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Dark Matter Search Results from the Commissioning Run of PandaX-II

We present the results of a search for WIMPs from the commissioning run of the PandaX-II experiment located at the China Jinping underground Laboratory. A WIMP search data set with an exposure of 306$\times$19.1 kg-day was taken, while its…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-06-29 PandaX Collaboration , Andi Tan , Xiang Xiao , Xiangyi Cui , Xun Chen , Yunhua Chen , Deqing Fang , Changbo Fu , Karl Giboni , Franco Giuliani , Haowei Gong , Shouyang Hu , Xingtao Huang , Xiangdong Ji , Yonglin Ju , Siao Lei , Shaoli Li , Xiaomei Li , Xinglong Li , Hao Liang , Qing Lin , Huaxuan Liu , Jianglai Liu , Wolfgang Lorenzon , Yugang Ma , Yajun Mao , Kaixuan Ni , Kirill Pushkin , Xiangxiang Ren , Michael Schubnell , Manbin Shen , Fang Shi , Scott Stephenson , Hongwei Wang , Jiming Wang , Meng Wang , Qiuhong Wang , Siguang Wang , Xuming Wang , Zhou Wang , Shiyong Wu , Mengjiao Xiao , Pengwei Xie , Binbin Yan , Yong Yang , Jianfeng Yue , Xionghui Zeng , Hongguang Zhang , Hua Zhang , Huanqiao Zhang , Tao Zhang , Li Zhao , Jing Zhou , Xiaopeng Zhou

Detection of Leptonic Dark Matter

Weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) are among the favored candidates for cold dark matter in the universe. The phenomenology of supersymmetric WIMPs has been quite developed during recent years. However, there are other…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 E. A. Baltz , L. Bergstrom

Snowmass whitepaper: Exploring natural SUSY via direct and indirect detection of higgsino-like WIMPs

Supersymmetric models with low electroweak fine-tuning contain light higgsinos with mass not too far from m_h\simeq 125 GeV, while other sparticles can be much heavier. In the R-parity conserving MSSM, the lightest neutralino is then a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-06-19 Howard Baer , Vernon Barger , Dan Mickelson , Xerxes Tata

Assessing the discovery potential of directional detection of Dark Matter

There is a worldwide effort toward the development of a large TPC (Time Projection Chamber) devoted to directional Dark Matter detection. All current projects are being designed to fulfill a unique goal : identifying weakly interacting…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-12 J. Billard , F. Mayet , D. Santos

Limits on Light Weakly Interacting Massive Particles from the First 102.8 kg ${\times}$ day Data of the CDEX-10 Experiment

We report the first results of a light weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) search from the CDEX-10 experiment with a 10 kg germanium detector array immersed in liquid nitrogen at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory with a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-06-27 H. Jiang , L. P. Jia , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , J. P. Cheng , Y. J. Li , H. T. Wong , M. Agartioglu , H. P. An , J. P. Chang , J. H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , Z. Deng , Q. Du , H. Gong , L. He , J. W. Hu , Q. D. Hu , H. X. Huang , H. B. Li , H. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , X. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. L. Li , B. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. T. Lin , S. K. Liu , Y. D. Liu , Y. Y. Liu , Z. Z. Liu , H. Ma , J. L. Ma , H. Pan , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , B. Sevda , V. Sharma , M. B. Shen , L. Singh , M. K. Singh , T. X. Sun , C. J. Tang , W. Y. Tang , Y. Tian , G. F. Wang , J. M. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. Wang , S. Y. Wu , Y. C. Wu , H. Y. Xing , Y. Xu , T. Xue , L. T. Yang , S. W. Yang , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. J. Yu , J. F. Yue , X. H. Zeng , M. Zeng , Z. Zeng , F. S. Zhang , Y. H. Zhang , M. G. Zhao , J. F. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu , Z. H. Zhu

Searching for the Annual Modulation of Dark Matter signal with the GENIUS-TF experiment

The annual modulation of the recoil spectrum observed in an underground detector is well known as the main signature of a possible WIMP signal. The GENIUS-TF experiment, under construction in the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, can search…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-10 C. Tomei , A. Dietz , I. Krivosheina , H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus

Search for dark matter from the first data of the PandaX-II experiment

Results of WIMP dark matter search from the first data of the PandaX-II experiment are presented. PandaX-II experiment uses a 500 kg scale dual phase liquid xenon time projection chamber, operating at the China JinPing Underground…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-16 Yong Yang

DARWIN/XLZD: a future xenon observatory for dark matter and other rare interactions

The DARWIN/XLZD experiment is a next-generation dark matter detector with a multi-ten-ton liquid xenon time projection chamber at its core. Its principal goal will be to explore the experimentally accessible parameter space for Weakly…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-01 Laura Baudis

The second-phase development of the China JinPing underground Laboratory

During 2013-2015 an expansion of the China JinPing underground Laboratory (CJPL) will be undertaken along a main branch of a bypass tunnel in the JinPing tunnel complex. This second phase of CJPL will increase laboratory space to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-04-29 Jainmin Li , Xiangdong Ji , Wick Haxton , Joseph S. Y. Wang

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

Identification of Radiopure Titanium for the LZ Dark Matter Experiment and Future Rare Event Searches

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment will search for dark matter particle interactions with a detector containing a total of 10 tonnes of liquid xenon within a double-vessel cryostat. The large mass and proximity of the cryostat to the active…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-09-28 D. S. Akerib , C. W. Akerlof , D. Yu. Akimov , S. K. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , I. J. Arnquist , M. Arthurs , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , M. J. Barry , J. Belle , P. Beltrame , T. Benson , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , K. E. Boast , A. Bolozdynya , B. Boxer , R. Bramante , P. Brás , J. H. Buckley , V. V. Bugaev , R. Bunker , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , C. Carels , D. L. Carlsmith , B. Carlson , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , J. J. Cherwinka , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , A. Cottle , R. Coughlen , W. W. Craddock , A. Currie , C. E. Dahl , T. J. R. Davison , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , T. K. Edberg , W. R. Edwards , W. T. Emmet , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , N. J. Gantos , V. M. Gehman , R. M. Gerhard , C. Ghag , M. G. D. Gilchriese , B. Gomber , C. R. Hall , S. Hans , K. Hanzel , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , S. Hillbrand , C. Hjemfelt , M. D. Hoff , B. Holbrook , E. Holtom , E. W. Hoppe , J. Y-K. Hor , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , T. W. Hurteau , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , W. Ji , A. Kaboth , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , A. V. Khromov , A. M. Konovalov , E. V. Korolkova , M. Koyuncu , H. Kraus , H. J. Krebs , V. A. Kudryavtsev , A. V. Kumpan , S. Kyre , C. Lee , H. S. Lee , J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , R. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , F. -T. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. E. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , X. Liu , M. I. Lopes , B. Lopez Paredes , W. Lorenzon , S. Luitz , P. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , L. Manenti , R. L. Mannino , D. J. Markley , T. J. Martin , M. F. Marzioni , C. T. McConnell , D. N. McKinsey , D. -M. Mei , Y. Meng , E. H. Miller , E. Mizrachi , J. Mock , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , B. J. Mount , A. St. J. Murphy , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikkel , J. O'Dell , K. O'Sullivan , I. Olcina , M. A. Olevitch , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , E. K. Pease , A. Piepke , S. Powell , R. M. Preece , K. Pushkin , B. N. Ratcliff , J. Reichenbacher , L. Reichhart , C. A. Rhyne , A. Richards , J. P. Rodrigues , H. J. Rose , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , J. S. Saba , M. Sarychev , R. W. Schnee , M. Schubnell , P. R. Scovell , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , K. Skarpaas , W. Skulski , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , V. V. Sosnovtsev , I. Stancu , M. R. Stark , S. Stephenson , T. M. Stiegler , K. Stifter , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , D. Temples , P. A. Terman , K. J. Thomas , J. A. Thomson , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , W. H. To , A. Tomás , T. E. Tope , M. Tripathi , L. Tvrznikova , J. Va'vra , A. Vacheret , M. G. D. van der Grinten , J. R. Verbus , C. O. Vuosalo , W. L. Waldron , R. Wang , R. Watson , R. C. Webb , W. -Z. Wei , M. While , D. T. White , T. J. Whitis , W. J. Wisniewski , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , D. Woodward , S. Worm , J. Xu , M. Yeh , J. Yin , C. Zhang

WIMPs search by exclusive measurements with thin multilayer NaI(Tl) scintillators (PICO-LON)

The WIMPs search project PICO-LON has been started with multilayer thin NaI(Tl) crystals. The thin (0.05cm) and wide area (5cmx5cm) NaI(Tl) crystals was successfully developed. The performances of thin NaI(Tl) scintillator was measured and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-09 K. Fushimi , H. Kawasuso , K. Yasuda , Y. Kameda , N. Koori , S. Nakayama , K. Ichihara , M. Nomachi , S. Umehara , R. Hazama , S. Yoshida , H. Ejiri , K. Imagawa , H. Ito

Searching for WIMPs with TREX-DM: achievements and challenges

The TREX-DM detector, a low background chamber with microbulk Micromegas readout, was commissioned in the underground laboratory of Canfranc (LSC) in 2018. Since then, data taking campaigns have been carried out with Argon and Neon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-12-21 Juan F. Castel , Susana Cebrián , Theopisti Dafni , David Díez-Ibáñez , Álvaro Ezquerro , Javier Galán , Juan Antonio García , Igor G. Irastorza , María Jiménez , Gloria Luzón , Cristina Margalejo , Ángel de Mira , Hector Mirallas , Luis Obis , Alfonso Ortiz de Solórzano , Oscar Pérez , Jaime Ruz , Julia Vogel

Signature of relic heavy stable neutrinos in underground experiments

Considering heavy stable neutrinos of 4th generation we calculate the relic density of such neutrinos in the Universe. Taking into account the condensation of heavy neutrinos in the Galaxy and applying the results of calculations to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-24 D. Fargion , M. Yu. Khlopov , R. V. Konoplich , R. Mignani

The Direct and Indirect Detection of Weakly Interacting Dark Matter Particles

An ever-increasing body of evidence suggests that weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) constitute the bulk of the matter in the Universe. Experimental data, dimensional analysis and Standard Model particle physics are sufficient to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Halzen

PIP2-BD: GeV Proton Beam Dump at Fermilab's PIP-II Linac

The PIP-II superconducting RF linac is currently under construction at Fermilab and is expected to be completed by the end of 2028. PIP-II is capable of operating in a continuous-wave mode and can concurrently supply 800 MeV protons to a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-09-27 M. Toups , R. G. Van de Water , Brian Batell , S. J. Brice , Patrick deNiverville , Bhaskar Dutta , Jeff Eldred , Timothy Hapitas , Roni Harnik , Aparajitha Karthikeyan , Kevin J. Kelly , Doojin Kim , Tom Kobilarcik , Gordan Krnjaic , B. R. Littlejohn , Bill Louis , Pedro A. N. Machado , Nityasa Mishra , V. Pandey , Z. Pavlovic , William Pellico , Michael Shaevitz , P. Snopok , Rex Tayloe , Adrian Thompson , R. T. Thornton , Douglas Tucker , Jaehoon Yu , Jacob Zettlemoyer , Bob Zwaska

The XENON Dark Matter Experiment

The XENON experiment aims at the direct detection of dark matter in the form of WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) via their elastic scattering off Xenon nuclei. With a fiducial mass of 1000 kg of liquid xenon, a sufficiently low…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 XENON Collaboration , Elena Aprile

First Dark Matter Search Results from the XENON1T Experiment

We report the first dark matter search results from XENON1T, a $\sim$2000-kg-target-mass dual-phase (liquid-gas) xenon time projection chamber in operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy and the first ton-scale detector…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-27 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , F. D. Amaro , M. Anthony , F. Arneodo , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , L. Bütikofer , J. Calvén , J. M. R. Cardoso , M. Cervantes , 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 , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , R. Gardner , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , R. Itay , B. Kaminsky , S. Kazama , G. Kessler , A. Kish , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , D. Lellouch , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. A. M. Lopes , A. Manfredini , I. Mariş , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Masson , D. Mayani , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , A. Molinario , K. Morå , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , P. Pakarha , B. Pelssers , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , M. -C. Piro , G. Plante , N. Priel , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , B. Riedel , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , N. Rupp , R. Saldanha , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , M. v. Sivers , A. Stein , S. Thapa , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , M. Vargas , N. Upole , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu

$Z'$ Mediated WIMPs: Dead, Dying, or Soon to be Detected?

Although weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) have long been among the most studied and theoretically attractive classes of candidates for the dark matter of our universe, the lack of their detection in direct detection and collider…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-11-27 Carlos Blanco , Miguel Escudero , Dan Hooper , Samuel J. Witte

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