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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 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

Final results of the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search with cryogenic heat-and-ionization Ge detectors

The final results of the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search using cryogenic heat-and-ionization Ge detectors are presented. The final data sample corresponds to an increase by a factor five in exposure relative to the previously published…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 V. Sanglard , A. Benoit , L. Berge , J. Blumer , A. Broniatowski , B. Censier , L. Chabert , M. Chapellier , G. Chardin , P. Charvin , S. Collin , M. De Jesus , H. Deschamps , P. Di Stefano , Y. Dolgorouky , D. Drain , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , M. Fesquet , S. Fiorucci , J. Gascon , G. Gerbier , E. Gerlic , C. Goldbach , M. Goyot , M. Gros , S. Herve , M. Horn , A. Juillard , M. Karolak , C. Kikuchi , A. de Lesquen , M. Luca , J. Mallet , S. Marnieros , L. Mosca , X. -F. Navick , G. Nollez , P. Pari , L. Schoeffel , M. Stern , L. Vagneron , V. Villar

Simulations of neutron background in a time projection chamber relevant to dark matter searches

Presented here are results of simulations of neutron background performed for a time projection chamber acting as a particle dark matter detector in an underground laboratory. The investigated background includes neutrons from rock and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-11-11 M. J. Carson , J. C. Davies , E. Daw , R. J. Hollingworth , J. A. Kirkpatrick , V. A. Kudryavtsev , T. B. Lawson , P. K. Lightfoot , J. E. McMillan , B. Morgan , S. M. Paling , M. Robinson , N. J. C Spooner , D. R. Tovey , E. Tziaferi

Limits on spin-independent WIMP-nucleon interactions from the two-tower run of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search

We report new results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. Two towers, each consisting of six detectors, were operated for 74.5 live days, giving spectrum-weighted exposures of 34 kg-d for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 CDMS Collaboration

Beta/gamma and alpha backgrounds in CRESST-II Phase 2

The experiment CRESST-II aims at the detection of dark matter with scintillating CaWO$_4$ crystals operated as cryogenic detectors. Recent results on spin-independent WIMP-nucleon scattering from the CRESST-II Phase 2 allowed to probe a new…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-01-26 R. Strauss , G. Angloher , A. Bento , C. Bucci , L. Canonica , A. Erb , F. v. Feilitzsch , N. Ferreiro Iachellini , P. Gorla , A. Gütlein , D. Hauff , J. Jochum , M. Kiefer , H. Kluck , H. Kraus , J. -C. Lanfranchi , J. Loebell , A. Münster , F. Petricca , W. Potzel , F. Pröbst , F. Reindl , S. Roth , K. Rottler , C. Sailer , K. Schäffner , J. Schieck , S. Scholl , S. Schönert , W. Seidel , M. v. Sivers , L. Stodolsky , C. Strandhagen , A. Tanzke , M. Uffinger , A. Ulrich , I. Usherov , S. Wawoczny , M. Willers , M. Wüstrich , A. Zöller

Peaked Signals from Dark Matter Velocity Structures in Direct Detection Experiments

In direct dark matter detection experiments, conventional elastic scattering of WIMPs results in exponentially falling recoil spectra. In contrast, theories of WIMPs with excited states can lead to nuclear recoil spectra that peak at finite…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-20 Rafael F. Lang , Neal Weiner

The CRESST Dark Matter Search

The current status of CRESST (Cryogenic Rare Event Search using Superconducting Thermometers) and new results concerning the detector development are presented. The basic technique of CRESST is to search for particle Dark Matter (WIMPS,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 CRESST-Collaboration , : , M. Bravin , M. Bruckmayer , C. Bucci

Low Energy Electron and Nuclear Recoil Thresholds in the DRIFT-II Negative Ion TPC for Dark Matter Searches

Understanding the ability to measure and discriminate particle events at the lowest possible energy is an essential requirement in developing new experiments to search for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter. In this…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2010-05-12 S. Burgos , E. Daw , J. Forbes , C. Ghag , M. Gold , C. Hagemann , V. A. Kudryavtsev , T. B. Lawson , D. Loomba , P. Majewski , D. Muna , A. St. J. Murphy , S. M. Paling , A. Petkov , S. J. S. Plank , M. Robinson , N. Sanghi , D. P. Snowden-Ifft , N. J. C. Spooner , J. Turk , E. Tziaferi

Development of cryogenic phonon detectors based on CaMoO4 and ZnWO4 scintillating crystals for direct dark matter search experiments

This work reports on the development of the first phonon detectors based on CaMoO4 and ZnWO4 scintillating crystals for the CRESST-II experiment. In particular, a novel technique for the production of the ZnWO4 phonon detector with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-13 I. Bavykina , G. Angloher , D. Hauff , M. Kiefer , F. Petricca , F. Proebst

Constraining 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 properties of WIMPs and identifying them among new particles produced at colliders (hopefully in the near future),…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-02-17 Manuel Drees , Chung-Lin Shan

A search for low-mass WIMPs with EDELWEISS-II heat-and-ionization detectors

We report on a search for low-energy (E < 20 keV) WIMP-induced nuclear recoils using data collected in 2009 - 2010 by EDELWEISS from four germanium detectors equipped with thermal sensors and an electrode design (ID) which allows to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-28 EDELWEISS Collaboration , E. Armengaud , C. Augier , A. Benoît , L. Bergé , T. Bergmann , J. Blümer , A. Broniatowski , V. Brudanin , B. Censier , M. Chapellier , F. Charlieux , F. Couëdo , P. Coulter , G. A. Cox , J. Domange , A. A. Drillien , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , D. Filosofov , N. Fourches , J. Gascon , G. Gerbier , J. Gironnet , M. Gros , G. Heuermann , S. Henry , S. Hervé , A. Juillard , M. Kleifges , H. Kluck , V. Kozlov , H. Kraus , V. A. Kudryavtsev , H. Le Sueur , P. Loaiza , S. Marnieros , A. Menshikov , X. -F. Navick , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , P. Pari , B. Paul , M. Robinson , S. Rozov , V. Sanglard , B. Schmidt , B. Siebenborn , D. Tcherniakhovski , A. S. Torrento-Coello , L. Vagneron , R. J. Walker , M. Weber , E. Yakushev , X. Zhang

Effects of Residue Background Events in Direct Dark Matter Detection Experiments on the Determinations of Ratios of WIMP-Nucleon Cross Sections

In our work on the development of model-independent data analysis methods for determining ratios between different couplings/cross sections of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) by using measured recoil energies from direct Dark…

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

Dark Matter Search Results from the PICO-60 C$_3$F$_8$ Bubble Chamber

New results are reported from the operation of the PICO-60 dark matter detector, a bubble chamber filled with 52 kg of C$_3$F$_8$ located in the SNOLAB underground laboratory. As in previous PICO bubble chambers, PICO-60 C$_3$F$_8$ exhibits…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-03 C. Amole , M. Ardid , I. J. Arnquist , D. M. Asner , D. Baxter , E. Behnke , P. Bhattacharjee , H. Borsodi , M. Bou-Cabo , P. Campion , G. Cao , C. J. Chen , U. Chowdhury , K. Clark , J. I. Collar , P. S. Cooper , M. Crisler , G. Crowder , C. E. Dahl , M. Das , S. Fallows , J. Farine , I. Felis , R. Filgas , F. Girard , G. Giroux , J. Hall , O. Harris , E. W. Hoppe , M. Jin , C. B. Krauss , M. Laurin , I. Lawson , A. Leblanc , I. Levine , W. H. Lippincott , F. Mamedov , D. Maurya , P. Mitra , T. Nania , R. Neilson , A. J. Noble , S. Olson , A. Ortega , A. Plante , R. Podviyanuk , S. Priya , A. E. Robinson , A. Roeder , R. Rucinski , O. Scallon , S. Seth , A. Sonnenschein , N. Starinski , I. Štekl , F. Tardif , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , J. Wells , U. Wichoski , Y. Yan , V. Zacek , J. Zhang

Glued CaWO4 Detectors for the CRESST-II Experiment

The Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers Phase II (CRESST-II) at the L.N.G.S in Italy is searching for Dark Matter using low-temperature calorimeters. These detectors allow to discriminate different particles by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-01 Michael Kiefer , Franz Pröbst , Godehard Angloher , Irina Bavykina , Dieter Hauff , Wolfgang Seidel

Evaluation of the neutron background in CsI target for WIMP direct detection when using a reactor neutrino detector as a neutron veto system

A direct WIMP (Weakly Interacting Massive Particle) detector with a neutron veto system is designed to better reject neutrons. An experimental configuration is studied in the present paper: a WIMP detectors with CsI(Na) target is placed…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Ye Xu , Xiangpan Ji , Haolin Li , Yulong Feng

Search for low-mass dark matter WIMPs with 12 ton-day exposure of DarkSide-50

We report on the search for dark matter WIMPs in the mass range below 10 GeV/c$^2$, from the analysis of the entire dataset acquired with a low-radioactivity argon target by the DarkSide-50 experiment at LNGS. The new analysis benefits from…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-07-18 50 Collaboration , P. Agnes , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , M. Ave , H. O. Back , G. Batignani , K. Biery , V. Bocci , W. M. Bonivento , B. Bottino , S. Bussino , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , F. Calaprice , A. Caminata , N. Canci , M. Caravati , M. Cariello , M. Carlini , M. Carpinelli , V. Cataudella , P. Cavalcante , S. Cavuoti , S. Chashin , A. Chepurnov , C. Cicalò , G. Covone , D. D'Angelo , S. Davini , A. De Candia , S. De Cecco , G. De Filippis , G. De Rosa , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , M. D'Incecco , C. Dionisi , F. Dordei , M. Downing , D. D'Urso , G. Fiorillo , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiati , C. Ghiano , C. Giganti , G. K. Giovanetti , A. M. Goretti , G. Grilli di Cortona , A. Grobov , M. Gromov , M. Guan , M. Gulino , B. R. Hackett , K. Herner , T. Hessel , B. Hosseini , F. Hubaut , E. V. Hungerford , An. Ianni , V. Ippolito , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , M. Kimura , I. Kochanek , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , M. Kuss , M. La Commara , M. Lai , X. Li , M. Lissia , G. Longo , O. Lychagina , I. N. Machulin , L. P. Mapelli , S. M. Mari , J. Maricic , A. Messina , R. Milincic , J. Monroe , M. Morrocchi , X. Mougeot , V. N. Muratova , P. Musico , A. O. Nozdrina , A. Oleinik , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , K. Pelczar , N. Pelliccia , S. Piacentini , S. Piacentini , E. Picciau , A. Pocar , D. M. Poehlmann , S. Pordes , S. S. Poudel , P. Pralavorio , D. D. Price , F. Ragusa , M. Razeti , A. Razeto , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , J. Rode , A. Romani , D. Sablone , O. Samoylov , W. Sands , S. Sanfilippo , E. Sanford , C. Savarese , B. Schlitzer , D. A. Semenov , A. Shchagin , A. Sheshukov , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , S. Stracka , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , E. V. Unzhakov , A. Vishneva , R. B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , H. Wang , Y. Wang , S. Westerdale , M. M. Wojcik , X. Xiao , C. Yang , G. Zuzel

CsI(Tl) for WIMP dark matter searches

We report a study of CsI(Tl) scintillator to assess its applicability in experiments to search for dark matter particles. Measurements of the mean scintillation pulse shapes due to nuclear and electron recoils have been performed. We find…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2011-07-19 V. A. Kudryavtsev , N. J. C. Spooner , D. R. Tovey , J. W. Roberts , M. J. Lehner , J. E. McMillan , P. K. Lightfoot , T. B. Lawson , C. D. Peak , R. Luscher , J. C. Barton

Effects of Residue Background Events in Direct Dark Matter Detection Experiments on the Determination of the WIMP Mass

In the earlier work on the development of a model-independent data analysis method for determining the mass of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) by using measured recoil energies from direct Dark Matter detection experiments…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-13 Yu-Ting Chou , Chung-Lin Shan

Preliminary Limits on the WIMP-Nucleon Cross Section from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS)

We are conducting an experiment to search for WIMPs, or weakly-interacting massive particles, in the galactic halo using terrestrial detectors. This generic class of hypothetical particles, whose properties are similar to those predicted by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 DS Akerib , PD Barnes , DA Bauer , PL Brink , B Cabrera , DO Caldwell , RM Clarke , A Da Silva , AK Davies , BL Dougherty , KD Irwin , RJ Gaitskell , SR Golwala , EE Haller , J Jochum , WB Knowlton , V Kuzminov , SW Nam , V Novikov , MJ Penn , TA Perera , RR Ross , B Sadoulet , RW Schnee , T Shutt , A Smith , AH Sonnenschein , AL Spadafora , WK Stockwell , S Yellin , BA Young