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Indirect Search for Dark Matter from the Galactic Center and Halo with the Super-Kamiokande Detector

We present a search for an excess of neutrino interactions due to dark matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) annihilating in the galactic center or halo based on the data set of Super-Kamiokande-I, -II, -III and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-10-14 Kamiokande Collaboration , K. Abe , C. Bronner , Y. Haga , Y. Hayato , M. Ikeda , S. Imaizumi , H. Ito , K. Iyogi , J. Kameda , Y. Kataoka , Y. Kato , Y. Kishimoto , Ll. Marti , M. Miura , S. Moriyama , T. Mochizuki , Y. Nagao , M. Nakahata , Y. Nakajima , T. Nakajima , S. Nakayama , T. Okada , K. Okamoto , A. Orii , G. Pronost , H. Sekiya , M. Shiozawa , Y. Sonoda , A. Takeda , A. Takenaka , H. Tanaka , S. Tasaka , T. Tomura , K. Ueno , T. Yano , T. Yokozawa , R. Akutsu , S. Han , T. Irvine , T. Kajita , I. Kametani , K. P. Lee , T. McLachlan , K. Okumura , E. Richard , T. Tashiro , R. Wang , J. Xia , D. Bravo-Berguño , L. Labarga , P. Fernandez , F. d. M. Blaszczyk , J. Gustafson , C. Kachulis , E. Kearns , J. L. Raaf , J. L. Stone , L. R. Sulak , S. Sussman , L. Wan , T. Wester , S. Berkman , S. Tobayama , J. Bian , G. Carminati , M. Elnimr , N. J. Griskevich , W. R. Kropp , S. Locke , S. Mine , A. Renshaw , M. B. Smy , H. W. Sobel , V. Takhistov , P. Weatherly , B. L. Hartfiel , J. Hill , W. E. Keig , N. Hong , J. Y. Kim , I. T. Lim , R. G. Park , T. Akiri , B. Bodur , A. Himmel , Z. Li , E. O'Sullivan , K. Scholberg , C. W. Walter , T. Wongjirad , A. Coffani , O. Drapier , S. El Hedri , A. Giampaolo , M. Gonin , J. Imber , Th. A. Mueller , P. Paganini , B. Quilain , T. Ishizuka , T. Nakamura , J. S. Jang , K. Choi , J. G. Learned , S. Matsuno , S. N. Smith , J. Amey , L. H. V. Anthony , R. P. Litchfield , W. Y. Ma , A. A. Sztuc , Y. Uchida , M. O. Wascko , V. Berardi , M. G. Catanesi , R. A. Intonti , E. Radicioni , N. F. Calabria , L. N. Machado , G. De Rosa , G. Collazuol , F. Iacob , M. Lamoureux , N. Ospina , L. Ludovici , T. Boschi , F. Di Lodovico , S. Molina Sedgwick , S. Zsoldos , Y. Nishimura , S. Cao , M. Friend , T. Hasegawa , T. Ishida , T. Ishii , T. Kobayashi , T. Nakadaira , K. Nakamura , Y. Oyama , K. Sakashita , T. Sekiguchi , T. Tsukamoto , KE. Abe , M. Hasegawa , Y. Isobe , H. Miyabe , Y. Nakano , T. Shiozawa , T. Sugimoto , A. T. Suzuki , Y. Takeuchi , S. Yamamoto , A. Ali , Y. Ashida , T. Hayashino , T. Hiraki , S. Hirota , K. Huang , K. Ieki , M. Jiang , T. Kikawa , M. Mori , A. Murakami , KE. Nakamura , T. Nakaya , N. D. Patel , K. Suzuki , S. Takahashi , K. Tateishi , R. A. Wendell , N. McCauley , P. Mehta , A. Pritchard , K. M. Tsui , Y. Fukuda , Y. Itow , H. Menjo , G. Mitsuka , M. Murase , F. Muto , T. Niwa , K. Sato , T. Suzuki , M. Taani , z M. Tsukada , P. Mijakowski , K. Frankiewicz , J. Hignight , C. K. Jung , X. Li , J. L. Palomino , G. Santucci , C. Vilela , M. J. Wilking , C. Yanagisawa , D. Fukuda , K. Hagiwara , M. Harada , T. Horai , H. Ishino , S. Ito , T. Kayano , A. Kibayashi , Y. Koshio , W. Ma , T. Mori , H. Nagata , N. Piplani , M. Sakuda , S. Seiya , Y. Takahira , C. Xu , R. Yamaguchi , Y. Kuno , G. Barr , D. Barrow , L. Cook , C. Simpson , D. Wark , F. Nova , R. Tacik , J. Y. Yang , A. Cole , S. J. Jenkins , J. McElwee , M. Thiesse , L. Thompson , H. Okazawa , S. B. Kim , Y. Choi , K. Ito , K. Nishijima , K. Iwamoto , M. Koshiba , Y. Suda , M. Yokoyama , R. G. Calland , A. Goldsack , K. Martens , M. Murdoch , Y. Suzuki , M. R. Vagins , D. Hamabe , M. Kuze , Y. Okajima , M. Tanaka , T. Yoshida , M. Inomoto , M. Ishitsuka , R. Matsumoto , K. Ohta , M. Shinoki , J. F. Martin , C. M. Nantais , H. A. Tanaka , T. Towstego , M. Hartz , A. Konaka , P. de Perio , N. W. Prouse , S. Chen , B. D. Xu , Y. Zhang , B. Richards , K. Connolly , R. J. Wilkes , B. Jamieson , J. Walker , P. Giorgio , A. Minamino , K. Okamoto , G. Pintaudi

WIMPs at the Galactic Center

Simple models of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) predict dark matter annihilations into pairs of electroweak gauge bosons, Higgses or tops, which through their subsequent cascade decays produce a spectrum of gamma rays.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-20 Prateek Agrawal , Brian Batell , Patrick J. Fox , Roni Harnik

Analysis strategies for general spin-independent WIMP-nucleus scattering

We propose a formalism for the analysis of direct-detection dark-matter searches that covers all coherent responses for scalar and vector interactions and incorporates QCD constraints imposed by chiral symmetry, including all one- and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-14 Martin Hoferichter , Philipp Klos , Javier Menéndez , Achim Schwenk

Results from the first use of low radioactivity argon in a dark matter search

Liquid argon is a bright scintillator with potent particle identification properties, making it an attractive target for direct-detection dark matter searches. The DarkSide-50 dark matter search here reports the first WIMP search results…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-15 The DarkSide Collaboration , P. Agnes , L. Agostino , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , K. Arisaka , H. O. Back , B. Baldin , K. Biery , G. Bonfini , M. Bossa , B. Bottino , A. Brigatti , J. Brodsky , F. Budano , S. Bussino , M. Cadeddu , L. Cadonati , M. Cadoni , F. Calaprice , N. Canci , A. Candela , H. Cao , M. Cariello , M. Carlini , S. Catalanotti , P. Cavalcante , A. Chepurnov , A. G. Cocco , G. Covone , L. Crippa , D. D'Angelo , M. D'Incecco , S. Davini , S. De Cecco , M. De Deo , M. De Vincenzi , A. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Eusanio , G. Di Pietro , E. Edkins , A. Empl , A. Fan , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , G. Forster , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiati , C. Giganti , A. M. Goretti , F. Granato , L. Grandi , M. Gromov , M. Guan , Y. Guardincerri , B. R. Hackett , K. Herner , E. V. Hungerford , Al. Ianni , An. Ianni , I. James , C. Jollet , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , V. Kobychev , G. Koh , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , X. Li , M. Lissia , P. Lombardi , S. Luitz , Y. Ma , I. N. Machulin , A. Mandarano , S. M. Mari , J. Maricic , L. Marini , C. J. Martoff , A. Meregaglia , P. D. Meyers , T. Miletic , R. Milincic , D. Montanari , A. Monte , M. Montuschi , M. Monzani , P. Mosteiro , B. J. Mount , V. N. Muratova , P. Musico , J. Napolitano , A. Nelson , S. Odrowski , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , E. Pantic , S. Parmeggiano , K. Pelczar , N. Pelliccia , S. Perasso , A. Pocar , S. Pordes , D. A. Pugachev , H. Qian , K. Randle , G. Ranucci , A. Razeto , B. Reinhold , A. L. Renshaw , A. Romani , B. Rossi , N. Rossi , D. Rountree , D. Sablone , P. Saggese , R. Saldanha , W. Sands , S. Sangiorgio , C. Savarese , E. Segreto , D. A. Semenov , E. Shields , P. N. Singh , M. D. Skorokhvatov , M. Smallcomb , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , C. Stanford , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , J. Tatarowicz , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , P. Trinchese , E. V. Unzhakov , A. Vishneva , B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , S. Walker , H. Wang , Y. Wang , A. W. Watson , S. Westerdale , J. Wilhelmi , M. M. Wojcik , X. Xiang , J. Xu , C. Yang , J. Yoo , S. Zavatarelli , A. Zec , W. Zhong , C. Zhu , G. Zuzel

Limits on inelastic dark matter from ZEPLIN-III

We present limits on the WIMP-nucleon cross section for inelastic dark matter derived from the 2008 run of ZEPLIN-III. Cuts, notably on scintillation pulse shape and scintillation-to-ionisation ratio, give a net exposure of 63 kg.days in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2015-03-13 D. Yu. Akimov , H. M. Araujo , E. J. Barnes , V. A. Belov , A. Bewick , A. A. Burenkov , R. Cashmore , V. Chepel , A. Currie , D. Davidge , J. Dawson , T. Durkin , B. Edwards , C. Ghag , A. Hollingsworth , M. Horn , A. S. Howard , A. J. Hughes , W. G. Jones , G. E. Kalmus , A. S. Kobyakin , A. G. Kovalenko , V. N. Lebedenko , A. Lindote , I. Liubarsky , M. I. Lopes , R. Luscher , K. Lyons , P. Majewski , A. StJ. Murphy , F. Neves , S. M. Paling , J. Pinto da Cunha , R. Preece , J. J. Quenby , L. Reichhart , P. R. Scovell , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , V. N. Stekhanov , T. J. Sumner , C. Thorne , L. de Viveiros , R. J. Walker

GeV-Scale Thermal WIMPs: Not Even Slightly Dead

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) have long reigned as one of the leading classes of dark matter candidates. The observed dark matter abundance can be naturally obtained by freezeout of weak-scale dark matter annihilations in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-07-20 Rebecca K. Leane , Tracy R. Slatyer , John F. Beacom , Kenny C. Y. Ng

Constraints on Light Dark Matter Particles Interacting with Electrons from DAMIC at SNOLAB

We report direct-detection constraints on light dark matter particles interacting with electrons. The results are based on a method that exploits the extremely low levels of leakage current of the DAMIC detector at SNOLAB of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-09 A. Aguilar-Arevalo , D. Amidei , D. Baxter , G. Cancelo , B. A. Cervantes Vergara , A. E. Chavarria , E. Darragh-Ford , J. R. T. de Mello Neto , J. C. D'Olivo , J. Estrada , R. Gaïor , Y. Guardincerri , T. W. Hossbach , B. Kilminster , I. Lawson , S. J. Lee , A. Letessier-Selvon , A. Matalon , V. B. B. Mello , P. Mitra , Y. S. Mobarak , J. Molina , S. Paul , A. Piers , P. Privitera , K. Ramanathan , J. Da Rocha , M. Settimo , R. Smida , R. Thomas , J. Tiffenberg , D. Torres Machado , R. Vilar , A. L. Virto

Reanalysis of nuclear spin matrix elements for dark matter spin-dependent scattering

We show how to include in the existing calculations for nuclei other than $^{129}$Xe, $^{131}$Xe, the corrections to the isovector coupling arising in chiral effective field theory recently found in Ref. \cite{Menendez1}. The dominant,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-04-26 M. Cannoni

A simple and natural interpretations of the DAMPE cosmic-ray electron/positron spectrum within two sigma deviations

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) experiment has recently announced the first results for the measurement of total electron plus positron fluxes between 25 GeV and 4.6 TeV. A spectral break at about 0.9 TeV and a tentative peak…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-04-24 Jia-Shu Niu , Tianjun Li , Fang-Zhou Xu

Standard Model anatomy of WIMP dark matter direct detection II: QCD analysis and hadronic matrix elements

Models of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) specified at the electroweak scale are systematically matched to effective theories at hadronic scales where WIMP-nucleus scattering observables are evaluated. Anomalous dimensions and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-05 Richard J. Hill , Mikhail P. Solon

Low-Mass Dark Matter Search with CDMSlite

The SuperCDMS experiment is designed to directly detect weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that may constitute the dark matter in our Galaxy. During its operation at the Soudan Underground Laboratory, germanium detectors were run…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-24 SuperCDMS Collaboration , R. Agnese , A. J. Anderson , T. Aralis , T. Aramaki , I. J. Arnquist , W. Baker , D. Balakishiyeva , D. Barker , R. Basu Thakur , D. A. Bauer , T. Binder , M. A. Bowles , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , R. Calkins , C. Cartaro , D. G. Cerdeno , Y. Chang , H. Chagani , Y. Chen , J. Cooley , B. Cornell , P. Cushman , M. Daal , P. C. F. Di Stefano , T. Doughty , L. Esteban , E. Fascione , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , M. Fritts , G. Gerbier , M. Ghaith , G. L. Godfrey , S. R. Golwala , J. Hall , H. R. Harris , 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 , A. Leder , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , P. Lukens , D. MacDonell , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , N. Mast , E. H. Miller , N. Mirabolfathi , R. A. Moffatt , B. Mohanty , J. D. Morales Mendoza , J. Nelson , J. L. Orrell , S. M. Oser , K. Page , W. A. Page , R. Partridge , M. Pepin , M. Penalver Martinez , A. Phipps , S. Poudel , M. Pyle , H. Qiu , W. Rau , P. Redl , A. Reisetter , T. Reynolds , A. Roberts , A. E. Robinson , H. E. Rogers , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , K. Schneck , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , K. Senapati , B. Serfass , D. Speller , M. Stein , J. Street , H. A. Tanaka , D. Toback , R. Underwood , A. N. Villano , B. von Krosigk , B. Welliver , J. S. Wilson , M. J Wilson , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , J. J. Yen , B. A. Young , X. Zhang , X. Zhao

Neutrinos from WIMP annihilation in the Sun : Implications of a self-consistent model of the Milky Way's dark matter halo

Upper limits on the spin-independent (SI) as well as spin-dependent (SD) elastic scattering cross sections of WIMPs with protons, imposed by the Super-Kamiokande (S-K) upper limit on the neutrino flux from WIMP annihilation in the Sun, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-01-03 Susmita Kundu , Pijushpani Bhattacharjee

Lowering the Threshold in the DAMA Dark Matter Search

The DAMA experiment searches for Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter via its expected but rare interactions within the detector, where the interaction rates will modulate throughout the year due to the orbital motion of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Chris Kelso , Pearl Sandick , Christopher Savage

Effects of Residue Background Events in Direct Dark Matter Detection Experiments on the Determination of the WIMP Mass

In the earlier work on the development of a model-independent data analysis method for determining the mass of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) by using measured recoil energies from direct Dark Matter detection experiments…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-13 Yu-Ting Chou , Chung-Lin Shan

Impact of shell model interactions on nuclear responses to WIMP elastic scattering

Background: Nuclear recoil from scattering with weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) is a signature searched for in direct detection of dark matter. The underlying WIMP-nucleon interactions could be spin and/or orbital angular…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-13 Raghda Abdel Khaleq , Giorgio Busoni , Cedric Simenel , Andrew E. Stuchbery

Using the Energy Spectrum at DAMA/LIBRA to Probe Light Dark Matter

A weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) weighing only a few GeV has been invoked as an explanation for the signal from the DAMA/LIBRA experiment. We show that the data from DAMA/LIBRA are now powerful enough to strongly constrain the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-06-30 Spencer Chang , Aaron Pierce , Neal Weiner

On SUSY Dark Matter Detection with Spinless Nuclei

We investigate the role of nuclear spin in elastic scattering of Dark Matter (DM) neutralinos from nuclei in the framework of the Minimal SUSY standard model (MSSM). The relative contribution of spin-dependent axial-vector and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-12-30 V. A. Bednyakov , H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus , S. G. Kovalenko

Revisiting the direct detection of dark matter in simplified models

In this work we numerically re-examine the loop-induced WIMP-nucleon scattering cross section for the simplified dark matter models and the constraint set by the latest direct detection experiment. We consider a fermion, scalar or vector…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-06-26 Tong Li

Nuclear spin structure in dark matter search: The finite momentum transfer limit

Spin-dependent elastic scattering of weakly interacting massive dark matter particles (WIMP) off nuclei is reviewed. All available, within different nuclear models, structure functions S(q) for finite momentum transfer (q>0) are presented.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 V. A. Bednyakov , F. Simkovic

Looking for WIMPs through the neutrino fogs

We revisit the expected sensitivity of large-scale xenon detectors to Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). Assuming current primary noise sources can be mitigated, we find that with the present discrimination power between nuclear…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-10-04 Itay M. Bloch , Salvatore Bottaro , Diego Redigolo , Ludovico Vittorio