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Search for dark matter production in association with the Z$^{\prime}$ boson at the LHC in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 8 TeV using Monte Carlo simulations

This analysis presents the possibility for the search for Dark Matter (DM) particles using events with a Z$^{\prime}$ heavy gauge boson and a large missing transverse momentum at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). We consider the muonic decay…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-06-03 S. Elgammal , M. A. Louka , A. Y. Ellithi , M. T. Hussein

Performance of novel VUV-sensitive Silicon Photo-Multipliers for nEXO

Liquid xenon time projection chambers are promising detectors to search for neutrinoless double beta decay (0$\nu \beta \beta$), due to their response uniformity, monolithic sensitive volume, scalability to large target masses, and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-12-28 G. Gallina , Y. Guan , F. Retiere , G. Cao , A. Bolotnikov , I. Kotov , S. Rescia , A. K. Soma , T. Tsang , L. Darroch , T. Brunner , J. Bolster , J. R. Cohen , T. Pinto Franco , W. C. Gillis , H. Peltz Smalley , S. Thibado , A. Pocar , A. Bhat , A. Jamil , D. C. Moore , G. Adhikari , S. Al Kharusi , E. Angelico , I. J. Arnquist , P. Arsenault , I. Badhrees , J. Bane , V. Belov , E. P. Bernard , T. Bhatta , J. P. Brodsky , E. Brown , E. Caden , L. Cao , C. Chambers , B. Chana , S. A. Charlebois , D. Chernyak , M. Chiu , B. Cleveland , R. Collister , M. Cvitan , J. Dalmasson , T. Daniels , K. Deslandes , R. DeVoe , M. L. di Vacri , Y. Ding , M. J. Dolinski , A. Dragone , J. Echevers , B. Eckert , M. Elbeltagi , L. Fabris , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , Y. S. Fu , D. Gallacher , P. Gautam , G. Giacomini , C. Gingras , D. Goeldi , R. Gornea , G. Gratta , C. A. Hardy , S. Hedges , M. Heffner , E. Hein , J. Holt , E. W. Hoppe , J. Hößl , A. House , W. Hunt , A. Iverson , X. S. Jiang , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , R. Krücken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , A. Larson , K. G. Leach , B. G. Lenardo , D. S. Leonard , G. Lessard , G. Li , S. Li , Z. Li , C. Licciardi , R. Lindsay , R. MacLellan , M. Mahtab , S. Majidi , C. Malbrunot , P. Margetak , P. Martel-Dion , L. Martin , J. Masbou , N. Massacret , K. McMichael , B. Mong , K. Murray , J. Nattress , C. R. Natzke , X. E. Ngwadla , J. C. Nzobadila Ondze , A. Odian , J. L. Orrell , G. S. Ortega , C. T. Overman , S. Parent , A. Perna , A. Piepke , N. Pletskova , J. F. Pratte , V. Radeka , E. Raguzin , G. J. Ramonnye , T. Rao , H. Rasiwala , K. Raymond , B. M. Rebeiro , G. Richardson , J. Ringuette , V. Riot , T. Rossignol , P. C. Rowson , L. Rudolph , R. Saldanha , S. Sangiorgio , X. Shang , F. Spadoni , V. Stekhanov , X. L. Sun , A. Tidball , T. Totev , S. Triambak , R. H. M. Tsang , O. A. Tyuka , F. Vachon , M. Vidal , S. Viel , G. Visser , M. Wagenpfeil , M. Walent , K. Wamba , Q. Wang , W. Wang , Y. Wang , M. Watts , W. Wei , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , S. Wilde , M. Worcester , W. H. Wu , X. Wu , L. Xie , W. Yan , H. Yang , L. Yang , O. Zeldovich , J. Zhao , T. Ziegler

Direct-detection constraints on inelastic dark matter with a scalar mediator

We calculate direct detection constraints on inelastic dark matter (DM) for a scalar portal scenario with leptophilic couplings. The p-wave velocity suppression of the annihilation cross section of scalar-mediated inelastic Dirac DM implies…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-17 I. V. Voronchikhin , D. V. Kirpichnikov

An Attractive Scenario for Light Dark Matter Direct Detection

Direct detection of light dark matter (DM), below the GeV scale, through electron recoil can be efficient if DM has a velocity well above the virial value of $v\sim 10^{-3}$. We point out that if there is a long range attractive force…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-09-14 Hooman Davoudiasl , Peter B. Denton , Julia Gehrlein

Complementarity and Searches for Dark Matter in the pMSSM

The search for and identification of neutralino dark matter in supersymmetry requires a multi-pronged approach with important roles played by collider, direct and indirect dark matter detection experiments. In this report, we summarize the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-10-01 M. Cahill-Rowley , R. Cotta , A. Drlica-Wagner , S. Funk , J. Hewett , A. Ismail , T. Rizzo , M. Wood

Status of the PICASSO experiment for spin-dependent Dark Matter searches

The PICASSO project is using superheated droplets of C$_4$F$_{10}$ for the direct detection of Dark Matter candidates in the {\it spin-dependent} (SD) sector. The total setup includes 32 detectors installed in the SNOLAB underground…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-06-01 Marie-Cecile Piro

Supersymmetry with Light Dark Matter confronting the recent CDMS and LHC Results

We revisit MSSM scenarios with light neutralino as a dark matter candidate in view of the latest LHC and dark matter direct and indirect detection experiments. We show that scenarios with a very light neutralino (~ 10 GeV) and a scalar…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-11-08 Alexandre Arbey , Marco Battaglia , Farvah Mahmoudi

Light Dark Matter Search with Ionization Signals in XENON1T

We report constraints on light dark matter (DM) models using ionization signals in the XENON1T experiment. We mitigate backgrounds with strong event selections, rather than requiring a scintillation signal, leaving an effective exposure of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-12-18 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , L. Althueser , F. D. Amaro , V. C. Antochi , E. Angelino , F. Arneodo , D. Barge , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , L. Bellagamba , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , P. de Perio , A. Depoian , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , S. Diglio , A. Elykov , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , P. Gaemers , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Hasterok , C. Hils , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , M. Iacovacci , R. Itay , F. Joerg , S. Kazama , A. Kish , M. Kobayashi , G. Koltman , A. Kopec , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. A. M. Lopes , E. López Fune , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Manfredini , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , S. Mastroianni , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , K. Miller , A. Molinario , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , K. Odgers , J. Palacio , B. Pelssers , R. Peres , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , R. Podviianiuk , J. Qin , H. Qiu , D. Ramírez García , S. Reichard , B. Riedel , A. Rocchetti , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , N. Šarčević , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , C. Therreau , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , N. Upole , M. Vargas , G. Volta , O. Wack , H. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , J. P. Zopounidis

The DireXeno Experiment -- Measuring Correlated Scintillation Signatures in Liquid Xenon

We present a detector apparatus, DireXeno (DIRectinal Xenon), designed to measure the spatial and temporal properties of scintillation in liquid xenon to very high accuracy. The properties of scintillation are of primary importance for dark…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-17 R. Itay , P. Z. Szabo , G. Koltman , M. M. Devi , M. Shutman , H. Landsman , R. Budnik

DARWIN: towards the ultimate dark matter detector

DARk matter WImp search with liquid xenoN (DARWIN) will be an experiment for the direct detection of dark matter using a multi-ton liquid xenon time projection chamber at its core. Its primary goal will be to explore the experimentally…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-02 J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , F. D. Amaro , C. Amsler , E. Aprile , L. Arazi , F. Arneodo , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , B. Beskers , A. Breskin , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , L. Buetikofer , J. Calven , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , S. Diglio , G. Drexlin , E. Duchovni , E. Erdal , G. Eurin , A. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , M. Galloway , M. Garbini , C. Geis , F. Glueck , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , C. Hasterok , V. Hannen , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , D. Hilk , C. Hils , A. James , B. Kaminsky , S. Kazama , B. Kilminster , A. Kish , L. M. Krauss , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , Q. Lin , F. L. Linde , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , T. Marrodan Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Mayani , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , A. Molinario , K. D. Mora , E. Morteau , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , J. L. Newstead , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , P. Pakarha , B. Pelssers , P. de Perio , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , M. C. Piro , G. Plante , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , A. Rizzo , N. Rupp , J. M. F. Dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , M. Schumann , J. Schreiner , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , M. C. Silva , H. Simgen , P. Sissol , M. von Sivers , D. Thers , J. Thurn , A. Tiseni , R. Trotta , C. D. Tunnell , K. Valerius , M. A. Vargas , H. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , T. Wester , J. Wulf , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , K. Zuber

Direct dark matter detection: the next decade

Direct dark matter searches are promising techniques to identify the nature of dark matter particles. I describe the future of this field of research, focussing on the question of what can be achieved in the next decade. I will present the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-04 Laura Baudis

Direct Detection of the Millicharged Background

We show that dark matter direct detection experiments are sensitive to the existence of particles with a small effective charge (for instance, via couplings to a kinetically mixed, low-mass dark photon). Our forecasts do not depend on these…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-08-01 Ella Iles , Saniya Heeba , Katelin Schutz

Dark matter detectors as a novel probe for light new physics

We explore the prospect of constraining light mediators at the next generation direct detection dark matter detectors through coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CE$\nu$NS) and elastic neutrino-electron scattering (E$\nu$ES)…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-07-07 Anirban Majumdar , D. K. Papoulias , Rahul Srivastava

Substructure Detection in Realistic Strong Lensing Systems with Machine Learning

Tens of thousands of galaxy-galaxy strong lensing systems are expected to be discovered by the end of the decade. These will form a vast new dataset that can be used to probe subgalactic dark matter structures through its gravitational…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-31 Arthur Tsang , Atınç Çağan Şengül , Cora Dvorkin

Prospects for Indirect Detection of Neutralino Dark Matter

Dark matter candidates arising in models of particle physics incorporating weak scale supersymmetry may produce detectable signals through their annihilation into neutrinos, photons, or positrons. A large number of relevant experiments are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-09 Jonathan L. Feng , Konstantin T. Matchev , Frank Wilczek

Simulations of Events for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment

The LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter search aims to achieve a sensitivity to the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross-section down to (1--2)$\times10^{-12}$\,pb at a WIMP mass of 40 GeV/$c^2$. This paper describes the simulations framework that, along…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-25 ZEPLIN Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , C. W. Akerlof , A. Alqahtani , S. K. Alsum , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , X. Bai , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , J. Bang , D. Bauer , A. Baxter , J. Bensinger , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , K. E. Boast , B. Boxer , P. Brás , J. H. Buckley , V. V. Bugaev , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , R. Cabrita , C. Carels , D. L. Carlsmith , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Cascella , C. Chan , N. I. Chott , A. Cole , A. Cottle , J. E. Cutter , C. E. Dahl , L. de Viveiros , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , T. K. Edberg , S. R. Eriksen , A. Fan , S. Fayer , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , E. D. Fraser , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , E. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , S. Gokhale , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. R. Hall , A. Harrison , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , J. Y-K. Hor , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , O. Jahangir , W. Ji , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , I. Khurana , C. D. Kocher , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , J. Kras , 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. Li , J. Liao , F. -T. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , R. Liu , X. Liu , C. Loniewski , M. I. Lopes , B. López Paredes , W. Lorenzon , S. Luitz , J. M. Lyle , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , L. Manenti , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , Y. Meng , E. H. Miller , E. Mizrachi , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , A. St. J. Murphy , D. Naim , A. Naylor , C. Nedlik , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikoleyczik , A. Nilima , I. Olcina , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , S. Pal , K. J. Palladino , J. Palmer , N. Parveen , E. K. Pease , B. Penning , G. Pereira , A. Piepke , K. Pushkin , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , A. Richards , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , G. Rutherford , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , M. Schubnell , P. R. Scovell , D. Seymour , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , R. Smith , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , I. Stancu , A. Stevens , K. Stifter , T. J. Sumner , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , M. Tan , W. C. Taylor , R. Taylor , D. J. Temples , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , A. Tomás , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , W. Turner , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , A. Vacheret , A. Vaitkus , J. J. Wang , W. Wang , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , R. G. White , T. J. Whitis , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , X. Xiang , J. Xu , M. Yeh , P. Zarzhitsky

Differentiable probabilistic programming for strong gravitational lensing

The difficult task of observing Dark Matter subhaloes is of paramount importance since it would constrain Dark Matter particle properties (cold or warm relic) and confirm once again the longstanding $\Lambda$CDM model. In the near future…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-16 Marco Chianese

Searching for vector dark matter with an optomechanical accelerometer

We consider using optomechanical accelerometers as resonant detectors for ultralight dark matter. As a concrete example, we describe a detector based on a silicon nitride membrane fixed to a beryllium mirror, forming an optical cavity. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-17 Jack Manley , Mitul Dey Chowdhury , Daniel Grin , Swati Singh , Dalziel J. Wilson

Conceptual design and simulation of a water Cherenkov muon veto for the XENON1T experiment

XENON is a dark matter direct detection project, consisting of a time projection chamber (TPC) filled with liquid xenon as detection medium. The construction of the next generation detector, XENON1T, is presently taking place at the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-26 E. Aprile , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , M. Auger , C. Balan , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , A. Behrens , P. Beltrame , K. Bokeloh , A. Breskin , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , J. M. R. Cardoso , A. P. Colijn , H. Contreras , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , E. Duchovni , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , W. Fulgione , M. Garbini , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , C. Grignon , E. Gross , W. Hampel , R. Itay , F. Kaether , G. Kessler , A. Kish , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , M. Le Calloch , D. Lellouch , L. Levinson , C. Levy , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , K. Lung , A. Lyashenko , S. MacMullin , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Mayani Paras , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , Y. Meng , M. Messina , B. Miguez , A. Molinario , G. Morana , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , G. Plante , N. Priel , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , O. Vitells , H. Wang , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer.

Sub-GeV Dark Matter Searches and Electric Field Studies for the LUX and LZ Experiments

The nature of dark matter (DM) remains a mystery since it has so far eluded detection in the laboratory. To that end, the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment was built to directly observe the interaction of DM with xenon target nuclei.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-22 Lucie Tvrznikova