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WARP liquid argon detector for dark matter survey

The WARP programme is a graded programme intended to search for cold Dark Matter in the form of WIMP's. These particles may produce via weak interactions nuclear recoils in the energy range 10-100 keV. A cryogenic noble liquid like argon,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Brunetti , E. Calligarich , M. Cambiaghi , F. Carbonara , A. Cocco , C. De Vecchi , R. Dolfini , A. Ereditato , G. Fiorillo , L. Grandi , G. Mangano , A. Menegolli , C. Montanari , M. Prata , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , M. Roncadelli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , R. Santorelli , C. Vignoli

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

WIMP-Search Results from the Second CDMSlite Run

The CDMS low ionization threshold experiment (CDMSlite) uses cryogenic germanium detectors operated at a relatively high bias voltage to amplify the phonon signal in the search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). Results are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-10 SuperCDMS Collaboration , R. Agnese , A. J. Anderson , T. Aramaki , M. Asai , W. Baker , D. Balakishiyeva , D. Barker , R. Basu Thakur , D. A. Bauer , J. Billard , A. Borgland , M. A. Bowles , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , R. Calkins , D. G. Cerdeno , H. Chagani , Y. Chen , J. Cooley , B. Cornell , P. Cushman , M. Daal , P. C. F. Di Stefano , T. Doughty , L. Esteban , S. Fallows , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , M. Ghaith , G. L. Godfrey , S. R. Golwala , J. Hall , H. R. Harris , T. Hofer , D. Holmgren , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , D. Jardin , A. Jastram , O. Kamaev , B. Kara , M. H. Kelsey , A. Kennedy , A. Leder , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , P. Lukens , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , N. Mast , N. Mirabolfathi , R. A. Moffatt , J. D. Morales Mendoza , S. M. Oser , K. Page , W. A. Page , R. Partridge , M. Pepin , A. Phipps , K. Prasad , M. Pyle , H. Qiu , W. Rau , P. Redl , A. Reisetter , Y. Ricci , A. Roberts , H. E. Rogers , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , K. Schneck , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , B. Serfass , B. Shank , D. Speller , D. Toback , R. Underwood , S. Upadhyayula , A. N. Villano , B. Welliver , J. S. Wilson , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , J. J. Yen , B. A. Young , J. Zhang

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

Constraints on Bosonic Dark Matter with Low Threshold Germanium Detector at Kuo-Sheng Reactor Neutrino Laboratory

We report results from searches of pseudoscalar and vector bosonic super-weakly interacting massive particles (super-WIMP) in the TEXONO experiment at the Kuo-Sheng Nuclear Power Station, using 314.15 kg days of data from $n$-type…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-02-27 Manoj Kumar Singh , Lakhwinder Singh , Mehmet Agartioglu , Vivek Sharma , Venktesh Singh , Henry Tsz-king Wong

Background Determination for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter Experiment

The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment recently reported limits on WIMP-nucleus interactions from its initial science run, down to $9.2\times10^{-48}$ cm$^2$ for the spin-independent interaction of a 36 GeV/c$^2$ WIMP at 90% confidence level. In this…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-07-19 J. Aalbers , D. S. Akerib , A. K. Al Musalhi , F. Alder , S. K. Alsum , C. S. Amarasinghe , A. Ames , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , A. Baker , J. Bang , J. W. Bargemann , A. Baxter , K. Beattie , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , G. M. Blockinger , B. Boxer , C. A. J. Brew , P. Brás , S. Burdin , M. Buuck , R. Cabrita , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , A. Chawla , H. Chen , A. P. S. Chiang , N. I. Chott , M. V. Converse , A. Cottle , G. Cox , O. Creaner , C. E. Dahl , A. David , S. Dey , L. de Viveiros , C. Ding , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , S. R. Eriksen , A. Fan , N. M. Fearon , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , E. D. Fraser , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , R. Gibbons , M. G. D. Gilchriese , S. Gokhale , J. Green , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. B. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , S. Han , E. Hartigan-O'Connor , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , G. Heuermann , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , D. Hunt , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , O. Jahangir , R. S. James , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , D. Khaitan , I. Khurana , R. Kirk , D. Kodroff , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , L. Kreczko , B. Krikler , V. A. Kudryavtsev , E. A. Leason , J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , X. Liu , M. I. Lopes , E. Lopez Asamar , B. López Paredes , W. Lorenzon , C. Lu , S. Luitz , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. E. McCarthy , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , E. H. Miller , E. Mizrachi , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. D. Morales Mendoza , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , M. Murdy , A. St. J. Murphy , D. Naim , A. Naylor , C. Nedlik , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , A. Nguyen , J. A. Nikoleyczik , I. Olcina , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , J. Orpwood , K. J. Palladino , J. Palmer , N. Parveen , S. J. Patton , B. Penning , G. Pereira , E. Perry , T. Pershing , A. Piepke , D. Porzio , S. Poudel , Y. Qie , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , H. S. Riyat , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , T. Rushton , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , S. Shaw , T. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , G. Sinev , R. Smith , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Soria , I. Stancu , A. Stevens , K. Stifter , B. Suerfu , T. J. Sumner , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , R. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , D. J. Temples , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , Z. Tong , D. R. Tovey , J. Tranter , M. Trask , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , W. Turner , U. Utku , A. C. Vaitkus , A. Wang , J. J. Wang , W. Wang , Y. Wang , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , T. J. Whitis , M. Williams , F. L. H. Wolfs , S. Woodford , D. Woodward , C. J. Wright , Q. Xia , X. Xiang , J. Xu , M. Yeh

Calibration of nuclear recoils at the 100 eV scale using neutron capture

The development of low-threshold detectors for the study of coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering and for the search for light dark matter necessitates methods of low-energy calibration. We suggest this can be provided by the nuclear…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-08-11 L. Thulliez , D. Lhuillier , F. Cappella , N. Casali , R. Cerulli , A. Chalil , A. Chebboubi , E. Dumonteil , A. Erhart , A. Giuliani , F. Gunsing , E. Jericha , M. Kaznacheeva , A. Kinast , A. Langenkämper , T. Lasserre , A. Letourneau , O. Litaize , P. de Marcillac , S. Marnieros , T. Materna , B. Mauri , E. Mazzucato , C. Nones , T. Ortmann , L. Pattavina , D. V. Poda , R. Rogly , N. Schermer , O. Serot , G. Soum , L. Stodolsky , R. Strauss , M. Vignati , M. Vivier , V. Wagner , A. Wex

Background Rejection in the DMTPC Dark Matter Search Using Charge Signals

The Dark Matter Time Projection Chamber (DMTPC) collaboration is developing a low pressure gas TPC for detecting Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP)-nucleon interactions. Optical readout with CCD cameras allows for the detection of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-01-29 J. P. Lopez , D. Dujmic , S. Ahlen , J. B. R. Battat , C. Deaconu , P. Fisher , S. Henderson , A. Inglis , A. Kaboth , J. Monroe , G. Sciolla , H. Tomita , H. Wellenstein , R. Yamamoto

Scintillating bolometers: a key for determining WIMP parameters

In the last decade direct detection Dark Matter (DM) experiments have increased enormously their sensitivity and ton-scale setups have been proposed, especially using germanium and xenon targets with double readout and background…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 D. G. Cerdeno , C. Cuesta , M. Fornasa , E. Garcia , C. Ginestra , C. Marcos , M. Martinez , Y. Ortigoza , M. Peiro , J. Puimedon , M. L. Sarsa

Pushing the frontier of WIMPy inelastic dark matter: journey to the end of the periodic table

We explore the reach of low-background experiments made of small quantities of heavy nuclear isotopes in probing the parameter space of inelastic dark matter that is kinematically inaccessible to classic direct detection experiments.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-12-15 Ningqiang Song , Serge Nagorny , Aaron C. Vincent

Dark Matter Results From 54-Ton-Day Exposure of PandaX-II Experiment

We report a new search of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using the combined low background data sets in 2016 and 2017 from the PandaX-II experiment in China. The latest data set contains a new exposure of 77.1 live day, with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-08 II Collaboration , Xiangyi Cui , Abdusalam Abdukerim , Wei Chen , Xun Chen , Yunhua Chen , Binbin Dong , Deqing Fang , Changbo Fu , Karl Giboni , Franco Giuliani , Linhui Gu , Yikun Gu , Xuyuan Guo , Zhifan Guo , Ke Han , Changda He , Di Huang , Shengming He , Xingtao Huang , Zhou Huang , Xiangdong Ji , Yonglin Ju , Shaoli Li , Yao Li , Heng Lin , Huaxuan Liu , Jianglai Liu , Yugang Ma , Yajun Mao , Kaixiang Ni , Jinhua Ning , Xiangxiang Ren , Fang Shi , Andi Tan , Cheng Wang , Hongwei Wang , Meng Wang , Qiuhong Wang , Siguang Wang , Xiuli Wang , Xuming Wang , Qinyu Wu , Shiyong Wu , Mengjiao Xiao , Pengwei Xie , Binbin Yan , Yong Yang , Jianfeng Yue , Dan Zhang , Hongguang Zhang , Tao Zhang , Tianqi Zhang , Li Zhao , Jifang Zhou , Ning Zhou , Xiaopeng Zhou

Impact of COHERENT measurements, cross section uncertainties and new interactions on the neutrino floor

We reconsider the discovery limit of multi-ton direct detection dark matter experiments in the light of recent measurements of the coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering process. Assuming the cross section to be a parameter entirely…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-01-28 D. Aristizabal Sierra , V. De Romeri , L. J. Flores , D. K. Papoulias

Prospects of indirect searches for dark matter annihilations in the earth with ICAL@INO

We study the prospects of detecting muon events at the upcoming Iron CALorimeter (ICAL) detector to be built at the proposed India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) facility due to neutrinos arising out of annihilation of Weakly Interactive…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-05-22 Deepak Tiwari , Sandhya Choubey , Anushree Ghosh

Direct dark matter searches with the full data set of XMASS-I

Various WIMP dark matter searches using the full data set of XMASS-I, a single-phase liquid xenon detector, are reported in this paper. Stable XMASS-I data taking accumulated a total live time of 1590.9 days between November 20, 2013 and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-02 XMASS Collaboration , K. Abe , K. Hiraide , N. Kato , S. Moriyama , M. Nakahata , K. Sato , H. Sekiya , T. Suzuki , Y. Suzuki , A. Takeda , B. S. Yang , N. Y. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H. Kim , Y. Itow , K. Martens , A. Mason , M. Yamashita , K. Miuchi , Y. Takeuchi , K. B. Lee , M. K. Lee , Y. Fukuda , H. Ogawa , K. Ichimura , Y. Kishimoto , K. Nishijima , K. Fushimi , B. D. Xu , K. Kobayashi , S. Nakamura

Direct detection rate of heavy Higgsino-like and Wino-like dark matter

A large class of viable dark matter models contain a WIMP candidate that is a component of a new electroweak multiplet whose mass $M$ is large compared to the electroweak scale $m_W$. A generic amplitude-level cancellation in such models…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-03-20 Qing Chen , Richard J. Hill

Limits on momentum-dependent asymmetric dark matter with CRESST-II

The usual assumption in direct dark matter searches is to only consider the spin-dependent or spin-independent scattering of dark matter particles. However, especially in models with light dark matter particles…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-20 G. Angloher , A. Bento , C. Bucci , L. Canonica , X. Defay , 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 , C. Pagliarone , F. Petricca , W. Potzel , F. Pröbst , F. Reindl , K. Schäffner , J. Schieck , S. Schönert , W. Seidel , L. Stodolsky , C. Strandhagen , R. Strauss , A. Tanzke , H. H. Trinh Thi , C. Türkoğlu , M. Uffinger , A. Ulrich , I. Usherov , S. Wawoczny , M. Willers , M. Wüstrich , A. Zöller

Limits on light WIMPs with a germanium detector at 177 eVee threshold at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory

The China Dark Matter Experiment reports results on light WIMP dark matter searches at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory with a germanium detector array with a total mass of 20 g. The physics threshold achieved is 177 eVee ("ee"…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2014-08-20 S. K. Liu , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , J. P. Cheng , H. T. Wong , Y. J. Li , S. T. Lin , J. P. Chang , N. Chen , Q. H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , Y. C. Chuang , Z. Deng , Q. Du , H. Gong , X. Q. Hao , H. J. He , Q. J. He , H. X. Huang , T. R. Huang , H. Jiang , H. B. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , J. Li , X. Li , X. Q. Li , X. Y. Li , Y. L. Li , H. Y. Liao , F. K. Lin , L. C. Lü , 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 , S. Y. Wu , Y. C. Wu , Y. C. Wu , Z. Z. Xianyu , R. Q. Xiao , H. Y. Xing , F. Z. Xu , Y. Xu , X. J. Xu , T. Xue , C. W. Yang , 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 , W. Zhao , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu , W. B. Zhu , X. Z. Zhu , Z. H. Zhu

KM3NeT upper bounds of detection rates of solar neutrinos from annihilations of dark matter at the solar core

The Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) so far remain one of the most popular candidates for dark matter. If captured gravitationally inside the core of the Sun, these WIMPs may produce high energy neutrinos as the end product in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-03-15 Aman Gupta , Debasish Majumdar , Ashadul Halder

Effects of Residue Background Events in Direct Detection Experiments on Identifying WIMP Dark Matter

We reexamine the model-independent data analysis methods for extracting properties of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) by using data (measured recoil energies) from direct Dark Matter detection experiments directly and, as a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-05-20 Chung-Lin Shan

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