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First Dark Matter Search Results from the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) Experiment

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter experiment is operating 1.5 km underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. In 2013, the experiment had a WIMP search exposure of 10,091 kg-days over a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-07-20 Carlos Faham

Constraints from a many-body method on spin-independent dark matter scattering off electrons using data from germanium and xenon detectors

Scattering of light dark matter (LDM) particles with atomic electrons is studied in the context of effective field theory. Contact and long-range interactions between dark matter and an electron are both considered. A state-of-the-art…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-07-16 Mukesh K. Pandey , Lakhwinder Singh , Chih-Pan Wu , Jiunn-Wei Chen , Hsin-Chang Chi , Chung-Chun Hsieh , C. -P. Liu , Henry T. Wong

Nuclear Recoil Calibration at Sub-keV Energies in LUX and Its Impact on Dark Matter Search Sensitivity

Dual-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) detectors offer heightened sensitivities for dark matter detection across a spectrum of particle masses. To broaden their capability to low-mass dark matter interactions, we investigated the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-02-19 LUX Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , J. Balajthy , J. Bang , A. Baxter , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , E. M. Boulton , B. Boxer , P. Brás , S. Burdin , D. Byram , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , J. E. Cutter , L. de Viveiros , E. Druszkiewicz , A. Fan , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , C. Ghag , M. G. D. Gilchriese , C. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , D. P. Hogan , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , O. Jahangir , W. Ji , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , E. V. Korolkova , S. Kravitz , V. A. Kudryavtsev , E. Leason , K. T. Lesko , J. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , D. N. McKinsey , D. -M. Mei , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , A. Naylor , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , A. Nilima , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , C. Rhyne , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , P. Rossiter , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , T. J. Sumner , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , R. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , W. H. To , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , A. Vacheret , A. Vaitkus , V. Velan , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , X. Xiang , J. Xu , C. Zhang

Direct Detection of Light "Ge-phobic" Exothermic Dark Matter

We present comparisons of direct dark matter (DM) detection data for light WIMPs with exothermic scattering with nuclei (exoDM), both assuming the Standard Halo Model (SHM) and in a halo model - independent manner. Exothermic interactions…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-19 Graciela B. Gelmini , Andreea Georgescu , Ji-Haeng Huh

Light dark matter search with DarkSide-50

We present the latest results from the search for light dark matter particle interactions with the DarkSide-50 dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber. This analysis, based on the ionization signal only, improves the existing limits…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-07-18 D. Franco

Enhancing the sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment to low energy signals

Two-phase xenon detectors, such as that at the core of the forthcoming LZ dark matter experiment, use photomultiplier tubes to sense the primary (S1) and secondary (S2) scintillation signals resulting from particle interactions in their…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-22 D. S. Akerib , A. K. Al Musalhi , S. K. Alsum , C. S. Amarasinghe , A. Ames , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , X. Bai , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , J. Bang , J. W. Bargemann , D. Bauer , A. Baxter , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , G. M. Blockinger , B. Boxer , C. A. J. Brew , P. Brás , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , M. Buuck , R. Cabrita , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Cascella , C. Chan , N. I. Chott , A. Cole , M. V. Converse , A. Cottle , G. Cox , J. E. Cutter , C. E. Dahl , L. de Viveiros , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , S. R. Eriksen , A. Fan , S. Fayer , N. M. Fearon , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , E. D. Fraser , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , E. Gibson , S. Gokhale , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. B. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , O. Jahangir , R. S. James , W. Ji , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , I. Khurana , D. Kodroff , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , L. Kreczko , B. Krikler , V. A. Kudryavtsev , E. A. Leason , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Li , J. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , X. Liu , M. I. Lopes , E. Lopez Asamar , B. López Paredes , W. Lorenzon , S. Luitz , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , L. Manenti , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. E. McCarthy , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , E. H. Miller , E. Mizrachi , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , J. D. Morales Mendoza , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , A. St. J. Murphy , D. Naim , A. Naylor , C. Nedlik , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikoleyczik , I. Olcina , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , S. Pal , K. J. Palladino , J. Palmer , N. Parveen , E. K. Pease , B. Penning , G. Pereira , A. Piepke , Y. Qie , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , A. Richards , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , P. R. Scovell , 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 , B. Suerfu , T. J. Sumner , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , W. C. Taylor , R. Taylor , D. J. Temples , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , W. H. To , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , W. Turner , U. Utku , A. Vaitkus , B. Wang , J. J. Wang , W. Wang , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , R. G. White , T. J. Whitis , M. Williams , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , C. J. Wright , X. Xiang , J. Xu , M. Yeh , P. Zarzhitsky

Single Phonon Detection for Dark Matter via Quantum Evaporation and Sensing of $^3$Helium

Dark matter is five times more abundant than ordinary visible matter in our Universe. While laboratory searches hunting for dark matter have traditionally focused on the electroweak scale, theories of low mass hidden sectors motivate new…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-02-08 S. A. Lyon , Kyle Castoria , Ethan Kleinbaum , Zhihao Qin , Arun Persaud , Thomas Schenkel , Kathryn Zurek

Exclusion Limits on the WIMP-Nucleon Cross-Section from the First Run of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search in the Soudan Underground Lab

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS-II) employs low-temperature Ge and Si detectors to seek Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) via their elastic scattering interactions with nuclei. Simultaneous measurements of both ionization…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 CDMS Collaboration

The LUX Prototype Detector: Heat Exchanger Development

The LUX (Large Underground Xenon) detector is a two-phase xenon Time Projection Chamber (TPC) designed to search for WIMP-nucleon dark matter interactions. As with all noble element detectors, continuous purification of the detector medium…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-05 D. S. Akerib , X. Bai , S. Bedikian , A. Bernstein , A. Bolozdynya , A. Bradley , S. Cahn , D. Carr , J. J. Chapman , K. Clark , T. Classen , A. Curioni , C. E. Dahl , S. Dazeley , L. deViveiros , M. Dragowsky , E. Druszkiewicz , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , C. Hall , C. Faham , B. Holbrook , L. Kastens , K. Kazkaz , J. Kwong , R. Lander , D. Leonard , D. Malling , R. Mannino , D. N. McKinsey , D. Mei , J. Mock , M. Morii , J. Nikkel , P. Phelps , T. Shutt , W. Skulski , P. Sorensen , J. Spaans , T. Steigler , R. Svoboda , M. Sweany , J. Thomson , M. Tripathi , N. Walsh , R. Webb , J. White , F. L. H. Wolfs , M. Woods , C. Zhang

Development of new ultra-low-background particle detectors based on Micromegas technology for the search of Dark Matter at the low-mass frontier

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are one of the best motivated candidates to compose the Dark Matter of the Universe. The lack of experimental confirmation by direct detection experiments or collider searches has ruled out…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-04 Oscar Perez

Insights into Dark Matter Direct Detection Experiments: Decision Trees versus Deep Learning

The detection of Dark Matter (DM) remains a significant challenge in particle physics. This study exploits advanced machine learning models to improve detection capabilities of liquid xenon time projection chamber experiments, utilizing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-17 Daniel E. Lopez-Fogliani , Andres D. Perez , Roberto Ruiz de Austri

Constraints on Lightly Ionizing Particles from CDMSlite

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search low ionization threshold experiment (CDMSlite) achieved efficient detection of very small recoil energies in its germanium target, resulting in sensitivity to Lightly Ionizing Particles (LIPs) in a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-02-22 SuperCDMS Collaboration , I. Alkhatib , D. W. P. Amaral , T. Aralis , T. Aramaki , I. J. Arnquist , I. Ataee Langroudy , E. Azadbakht , S. Banik , D. Barker , C. Bathurst , D. A. Bauer , L. V. S. Bezerra , R. Bhattacharyya , M. A. Bowles , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , R. Calkins , R. A. Cameron , C. Cartaro , D. G. Cerdeño , Y. -Y. Chang , M. Chaudhuri , R. Chen , N. Chott , J. Cooley , H. Coombes , J. Corbett , P. Cushman , F. De Brienne , M. L. di Vacri , M. D. Diamond , E. Fascione , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , C. W. Fink , K. Fouts , M. Fritts , G. Gerbier , R. Germond , M. Ghaith , S. R. Golwala , H. R. Harris , B. A. Hines , M. I. Hollister , Z. Hong , E. W. Hoppe , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , V. Iyer , D. Jardin , A. Jastram , V. K. S. Kashyap , M. H. Kelsey , A. Kubik , N. A. Kurinsky , R. E. Lawrence , A. Li , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , P. Lukens , D. B. MacFarlane , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , N. Mast , A. J. Mayer , H. Meyer zu Theenhausen , É. M. Michaud , E. Michielin , N. Mirabolfathi , B. Mohanty , J. D. Morales Mendoza , S. Nagorny , J. Nelson , H. Neog , V. Novati , J. L. Orrell , S. M. Oser , W. A. Page , R. Partridge , R. Podviianiuk , F. Ponce , S. Poudel , A. Pradeep , M. Pyle , W. Rau , E. Reid , R. Ren , T. Reynolds , A. Roberts , A. E. Robinson , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , A. Sattari , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , B. Serfass , D. J. Sincavage , C. Stanford , J. Street , D. Toback , R. Underwood , S. Verma , 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 , T. C. Yu , E. Zhang , H. G. Zhang , X. Zhao , L. Zheng

CoGeNT: A Search for Low-Mass Dark Matter using p-type Point Contact Germanium Detectors

CoGeNT employs p-type point-contact (PPC) germanium detectors to search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). By virtue of its low energy threshold and ability to reject surface backgrounds, this type of device allows an…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-10 C. E. Aalseth , P. S. Barbeau , J. Colaresi , J. I. Collar , J. Diaz Leon , J. E. Fast , N. E. Fields , T. W. Hossbach , A. Knecht , M. S. Kos , M. G. Marino , H. S. Miley , M. L. Miller , J. L. Orrell , K. M. Yocum

Search for New Physics in Electronic Recoil Data from XENONnT

We report on a blinded analysis of low-energy electronic-recoil data from the first science run of the XENONnT dark matter experiment. Novel subsystems and the increased 5.9 tonne liquid xenon target reduced the background in the (1, 30)…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-11-16 E. Aprile , K. Abe , F. Agostini , S. Ahmed Maouloud , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , J. R. Angevaare , V. C. Antochi , D. Antón Martin , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , A. L. Baxter , L. Bellagamba , R. Biondi , A. Bismark , A. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , T. K. Bui , C. Cai , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , M. Clark , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. J. Cuenca-García , J. P. Cussonneau , V. D'Andrea , M. P. Decowski , P. Di Gangi , S. Di Pede , A. Di Giovanni , R. Di Stefano , S. Diglio , K. Eitel , A. Elykov , S. Farrell , A. D. Ferella , C. Ferrari , H. Fischer , W. Fulgione , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , R. Gardner , R. Glade-Beucke , L. Grandi , J. Grigat , M. Guida , R. Hammann , A. Higuera , C. Hils , L. Hoetzsch , J. Howlett , M. Iacovacci , Y. Itow , J. Jakob , F. Joerg , A. Joy , N. Kato , M. Kara , P. Kavrigin , S. Kazama , M. Kobayashi , G. Koltman , A. Kopec , F. Kuger , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , I. Li , S. Li , S. Liang , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , K. Liu , J. Loizeau , F. Lombardi , J. Long , J. A. M. Lopes , Y. Ma , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Mancuso , L. Manenti , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , K. Martens , J. Masbou , D. Masson , E. Masson , S. Mastroianni , M. Messina , K. Miuchi , K. Mizukoshi , A. Molinario , S. Moriyama , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Müller , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , B. Paetsch , J. Palacio , P. Paschos , R. Peres , C. Peters , J. Pienaar , M. Pierre , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , J. Qi , J. Qin , D. Ramírez García , S. Reichard , A. Rocchetti , N. Rupp , L. Sanchez , J. M. F. dos Santos , I. Sarnoff , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , P. Schulte , H. Schulze Eißing , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , S. Shi , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , J. Stephen , A. Takeda , P. -L. Tan , A. Terliuk , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , F. Tönnies , K. Valerius , G. Volta , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , T. Wolf , D. Xu , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , L. Yang , J. Ye , L. Yuan , G. Zavattini , M. Zhong , T. Zhu

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

Photon-rejection Power of the Light Dark Matter eXperiment in an 8 GeV Beam

The Light Dark Matter eXperiment (LDMX) is an electron-beam fixed-target experiment designed to achieve comprehensive model independent sensitivity to dark matter particles in the sub-GeV mass region. An upgrade to the LCLS-II accelerator…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-09-06 Torsten Åkesson , Cameron Bravo , Liam Brennan , Lene Kristian Bryngemark , Pierfrancesco Butti , E. Craig Dukes , Valentina Dutta , Bertrand Echenard , Thomas Eichlersmith , Jonathan Eisch , Einar Elén , Ralf Ehrlich , Cooper Froemming , Andrew Furmanski , Niramay Gogate , Chiara Grieco , Craig Group , Hannah Herde , Christian Herwig , David G. Hitlin , Tyler Horoho , Joseph Incandela , Wesley Ketchum , Gordan Krnjaic , Amina Li , Jeremiah Mans , Phillip Masterson , Sophie Middleton , Omar Moreno , Geoffrey Mullier , Joseph Muse , Timothy Nelson , Rory O'Dwyer , Leo Östman , James Oyang , Jessica Pascadlo , Ruth Pöttgen , Luis G. Sarmiento , Philip Schuster , Matthew Solt , Cristina Mantilla Suarez , Lauren Tompkins , Natalia Toro , Nhan Tran , Erik Wallin , Andrew Whitbeck , Danyi Zhang

First Search for Light Dark Matter in the Neutrino Fog with XENONnT

We search for dark matter (DM) with a mass [3,12] $\mathrm{GeV} / c^2$ using an exposure of 3.51 $\mathrm{t} \times \mathrm{y}$ with the XENONnT experiment.We consider spin-independent DM-nucleon interactions mediated by a heavy or light…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-06-09 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , K. Abe , S. Ahmed Maouloud , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , D. Antón Martin , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , M. Bazyk , L. Bellagamba , R. Biondi , A. Bismark , K. Boese , A. Brown , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Cai , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , A. P. Cimental Chávez , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. J. Cuenca-García , V. D'Andrea , L. C. Daniel Garcia , M. P. Decowski , A. Deisting , C. Di Donato , P. Di Gangi , S. Diglio , K. Eitel , S. el Morabit , A. Elykov , A. D. Ferella , C. Ferrari , H. Fischer , T. Flehmke , M. Flierman , W. Fulgione , C. Fuselli , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , M. Galloway , F. Gao , S. Ghosh , R. Giacomobono , R. Glade-Beucke , L. Grandi , J. Grigat , H. Guan , M. Guida , P. Gyorgy , R. Hammann , A. Higuera , C. Hils , L. Hoetzsch , N. F. Hood , M. Iacovacci , Y. Itow , J. Jakob , F. Joerg , Y. Kaminaga , M. Kara , P. Kavrigin , S. Kazama , M. Kobayashi , D. Koke , A. Kopec , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , I. Li , S. Li , S. Liang , Y. -T. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , K. Liu , M. Liu , J. Loizeau , F. Lombardi , J. Long , J. A. M. Lopes , T. Luce , Y. Ma , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Mancuso , L. Manenti , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , K. Martens , J. Masbou , E. Masson , S. Mastroianni , A. Melchiorre , J. Merz , M. Messina , A. Michael , K. Miuchi , A. Molinario , S. Moriyama , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Müller , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , B. Paetsch , Y. Pan , Q. Pellegrini , R. Peres , C. Peters , J. Pienaar , M. Pierre , G. Plante , T. R. Pollmann , L. Principe , J. Qi , J. Qin , D. Ramírez García , M. Rajado , R. Singh , L. Sanchez , J. M. F. dos Santos , I. Sarnoff , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , P. Schulte , H. Schulze Eißing , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , S. Shi , J. Shi , M. Silva , H. Simgen , C. Szyszka , A. Takeda , P. -L. Tan , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. D. Tunnell , F. Tönnies , K. Valerius , S. Vecchi , S. Vetter , F. I. Villazon Solar , G. Volta , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , V. H. S. Wu , Y. Xing , D. Xu , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , L. Yang , J. Ye , L. Yuan , G. Zavattini , M. Zhong

Search for Light Dark Matter-Electron Scatterings in the PandaX-II Experiment

We report constraints on light dark matter through its interactions with shell electrons in the PandaX-II liquid xenon detector with a total 46.9 tonne$\cdot$day exposure. To effectively search for these very low energy electron recoils,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-05-31 Chen Cheng , Pengwei Xie , Abdusalam Abdukerim , Wei Chen , Xun Chen , Yunhua Chen , Xiangyi Cui , Yingjie Fan , Deqing Fang , Changbo Fu , Mengting Fu , Lisheng Geng , Karl Giboni , Linhui Gu , Xuyuan Guo , Ke Han , Changda He , Di Huang , Yan Huang , Yanlin Huang , Zhou Huang , Xiangdong Ji , Yonglin Ju , Shuaijie Li , Qing Lin , Huaxuan Liu , Jianglai Liu , Liqiang Liu , Xiaoying Lu , Wenbo Ma , Yugang Ma , Yajun Mao , Yue Meng , Nasir Shaheed , Kaixiang Ni , Jinhua Ning , Xuyang Ning , Xiangxiang Ren , Changsong Shang , Guofang Shen , Lin Si , Andi Tan , Anqing Wang , Hongwei Wang , Meng Wang , Qiuhong Wang , Siguang Wang , Wei Wang , Xiuli Wang , Zhou Wang , Mengmeng Wu , Shiyong Wu , Weihao Wu , Jingkai Xia , Mengjiao Xiao , Xiang Xiao , Binbin Yan , Jijun Yang , Yong Yang , Chunxu Yu , Jumin Yuan , Ying Yuan , Xinning Zeng , Dan Zhang , Tao Zhang , Li Zhao , Qibin Zheng , Jifang Zhou , Ning Zhou , Xiaopeng Zhou

R & D for Future Zeplin

We propose a new concept for a very low background multi-ton liquid xenon Dark Matter experiment. The detector consists of two concentric spheres and a charge readout device in the centre. Xenon between the two spheres forms a self-shield…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 R. Bisset , M. J. Carson , H. Chagani , D. B. Cline , E. J. Daw , T. Ferbel , J. Gao , Y. S. Gao , V. A. Kudryavtsev , P. K. Lightfoot , P. Majewski , J. Maxin , J. Miller , W. C. Ooi , M. Robinson , G. Salinas , U. Schroeder , J. Seifert , F. Sergiampietri , W. Skulski , P. F. Smith , N. J. C. Spooner , J. Toke , H. Wang , J. T. White , F. Wolfs , X. Yang

Toward Single Electron Resolution Phonon Mediated Ionization Detectors

Experiments seeking to detect rare event interactions such as dark matter or coherent elastic neutrino nucleus scattering are striving for large mass detectors with very low detection threshold. Using Neganov-Luke phonon amplification…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-10-06 Nader Mirabolfathi , H. Rusty Harris , Rupak Mahapatra , Kyle Sundqvist , Andrew Jastram , Bruno Serfass , Dana Faiez , Bernard Sadoulet