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DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Search

The DEAP-3600 experiment is located 2 km underground at SNOLAB, in Sudbury, Ontario. It is a single-phase detector that searches for dark matter particle interactions within a 1000-kg fiducial mass target of liquid argon. A first generation…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-06-02 DEAP Collaboration , P. -A. Amaudruz , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , J. Bonatt , M. G. Boulay , B. Broerman , J. F. Bueno , A. Butcher , B. Cai , M. Chen , R. Chouinard , B. T. Cleveland , K. Dering , J. DiGioseffo , F. Duncan , T. Flower , R. Ford , P. Giampa , P. Gorel , K. Graham , D. R. Grant , E. Guliyev , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , P. Harvey , C. J. Jillings , M. Kuźniak , I. Lawson , O. Li , P. Liimatainen , P. Majewski , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , K. McFarlane , J. Monroe , A. Muir , C. Nantais , C. Ng , A. J. Noble , C. Ouellet , K. Palladino , P. Pasuthip , S. J. M. Peeters , T. Pollmann , W. Rau , F. Retière , N. Seeburn , K. Singhrao , P. Skensved , B. Smith , T. Sonley , J. Tang , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , L. Veloce , J. Walding , M. Ward

Directional Sensitivity In Light-Mass Dark Matter Searches With Single-Electron Resolution Ionization Detectors

We propose a method using solid state detectors with directional sensitivity to dark matter interactions to detect low-mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) originating from galactic sources. In spite of a large body of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-03-21 Fedja Kadribasic , Nader Mirabolfathi , Kai Nordlund , Andrea E. Sand , E. Holmström , Flyura Djurabekova

Feasibility study of a Superheated Superconducting Granule detector for cold dark matter search

The presented results are part of a feasibility study of a Super- heated Superconducting Granule (SSG) device for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) detection. The sensitivity of SSG to nuclear recoils has been explored…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 A. Gabutti

Dark Matter Search Results from a One Tonne$\times$Year Exposure of XENON1T

We report on a search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using 278.8 days of data collected with the XENON1T experiment at LNGS. XENON1T utilizes a liquid xenon time projection chamber with a fiducial mass of $(1.30 \pm 0.01)$…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-14 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , L. Althueser , F. D. Amaro , M. Anthony , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , 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 , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , S. Diglio , A. Elykov , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Geis , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , H. Qiu , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , R. Itay , F. Joerg , B. Kaminsky , S. Kazama , A. Kish , G. Koltman , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. A. M. Lopes , J. Mahlstedt , A. Manfredini , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , D. Masson , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , K. Miller , A. Molinario , K. Morå , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , B. Pelssers , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , R. Podviianiuk , N. Priel , D. Ramírez García , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , B. Riedel , A. Rizzo , A. Rocchetti , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , N. Upole , M. Vargas , O. Wack , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , C. Wittweg , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu

WIMP Dark Matter Search using a 3.1 Tonne-Year Exposure of the XENONnT Experiment

We report on a search for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter (DM) via elastic DM-xenon-nucleus interactions in the XENONnT experiment. We combine datasets from the first and second science campaigns resulting in a total…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-12-18 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , K. Abe , S. Ahmed Maouloud , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , D. Antón Martin , S. R. Armbruster , 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 , D. Fuchs , W. Fulgione , C. Fuselli , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , F. Gao , S. Ghosh , R. Giacomobono , F. Girard , 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 , P. Kharbanda , M. Kobayashi , D. Koke , K. Kooshkjalali , A. Kopec , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , I. Li , S. Li , S. Liang , Z. Liang , Y. -T. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , K. Liu , M. Liu , J. Loizeau , F. Lombardi , J. Long , J. A. M. Lopes , G. M. Lucchetti , T. Luce , Y. Ma , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Mancuso , L. Manenti , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , K. Martens , J. Masbou , 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 , A. Ravindran , A. Razeto , 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 , A. Stevens , C. Szyszka , A. Takeda , Y. Takeuchi , P. -L. Tan , D. Thers , 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 , J. Yang , L. Yang , J. Ye , L. Yuan , G. Zavattini , Y. Zhao , M. Zhong

Sensitivity of the SHiP experiment to light dark matter

Dark matter is a well-established theoretical addition to the Standard Model supported by many observations in modern astrophysics and cosmology. In this context, the existence of weakly interacting massive particles represents an appealing…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-06-03 SHiP Collaboration

ArDM: a ton-scale liquid Argon experiment for direct detection of Dark Matter in the Universe

The ArDM project aims at developing and operating large noble liquid detectors to search for direct evidence of Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) as Dark Matter in the Universe. The initial goal is to design, assemble and operate a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Rubbia

Limits on Low-Mass WIMP Dark Matter with an Ultra-Low-Energy Germanium Detector at 220 eV Threshold

An energy threshold of (220$\pm$10) eV was achieved at an efficiency of 50% with a four-channel ultra-low-energy germanium detector each with an active mass of 5 g\cite{wimppaper}. This provides a unique probe to WIMP dark matter with mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Shin-Ted Lin , H. T. Wong

Low Energy Electron and Nuclear Recoil Thresholds in the DRIFT-II Negative Ion TPC for Dark Matter Searches

Understanding the ability to measure and discriminate particle events at the lowest possible energy is an essential requirement in developing new experiments to search for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter. In this…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-05-12 S. Burgos , E. Daw , J. Forbes , C. Ghag , M. Gold , C. Hagemann , V. A. Kudryavtsev , T. B. Lawson , D. Loomba , P. Majewski , D. Muna , A. St. J. Murphy , S. M. Paling , A. Petkov , S. J. S. Plank , M. Robinson , N. Sanghi , D. P. Snowden-Ifft , N. J. C. Spooner , J. Turk , E. Tziaferi

Dark Matter Search with the DEAP-3600 Detector using the Profile Likelihood Ratio Method

We present here a search for WIMP dark matter using 790.8 live-days of data collected with 3269 kg of liquid argon (1266 kg fiducial) by the DEAP-3600 detector at SNOLAB, using the Profile Likelihood Ratio method. The likelihood model is…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-03-17 DEAP Collaboration , P. Adhikari , R. Ajaj , M. Alpízar-Venegas , P. -A. Amaudruz , J. Anstey , D. J. Auty , M. Baldwin , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , A. Bigentini , C. E. Bina , W. Bonivento , M. G. Boulay , J. F. Bueno , P. M. Burghardt , A. Butcher , M. Cadeddu , B. Cai , M. Cárdenas-Montes , S. Cavuoti , Y. Chen , S. Choudhary , B. T. Cleveland , R. Crampton , S. Daugherty , P. DelGobbo , P. Di Stefano , G. Dolganov , L. Doria , F. A. Duncan , M. Dunford , E. Ellingwood , A. Erlandson , S. S. Farahani , N. Fatemighomi , G. Fiorillo , R. J. Ford , D. Gahan , D. Gallacher , A. Garai , P. García Abia , S. Garg , P. Giampa , A. Giménez-Alcázar , D. Goeldi , P. Gorel , K. Graham , A. Grobov , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , S. Haskins , J. Hu , J. Hucker , D. Huff , T. Hugues , A. Ilyasov , B. Jigmeddorj , C. J. Jillings , A. Joy , G. Kaur , A. Kemp , M. Khoshraftar Yazdi , M. Kuźniak , F. La Zia , M. Lai , S. Langrock , B. Lehnert , J. LePage-Bourbonnais , M. Lissia , L. Luzzi , I. Machulin , P. Majewski , A. Maru , J. Mason , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , J. B. McLaughlin , C. Mielnichuk , L. Mirasola , A. Moharana , J. Monroe , A. Murray , M. Needs , C. Ng , G. Oliviéro , M. Olszewski , S. Pal , D. Papi , B. Park , M. Perry , V. Pesudo , T. R. Pollmann , F. Rad , C. Rethmeier , F. Retière , I. Rodríguez García , L. Roszkowski , R. Santorelli , F. G. Schuckman , N. Seeburn , S. Seth , V. Shalamova , P. Skensved , T. Smirnova , N. J. T. Smith , K. Sobotkiewich , T. Sonley , J. Sosiak , J. Soukup , R. Stainforth , M. Stringer , J. Tang , P. Taylor , R. Turcotte-Tardif , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , G. Vera Díaz , S. Viel , B. Vyas , M. Walczak , J. Walding , M. Ward , S. Westerdale , R. Wormington , A. Zuñiga-Reyes

Direction-sensitive dark matter search with a low-background gaseous detector NEWAGE-0.3b''

NEWAGE is a direction-sensitive dark matter search using a low-pressure gaseous time projection chamber. A low alpha-ray emission rate micro pixel chamber had been developed in order to reduce background for dark matter search. We conducted…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-04-14 Tomonori Ikeda , Kiseki Nakamura , Takuya Shimada , Ryota Yakabe , Takashi Hashimoto , Hirohisa Ishiura , Takuma Nakamura , Hiroshi Ito , Koichi Ichimura , Ko Abe , Kazuyoshi Kobayashi , Toru Tanimori , Hidetoshi Kubo , Atsushi Takada , Hiroyuki Sekiya , Atsushi Takeda , Kentaro Miuchi

The Electronics and Data Acquisition System of the DarkSide Dark Matter Search

It is generally inferred from astronomical measurements that Dark Matter (DM) comprises approximately 27\% of the energy-density of the universe. If DM is a subatomic particle, a possible candidate is a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-26 The DarkSide Collaboration , 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 Pieto , 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. 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. M. Mari , J. Maricic , L. Marini , J. Martoff , A. Meregaglia , E. Meroni , P. D. Meyers , R. Milincic , D. Montanari , M. Montuschi , M. E. Monzani , P. Mosteiro , B. Mount , V. Muratova , P. Musico , A. Nelson , S. Odrowski , M. Okounkoa , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , E. Pantic , L. Papp , S. Parmeggiano , Bob 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 , Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , J. Tatarowicz , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , E. Unzhakov , R. B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , S. E. 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

Neutrino Backgrounds in Future Liquid Noble Element Dark Matter Direct Detection Experiments

Experiments that use liquid noble gasses as target materials, such as argon and xenon, play a significant role in direct detection searches for WIMP(-like) dark matter. As these experiments grow in size, they will soon encounter a new…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-05-05 Andrea Gaspert , Pietro Giampa , David E. Morrissey

The DarkSide Program at LNGS

DarkSide is a direct detection dark matter program based on two phase time projection chambers with depleted argon targets. The DarkSide detectors are designed, using novel low background techniques and active shielding, to be capable of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-13 Alex Wright

DArT, a detector for measuring the 39Ar depletion factor

One of the most powerful techniques for direct detection of dark matter via elastic scattering of galactic WIMPs is the use of liquid argon time projection chambers. Atmospheric argon (AAr) has a naturally occurring radioactive isotope,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-12 E. Sánchez García

Directional dark matter detection sensitivity of a two-phase liquid argon detector

We examine the sensitivity of a large scale two-phase liquid argon detector to the directionality of the dark matter signal. This study was performed under the assumption that, above 50 keV of recoil energy, one can determine (with some…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-15 M. Cadeddu , M. Lissia , P. Agnes , G. Batignani , W. M. Bonivento , B. Bottino , M. Caravati , A. Cocco , G. Covone , A. de Candia , S. Catalanotti , V. Cataudella , C. Cicalo' , G. De Filippis , G. De Rosa , S. Davini , A. Devoto , C. Dionisi , D. Franco , C. Giganti , C. Galbiati , S. Giagu , M. Gulino , M. Kuss , L. Lista , G. Longo , A. Navrer-Agasson , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Paoloni , E. Picciau , M. Razeti , M. Rescigno , Q. Riffard , B. Rossi , N. Rossi , G. Testera , P. Trinchese , A. Tonazzo , S. Walker , G. Fiorillo

Update on the MiniCLEAN Dark Matter Experiment

The direct search for dark matter is entering a period of increased sensitivity to the hypothetical Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP). One such technology that is being examined is a scintillation only noble liquid experiment,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-03-20 K. Rielage , M. Akashi-Ronquest , M. Bodmer , R. Bourque , B. Buck , A. Butcher , T. Caldwell , Y. Chen , K. Coakley , E. Flores , J. A. Formaggio , D. Gastler , F. Giuliani , M. Gold , E. Grace , J. Griego , N. Guerrero , V. Guiseppe , R. Henning , A. Hime , S. Jaditz , C. Kachulis , E. Kearns , J. Kelsey , J. R. Klein , A. Latorre , I. Lawson , S. Linden , F. Lopez , D. N. McKinsey , S. MacMullin , A. Mastbaum , D. -M. Mei , J. Monroe , J. A. Nikkel , J. Oertel , G. D. Orebi Gann , K. Palladino , G. Perumpilly , L. Rodriguez , R. Schnee , S. Seibert , J. Walding , B. Wang , J. Wang , C. Zhang

Detection of WIMP-like dark matter in some extensions of the Standard Model

One of the most popular classes of candidates for dark matter are Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), i.e. particles possessing masses and couplings falling roughly within the electroweak scale. Apart from offering a natural…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-06-21 Andreas Goudelis

DARWIN: dark matter WIMP search with noble liquids

DARWIN (DARk matter WImp search with Noble liquids) is an R&D and design study towards the realization of a multi-ton scale dark matter search facility in Europe, based on the liquid argon and liquid xenon time projection chamber…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-22 Laura Baudis

The DarkSide-20k TPC and Underground Argon Cryogenic System

DarkSide-20k (DS-20k) will exploit the physical and chemical properties of liquid argon housed within a large dual-phase time project chamber (TPC) in its direct search for dark matter. The TPC will utilize a compact, integrated design with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-11-22 T. N. Thorpe