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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

Effects of Residue Background Events in Direct Dark Matter Detection Experiments on the Estimation of the Spin-Independent WIMP-Nucleon Coupling

In our work on the development of a model-independent data analysis method for estimating the spin-independent (SI) scalar coupling of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) on nucleons by using measured recoil energies from direct…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-19 Chung-Lin Shan

First results on low-mass WIMP from the CDEX-1 experiment at the China Jinping underground Laboratory

The China Dark matter Experiment collaboration reports the first experimental limit on WIMP dark matter from 14.6 kg-day of data taken with a 994 g p-type point-contact germanium detector at the China Jinping underground Laboratory where…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-09-17 W. Zhao , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , J. P. Cheng , Y. J. Li , S. T. Lin , Y. Bai , Y. Bi , J. P. Chang , N. Chen , N. Chen , Q. H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , Y. C. Chuang , Z. Deng , C. Du , Q. Du , H. Gong , X. Q. Hao , H. J. He , Q. J. He , X. H. Hu , H. X. Huang , T. R. Huang , H. Jiang , H. B. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , J. Li , X. Li , X. Y. Li , Y. L. Li , H. Y. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. K. Liu , L. C. Lv , H. Ma , S. J. Mao , J. Q. Qin , J. Ren , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , M. B. Shen , L. Singh , M. K. Singh , A. K. Soma , J. Su , C. J. Tang , C. H. Tseng , J. M. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , H. T. Wong , S. Y. Wu , W. Wu , Y. C. Wu , Y. C. Wu , Z. Z. Xianyu , H. Y. Xing , Y. Xu , X. J. Xu , T. Xue , L. T. Yang , S. W. Yang , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. Yu , X. Z. Yu , X. H. Zeng , Z. Zeng , L. Zhang , Y. H. Zhang , M. G. Zhao , S. N. Zhong , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu , W. B. Zhu , X. Z. Zhu , Z. H. Zhu

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

Low-mass extension of direct detection bounds on WIMP-quark and WIMP-gluon effective interactions using the Migdal effect

Updating a previous analysis where we used elastic nuclear recoils we study the Migdal effect to extend to low WIMP masses the direct detection bounds to operators up to dimension 7 of the relativistic effective field theory describing WIMP…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-04-24 Gaurav Tomar , Sunghyun Kang , Stefano Scopel

Cosmic microwave background constraints on light dark matter candidates

Unveiling the nature of cosmic dark matter (DM) is an urgent issue in cosmology. Here we make use of a strategy based on the search for the imprints left on the cosmic microwave background temperature and polarization spectra by the energy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Carmelo Evoli , Stefania Pandolfi , Andrea Ferrara

Dark Matter Constraints from a Joint Analysis of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Observations with VERITAS

We present constraints on the annihilation cross section of WIMP dark matter based on the joint statistical analysis of four dwarf galaxies with VERITAS. These results are derived from an optimized photon weighting statistical technique…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-05-09 VERITAS Collaboration , S. Archambault , A. Archer , W. Benbow , R. Bird , E. Bourbeau , T. Brantseg , M. Buchovecky , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , K. Byrum , M. Cerruti , J. L. Christiansen , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , M. K. Daniel , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , H. Fleischhack , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , A. Geringer-Sameth , S. Griffin , J. Grube , M. Hütten , N. Håkansson , D. Hanna , O. Hervet , J. Holder , G. Hughes , C. A. Johnson , P. Kaaret , P. Kar , N. Kelley-Hoskins , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , S. Koushiappas , M. Krause , S. Kumar , M. J. Lang , T. T. Y. Lin , S. McArthur , P. Moriarty , D. Nieto , S. O'Brien , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , N. Park , M. Pohl , A. Popkow , E. Pueschel , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , C. Rulten , I. Sadeh , M. Santander , G. H. Sembroski , K. Shahinyan , A. W. Smith , D. Staszak , I. Telezhinsky , S. Trépanier , J. V. Tucci , J. Tyler , S. P. Wakely , A. Weinstein , P. Wilcox , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer

Limits on WIMP dark matter using scintillating CaWO4 cryogenic detectors with active background suppression

We present first significant limits on WIMP dark matter by the phonon-light technique, where combined phonon and light signals from a scintillating cryogenic detector are used. Data from early 2004 with two 300 g CRESST-II prototype…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 G. Angloher , C. Bucci , P. Christ , C. Cozzini , F. von Feilitzsch , D. Hauff , S. Henry , Th. Jagemann , J. Jochum , H. Kraus , B. Majorovits , J. Ninkovic , F. Petricca , W. Potzel , F. Pröbst , Y. Ramachers , M. Razeti , W. Rau , W. Seidel , M. Stark , L. Stodolsky , A. J. B. Tolhurst , W. Westphal , H. Wulandari

Estimating the Spin-Independent WIMP-Nucleon Coupling from Direct Dark Matter Detection Data

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are one of the leading candidates for Dark Matter. For understanding the nature of WIMPs and identifying them among new particles produced at colliders (hopefully in the near future),…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-08-17 Chung-Lin Shan

Search for annual modulation in low-energy CDMS-II data

We report limits on annual modulation of the low-energy event rate from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) experiment at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. Such a modulation could be produced by interactions from Weakly Interacting…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-19 CDMS Collaboration , Z. Ahmed , D. S. Akerib , A. J. Anderson , S. Arrenberg , C. N. Bailey , D. Balakishiyeva , L. Baudis , D. A. Bauer , P. L. Brink , T. Bruch , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , J. Cooley , P. Cushman , M. Daal , F. DeJongh , P. C. F. Di Stefano , M. R. Dragowsky , S. Fallows , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , J. Filippini , J. Fox , M. Fritts , S. R. Golwala , J. Hall , S. A. Hertel , T. Hofer , D. Holmgren , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , O. Kamaev , M. Kiveni , M. Kos , S. W. Leman , S. Liu , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , K. A. McCarthy , N. Mirabolfathi , D. C. Moore , H. Nelson , R. W. Ogburn , A. Phipps , K. Prasad , M. Pyle , X. Qiu , W. Rau , A. Reisetter , Y. Ricci , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , R. W. Schnee , D. Seitz , B. Serfass , D. Speller , K. M. Sundqvist , M. Tarka , R. B. Thakur , A. N. Villano , B. Welliver , S. Yellin , J. Yoo , B. A. Young , J. Zhang

A New Model-Independent Method for Extracting Spin-Dependent Cross Section Limits from Dark Matter Searches

A new method is proposed for extracting limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon interaction cross sections from direct detection dark matter experiments. The new method has the advantage that the limits on individual WIMP-proton and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 D. R. Tovey , R. J. Gaitskell , P. Gondolo , Y. Ramachers , L. Roszkowski

Low-threshold analysis of CDMS shallow-site data

Data taken during the final shallow-site run of the first tower of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) detectors have been reanalyzed with improved sensitivity to small energy depositions. Four ~224 g germanium and two ~105 g silicon…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-05 CDMS Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , M. J. Attisha , L. Baudis , D. A. Bauer , A. I. Bolozdynya , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , C. L. Chang , R. M. Clarke , J. Cooley , M. B. Crisler , P. Cushman , F. DeJongh , R. Dixon , D. D. Driscoll , J. Filippini , S. Funkhouser , R. J. Gaitskell , S. R. Golwala , D. Holmgren , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , S. Kamat , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , P. Meunier , N. Mirabolfathi , D. Moore , S. W. Nam , H. Nelson , R. W. Ogburn , X. Qiu , W. Rau , A. Reisetter , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , C. Savage , R. W. Schnee , D. N. Seitz , T. A. Shutt , G. Wang , S. Yellin , J. Yoo , B. A. Young

Status of the EDELWEISS-2 Dark Matter Search

The Edelweiss programme is dedicated to the direct search for Dark Matter as massive weakly interacting particles (WIMPs) with Germanium cryogenic detectors operated in the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane in the French Alps at a depth of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-11-01 A. Chantelauze

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

First experimental constraints on WIMP couplings in the effective field theory framework from CDEX

We present weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) search results performed using two approaches of effective field theory from the China Dark Matter Experiment (CDEX), based on the data from both CDEX-1B and CDEX-10 stages. In the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-04-27 Y. Wang , Z. Zeng , Q. Yue , L. T. Yang , K. J. Kang , Y. J. Li , M. Agartioglu , H. P. An , J. P. Chang , J. H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , J. P. Cheng , C. Y. Chiang , W. H. Dai , Z. Deng , C. H. Fang , X. P. Geng , H. Gong , Q. J. Guo , X. Y. Guo , H. J. He , L. He , S. M. He , J. W. Hu , T. C. Huang , H. X. Huang , H. T. Jia , L. P. Jia , X. Jiang , H. B. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , M. X. Li , R. M. J. Li , X. Li , Y. L. Li , B. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. T. Lin , S. K. Liu , Y. D. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. Y. Liu , Z. Z. Liu , H. Ma , Y. C. Mao , Q. Y. Nie , J. H. Ning , H. Pan , N. C. Qi , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , C. S. Shang , V. Sharma , Z. She , L. Singh , M. K. Singh , T. X. Sun , C. J. Tang , W. Y. Tang , Y. Tian , G. F. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. C. Wang , Y. X. Wang , Z. Wang , H. T. Wong , S. Y. Wu , Y. C. Wu , H. Y. Xing , Y. Xu , T. Xue , Y. L. Yan , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. J. Yu , J. F. Yue , M. Zeng , B. T. Zhang , L. Zhang , F. S. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , K. K. Zhao , M. G. Zhao , J. F. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu

Light dark matter search with DarkSide-50

We present the latest results from the search for light dark matter particle interactions with the DarkSide-50 dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber. This analysis, based on the ionization signal only, improves the existing limits…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-07-18 D. Franco

GeV-Scale Thermal WIMPs: Not Even Slightly Dead

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) have long reigned as one of the leading classes of dark matter candidates. The observed dark matter abundance can be naturally obtained by freezeout of weak-scale dark matter annihilations in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-07-20 Rebecca K. Leane , Tracy R. Slatyer , John F. Beacom , Kenny C. Y. Ng

Results from the CDMS II Experiment

I report recent results and the status of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) experiment at the Soudan Underground Laboratory in Minnesota, USA. A blind analysis of data taken by 30 detectors between October 2006 and July 2007 found…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Jodi Cooley

A new high-background-rejection dark matter Ge cryogenic detector

A new design of a cryogenic germanium detector for dark matter search is presented, taking advantage of the coplanar grid technique of event localisation for improved background discrimination. Experiments performed with prototype devices…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-07 A. Broniatowski , X. Defay , E. Armengaud , L. Berge , A. Benoit , O. Besida , J. Blumer , A. Chantelauze , M. Chapellier , G. Chardin , F. Charlieux , S. Collin , O. Crauste , M. De Jesus , P. Di Stefano , Y. Dolgorouki , J. Domange , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , J. Gascon , G. Gerbier , M. Gros , M. Hannawald , S. Herve , A. Juillard , H. Kluck , V. Kozlov , R. Lemrani , A. Lubashevskiy , C. Marrache , S. Marnieros , X. -F. Navick , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , P. Pari , B. Paul , S. Rozov , V. Sanglard , S. Scorza , S. Semikh , M. -A. Verdier , L. Vagneron , E. Yakushev

Dark Matter Results from First 98.7-day Data of PandaX-II Experiment

We report the WIMP dark matter search results using the first physics-run data of the PandaX-II 500 kg liquid xenon dual-phase time-projection chamber, operating at the China JinPing Underground Laboratory. No dark matter candidate is…

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