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Axion Dark Matter eXperiment: Detailed Design and Operations

Axion Dark Matter eXperiment (ADMX) ultra low noise haloscope technology has enabled the successful completion of two science runs (1A and 1B) that looked for dark matter axions in the $2.66$ to $3.1$ $\mu$eV mass range with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-22 R. Khatiwada , D. Bowring , A. S. Chou , A. Sonnenschein , W. Wester , D. V. Mitchell , T. Braine , C. Bartram , R. Cervantes , N. Crisosto , N. Du , S. Kimes , L. J Rosenberg , G. Rybka , J. Yang , D. Will , G. Carosi , N. Woollett , S. Durham , L. D. Duffy , R. Bradley , C. Boutan , M. Jones , B. H. LaRoque , N. S. Oblath , M. S. Taubman , J. Tedeschi , John Clarke , A. Dove , A. Eddins , A. Hashim , S. R. O'Kelley , S. Nawaz , I. Siddiqi , N. Stevenson , A. Agrawal , A. V. Dixit , J. R. Gleason , S. Jois , P. Sikivie , N. S. Sullivan , D. B. Tanner , J. A. Solomon , E. Lentz , E. J. Daw , M. G. Perry , J. H. Buckley , P. M. Harrington , E. A. Henriksen , K. W. Murch , G. C. Hilton

Dark matter direct search result from InDEx run2 at JUSL

The Indian Dark matter search Experiment (InDEx) has been initiated at Jaduguda Underground Science Laboratory (JUSL) to explore the low mass region of dark matter. The detectors used by InDEx are superheated droplet detectors with active…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-10-09 Susmita Das , Mala Das , Vimal Kumar , Suraj Ali , Nilanjan Biswas , Shantonu Sahoo , Niraj Chaddha

Dark Matter Direct Detection With Low Temperature Detectors

Low Temperature Detectors (LTDs) offer the best signal-to-noise performance and thus, lowest energy threshold among other particle detection technologies available today. The excellent background rejection provided by these detectors is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-02 Nader Mirabolfathi

Light WIMP search in XMASS

A search for light dark matter using low-threshold data from the single phase liquid xenon scintillation detector XMASS, has been conducted. Using the entire 835 kg inner volume as target, the analysis threshold can be lowered to 0.3 keVee…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-31 K. Abe , K. Hieda , K. Hiraide , S. Hirano , Y. Kishimoto , K. Kobayashi , S. Moriyama , K. Nakagawa , M. Nakahata , H. Ogawa , N. Oka , H. Sekiya , A. Shinozaki Y. Suzuki , A. Takeda , O. Takachio , K. Ueshima , D. Umemoto , M. Yamashita , B. S. Yang , S. Tasaka , J. Liu , K. Martens , K. Hosokawa , K. Miuchi , A. Murata , Y. Onishi , Y. Otsuka , Y. Takeuchi , Y. H. Kim , K. B. Lee , M. K. Lee , J. S. Lee , Y. Fukuda , Y. Itow , K. Masuda , Y. Nishitani , H. Takiya , H. Uchida , N. Y. Kim , Y. D. Kim , F. Kusaba , D. Motoki , K. Nishijima , K. Fujii , I. Murayama , S. Nakamura

Improving sensitivity to low-mass dark matter in LUX using a novel electrode background mitigation technique

This paper presents a novel technique for mitigating electrode backgrounds that limit the sensitivity of searches for low-mass dark matter (DM) using xenon time projection chambers. In the LUX detector, signatures of low-mass DM…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-07-28 LUX Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , J. Balajthy , J. Bang , 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 , 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 , 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 , C. Rhyne , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , P. Rossiter , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , T. J. Sumner , N. Swanson , 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 , A. Vacheret , A. Vaitkus , V. Velan , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , X. Xiang , J. Xu , C. Zhang

A Search for the Cosmic Ray Boosted Sub-GeV Dark Matter at the PandaX-II Experiment

We report a novel search for the cosmic ray boosted dark matter using the 100~tonne$\cdot$day full data set of the PandaX-II detector located at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory. With the extra energy gained from the cosmic rays,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-05-11 Xiangyi Cui , Abdusalam Abdukerim , Zihao Bo , Wei Chen , Xun Chen , Yunhua Chen , Chen Cheng , Yunshan Cheng , Yingjie Fan , Deqing Fang , Changbo Fu , Mengting Fu , Lisheng Geng , Karl Giboni , Linhui Gu , Xuyuan Guo , Ke Han , Changda He , Jinrong He , Di Huang , Yanlin Huang , Zhou Huang , Ruquan Hou , Xiangdong Ji , Yonglin Ju , Chenxiang Li , Mingchuan Li , Shu Li , Shuaijie Li , Qing Lin , Jianglai Liu , Xiaoying Lu , Lingyin Luo , Wenbo Ma , Yugang Ma , Yajun Mao , Yue Meng , Nasir Shaheed , Xuyang Ning , Ningchun Qi , Zhicheng Qian , Xiangxiang Ren , Changsong Shang , Guofang Shen , Lin Si , Wenliang Sun , Andi Tan , Yi Tao , Anqing Wang , Meng Wang , Qiuhong Wang , Shaobo Wang , Siguang Wang , Zhou Wang , Wei Wang , Xiuli Wang , Mengmeng Wu , Weihao Wu , Jingkai Xia , Mengjiao Xiao , Xiang Xiao , Pengwei Xie , Binbin Yan , Xiyu Yan , Jijun Yang , Yong Yang , Chunxu Yu , Jumin Yuan , Ying Yuan , Dan Zhang , Minzhen Zhang , Peng Zhang , Tao Zhang , Li Zhao , Qibin Zheng , Jifang Zhou , Ning Zhou , Xiaopeng Zhou , Yong Zhou

Enabling Thermal Dark Matter within the Vanilla $L_\mu$-$L_\tau$ Model

Thermal dark matter is a compelling setup that has been probed by a multitude of experiments, mostly in the GeV-TeV mass range. The thermal paradigm in the sub-GeV range is about to experience the same experimental test with the next…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-03 Nicolás Bernal , Jacinto P. Neto , Javier Silva-Malpartida , Farinaldo S. Queiroz

A Concept for A Dark Matter Detector Using Liquid Helium-4

Direct searches for light dark matter particles (mass $<10$ GeV) are especially challenging because of the low energies transferred in elastic scattering to typical heavy nuclear targets. We investigate the possibility of using liquid…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Wei Guo , Daniel N. McKinsey

Results of a Search for Sub-GeV Dark Matter Using 2013 LUX Data

The scattering of dark matter (DM) particles with sub-GeV masses off nuclei is difficult to detect using liquid xenon-based DM search instruments because the energy transfer during nuclear recoils is smaller than the typical detector…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-18 D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , J. Balajthy , P. Beltrame , 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 , T. J. R. Davison , E. Druszkiewicz , S. R. Fallon , A. Fan , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , 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 , R. Knoche , E. V. Korolkova , S. Kravitz , V. A. Kudryavtsev , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , J. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , D. -M. Mei , M. Moongweluwan , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , A. Naylor , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , 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 , W. C. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , W. H. To , M. Tripathi , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , S. Uvarov , V. Velan , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , J. Xu , K. Yazdani , C. Zhang

New constraints and discovery potential of sub-GeV dark matter with xenon detectors

Existing xenon dark matter (DM) direct detection experiments can probe the DM-nucleon interaction of DM with a sub-GeV mass through a search for photon emission from the recoiling xenon atom. We show that LUX's constraints on sub-GeV DM,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-08-23 Christopher McCabe

FPGA-based Trigger System for the LUX Dark Matter Experiment

LUX is a two-phase (liquid/gas) xenon time projection chamber designed to detect nuclear recoils resulting from interactions with dark matter particles. Signals from the detector are processed with an FPGA-based digital trigger system that…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-03-23 D. S. Akerib , H. M. Araujo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , E. M. Boulton , A. Bradley , R. Bramante , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , J. J. Chapman , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , T. J. R. Davison , L. de Viveiros , 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. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , R. Knoche , N. A. Larsen , C. Lee , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , D. C. Malling , A. G. 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 , R. A. Ott , K. J. Palladino , M. Pangilinan , E. K. Pease , P. Phelps , L. Reichhart , C. Rhyne , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , W. Skulski , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , S. Stephenson , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , W. 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 , M. Yen , J. Yin , S. K. Young , C. Zhang

The Direct Search Experiment for Light Dark Matter (DELight): Overview and Perspectives

Driven by the null results in the searches for dark matter, the field of direct dark matter detection is constantly evolving to push new frontiers. Ultimately, a vast parameter space for dark matter masses below a few GeV is yet to be…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-12-18 Melih Solmaz

New Concept for Electron Beam-Dump Experiment Utilizing Directional WIMP Detector

Light dark matter in the context of dark sector theories is an attractive candidate for the dark matter thought to make up the bulk of the mass of our universe. We explore here the possibility of using a low-pressure, negative-ion, time…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-27 D. P. Snowden-Ifft , J. L. Harton , N. Ma , F. G. Schuckman

Parameters for a 30 GeV Undulator Test Facility in the FFTB/LCLS

The parameters for a 30 GeV test beam are outlined for use with an undulator in the FFTB tunnel where the LCLS will eventually be housed. It is proposed to use the SLAC linac and damping rings in their present mode of operation for PEP II…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Patrick Krejcik

Search for light dark matter with the MESA accelerator

At the Institute for Nuclear Physics of the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, the MESA facility is currently being constructed. At its core there is a new superconducting energy-recovery linac which will provide intense electron beams…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-09-20 Luca Doria , Patrick Achenbach , Mirco Christmann , Achim Denig , Pepe Guelker , Harald Merkel

Light dark matter searches with positrons

We discuss two complementary strategies to search for light dark matter (LDM) exploiting the positron beam possibly available in the future at Jefferson Laboratory. LDM is a new compelling hypothesis that identifies dark matter with new…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-09-01 M. Battaglieri , A. Bianconi , P. Bisio , M. Bondì , A. Celentano , G. Costantini , P. L. Cole , L. Darmé , R. De Vita , A. D'Angelo , M. De Napoli , L. El Fassi , V. Kozhuharov , A. Italiano , G. Krnjaic , L. Lanza , M. Leali , L. Marsicano , V. Mascagna , S. Migliorati , E. Nardi , M. Raggi , N. Randazzo , E. Santopinto , E. Smith , M. Spreafico , S. Stepanyan , M. Ungaro , P. Valente , L. Venturelli , M. H. Wood

The TREX-DM experiment at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory

TREX-DM (TPC Rare Event eXperiment for Dark Matter) is intended to look for low mass WIMPs in the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC) in Spain, using light elements (Ne, Ar) as target in a high pressure TPC equipped with Micromegas…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-20 J Castel , S Cebrián , T Dafni , J Galán , IG Irastorza , G Luzón , C Margalejo , H Mirallas , A Ortiz de Solórzano , A Peiró , E Ruiz-Chóliz

First search for light fermionic dark matter absorption on electrons using germanium detector in CDEX-10 experiment

We present the first results of the search for sub-MeV fermionic dark matter absorbed by electron targets of germanium using the 205.4~kg$\cdot$day data collected by the CDEX-10 experiment, with the analysis threshold of 160~eVee. No…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-02-18 J. X. Liu , L. T. Yang , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , Y. J. Li , H. P. An , Greeshma C. , J. P. Chang , Y. H. Chen , J. P. Cheng , W. H. Dai , Z. Deng , C. H. Fang , X. P. Geng , H. Gong , Q. J. Guo , T. Guo , X. Y. Guo , L. He , J. R. He , J. W. Hu , H. X. Huang , T. C. Huang , L. Jiang , S. Karmakar , 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 , S. K. Liu , Y. D. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. Y. Liu , H. Ma , Y. C. Mao , Q. Y. Nie , H. Pan , N. C. Qi , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , M. B. Shen , M. K. Singh , T. X. Sun , W. L. Sun , C. J. Tang , Y. Tian , G. F. Wang , J. Z. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. F. 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 , M. Zeng , Z. Zeng , B. T. Zhang , F. S. Zhang , L. Zhang , P. Zhang , Z. H. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , J. Z. Zhao , K. K. Zhao , M. G. Zhao , J. F. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu

First dark matter search results from the PandaX-I experiment

We report on the first dark-matter (DM) search results from PandaX-I, a low threshold dual-phase xenon experiment operating at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory. In the 37-kg liquid xenon target with 17.4 live-days of exposure, no DM…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-09-05 PandaX Collaboration , Mengjiao Xiao , Xiang Xiao , Li Zhao , Xiguang Cao , Xun Chen , Yunhua Chen , Xiangyi Cui , Deqing Fang , Changbo Fu , Karl L. Giboni , Haowei Gong , Guodong Guo , Jie Hu , Xingtao Huang , Xiangdong Ji , Yonglin Ju , Siao Lei , Shaoli Li , Qing Lin , Huaxuan Liu , Jianglai Liu , Xiang Liu , Wolfgang Lorenzon , Yugang Ma , Yajun Mao , Kaixuan Ni , Kirill Pushkin , Xiangxiang Ren , Michael Schubnell , Manbing Shen , Scott Stephenson , Andi Tan , Greg Tarle , Hongwei Wang , Jimin Wang , Meng Wang , Xuming Wang , Zhou Wang , Yuehuan Wei , Shiyong Wu , Pengwei Xie , Yinghui You , Xionghui Zeng , Hua Zhang , Tao Zhang , Zhonghua Zhu

The BDX-MINI detector for Light Dark Matter search at JLab

This paper describes the design and performance of a compact detector, BDX-MINI, that incorporates all features of a concept that optimized the detection of light dark matter produced by electrons in a beam dump. It represents a reduced…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-03-17 M. Battaglieri , P. Bisio , M. Bondí , A. Celentano , P. L. Cole , M. De Napoli , R. De Vita , L. Marsicano , G. Ottonello , F. Parodi , N. Randazzo , E. S. Smith , D. Snowden-Ifft , M. Spreafico , T. Whitlatch , M. H. Wood