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Exotic Dark Matter Search with CDEX-10 Experiment at China's Jinping Underground Laboratory

A search for exotic dark matter (DM) in the sub-GeV mass range has been conducted using 205 kg$\cdot$day data taken from a p-type point contact germanium detector of CDEX-10 experiment at China Jinping underground laboratory. New low-mass…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-11-24 W. H. Dai , L. P. Jia , H. Ma , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , Y. J. Li , H. P. An , Greeshma C. , J. P. Chang , Y. H. Chen , J. P. Cheng , Z. Deng , C. H. Fang , X. P. Geng , H. Gong , Q. J. Guo , X. Y. Guo , L. He , S. M. He , J. W. Hu , H. X. Huang , T. C. Huang , H. T. Jia , X. Jiang , S. Karmakar , H. B. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , Q. Y. Li , R. M. J. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. L. Li , Y. F. Liang , B. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. T. Lin , S. K. Liu , Y. D. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. Y. Liu , Z. Z. Liu , Y. C. Mao , Q. Y. Nie , J. H. Ning , H. Pan , N. C. Qi , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , Z. She , M. K. Singh , T. X. Sun , C. J. Tang , W. Y. Tang , Y. Tian , G. F. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. Wang , Y. X. Wang , H. T. Wong , S. Y. Wu , Y. C. Wu , H. Y. Xing , R. Xu , Y. Xu , T. Xue , Y. L. Yan , L. T. Yang , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. J. Yu , J. F. Yue , M. Zeng , Z. Zeng , B. T. Zhang , F. S. Zhang , L. Zhang , Z. H. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , K. K. Zhao , M. G. Zhao , J. F. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu

First constraint for atmospheric millicharged particles with the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment

We report on a search for millicharged particles (mCPs) produced in cosmic ray proton atmospheric interactions using data collected during the first science run of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment. The mCPs produced by two processes -- meson decay…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-06-19 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 , E. E. Barillier , D. Bauer , 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 , Y. T. Chin , N. I. Chott , M. V. Converse , R. Coronel , A. Cottle , G. Cox , D. Curran , C. E. Dahl , I. Darlington , S. Dave , A. David , J. Delgaudio , S. Dey , L. de Viveiros , L. Di Felice , C. Ding , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , S. Dubey , S. R. Eriksen , A. Fan , S. Fayer , N. M. Fearon , N. Fieldhouse , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , E. D. Fraser , T. M. A. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , A. Geffre , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , A. Ghosh , R. Gibbons , S. Gokhale , J. Green , M. G. D. van der Grinten , J. J. Haiston , C. R. Hall , T. J. Hall , S. Han , E. Hartigan-O'Connor , S. J. Haselschwardt , M. A. Hernandez , S. A. Hertel , G. Heuermann , G. J. Homenides , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , D. Hunt , E. Jacquet , R. S. James , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , Meghna K. K. , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , I. Khurana , J. Kim , Y. D. Kim , J. Kingston , R. Kirk , D. Kodroff , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , L. Kreczko , V. A. Kudryavtsev , C. Lawes , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Lin , A. Lindote , W. H. Lippincott , M. I. Lopes , 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 , J. B. McLaughlin , R. McMonigle , E. Mizrachi , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. D. Morales Mendoza , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , M. Murdy , A. St. J. Murphy , A. Naylor , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , A. Nguyen , C. L. O'Brien , I. Olcina , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , J. Orpwood , K. Y Oyulmaz , 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 , A. Richards , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , E. Ritchey , H. S. Riyat , R. Rosero , T. Rushton , D. Rynders , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , G. Sehr , B. Shafer , S. Shaw , T. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , G. Sinev , J. Siniscalco , R. Smith , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Soria , I. Stancu , A. Stevens , K. Stifter , B. Suerfu , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , Z. Tong , D. R. Tovey , J. Tranter , M. Trask , M. Tripathi , A. Usón , A. Vacheret , A. C. Vaitkus , O. Valentino , V. Velan , A. Wang , J. J. Wang , Y. Wang , J. R. Watson , L. Weeldreyer , T. J. Whitis , K. Wild , M. Williams , W. J. Wisniewski , L. Wolf , F. L. H. Wolfs , S. Woodford , D. Woodward , C. J. Wright , Q. Xia , J. Xu , Y. Xu , M. Yeh , D. Yeum , W. Zha , E. A. Zweig

Cosmogenic Backgrounds to 0{\nu}{\beta}{\beta} in EXO-200

As neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments become more sensitive and intrinsic radioactivity in detector materials is reduced, previously minor contributions to the background must be understood and eliminated. With this in mind,…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2016-05-20 200 Collaboration , J. B. Albert , D. J. Auty , P. S. Barbeau , D. Beck , V. Belov , M. Breidenbach , T. Brunner , A. Burenkov , G. F. Cao , C. Chambers , B. Cleveland , M. Coon , A. Craycraft , T. Daniels , M. Danilov , S. J. Daugherty , J. Davis , S. Delaquis , A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian , R. DeVoe , T. Didberidze , J. Dilling , A. Dolgolenko , M. J. Dolinski , M. Dunford , W. Fairbank , J. Farine , W. Feldmeier , S. Feyzbakhsh , P. Fierlinger , D. Fudenberg , R. Gornea , K. Graham , G. Gratta , C. Hall , S. Herrin , M. Hughes , M. J. Jewell , A. Johnson , T. N. Johnson , S. Johnston , A. Karelin , L. J. Kaufman , R. Killick , T. Koffas , S. Kravitz , R. Krücken , A. Kuchenkov , K. S. Kumar , D. S. Leonard , C. Licciardi , Y. H. Lin , J. Ling , R. MacLellan , M. G. Marino , B. Mong , D. Moore , O. Njoya , R. Nelson , A. Odian , I. Ostrovskiy , A. Piepke , A. Pocar , C. Y. Prescott , F. Retière , P. C. Rowson , J. J. Russell , A. Schubert , D. Sinclair , E. Smith , V. Stekhanov , M. Tarka , T. Tolba , R. Tsang , K. Twelker , J. -L. Vuilleumier , A. Waite , J. Walton , T. Walton , M. Weber , L. J. Wen , U. Wichoski , J. Wood , L. Yang , Y. -R. Yen , O. Ya. Zeldovich

Photon activation analysis of the scraper in a 200-MeV electron accelerator using gamma-spectrometry depth profiling

For a high energy electron facility, the estimates of induced radioactivity in materials are of major importance to keep exposure to personnel and to the environment as low as reasonably achievable. In addition, an accurate prediction of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-06-10 He Lijuan , Li Yuxiong , Yu Guobing , Ren Guangyi , Duan Zongjin

Constraints on ultraheavy dark matter from the CDEX-10 experiment at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory

We report a search for ultraheavy dark matter (UHDM) with the CDEX-10 experiment at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory. Using a Monte Carlo framework that incorporates Earth shielding effects, we simulated UHDM propagation and energy…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-03-31 Y. F. Wang , L. T. Yang , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , Y. J. Li , H. P. An , Greeshma C. , J. P. Chang , H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , J. P. Cheng , J. Y. Cui , W. H. Dai , Z. Deng , Y. X. Dong , C. H. Fang , H. Gong , Q. J. Guo , T. Guo , X. Y. Guo , L. He , J. R. He , H. X. Huang , T. C. Huang , S. Karmakar , Y. S. Lan , H. B. Li , H. Y. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , M. C. Li , Q. Y. Li , R. M. J. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. L. Li , Y. F. Liang , B. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. T. Lin , J. X. Liu , R. Z. Liu , S. K. Liu , Y. D. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. Y. Liu , H. Ma , Y. C. Mao , A. Mureed , H. Pan , N. C. Qi , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , M. B. Shen , H. Y. Shi , M. K. Singh , T. X. Sun , W. L. Sun , C. J. Tang , Y. Tian , H. F. Wan , G. F. Wang , J. Z. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. X. Wang , H. T. Wong , Y. C. Wu , H. Y. Xing , K. Z. Xiong , R. Xu , Y. Xu , T. Xue , Y. L. Yan , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. J. Yu , X. Yu , M. Zeng , Z. Zeng , F. S. Zhang , P. Zhang , P. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , M. G. Zhao , J. F. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu

Ultra-high energy event KM3-230213A as a cosmogenic neutrino in light of minimal UHECR flux models

Recently, the KM3NeT experiment reported the detection of a neutrino with exceptionally high energy E = 220 PeV, whose origin remains unclear. The corresponding value of the neutrino flux is in tension with the results of other high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-13 M. Yu. Kuznetsov , N. A. Petrov , Y. S. Savchenko

Cosmogenic background simulations for the DARWIN observatory at different underground locations

Xenon dual-phase time projections chambers (TPCs) have proven to be a successful technology in studying physical phenomena that require low-background conditions. With 40t of liquid xenon (LXe) in the TPC baseline design, DARWIN will have a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-07-26 M. Adrover , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , J. R. Angevaare , B. Antunovic , E. Aprile , M. Babicz , D. Bajpai , E. Barberio , L. Baudis , M. Bazyk , N. Bell , L. Bellagamba , R. Biondi , Y. Biondi , A. Bismark , C. Boehm , A. Breskin , E. J. Brookes , A. Brown , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , A. Chauvin , A. P. Cimental Chavez , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. J. Cuenca-García , V. D'Andrea , M. P. Decowski , A. Deisting , P. Di Gangi , S. Diglio , M. Doerenkamp , G. Drexlin , K. Eitel , A. Elykov , R. Engel , S. Farrell , A. D. Ferella , C. Ferrari , H. Fischer , M. Flierman , W. Fulgione , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , M. Galloway , N. Garroum , S. Ghosh , F. Girard , R. Glade-Beucke , F. Glück , L. Grandi , J. Grigat , R. Größle , H. Guan , M. Guida , R. Hammann , V. Hannen , S. Hansmann-Menzemer , N. Hargittai , T. Hasegawa , C. Hils , A. Higuera , K. Hiraoka , L. Hoetzsch , M. Iacovacci , Y. Itow , J. Jakob , F. Jörg , M. Kara , P. Kavrigin , S. Kazama , M. Keller , B. Kilminster , M. Kleifges , M. Kobayashi , A. Kopec , B. von Krosigk , F. Kuger , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , I. Li , S. Li , S. Liang , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. Loizeau , T. Luce , Y. Ma , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Mancuso , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. A. M. Lopes , F. Marignetti , K. Martens , J. Masbou , S. Mastroianni , S. Milutinovic , K. Miuchi , R. Miyata , A. Molinario , C. M. B. Monteiro , K. Morå , E. Morteau , Y. Mosbacher , J. Müller , M. Murra , J. L. Newstead , K. Ni , U. G. Oberlack , I. Ostrovskiy , B. Paetsch , M. Pandurovic , Q. Pellegrini , R. Peres , J. Pienaar , M. Pierre , M. Piotter , G. Plante , T. R. Pollmann , L. Principe , J. Qi , J. Qin , M. Rajado Silva , D. Ramírez García , A. Razeto , S. Sakamoto , L. Sanchez , P. Sanchez-Lucas , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , A. Scaffidi , P. Schulte , H. -C. Schultz-Coulon , H. Schulze Eißing , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , S. Sharma , W. Shen , M. Silva , H. Simgen , R. Singh , M. Solmaz , O. Stanley , M. Steidl , P. L. Tan , A. Terliuk , D. Thers , T. Thümmler , F. Tönnies , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , R. Trotta , C. Tunnell , P. Urquijo , K. Valerius , S. Vecchi , S. Vetter , G. Volta , D. Vorkapic , W. Wang , K. M. Weerman , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , J. Wolf , T. Wolf , V. H. S. Wu , M. Wurm , Y. Xing , M. Yamashita , J. Ye , G. Zavattini , K. Zuber

In-situ gamma-ray background measurements for next generation CDEX experiment in the China Jinping Underground Laboratory

In-situ ${\gamma}$-ray measurements were performed using a portable high purity germanium spectrometer in Hall-C at the second phase of the China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL-II) to characterise the environmental radioactivity…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-02-10 H. Ma , Z. She , W. H. Zeng , Z. Zeng , M. K. Jing , Q. Yue , J. P. Cheng , J. L. Li , H. Zhang

A. Fluka Study of Underground Cosmogenic Neutron Production

Neutrons produced by cosmic muon interactions are important contributors to backgrounds in underground detectors when searching for rare events. Typically such neutrons can dominate the background, as they are particularly difficult to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 A Empl , E. V. Hungerford , R. Jasim , P. Mosteiro

Cosmogenic neutrinos and ultra-high energy cosmic ray models

We use an updated version of {\it SimProp}, a Monte Carlo simulation scheme for the propagation of ultra-high energy cosmic rays, to compute cosmogenic neutrino fluxes expected on Earth in various scenarios. These fluxes are compared with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-07 R. Aloisio , D. Boncioli , A di Matteo , A. F. Grillo , S. Petrera , F. Salamida

The second-phase development of the China JinPing underground Laboratory

During 2013-2015 an expansion of the China JinPing underground Laboratory (CJPL) will be undertaken along a main branch of a bypass tunnel in the JinPing tunnel complex. This second phase of CJPL will increase laboratory space to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-04-29 Jainmin Li , Xiangdong Ji , Wick Haxton , Joseph S. Y. Wang

Restricting UHECRs and cosmogenic neutrinos with Fermi-LAT

Ultrahigh energy cosmic ray (UHECR) protons interacting with the cosmic microwave background (CMB) produce UHE electrons and gamma-rays that in turn initiate electromagnetic cascades on CMB and infrared photons. As a result, a background of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 V. Berezinsky , A. Gazizov , M. Kachelriess , S. Ostapchenko

Propagation of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays and the Production of Cosmogenic Neutrinos

We present an updated version of the {\it SimProp} Monte Carlo code to study the propagation of ultra high energy cosmic rays in astrophysical backgrounds computing the cosmogenic neutrino fluxes expected on earth. The study of secondary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-11 R. Aloisio , D. Boncioli , A. di Matteo , A. F. Grillo , S. Petrera , F. Salamida

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

Disclosure of New Stable Heavy Charged Particles in Cosmic Rays

A telescope of two coaxial scintillation detectors (an upper thin CsJ crystal of d63x0,35mm2 and a lower thick NaJ crystal of d150x100 mm2) located vertically on the surface of the Earth was used to have during T=106 hours 20 events…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2007-05-23 Bazhutov Yu. N

Some considerations about cosmogenic production of radioactive isotopes in Ar as target for the next neutrino experiments

The concept of the LAr TPC technology that is an excellent tracking - calorimeter detector will be used for the next generations of neutrino experiments. In this class of detectors both the scintillation light emitted and the charge…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-09-26 Mihaela Pârvu , I. Lazanu

CMS: Cosmic muons in simulation and measured data

A dedicated cosmic muon Monte-Carlo event generator CMSCGEN has been developed for the CMS experiment. The simulation relies on parameterisations of the muon energy and the incidence angle, based on measured and simulated data of the cosmic…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-07-05 Lars Sonnenschein

Chromatic annuli formation and sample oxidation on copper thin films by femtosecond laser

We report an experimental investigation on the irradiation of copper thin films with high repetition rate femtosecond laser pulses (1040 nm, 50 MHz), in ambient air and liquid water. We observe a novel, striking phenomenon of chromatic…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-05-25 Shutong He , Salvatore Amoruso , Dongqing Pang , Chingyue Wang , Minglie Hu

Event categories in the EDELWEISS WIMP search experiment

Four categories of events have been identified in the EDELWEISS-I dark matter experiment using germanium cryogenic detectors measuring simultaneously charge and heat signals. These categories of events are interpreted as electron and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Benoit , L. Berge , A. Broniatowski , B. Chambon , M. Chapellier , G. Chardin , P. Charvin , M. De Jesus , P. Di Stefano , D. Drain , L. Dumoulin , P. Garoche , J. Gascon , C. Goldbach , M. Gros , A. Juillard , A. de Lesquen , D. L'Hote , L. Mallet , J. Mangin , S. Marnieros , N. Mirabolfathi , L. Miramonti , L. Mosca , X-F. Navick , G. Nollez , P. Pari , S. Pecourt , E. Simon , M. Stern , J-P. Torre

Improved WIMP-search reach of the CDMS II germanium data

CDMS II data from the 5-tower runs at the Soudan Underground Laboratory were reprocessed with an improved charge-pulse fitting algorithm. Two new analysis techniques to reject surface-event backgrounds were applied to the 612 kg days…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-10-15 R. Agnese , A. J. Anderson , M. Asai , D. Balakishiyeva , D. Barker , 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 , R. Calkins , D. G. Cerdeño , 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 , G. L. Godfrey , S. R. Golwala , J. Hall , H. R. Harris , S. A. Hertel , T. Hofer , D. Holmgren , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , D. Jardin , A. Jastram , O. Kamaev , B. Kara , M. H. Kelsey , A. Kennedy , M. Kiveni , K. Koch , A. Leder , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , P. Lukens , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , K. A. McCarthy , N. Mirabolfathi , R. A. Moffatt , 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 , D. Toback , S. Upadhyayula , A. N. Villano , B. Welliver , J. S. Wilson , D. H. Wright , X. Yang , S. Yellin , J. J. Yen , B. A. Young , J. Zhang