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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

Background discrimination capabilities of a heat and ionization germanium cryogenic detector

The discrimination capabilities of a 70 g heat and ionization Ge bolometer are studied. This first prototype has been used by the EDELWEISS Dark Matter experiment, installed in the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane, for direct detection of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Di Stefano , L. Berge , B. Chambon , M. Chapellier , J. Chaumont , G. Chardin , P. Charvin , M. De Jesus , D. Drain , L. Dumoulin , P. Forget , P. Garoche , J. Gascon , C. Goldbach , D. L'Hote , J. Mallet , J. Mangin , S. Marnieros , L. Miramonti , L. Mosca , X. -F. Navick , G. Nollez , P. Pari , S. Pecourt , E. Simon , L. Stab , J. -P. Torre , R. Tourbot , D. Yvon

Direct Dark Matter Searches with CDMS and XENON

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) and XENON experiments aim to directly detect dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) via their elastic scattering on the target nuclei. The experiments use different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kaixuan Ni , Laura Baudis

Dark Matter Search with sub-keV Germanium Detectors at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory

Germanium detectors with sub-keV sensitivities open a window to search for low-mass WIMP dark matter. The CDEX-TEXONO Collaboration is conducting the first research program at the new China Jinping Underground Laboratory with this approach.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 Qian Yue , Henry T. Wong

DM-TPC: a new approach to directional detection of Dark Matter

Directional detection can provide unambiguous observation of Dark Matter interactions even in presence of insidious backgrounds. The DM-TPC collaboration is developing a detector with the goal of measuring the direction and sense of nuclear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-05-19 G. Sciolla , S. Ahlen , D. Dujmic , V. Dutta , P. Fisher , S. Henderson , A. Kaboth , G. Kohse , R. Lanza , J. Monroe , A. Roccaro , N. Skvorodnev , H. Tomita , R. Vanderspek , H. Wellenstein , R. Yamamoto

CDMS-II to SuperCDMS: WIMP search at a zeptobarn

The Cryogenic Dark Matter search experiment (CDMS) employs low-temperature Ge and Si detectors to detect WIMPs via their elastic scattering of target nuclei. The last analysis with an germanium exposure of 397.8 kg-days resulted in zero…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 T. Bruch

First Dark Matter Search with Nuclear Recoils from the XENONnT Experiment

We report on the first search for nuclear recoils from dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with the XENONnT experiment which is based on a two-phase time projection chamber with a sensitive liquid xenon…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-08-08 XENON Collaboration , E. Aprile , K. Abe , F. Agostini , S. Ahmed Maouloud , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , J. R. Angevaare , V. C. Antochi , D. Antón Martin , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , A. L. Baxter , M. Bazyk , L. Bellagamba , R. Biondi , A. Bismark , E. J. Brookes , A. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , T. K. Bui , C. Cai , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , A. P. Cimental Chavez , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. J. Cuenca-García , J. P. Cussonneau , V. D'Andrea , M. P. Decowski , P. Di Gangi , S. Di Pede , S. Diglio , K. Eitel , A. Elykov , S. Farrell , A. D. Ferella , C. Ferrari , H. Fischer , M. Flierman , W. Fulgione , C. Fuselli , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , R. Glade-Beucke , L. Grandi , J. Grigat , H. Guan , M. Guida , R. Hammann , A. Higuera , C. Hils , L. Hoetzsch , N. F. Hood , J. Howlett , M. Iacovacci , Y. Itow , J. Jakob , F. Joerg , A. Joy , N. Kato , M. Kara , P. Kavrigin , S. Kazama , M. Kobayashi , G. Koltman , A. Kopec , F. Kuger , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , I. Li , S. Li , S. Liang , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , K. Liu , J. Loizeau , F. Lombardi , J. Long , J. A. M. Lopes , Y. Ma , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Mancuso , L. Manenti , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , K. Martens , J. Masbou , D. Masson , E. Masson , S. Mastroianni , M. Messina , K. Miuchi , K. Mizukoshi , A. Molinario , S. Moriyama , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Müller , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , B. Paetsch , J. Palacio , R. Peres , C. Peters , J. Pienaar , M. Pierre , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , J. Qi , J. Qin , D. Ramírez García , R. Singh , L. Sanchez , J. M. F. dos Santos , I. Sarnoff , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , P. Schulte , H. Schulze Eißing , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , S. Shi , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , A. Takeda , P. -L. Tan , A. Terliuk , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , F. Tönnies , K. Valerius , G. Volta , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , T. Wolf , V. H. S. Wu , Y. Xing , D. Xu , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , L. Yang , J. Ye , L. Yuan , G. Zavattini , M. Zhong , T. Zhu

The neutron background of the XENON100 dark matter experiment

The XENON100 experiment, installed underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), aims to directly detect dark matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) via their elastic scattering off xenon nuclei.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 E. Aprile , M. Alfonsi , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , C. Balan , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , A. Behrens , P. Beltrame , K. Bokeloh , A. Brown , E. Brown , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , J. M. R. Cardoso , W. -T. Chen , B. Choi , A. P. Colijn , H. Contreras , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , E. Duchovni , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , W. Fulgione , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Ghag , K. -L. Giboni , L. W. Goetzke , C. Grignon , E. Gross , W. Hampel , F. Kaether , A. Kish , J. Lamblin , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , M. Le Calloch , C. Levy , K. E. Lim , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , K. Lung , T. Marrodan Undagoitia , F. V. Massoli , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , Y. Meng , M. Messina , A. Molinario , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , R. Persiani , G. Plante , N. Priel , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. ScottoLavina , P. R. Scovell , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , E. Tziaferi , O. Vitells , H. Wang , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer

NEWS: Nuclear Emulsions for WIMP Search

Nowadays there is compelling evidence for the existence of dark matter in the Universe. A general consensus has been expressed on the need for a directional sensitive detector to confirm, with a complementary approach, the candidates found…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-15 A. Aleksandrov , A. Anokhina , T. Asada , D. Bender , I. Bodnarchuk , A. Buonaura , S. Buontempo , M. Chernyavskii , A. Chukanov , L. Consiglio , N. D'Ambrosio , G. De Lellis , M. De Serio , A. Di Crescenzo , N. Di Marco , S. Dmitrievski , T. Dzhatdoev , R. A. Fini , S. Furuya , G. Galati , V. Gentile , S. Gorbunov , Y. Gornushkin , A. M. Guler , H. Ichiki , C. Kamiscioglu , M. Kamiscioglu , T. Katsuragawa , M. Kimura , N. Konovalova , K. Kuge , A. Lauria , P. Loverre , S. Machii , A. Managadze , P. Monacelli , M. C. Montesi , T. Naka , M. Nakamura , T. Nakano , A. Pastore , D. Podgrudkov , N. Polukhina , F. Pupilli , T. Roganova , G. Rosa , O. Sato , T. Shchedrina , S. Simone , C. Sirignano , A. Sotnikov , N. Starkov , P. Strolin , Y. Tawara , V. Tioukov , A. Umemoto , M. Vladymyrov , M. Yoshimoto , S. Zemskova

New Dark Matter Detectors using DNA or RNA for Nanometer Tracking

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) may constitute most of the matter in the Universe. The ability to detect the directionality of recoil nuclei will considerably facilitate detection of WIMPs. In this paper we propose a novel type…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-13 Andrzej Drukier , Katherine Freese , Alejandro Lopez , David Spergel , Charles Cantor , George Church , Takeshi Sano

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

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

Toward directional detection of Dark Matter with the DM-TPC detector

Directional detection can provide unambiguous observation of Dark Matter interactions even in presence of insidious backgrounds. The DM-TPC collaboration is developing a detector with the goal of measuring the direction and sense of nuclear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 G. Sciolla , S. Ahlen , D. Dujmic , V. Dutta , P. Fisher , S. Henderson , A. Kaboth , G. Kohse , R. Lanza , J. Monroe , A. Roccaro , N. Skvorodnev , H. Tomita , R. Vanderspek , H. Wellenstein , R. Yamamoto

Ultra-Low-Energy Germanium Detector for Neutrino-Nucleus Coherent Scattering and Dark Matter Searches

The status and plans of a research program on the development of ultra-low-energy germanium detectors with sub-keV sensitivities are reported. We survey the scientific goals which include the observation of neutrino-nucleus coherent…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2008-11-26 Henry T. Wong

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

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

Dark Matter Search Results from 4.2 Tonne-Years of Exposure of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment

We report results of a search for nuclear recoils induced by weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter using the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) two-phase xenon time projection chamber. This analysis uses a total exposure of $4.2\pm0.1$…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-07-10 J. Aalbers , D. S. Akerib , A. K. Al Musalhi , F. Alder , C. S. Amarasinghe , A. Ames , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , A. Baker , S. Balashov , J. Bang , J. W. Bargemann , E. E. Barillier , D. Bauer , K. Beattie , T. Benson , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , E. Bishop , G. M. Blockinger , B. Boxer , C. A. J. Brew , P. Brás , S. Burdin , M. Buuck , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Carter , A. Chawla , H. Chen , J. J. Cherwinka , Y. T. Chin , N. I. Chott , M. V. Converse , R. Coronel , A. Cottle , G. Cox , D. Curran , C. E. Dahl , I. Darlington , S. Dave , A. David , J. Delgaudio , S. Dey , L. de Viveiros , L. Di Felice , C. Ding , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , S. Dubey , S. R. Eriksen , A. Fan , S. Fayer , N. M. Fearon , N. Fieldhouse , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , E. D. Fraser , T. M. A. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , A. Geffre , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , A. Ghosh , R. Gibbons , S. Gokhale , J. Green , M. G. D. van der Grinten , J. J. Haiston , C. R. Hall , T. J. Hall , S. Han , E. Hartigan-O'Connor , S. J. Haselschwardt , M. A. Hernandez , S. A. Hertel , G. Heuermann , G. J. Homenides , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , D. Hunt , E. Jacquet , R. S. James , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , Meghna K. K. , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , I. Khurana , J. Kim , Y. D. Kim , J. Kingston , R. Kirk , D. Kodroff , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , L. Kreczko , V. A. Kudryavtsev , C. Lawes , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Lin , A. Lindote , W. H. Lippincott , M. I. Lopes , W. Lorenzon , C. Lu , S. Luitz , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , C. Maupin , M. E. McCarthy , G. McDowell , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , J. B. McLaughlin , R. McMonigle , E. Mizrachi , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. D. Morales Mendoza , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , M. Murdy , A. St. J. Murphy , A. Naylor , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , A. Nguyen , C. L. O'Brien , I. Olcina , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , J. Orpwood , K. Y Oyulmaz , K. J. Palladino , J. Palmer , N. J. Pannifer , N. Parveen , S. J. Patton , B. Penning , G. Pereira , E. Perry , T. Pershing , A. Piepke , Y. Qie , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , A. Richards , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , E. Ritchey , H. S. Riyat , R. Rosero , T. Rushton , D. Rynders , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , G. Sehr , B. Shafer , S. Shaw , T. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , G. Sinev , J. Siniscalco , R. Smith , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Soria , I. Stancu , A. Stevens , K. Stifter , B. Suerfu , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , Z. Tong , D. R. Tovey , J. Tranter , M. Trask , M. Tripathi , A. Usón , A. Vacheret , A. C. Vaitkus , O. Valentino , V. Velan , A. Wang , J. J. Wang , Y. Wang , J. R. Watson , L. Weeldreyer , T. J. Whitis , K. Wild , M. Williams , W. J. Wisniewski , L. Wolf , F. L. H. Wolfs , S. Woodford , D. Woodward , C. J. Wright , Q. Xia , J. Xu , Y. Xu , M. Yeh , D. Yeum , W. Zha , E. A. Zweig

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

Results from the CDMS 5-Tower Operation

Astrophysical observations strongly suggest that non-luminous, nonbaryonic components, so called "Dark Matter", may constitute most of the matter in the Universe. The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) experiment is designed to detect Dark…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Jonghee Yoo

Dark Matter in the Cosmos- Exploiting the Signatures of its Interaction with Nuclei

We review various issues related to the direct detection of constituents of dark matter, which are assumed to be Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). We specifically consider heavy WIMPs such as: 1) The lightest supersymmetric…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 J. D. Vergados