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Exclusion limits on the WIMP-nucleon cross-section from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) employs low-temperature Ge and Si detectors to search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) via their elastic-scattering interactions with nuclei while discriminating against interactions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 CDMS Collaboration

Dark Discrete Gauge Symmetries

We investigate scenarios in which dark matter is stabilized by an abelian Z_N discrete gauge symmetry. Models are surveyed according to symmetries and matter content. Multi-component dark matter arises when N is not prime and Z_N contains…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-02-18 Brian Batell

Direct Detection of Dark Matter Electromagnetic Dipole Moments

Dark matter candidates with electromagnetic dipole moments can arise as dark baryons in gauge-mediated or technicolor models. These dark matter candidates interact with nuclei in direct detection experiments mainly through magnetic and/or…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-08-04 Tom Banks , Jean-François Fortin , Scott Thomas

Impact of COHERENT measurements, cross section uncertainties and new interactions on the neutrino floor

We reconsider the discovery limit of multi-ton direct detection dark matter experiments in the light of recent measurements of the coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering process. Assuming the cross section to be a parameter entirely…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-01-28 D. Aristizabal Sierra , V. De Romeri , L. J. Flores , D. K. Papoulias

Direct dark matter search by annual modulation in XMASS-I

A search for dark matter was conducted by looking for an annual modulation signal due to the Earth's rotation around the Sun using XMASS, a single phase liquid xenon detector. The data used for this analysis was 359.2 live days times 832 kg…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-27 XMASS Collaboration , K. Abe , K. Hiraide , K. Ichimura , Y. Kishimoto , K. Kobayashi , M. Kobayashi , S. Moriyama , M. Nakahata , T. Norita , H. Ogawa , H. Sekiya , O. Takachio , A. Takeda , M. Yamashita , B. S. Yang , N. Y. Kim , Y. D. Kim , S. Tasaka , K. Fushimi , J. Liu , K. Martens , Y. Suzuki , B. D. Xu , R. Fujita , K. Hosokawa , K. Miuchi , Y. Onishi , N. Oka , Y. Takeuchi , Y. H. Kim , J. S. Lee , K. B. Lee , M. K. Lee , Y. Fukuda , Y. Itow , R. Kegasa , K. Kobayashi , K. Masada , H. Takiya , K. Nishijima , S. Nakamura

A General Analysis of Direct Dark Matter Detection: From Microphysics to Observational Signatures

Beginning with a set of simplified models for spin-0, spin-$\half$, and spin-1 dark matter candidates using completely general Lorentz invariant and renormalizable Lagrangians, we derive the full set of non-relativistic operators and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-09-23 James B. Dent , Lawrence M. Krauss , Jayden L. Newstead , Subir Sabharwal

dmscatter: A Fast Program for WIMP-Nucleus Scattering

Recent work, using an effective field theory framework, has shown the number of possible couplings between nucleons and the dark-matter-candidate Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) is larger than previously thought. Inspired by an…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-12-14 Oliver Gorton , Calvin Johnson , Changfeng Jiao , Jonathan Nikoleyczik

Prospects for dark matter detection with inelastic transitions of xenon

Dark matter can scatter and excite a nucleus to a low-lying excitation in a direct detection experiment. This signature is distinct from the canonical elastic scattering signal because the inelastic signal also contains the energy deposited…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-05-24 Christopher McCabe

Coherent Neutrino Scattering in Dark Matter Detectors

Coherent elastic neutrino- and WIMP-nucleus interaction signatures are expected to be quite similar. This paper discusses how a next generation ton-scale dark matter detector could discover neutrino-nucleus coherent scattering, a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-09-07 A. J. Anderson , J. M. Conrad , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , K. Scholberg , J. Spitz

An Effective Field Theory Analysis of the First LUX Dark Matter Search

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter search was a 250-kg active mass dual-phase time projection chamber that operated by detecting light and ionization signals from particles incident on a xenon target. In December 2015, LUX…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-30 D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , J. Balajthy , 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 , N. A. Larsen , E. Leason , B. G. Lenardo , 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 , M. Moongweluwan , 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 , E. K. Pease , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , C. Rhyne , P. Rossiter , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , T. J. Sumner , 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 , S. Uvarov , A. Vacheret , V. Velan , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , J. Xu , C. Zhang

Constraints on Solar Reflected Dark Matter from a combined analysis of XENON1T and XENONnT data

We report on a search for sub-GeV dark matter upscattered via the solar reflection mechanism in the heavy mediator scenario. Under the Standard Halo Model, keV to MeV dark matter produces nuclear recoils with energies below the detection…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-12-23 XENON Collaboration , E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , K. Abe , M. Adrover , S. Ahmed Maouloud , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , D. Ant'on Martin , S. R. Armbruster , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , M. Bazyk , L. Bellagamba , R. Biondi , A. Bismark , K. Boese , R. M. Braun , G. Bruni , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Cai , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , A. P. Cimental Ch'avez , 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 , R. Elleboro , A. Elykov , A. D. Ferella , C. Ferrari , H. Fischer , T. Flehmke , M. Flierman , R. Frankel , D. Fuchs , W. Fulgione , C. Fuselli , R. Gaior , F. Gao , 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 , 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. A. M. Lopes , G. M. Lucchetti , T. Luce , Y. Ma , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , F. Marignetti , T. Marrod'an Undagoitia , K. Martens , J. Masbou , S. Mastroianni , V. Mazza , A. Melchiorre , J. Merz , M. Messina , A. J. P. Michel , K. Miuchi , A. Molinario , S. Moriyama , K. Morå , M. Murra , J. Müller , K. Ni , C. T. Oba Ishikawa , U. Oberlack , S. Ouahada , B. Paetsch , Y. Pan , Q. Pellegrini , R. Peres , J. Pienaar , M. Pierre , G. Plante , T. R. Pollmann , A. Prajapati , L. Principe , J. Qin , D. Ram'irez Garcia , 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 , F. N. Semler , P. Shagin , S. Shi , H. Simgen , Z. Song , A. Stevens , C. Szyszka , A. Takeda , Y. Takeuchi , P. -L. Tan , D. Thers , G. Trinchero , C. D. Tunnell , K. Valerius , S. Vecchi , S. Vetter , 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 , M. Yoshida , L. Yuan , G. Zavattini , Y. Zhao , M. Zhong , T. Zhu

Reconstructing the Velocity Distribution of WIMPs from Direct Dark Matter Detection Data

Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) are one of the leading candidates for dark matter. Currently, the most promising method to detect many different WIMP candidates is the direct detection of the recoil energy deposited in a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-27 Manuel Drees , Chung-Lin Shan

CYGNUS: Feasibility of a nuclear recoil observatory with directional sensitivity to dark matter and neutrinos

Now that conventional weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter searches are approaching the neutrino floor, there has been a resurgence of interest in detectors with sensitivity to nuclear recoil directions. A large-scale…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-23 S. E. Vahsen , C. A. J. O'Hare , W. A. Lynch , N. J. C. Spooner , E. Baracchini , P. Barbeau , J. B. R. Battat , B. Crow , C. Deaconu , C. Eldridge , A. C. Ezeribe , M. Ghrear , D. Loomba , K. J. Mack , K. Miuchi , F. M. Mouton , N. S. Phan , K. Scholberg , T. N. Thorpe

A review of the discovery reach of directional Dark Matter detection

Cosmological observations indicate that most of the matter in the Universe is Dark Matter. Dark Matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) can be detected directly, via its elastic scattering off target nuclei. Most…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-05 F. Mayet , A. M. Green , J. B. R. Battat , J. Billard , N. Bozorgnia , G. B. Gelmini , P. Gondolo , B. J. Kavanagh , S. K. Lee , D. Loomba , J. Monroe , B. Morgan , C. A. J. O'Hare , A. H. G. Peter , N. S. Phan , S. E. Vahsen

Results from a search for dark matter in the complete LUX exposure

We report constraints on spin-independent weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP)-nucleon scattering using a 3.35e4 kg-day exposure of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment. A dual-phase xenon time projection chamber with 250 kg…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , E. M. Boulton , R. Bramante , P. Brás , D. Byram , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , T. J. R. Davison , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , B. N. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , V. M. Gehman , C. Ghag , K. R. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , C. R. Hall , M. Hanhardt , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , D. P. Hogan , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , M. Ihm , R. G. Jacobsen , W. Ji , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , R. Knoche , N. A. Larsen , C. Lee , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , D. M. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , K. O`Sullivan , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , E. K. Pease , P. Phelps , L. Reichhart , C. Rhyne , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , S. Stephenson , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , W. H. To , M. Tripathi , L. Tvrznikova , S. Uvarov , J. R. Verbus , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , J. Xu , K. Yazdani , S. K. Young , C. Zhang

Search for Event Rate Modulation in XENON100 Electronic Recoil Data

We have searched for periodic variations of the electronic recoil event rate in the (2-6) keV energy range recorded between February 2011 and March 2012 with the XENON100 detector, adding up to 224.6 live days in total. Following a detailed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-01 The XENON Collaboration , E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , M. Anthony , L. Arazi , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , C. Balan , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , L. Buetikofer , J. M. R. Cardoso , M. Cervantes , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , H. Contreras , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , P. de Perio , A. Di Giovanni , E. Duchovni , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , C. Grignon , E. Gross , W. Hampel , C. Hasterok , R. Itay , F. Kaether , B. Kaminsky , G. Kessler , A. Kish , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , M. Le Calloch , D. Lellouch , L. Levinson , C. Levy , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , A. Lyashenko , S. Macmullin , T. Marrodan Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Mayani , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez. Y. Meng , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , B. Miguez , A. Molinario , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , P. Pakarha , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , G. Plante , N. Priel , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , R. Wall , H. Wang , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer , Y. Zhang

Extracting Halo Independent Information from Dark Matter Electron Scattering Data

Direct detection experiments and the interpretation of their results are sensitive to the velocity structure of the dark matter in our galactic halo. In this work, we extend the formalism that deals with such astrophysics-driven…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-04-09 Elias Bernreuther , Patrick J. Fox , Benjamin Lillard , Anna-Maria Taki , Tien-Tien Yu

Direct Search for Dark Matter - Striking the Balance - and the Future

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are among the main candidates for the relic dark matter (DM). The idea of the direct DM detection relies on elastic spin-dependent (SD) and spin-independent (SI) interaction of WIMPs with target…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-20 V. A. Bednyakov , H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus

XENON1T implications for the DAMA annual modulation: The good, the bad and the ugly

Previous work has argued that the DAMA annual modulation signal might be due to electron recoils in plasma dark matter models. A specific model assuming mirror dark matter and featuring collisional shielding of a detector due to Earth-bound…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-11-06 R. Foot

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