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Optimisation of amplification and gas mixture for directional Dark Matter searches with the CYGNO/INITIUM project

Astrophysical and cosmological observations suggest the existence of beyond standard model ingredient known as dark matter (DM). One of the most supported class of theories suggests that DM is composed of weakly interactive massive…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-04 Giorgio Dho

Underground Commissioning of LUX

LUX is a dual-phase xenon TPC designed for the direct detection of dark matter. Using 370 kg of xenon, LUX is capable of setting a WIMP-nucleon cross section limit at 2 x 10^-46 cm^2 after 300 days of running. LUX will surpass all existing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Michael Woods

Results of direct dark matter detection with CDEX experiment at CJPL

The China Dark Matter Experiment (CDEX), located at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL) whose overburden is about 2400m rock, aims at direct searches of light Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). A single-element…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-03-24 Hao Ma , Ze She , Zhongzhi Liu , Litao Yang , Qian Yue , Zhi Zeng , Tao Xue

Technical Results from the Surface Run of the LUX Dark Matter Experiment

We present the results of the three-month above-ground commissioning run of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility located in Lead, South Dakota, USA. LUX is a 370 kg liquid xenon detector…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-25 LUX Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , X. Bai , E. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bradley , D. Byram , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , J. J. Chapman , T. Coffey , A. Dobi , E. Dragowsky , E. Druszkiewicz , B. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , K. R. Gibson , M. Gilchriese , C. Hall , M. Hanhardt , M. Ihm , R. G. Jacobsen , L. Kastens , K. Kazkaz , R. Knoche , N. Larsen , C. Lee , K. T. Lesko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Lyashenko , D. C. Malling , R. Mannino , D. N. McKinsey , D. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , M. Morii , H. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikkel , M. Pangilinan , K. Pech , P. Phelps , A. Rodionov , T. Shutt , C. Silva , W. Skulski , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , T. Stiegler , M. Sweany , M. Szydagis , D. Taylor , M. Tripathi , S. Uvarov , J. R. Verbus , L. de Viveiros , N. Walsh , R. Webb , J. T. White , M. Wlasenko , F. L. H. Wolfs , M. Woods , C. Zhang

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

Directional detection of non-baryonic dark matter with MIMAC

Directional detection of non-baryonic Dark Matter is a promising search strategy for discriminating genuine WIMP events from background ones. However, carrying out such a strategy requires both a precise measurement of the energy down to a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-09-20 C. Grignon , J. Billard , G. Bosson , O. Bourrion , O. Guillaudin , F. Mayet , J. P. Richer , D. Santos , E. Ferrer , I. Giomataris , J. P. Mols

The Diurnal Variation of the Wimp Detection Event Rates in Directional Experiments

The recent WMAP data have confirmed that exotic dark matter together with the vacuum energy (cosmological constant) dominate in the flat Universe. Modern particle theories naturally provide viable cold dark matter candidates with masses in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-17 J. D. Vergados , Ch. C. Moustakidis

New Measurement of the Scintillation Efficiency of Low-Energy Nuclear Recoils in Liquid Xenon

Particle detectors that use liquid xenon (LXe) as detection medium are among the leading technologies in the search for dark matter weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). A key enabling element has been the low-energy detection…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2013-05-29 G. Plante , E. Aprile , R. Budnik , B. Choi , K. -L. Giboni , L. W. Goetzke , R. F. Lang , K. E. Lim , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez

XAX: a multi-ton, multi-target detection system for dark matter, double beta decay and pp solar neutrinos

A multi-target detection system XAX, comprising concentric 10 ton targets of 136Xe and 129/131Xe, together with a geometrically similar or larger target of liquid Ar, is described. Each is configured as a two-phase scintillation/ionization…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Arisaka , H. Wang , P. F. Smith , D. Cline , A. Teymourian , E. Brown , W. Ooi , D. Aharoni , C. W. Lam , K. Lung , S. Davies , M. Price

MIMAC : A micro-tpc matrix for directional detection of dark matter

Directional detection of non-baryonic Dark Matter is a promising search strategy for discriminating WIMP events from background. However, this strategy requires both a precise measurement of the energy down to a few keV and 3D…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 D. Santos , J. Billard , G. Bosson , O. Bourrion , C. Grignon , O. Guillaudin , F. Mayet , J. P. Richer , E. Ferrer , I. Giomataris , F. J. Iguaz , J. P. Mols , A. Allaoua , C. Golabek , L. Lebreton

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment

We describe the design and assembly of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment, a direct detection search for cosmic WIMP dark matter particles. The centerpiece of the experiment is a large liquid xenon time projection chamber sensitive to low energy…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-11-05 The LZ Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , C. W. Akerlof , D. Yu. Akimov , A. Alquahtani , S. K. Alsum , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , A. Arbuckle , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , H. Auyeung , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , J. Bang , M. J. Barry , J. Barthel , D. Bauer , P. Bauer , A. Baxter , J. Belle , P. Beltrame , J. Bensinger , T. Benson , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , B. Birrittella , K. E. Boast , A. I. Bolozdynya , E. M. Boulton , B. Boxer , R. Bramante , S. Branson , P. Brás , M. Breidenbach , J. H. Buckley , V. V. Bugaev , R. Bunker , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , J. S. Campbell , C. Carels , D. L. Carlsmith , B. Carlson , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Cascella , C. Chan , J. J. Cherwinka , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , N. I. Chott , A. Cole , J. Coleman , D. Colling , R. A. Conley , A. Cottle , R. Coughlen , W. W. Craddock , D. Curran , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , J. P. da Cunha , C. E. Dahl , S. Dardin , S. Dasu , J. Davis , T. J. R. Davison , L. de Viveiros , N. Decheine , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , A. Dushkin , T. K. Edberg , W. R. Edwards , B. N. Edwards , J. Edwards , M. M. Elnimr , W. T. Emmet , S. R. Eriksen , C. H. Faham , A. Fan , S. Fayer , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , I. M. Fogarty Florang , P. Ford , V. B. Francis , F. Froborg , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , N. J. Gantos , D. Garcia , A. Geffre , V. M. Gehman , R. Gelfand , J. Genovesi , R. M. Gerhard , C. Ghag , E. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , S. Gokhale , B. Gomber , T. G. Gonda , A. Greenall , S. Greenwood , G. Gregerson , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. B. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , D. Hamilton , S. Hans , K. Hanzel , T. Harrington , A. Harrison , C. Hasselkus , S. J. Haselschwardt , D. Hemer , S. A. Hertel , J. Heise , S. Hillbrand , O. Hitchcock , C. Hjemfelt , M. D. Hoff , B. Holbrook , E. Holtom , J. Y-K. Hor , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , T. 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Directional detection of Dark Matter

Directional detection is a promising Dark Matter search strategy. Taking advantage on the rotation of the Solar system around the galactic center through the Dark Matter halo, it allows to show a direction dependence of WIMP events. It…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-05 F. Mayet , J. Billard , D. Santos

TREX-DM: a low-background Micromegas-based TPC for low-mass WIMP detection

If Dark Matter is made of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) with masses below $\sim$20 GeV, the corresponding nuclear recoils in mainstream WIMP experiments are of energies too close, or below, the experimental threshold. Gas…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-10-21 F. J. Iguaz , J. G. Garza , F. Aznar , J. F. Castel , S. Cebrián , T. Dafni , J. A. García , I. G. Irastorza , A. Lagraba , G. Luzón , A. Peiró

The CYGNO experiment: a gaseous TPC with optical readout for rare events searches

The CYGNO collaboration is developing a novel strategy for directional Dark Matter searches based on a gaseous Time Projection Chamber (TPC). The detector is optimized for the exploration of light (0.5-50 GeV) WIMPs-like particles and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-25 F. D. Amaro , R. Antonietti , E. Baracchini , L. Benussi , C. Capoccia , M. Caponero , L. G. M de Carvalho , G. Cavoto , I. A. Costa , A. Croce , M. D'Astolfo , G. D'Imperio , G. Dho , E. Di Marco , J. M. F. dos Santos , D. Fiorina , F. Iacoangeli , Z. Islam , H. P. Lima , G. Maccarrone , R. D. P. Mano , D. J. G. Marques , G. Mazzitelli , P. Meloni , A. Messina , C. M. B. Monteiro , R. A. Nobrega , I. F. Pains , E. Paoletti , F. Petrucci , S. Piacentini , D. Pierluigi , D. Pinci , F. Renga , A. Russo , G. Saviano , P. A. O. C. Silva , N. J. C. Spooner , R. Tesauro , S. Tomassini , S. Torelli , D. Tozzi

First limits on WIMP nuclear recoil signals in ZEPLIN-II: a two phase xenon detector for dark matter detection

Results are presented from the first underground data run of ZEPLIN-II, a 31 kg two phase xenon detector developed to observe nuclear recoils from hypothetical weakly interacting massive dark matter particles. Discrimination between nuclear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 G. J. Alner , H. M. Araujo , A. Bewick , C. Bungau , B. Camanzi , M. J. Carson , R. J. Cashmore , H. Chagani , V. Chepel , D. Cline , D. Davidge , J. C. Davies , E. Daw , J. Dawson , T. Durkin , B. Edwards , T. Gamble , J. Gao , C. Ghag , A. S. Howard , W. G. Jones , M. Joshi , E. V. Korolkova , V. A. Kudryavtsev , T. Lawson , V. N. Lebedenko , J. D. Lewin , P. Lightfoot , A. Lindote , I. Liubarsky , M. I. Lopes , R. Luscher , P. Majewski , K Mavrokoridis , J. E. McMillan , B. Morgan , D. Muna , A. St. J. Murphy , F. Neves , G. G. Nicklin , W. Ooi , S. M. Paling , J. Pinto da Cunha , S. J. S. Plank , R. M. Preece , J. J. Quenby , M. Robinson , F. Sergiampietri , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , N. J. C. Spooner , T. J. Sumner , C. Thorne , D. R. Tovey , E. Tziaferi , R. J. Walker , H. Wang , J. White , F. L. H. Wolfs

Dark Matter Searches with LUX

We report here on the results from the Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) search with the LUX dark matter experiment. LUX, a two-phase xenon time projection chamber (TPC) with 250 kg of active mass, has been operated from 2012 until…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-10-11 Cláudio Frederico Pascoal da Silva

Dark Matter directional detection with MIMAC

Directional detection is a promising direct Dark Matter (DM) search strategy. The angular distribution of the nuclear recoil tracks from WIMP events should present an anisotropy in galactic coordinates. This strategy requires both a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-19 Q. Riffard , J. Billard , G. Bosson , O. Bourrion , O. Guillaudin , J. Lamblin , F. Mayet , J. -F. Muraz , J. -P. Richer , D. Santos , L. Lebreton , D. Maire , J. Busto , J. Brunner , D. Fouchez

Direction-sensitive dark matter search results in a surface laboratory

We developed a three-dimensional gaseous tracking device and performed a direction-sensitive dark matter search in a surface laboratory. By using 150 Torr carbon-tetrafluoride (CF_4 gas), we obtained a sky map drawn with the recoil…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kentaro Miuchi , Kaori Hattori , Shigeto Kabuki , Hidetoshi Kubo , Shunsuke Kurosawa , Hironobu Nishimura , Yoko Okada , Atsushi Takada , Toru Tanimori , Ken'ichi Tsuchiya , Kazuki Ueno , Hiroyuki Sekiya , Atsushi Takeda

Constraints on Inelastic Dark Matter Signal using ZEPLIN-II Results

There has been an increasing interest on the concept of Inelastic Dark Matter (iDM) - motivated in part by some recent data. We describe the constraints on iDM from the results of the two phase dark matter detector ZEPLIN-II, which has…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-20 D. B. Cline , W. Ooi , H. Wang

Dark Matter Direct Detection

Solving the Dark Matter enigma represents one of the key objectives of contemporary physics. Recent astrophysical and cosmological measurements have unambiguously demonstrated that ordinary matter contributes to less than 5 % of the energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Gabriel Chardin