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Prospects for SIMPLE 2000: A large-mass, low-background Superheated Droplet Detector for WIMP searches

SIMPLE 2000 (Superheated Instrument for Massive ParticLE searches) will consist of an array of eight to sixteen large active mass ($\sim15$ g) Superheated Droplet Detectors(SDDs) to be installed in the new underground laboratory of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-01 J. I. Collar , J. Puibasset , T. A. Girard , D. Limagne , H. S. Miley , G. Waysand

WIMP searches with superheated droplet detectors: Status and Prospects

SIMPLE (Superheated Instrument for Massive ParticLE searches) employs superheated droplet detectors (SDDs) to search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter. As a result of the intrinsic SDD insensitivity to minimum…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-03 J. I. Collar , T. A. Girard , D. Limagne , H. S. Miley , T. Morlat , J. Puibasset , G. Waysand

Recent Results from the SIMPLE Dark Matter Search

SIMPLE is an experimental search for evidence of spin-dependent dark matter, based on superheated droplet detectors using C$_{2}$ClF$_{5}$. We report preliminary results of a 0.6 kgdy exposure of five one liter devices, each containing…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-11-03 TA Girard , F. Giuliani , J. I. Collar

Heavy Superheated Droplet Detectors as a Probe of Spin-independent WIMP Dark Matter Existence

At present, application of Superheated Droplet Detectors (SDDs) in WIMP dark matter searches has been limited to the spin-dependent sector, owing to the general use of fluorinated refrigerants which have high spin sensitivity. Given their…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Giuliani , T. Morlat , T. A. Girard

Superheated Droplet Detectors as CDM Detectors: The SIMPLE Experiment

Superheated Droplet Detectors (SDDs) are becoming commonplace in neutron personnel dosimetry. Their total insensitivity to minimum ionizing radiation (while responsive to nuclear recoils of energies ~ few keV), together with their low cost,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-03 J. I. Collar , T. A. Girard , D. Limagne , G. Waysand

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

SIMPLE Dark Matter Search Results

We report an improved SIMPLE experiment comprising four superheated droplet detectors with a total exposure of 0.42 kgd. The result yields ~ factor 10 improvement in the previously-reported results, and -- despite the low exposure -- is…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 TA Girard , F. Giuliani , T. Morlat , M. Felizardo da Costa , J. I. Collar , D. Limagne , G. Waysand , J. Puibasset , H. S. Miley , M. Auguste , D. Boyer , A. Cavaillou , J. G. Marques , C. Oliveira , M. Felizardo , A. C. Fernandes , A. R. Ramos , R. C. Martins

The SIMPLE Phase II Dark Matter Search

Phase II of SIMPLE (Superheated Instrument for Massive ParticLe Experiments) searched for astroparticle dark matter using superheated liquid C$_{2}$ClF$_{5}$ droplet detectors. Each droplet generally requires an energy deposition with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-19 M. Felizardo , TA Girard , T. Morlat , A. C. Fernandes , A. R. Ramos , J. G. Marques , A. Kling , J. Puibasset , M. Auguste , D. Boyer , A. Cavaillou , J. Poupeney , C. Sudre , F. P. Carvalho , M. I. Prudencio , R. Marques

An Introduction to Dark Matter Direct Detection Searches & Techniques

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), are a leading candidate for the dark matter that is observed to constitute ~25% of the total mass-energy density of the Universe. The direct detection of relic WIMPs (those produced during the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-08-23 Tarek Saab

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

First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment

The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is a dark matter detector centered on a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. This Letter reports results from LUX-ZEPLIN's…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-08-07 J. Aalbers , D. S. Akerib , C. W. Akerlof , A. K. Al Musalhi , F. Alder , A. Alqahtani , S. K. Alsum , C. S. Amarasinghe , A. Ames , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , S. Azadi , A. J. Bailey , A. Baker , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , J. Bang , J. W. Bargemann , M. J. Barry , J. Barthel , D. Bauer , A. Baxter , K. Beattie , J. Belle , P. Beltrame , J. Bensinger , T. Benson , E. P. Bernard , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , B. Birrittella , G. M. Blockinger , K. E. Boast , B. Boxer , R. Bramante , C. A. J. Brew , P. Brás , J. H. Buckley , V. V. Bugaev , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , M. Buuck , R. Cabrita , C. Carels , D. L. Carlsmith , B. Carlson , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Cascella , C. Chan , A. Chawla , H. Chen , J. J. Cherwinka , N. I. Chott , A. Cole , J. Coleman , M. V. Converse , A. Cottle , G. Cox , W. W. Craddock , O. Creaner , D. Curran , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , C. E. Dahl , A. David , J. Davis , T. J. R. Davison , J. Delgaudio , S. Dey , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , A. Dushkin , T. K. Edberg , W. R. Edwards , M. M. Elnimr , W. T. Emmet , S. R. Eriksen , C. H. Faham , A. Fan , S. Fayer , N. M. Fearon , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , P. Ford , V. B. Francis , E. D. Fraser , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , N. J. Gantos , D. Garcia , A. Geffre , V. M. Gehman , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , R. Gibbons , E. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , S. Gokhale , B. Gomber , J. Green , A. Greenall , S. Greenwood , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. B. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , S. Hans , K. Hanzel , A. Harrison , E. Hartigan-O'Connor , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , G. Heuermann , C. Hjemfelt , M. D. Hoff , E. Holtom , J. Y-K. Hor , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , D. Hunt , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , O. Jahangir , R. S. James , S. N. Jeffery , W. Ji , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , K. Kamdin , V. Kasey , K. Kazkaz , J. Keefner , D. Khaitan , M. Khaleeq , A. Khazov , I. Khurana , Y. D. Kim , C. D. Kocher , D. Kodroff , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , J. Kras , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , H. J. Krebs , L. Kreczko , B. Krikler , V. A. Kudryavtsev , S. Kyre , B. Landerud , E. A. Leason , C. Lee , J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , R. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Li , F. -T. Liao , J. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , R. Liu , X. Liu , Y. Liu , C. Loniewski , M. I. Lopes , E. Lopez Asamar , B. López Paredes , W. Lorenzon , D. Lucero , S. Luitz , J. M. Lyle , P. A. Majewski , J. Makkinje , D. C. Malling , A. Manalaysay , L. Manenti , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. F. Marzioni , C. Maupin , M. E. McCarthy , C. T. McConnell , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , Y. Meng , J. Migneault , E. H. Miller , E. Mizrachi , J. A. Mock , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , J. D. Morales Mendoza , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , M. Murdy , A. St. J. Murphy , D. Naim , A. Naylor , C. Nedlik , C. Nehrkorn , F. Neves , A. Nguyen , J. A. Nikoleyczik , A. Nilima , J. O'Dell , F. G. O'Neill , K. O'Sullivan , I. Olcina , M. A. Olevitch , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , J. Orpwood , D. Pagenkopf , S. Pal , K. J. Palladino , J. Palmer , M. Pangilinan , N. Parveen , S. J. Patton , E. K. Pease , B. Penning , C. Pereira , G. Pereira , E. Perry , T. Pershing , I. B. Peterson , A. Piepke , J. Podczerwinski , D. Porzio , S. Powell , R. M. Preece , K. Pushkin , Y. Qie , B. N. Ratcliff , J. Reichenbacher , L. Reichhart , C. A. Rhyne , A. Richards , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , J. P. Rodrigues , A. Rodriguez , H. J. Rose , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , T. Rushton , G. Rutherford , D. Rynders , J. S. Saba , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , P. R. Scovell , D. Seymour , S. Shaw , T. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , G. Sinev , K. Skarpaas , W. Skulski , R. Smith , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Soria , I. Stancu , M. R. Stark , A. Stevens , T. M. Stiegler , K. Stifter , R. Studley , B. Suerfu , T. J. Sumner , P. Sutcliffe , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , M. Tan , D. J. Taylor , R. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , D. J. Temples , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , K. J. Thomas , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , W. H. To , A. Tomás , Z. Tong , D. R. Tovey , J. Tranter , M. Trask , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , C. E. Tull , W. Turner , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , J. Va'vra , A. Vacheret , A. C. Vaitkus , J. R. Verbus , E. Voirin , W. L. Waldron , A. Wang , B. Wang , J. J. Wang , W. Wang , Y. Wang , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , A. White , D. T. White , J. T. White , R. G. White , T. J. Whitis , M. Williams , W. J. Wisniewski , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , J. D. Wolfs , S. Woodford , D. Woodward , S. D. Worm , C. J. Wright , Q. Xia , X. Xiang , Q. Xiao , J. Xu , M. Yeh , J. Yin , I. Young , P. Zarzhitsky , A. Zuckerman , E. A. Zweig

Probing low-mass WIMP candidates of dark matter with tetrafluoroethane superheated liquid detectors

Probing low mass (sub-GeV -- few GeV) Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) candidates of dark matter through WIMP-induced nuclear recoils in direct detection experiments requires use of detector materials consisting of low mass target…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-05-13 Susnata Seth , Sunita Sahoo , Pijushpani Bhattacharjee , Mala Das

CDMSlite: A Search for Low-Mass WIMPs using Voltage-Assisted Calorimetric Ionization Detection in the SuperCDMS Experiment

SuperCDMS is an experiment designed to directly detect Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), a favored candidate for dark matter ubiquitous in the Universe. In this paper, we present WIMP-search results using a calorimetric…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-02-05 R. Agnese , A. J. Anderson , M. Asai , D. Balakishiyeva , R. Basu Thakur , D. A. Bauer , J. Billard , A. Borgland , M. A. Bowles , D. Brandt , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , D. G. Cerdeno , H. Chagani , J. Cooley , B. Cornell , C. H. Crewdson , P. Cushman , M. Daal , P. C. F. Di Stefano , T. Doughty , L. Esteban , S. Fallows , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , G. L. Godfrey , S. R. Golwala , J. Hall , H. R. Harris , S. A. Hertel , T. Hofer , D. Holmgren , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , A. Jastram , O. Kamaev , B. Kara , M. H. Kelsey , A. Kennedy , M. Kiveni , K. Koch , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , C. Martinez , K. A. McCarthy , N. Mirabolfathi , R. A. Moffatt , D. C. Moore , P. Nadeau , R. H. Nelson , K. Page , R. Partridge , M. Pepin , A. Phipps , K. Prasad , M. Pyle , H. Qiu , W. Rau , P. Redl , A. Reisetter , Y. Ricci , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , K. Schneck , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , B. Serfass , B. Shank , D. Speller , A. N. Villano , B. Welliver , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , J. J. Yen , B. A. Young , J. Zhang

First results from a Dark Matter search with liquid Argon at 87 K in the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory

A new method of searching for dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) has been developed with the direct detection of the low energy nuclear recoils observed in a massive target (ultimately many tons) of ultra…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 P. Benetti , R. Acciarri , F. Adamo , B. Baibussinov , M. Baldo-Ceolin , M. Belluco , F. Calaprice , E. Calligarich , M. Cambiaghi , F. Carbonara , F. Cavanna , S. Centro , A. G. Cocco , F. Di Pompeo , N. Ferrari , G. Fiorillo , C. Galbiati , V. Gallo , L. Grandi , A. Ianni , G. Mangano , G. Meng , C. Montanari , O. Palamara , L. Pandola , F. Pietropaolo , G. L. Raselli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , A. M. Szelc , S. Ventura , C. Vignoli

Beyond the CDMS-II Dark Matter Search: SuperCDMS

Presently the CDMS-II collaboration's Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) search at the Soudan Underground Laboratory sets the most stringent exclusion limits of any WIMP cold dark matter direct-detection experiment. To extend our…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 P. L. Brink , B. Cabrera , C. L. Chang , J. Cooley , R. W. Ogburn , D. S. Akerib , C. N. Bailey , P. P. Brusov , M. R. Dragowsky , D. R. Grant , R. Hennings-Yeomans , R. W. Schnee , M. J. Attisha , R. J. Gaitskell , J-P. F. Thompson , L. Baudis , T. Saab , D. A. Bauer , M. B. Crisler , D. Holmgren , E. Ramberg , J. Yoo , R. Bunker , D. O. Caldwell , R. Mahapatra , H. Nelson , J. Sander , S. Yellin , P. Cushman , L. Duong , A. Reisetter , P. Denes , A. Lu , B. Sadoulet , J. Filippini , P. Meunier , N. Mirabolfathi , D. N. Seitz , B. Serfass , K. M. Sundqvist , S. R. Golwala , M. E. Huber , K. D. Irwin , B. A. Young

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

First Results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search in the Soudan Underground Lab

We report the first results from a search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) in the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) experiment at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. Four Ge and two Si detectors were operated for 52.6 live…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 CDMS Collaboration

Search for low-mass dark matter with the DAMIC experiment

The DAMIC (Dark Matter in CCDs) experiment searches for the interactions of dark matter particles with the nuclei and the electrons in the silicon bulk of thick fully depleted charge-coupled devices (CCDs). Because of the low noise and low…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-04-02 Mariangela Settimo

Results on Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles from a 11 kg d Target Exposure of DAMIC at SNOLAB (ICRC2021 Proceedings)

Experimental efforts of the last decades have been unsuccessful in detecting WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) in the 10-to-10$^4$ GeV/$c^2$ range, thus motivating the search for lighter dark matter. The DAMIC (DArk Matter In…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-05 Michelangelo Traina

Limits on WIMP Dark Matter

The current state searches for dark matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using both direct and indirect techniques is reviewed. Advances in recent years by various direct search experiments, utilising…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. J. C. Spooner , V. A. Kudryavtsev