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The Scientific Reach of Multi-Ton Scale Dark Matter Direct Detection Experiments

The next generation of large scale WIMP direct detection experiments have the potential to go beyond the discovery phase and reveal detailed information about both the particle physics and astrophysics of dark matter. We report here on…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-05 Jayden L. Newstead , Thomas D. Jacques , Lawrence M. Krauss , James B. Dent , Francesc Ferrer

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Conceptual Design Report

The design and performance of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) detector is described as of March 2015 in this Conceptual Design Report. LZ is a second-generation dark-matter detector with the potential for unprecedented sensitivity to weakly interacting…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-10-05 The LZ Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , C. W. Akerlof , D. Yu. Akimov , S. K. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , M. J. Barry , P. Bauer , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , K. E. Boast , A. I. Bolozdynya , E. M. Boulton , R. Bramante , J. H. Buckley , V. V. Bugaev , R. Bunker , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , C. Carels , D. L. Carlsmith , B. Carlson , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Cascella , C. Chan , J. J. Cherwinka , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , W. W. Craddock , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , J. P. da Cunha , C. E. Dahl , S. Dasu , T. J. R. Davison , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , T. K. Edberg , B. N. Edwards , W. R. Edwards , M. M. Elnimr , W. T. Emmet , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , P. Ford , V. B. Francis , C. Fu , R. J. Gaitskell , N. J. Gantos , V. M. Gehman , R. M. Gerhard , C. Ghag , M. G. D. Gilchriese , B. Gomber , C. R. Hall , A. Harris , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , M. D. Hoff , B. Holbrook , E. Holtom , D. Q. Huang , T. W. Hurteau , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , W. Ji , X. Ji , M. Johnson , Y. Ju , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , A. V. Khromov , A. M. Konovalov , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , H. J. Krebs , V. A. Kudryavtsev , A. V. Kumpan , S. Kyre , N. A. Larsen , C. Lee , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , F. -T. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , W. H. Lippincott , J. Liu , X. Liu , M. I. Lopes , W. Lorenzon , S. Luitz , P. Majewski , D. C. Malling , A. G. Manalaysay , L. Manenti , R. L. Mannino , D. J. Markley , T. J. Martin , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , D. -M. Mei , Y. Meng , E. H. Miller , J. Mock , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikkel , F. G. O'Neill , J. O'Dell , K. O'Sullivan , M. A. Olevitch , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , M. Pangilinan , S. J. Patton , E. K. Pease , A. Piepke , S. Powell , R. M. Preece , K. Pushkin , B. N. Ratcliff , J. Reichenbacher , L. Reichhart , C. Rhyne , J. P. Rodrigues , H. J. Rose , R. Rosero , J. S. Saba , M. Sarychev , R. W. Schnee , M. S. G. Schubnell , P. R. Scovell , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , K. Skarpaas , W. Skulski , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , V. V. Sosnovtsev , I. Stancu , M. R. Stark , S. Stephenson , T. M. Stiegler , T. J. Sumner , K. Sundarnath , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , W. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , K. J. Thomas , J. A. Thomson , D. R. Tiedt , W. H. To , A. Tomás , M. Tripathi , C. E. Tull , L. Tvrznikova , S. Uvarov , J. Va'vra , M. G. D. van der Grinten , J. R. Verbus , C. O. Vuosalo , W. L. Waldron , L. Wang , R. C. Webb , W. -Z. Wei , M. While , D. T. White , T. J. Whitis , W. J. Wisniewski , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , E. Woods , D. Woodward , S. D. Worm , M. Yeh , J. Yin , S. K. Young , C. Zhang

Expected Sensitivity to Galactic/Solar Axions and Bosonic Super-WIMPs based on the Axio-electric Effect in Liquid Xenon Dark Matter Detectors

We present systematic case studies to investigate the sensitivity of axion searches by liquid xenon detectors, using the axio-electric effect (analogue of the photoelectric effect) on xenon atoms. Liquid xenon is widely considered to be one…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 K. Arisaka , P. Beltrame , C. Ghag , J. Kaidi , K. Lung , A. Lyashenko , R. D. Peccei , P. Smith , K. Ye

New limits on WIMP interactions from the SIMPLE dark matter search

The SIMPLE project uses superheated C2ClF5 liquid detectors to search for particle dark matter candidates. We report the results of the first stage exposure (14.1 kgd) of its latest two-stage, Phase II run, with 15 superheated droplet…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-11 TA Girard , T. A. Morlat , M. Felizardo , A. C. Fernandes , A. R. Ramos , J. G. Marques

The neutrino roof: Single-scatter ceilings in dark matter direct detection

We identify the maximum cross sections probed by single-scatter ``WIMP" searches in dark matter direct detection. Due to Poisson fluctuations in scatter multiplicity, these ceilings scale logarithmically with mass for heavy dark matter and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-06-26 Nirmal Raj , Biprajit Mondal

Dark Matter Searches with LUX

We report here on the results from the Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) search with the LUX dark matter experiment. LUX, a two-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) with 250 kg of active mass, has been operated from 2012 until…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-10-11 Cláudio Frederico Pascoal da Silva

Search for Bosonic Super-WIMP Interactions with the XENON100 Experiment

We present results of searches for vector and pseudo-scalar bosonic super-WIMPs, which are dark matter candidates with masses at the keV-scale, with the XENON100 experiment. XENON100 is a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operated at…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-13 XENON collaboration , E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , L. Althueser , F. D. Amaro , M. Anthony , F. Arneodo , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , Bütikofer , J. Calven , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , P. de Perio , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , S. Diglio , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , R. Itay , B. Kaminsky , S. Kazama , G. Kessler , A. Kish , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , D. Lellouch , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. A. M. Lopes , A. Manfredini , I. Maris , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Masson , D. Mayani , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , A. Molinario , K. Morå , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , P. Pakarha , B. Pelssers , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , M. -C. Piro , G. Plante , N. Priel , D. Ramírez García , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , A. Rizzo , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , M. Silva , H. Simgen , M. v. Sivers , A. Stein , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , M. Vargas , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , C. Wittweg , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu

A dark matter WIMP that can be detected and definitively identified with currently planned experiments

A recently proposed dark matter WIMP has only second-order couplings to gauge bosons and itself. As a result, it has small annihilation, scattering, and creation cross-sections, and is consequently consistent with all current experiments…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-08-02 Caden LaFontaine , Bailey Tallman , Spencer Ellis , Trevor Croteau , Brandon Torres , Sabrina Hernandez , Diego Cristancho Guerrero , Jessica Jaksik , Drue Lubanski , Roland E. Allen

The Present and Future of Searching for Dark Matter with LUX and LZ

The LUX collaboration new results advance the search for dark matter candidate particles in the 4 GeV/c^2 and higher mass range, with a maximal spin-independent 90% C.L. limit of 2 x 10^-46 cm^2 at 50 GeV/c^2 for its 332 live-day run,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 M. Szydagis

Projected WIMP sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a next generation dark matter direct detection experiment that will operate 4850 feet underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, South Dakota, USA. Using a two-phase xenon detector with an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-19 D. S. Akerib , C. W. Akerlof , S. K. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , M. Arthurs , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , D. Bauer , J. Belle , P. Beltrame , T. Benson , E. P. Bernard , T. P. Biesiadzinski , K. E. Boast , B. Boxer , P. Brás , J. H. Buckley , V. V. Bugaev , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , C. Carels , D. L. Carlsmith , B. Carlson , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , J. J. Cherwinka , A. Cole , A. Cottle , W. W. Craddock , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , C. E. Dahl , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , T. K. Edberg , W. R. Edwards , A. Fan , S. Fayer , S. Fiorucci , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , M. G. D. Gilchriese , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. R. Hall , S. Hans , K. Hanzel , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , S. Hillbrand , C. Hjemfelt , M. D. Hoff , J. Y-K. Hor , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , W. Ji , A. C. Kaboth , K. Kamdin , J. Keefner , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , Y. D. Kim , C. D. Kocher , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , H. J. Krebs , L. Kreczko , B. Krikler , V. A. Kudryavtsev , S. Kyre , J. Lee , B. G. Lenardo , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Li , J. Liao , F. -T. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , X. Liu , M. I. Lopes , B. López Paredes , W. Lorenzon , S. Luitz , J. M. Lyle , P. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , C. Maupin , D. N. McKinsey , Y. Meng , E. H. Miller , J. Mock , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , A. St. J. Murphy , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , J. Nikoleyczik , K. O'Sullivan , I. Olcina , M. A. Olevitch , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , S. J. Patton , E. K. Pease , B. Penning , A. Piepke , S. Powell , R. M. Preece , K. Pushkin , B. N. Ratcliff , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , A. Richards , J. P. Rodrigues , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , J. S. Saba , M. Sarychev , R. W. Schnee , M. Schubnell , P. R. Scovell , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , K. Skarpaas , W. Skulski , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , I. Stancu , M. R. Stark , T. M. Stiegler , K. Stifter , M. Szydagis , W. C. Taylor , R. Taylor , D. J. Taylor , D. Temples , P. A. Terman , K. J. Thomas , M. Timalsina , W. H. To , A. Tomás , T. E. Tope , M. Tripathi , C. E. Tull , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , J. Va'vra , A. Vacheret , J. R. Verbus , E. Voirin , W. L. Waldron , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , D. T. White , T. J. Whitis , W. J. Wisniewski , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , S. D. Worm , M. Yeh , J. Yin , I. Young

On the spin-dependent sensitivity of XENON100

The latest XENON100 data severely constrains dark matter elastic scattering off nuclei, leading to impressive upper limits on the spin-independent cross-section. The main goal of this paper is to stress that the same data set has also an…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-03-13 Mathias Garny , Alejandro Ibarra , Miguel Pato , Stefan Vogl

Supernova neutrino physics with xenon dark matter detectors: A timely perspective

Dark matter detectors that utilize liquid xenon have now achieved tonne-scale targets, giving them sensitivity to all flavours of supernova neutrinos via coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering. Considering for the first time a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-21 Rafael F. Lang , Christopher McCabe , Shayne Reichard , Marco Selvi , Irene Tamborra

Neutron background in large-scale xenon detectors for dark matter searches

Simulations of the neutron background for future large-scale particle dark matter detectors are presented. Neutrons were generated in rock and detector elements via spontaneous fission and (alpha,n) reactions, and by cosmic-ray muons. The…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-05-23 M. J. Carson , J. C. Davies , E. Daw , R. J. Hollingworth , V. A. Kudryavtsev , T. B. Lawson , P. K. Lightfoot , J. E. McMillan , B. Morgan , S. M. Paling , M. Robinson , N. J. C. Spooner , D. R. Tovey

Direct WIMP identification: Physics performance of a segmented noble-liquid target immersed in a Gd-doped water veto

We evaluate background rejection capabilities and physics performance of a detector composed of two diverse elements: a sensitive target (filled with one or two species of liquefied noble gasses) and an active veto (made of Gd-doped…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A Bueno , M C Carmona , A J Melgarejo

Results from the First Science Run of the ZEPLIN-III Dark Matter Search Experiment

The ZEPLIN-III experiment in the Palmer Underground Laboratory at Boulby uses a 12kg two-phase xenon time projection chamber to search for the weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that may account for the dark matter of our Galaxy.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 V. N. Lebedenko , H. M. Araujo , E. J. Barnes , A. Bewick , R. Cashmore , V. Chepel , A. Currie , D. Davidge , J. Dawson , T. Durkin , B. Edwards , C. Ghag , M. Horn , A. S. Howard , A. J. Hughes , W. G. Jones , M. Joshi , G. E. Kalmus , A. G. Kovalenko , A. Lindote , I. Liubarsky , M. I. Lopes , R. Luscher , P. Majewski , A. StJ. Murphy , F. Neves , J. Pinto da Cunha , R. Preece , J. J. Quenby , P. R. Scovell , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , V. N. Stekhanov , T. J. Sumner , C. Thorne , R. J. Walker

New Measurement of the Relative Scintillation Efficiency of Xenon Nuclear Recoils Below 10 keV

Liquid xenon is an important detection medium in direct dark matter experiments, which search for low-energy nuclear recoils produced by the elastic scattering of WIMPs with quarks. The two existing measurements of the relative…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-19 E. Aprile , L. Baudis , B. Choi , K. L. Giboni , K. E. Lim , A. Manalaysay , M. E. Monzani , G. Plante , R. Santorelli , M. Yamashita

First Results from the DarkSide-50 Dark Matter Experiment at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso

We report the first results of DarkSide-50, a direct search for dark matter operating in the underground Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) and searching for the rare nuclear recoils possibly induced by weakly interacting massive…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 P. Agnes , T. Alexander , A. Alton , K. Arisaka , H. O. Back , B. Baldin , K. Biery , G. Bonfini , M. Bossa , A. Brigatti , J. Brodsky , F. Budano , L. Cadonati , F. Calaprice , N. Canci , A. Candela , H. Cao , M. Cariello , P. Cavalcante , A. Chavarria , A. Chepurnov , A. G. Cocco , L. Crippa , D. D'Angelo , M. D'Incecco , S. Davini , M. De Deo , 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 , A. Goretti , L. Grandi , M. Gromov , M. Y. Guan , Y. Guardincerri , B. Hackett , K. Herner , E. V. Hungerford , Al. Ianni , An. Ianni , C. Jollet , K. Keeter , C. Kendziora , S. Kidner , V. Kobychev , G. Koh , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kurlej , P. X. Li , B. Loer , P. Lombardi , C. Love , L. Ludhova , S. Luitz , Y. Q. Ma , I. Machulin , A. Mandarano , S. Mari , J. Maricic , L. Marini , C. J. Martoff , A. Meregaglia , E. Meroni , P. D. Meyers , R. Milincic , D. Montanari , A. Monte , M. Montuschi , M. E. Monzani , P. Mosteiro , B. Mount , V. Muratova , P. Musico , A. Nelson , S. Odrowski , M. Okounkova , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , E. Pantic , L. Papp , S. Parmeggiano , R. Parsells , K. Pelczar , N. Pelliccia , S. Perasso , A. Pocar , S. Pordes , D. Pugachev , H. Qian , K. Randle , G. Ranucci , A. Razeto , B. Reinhold , A. Renshaw , A. Romani , B. Rossi , N. Rossi , S. D. Rountree , D. Sablone , P. Saggese , R. Saldanha , W. Sands , S. Sangiorgio , E. Segreto , D. Semenov , E. Shields , M. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , C. Stanford , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , J. Tatarowicz , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , E. Unzhakov , R. B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , S. Walker , H. Wang , Y. Wang , A. Watson , S. Westerdale , M. Wojcik , A. Wright , X. Xiang , J. Xu , C. G. Yang , J. Yoo , S. Zavatarelli , A. Zec , C. Zhu , G. Zuzel

Underground Commissioning of LUX

LUX is a dual-phase xenon TPC designed for the direct detection of dark matter. Using 370 kg of xenon, LUX is capable of setting a WIMP-nucleon cross section limit at 2 x 10^-46 cm^2 after 300 days of running. LUX will surpass all existing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Michael Woods

Light WIMP Searches: The Effect of the Uncertainty in Recoil Energy Scale and Quenching Factor

Taking liquid xenon detectors as a case study, the importance of a robust recoil energy calibration as a prerequisite to a search for light-mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) is emphasized. Important shortfalls in the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-27 J. I. Collar

Removing krypton from xenon by cryogenic distillation to the ppq level

The XENON1T experiment aims for the direct detection of dark matter in a cryostat filled with 3.3 tons of liquid xenon. In order to achieve the desired sensitivity, the background induced by radioactive decays inside the detector has to be…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-05-09 XENON Collaboration , E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , F. D. Amaro , M. Anthony , F. Arneodo , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , L. Bütikofer , J. Calvén , J. M. R. Cardoso , M. Cervantes , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , P. de Perio , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , S. Diglio , E. Duchovni , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , D. Franco , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , R. Itay , B. Kaminsky , G. Kessler , A. Kish , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , D. Lellouch , L. Levinson , M. Le Calloch , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes A. Manfredini , I. Maris , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Masson , D. Mayani , Y. Meng , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , B. Miguez , A. Molinario , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , P. Pakarha , B. Pelssers , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , M. -C. Piro , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , N. Priel , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , N. Rupp , R. Saldanha , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , M. v. Sivers , A. Stein , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , N. Upole , H. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , I. Cristescu