

We present results on light weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) searches with annual modulation (AM) analysis on data from a 1-kg mass $p$-type point-contact germanium detector of the CDEX-1B experiment at the China Jinping…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-11-27 L. T. Yang , H. B. Li , Q. Yue , H. Ma , K. J. Kang , Y. J. Li , H. T. Wong , M. Agartioglu , H. P. An , J. P. Chang , J. H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , J. P. Cheng , Z. Deng , Q. Du , H. Gong , Q. J. Guo , 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 , B. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. T. Lin , S. K. Liu , Y. D. Liu , Y. Y. Liu , Z. Z. Liu , J. L. Ma , Y. C. Mao , H. Pan , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , V. Sharma , Z. She , M. B. Shen , L. Singh , M. K. Singh , T. X. Sun , C. J. Tang , W. Y. Tang , Y. Tian , G. F. Wang , J. M. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. Wang , Y. X. Wang , S. Y. Wu , Y. C. Wu , H. Y. Xing , Y. Xu , T. Xue , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. J. Yu , J. F. Yue , X. H. Zeng , M. Zeng , Z. Zeng , F. S. Zhang , Y. H. Zhang , M. G. Zhao , J. F. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu , Z. H. Zhu

New constraints on ultraheavy dark matter from the LZ experiment

Searches for dark matter with liquid xenon time projection chamber experiments have traditionally focused on the region of the parameter space that is characteristic of weakly interacting massive particles, ranging from a few GeV/$c^2$ to a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-06-19 J. Aalbers , D. S. Akerib , A. K. Al Musalhi , C. S. Amarasinghe , A. Ames , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , A. Baker , S. Balashov , J. Bang , J. W. Bargemann , A. Baxter , K. Beattie , T. Benson , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , E. Bishop , G. M. Blockinger , B. Boxer , C. A. J. Brew , P. Brás , S. Burdin , M. Buuck , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Carter , A. Chawla , H. Chen , J. J. Cherwinka , N. I. Chott , M. V. Converse , A. Cottle , G. Cox , D. Curran , C. E. Dahl , A. David , J. Delgaudio , 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. M. A. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , A. Geffre , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , R. Gibbons , S. Gokhale , J. Green , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. R. Hall , S. Han , E. Hartigan-O'Connor , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , G. Heuermann , G. J. Homenides , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , D. Hunt , C. M. Ignarra , E. Jacquet , R. S. James , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , I. Khurana , J. Kim , J. Kingston , R. Kirk , D. Kodroff , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , L. Kreczko , B. Krikler , V. A. Kudryavtsev , J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , M. I. Lopes , E. Lopez Asamar , W. Lorenzon , C. Lu , S. Luitz , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , C. Maupin , M. E. McCarthy , G. McDowell , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , R. McMonigle , 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 , 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. J. Pannifer , N. Parveen , S. J. Patton , B. Penning , G. Pereira , E. Perry , T. Pershing , A. Piepke , Y. Qie , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , H. S. Riyat , R. Rosero , T. Rushton , D. Rynders , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , S. Shaw , T. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , G. Sinev , R. Smith , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Soria , I. Stancu , A. Stevens , K. Stifter , B. Suerfu , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , W. C. Taylor , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , Z. Tong , D. R. Tovey , J. Tranter , M. Trask , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , W. Turner , A. Vacheret , A. C. Vaitkus , V. Velan , A. Wang , J. J. Wang , Y. Wang , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , L. Weeldreyer , T. J. Whitis , M. Williams , W. J. Wisniewski , F. L. H. Wolfs , S. Woodford , D. Woodward , C. J. Wright , Q. Xia , X. Xiang , J. Xu , M. Yeh , E. A. Zweig

Technical Results from the Surface Run of the LUX Dark Matter Experiment

We present the results of the three-month above-ground commissioning run of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility located in Lead, South Dakota, USA. LUX is a 370 kg liquid xenon detector…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-25 LUX Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , X. Bai , E. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bradley , D. Byram , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , J. J. Chapman , T. Coffey , A. Dobi , E. Dragowsky , E. Druszkiewicz , B. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , K. R. Gibson , M. Gilchriese , C. Hall , M. Hanhardt , M. Ihm , R. G. Jacobsen , L. Kastens , K. Kazkaz , R. Knoche , N. Larsen , C. Lee , K. T. Lesko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Lyashenko , D. C. Malling , R. Mannino , D. N. McKinsey , D. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , M. Morii , H. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikkel , M. Pangilinan , K. Pech , P. Phelps , A. Rodionov , T. Shutt , C. Silva , W. Skulski , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , T. Stiegler , M. Sweany , M. Szydagis , D. Taylor , M. Tripathi , S. Uvarov , J. R. Verbus , L. de Viveiros , N. Walsh , R. Webb , J. T. White , M. Wlasenko , F. L. H. Wolfs , M. Woods , C. Zhang

Search for low-mass WIMPs in a 0.6 kg day exposure of the DAMIC experiment at SNOLAB

We present results of a dark matter search performed with a 0.6 kg day exposure of the DAMIC experiment at the SNOLAB underground laboratory. We measure the energy spectrum of ionization events in the bulk silicon of charge-coupled devices…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-11 A. Aguilar-Arevalo , D. Amidei , X. Bertou , M. Butner , G. Cancelo , A. Castañeda Vázquez , B. A. Cervantes Vergara , A. E. Chavarria , C. R. Chavez , J. R. T. de Mello Neto , J. C. D'Olivo , J. Estrada , G. Fernandez Moroni , R. Gaïor , Y. Guandincerri , K. P. Hernández Torres , F. Izraelevitch , A. Kavner , B. Kilminster , I. Lawson , A. Letessier-Selvon , J. Liao , J. Molina , J. R. Peña , P. Privitera , K. Ramanathan , Y. Sarkis , T. Schwarz , C. Sengul , M. Settimo , M. Sofo Haro , R. Thomas , J. Tiffenberg , E. Tiouchichine , D. Torres Machado , F. Trillaud , X. You , J. Zhou

Dark matter search by exclusive studies of X-rays following WIMPs nuclear interactions

It is shown that weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), which are possible cold dark matter candidates, can be studied by exclusive measurements of X-rays following WIMPs nuclear interactions. Inner-shell atomic electrons are ionized…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 H. Ejiri , Ch. C. Moustakidis , J. D. Vergados

Determining Ratios of WIMP-Nucleon Cross Sections from Direct Dark Matter Detection Data

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are one of the leading candidates for Dark Matter. So far the usual procedure for constraining the WIMP-nucleon cross sections in direct Dark Matter detection experiments have been to fit the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-07-05 Chung-Lin Shan

Direct dark matter search by annual modulation in XMASS-I

A search for dark matter was conducted by looking for an annual modulation signal due to the Earth's rotation around the Sun using XMASS, a single phase liquid xenon detector. The data used for this analysis was 359.2 live days times 832 kg…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-27 XMASS Collaboration , K. Abe , K. Hiraide , K. Ichimura , Y. Kishimoto , K. Kobayashi , M. Kobayashi , S. Moriyama , M. Nakahata , T. Norita , H. Ogawa , H. Sekiya , O. Takachio , A. Takeda , M. Yamashita , B. S. Yang , N. Y. Kim , Y. D. Kim , S. Tasaka , K. Fushimi , J. Liu , K. Martens , Y. Suzuki , B. D. Xu , R. Fujita , K. Hosokawa , K. Miuchi , Y. Onishi , N. Oka , Y. Takeuchi , Y. H. Kim , J. S. Lee , K. B. Lee , M. K. Lee , Y. Fukuda , Y. Itow , R. Kegasa , K. Kobayashi , K. Masada , H. Takiya , K. Nishijima , S. Nakamura