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An Introduction to Dark Matter Direct Detection Searches & Techniques

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), are a leading candidate for the dark matter that is observed to constitute ~25% of the total mass-energy density of the Universe. The direct detection of relic WIMPs (those produced during the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-08-23 Tarek Saab

Theoretical Interpretation of Experimental Data from Direct Dark Matter Detection

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are one of the leading candidates for Dark Matter. Currently, the most promising method to detect WIMPs is the direct detection of the recoil energy deposited in a low-background laboratory…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-10 Chung-Lin Shan

The Phase of the Annual Modulation as a Tool for Determining the WIMP Mass

The count rate of Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter candidates in direct detection experiments experiences an annual modulation due to the Earth's motion around the Sun. In the standard isothermal halo model, the signal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Matthew J. Lewis , Katherine Freese

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Conceptual Design Report

The design and performance of the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) detector is described as of March 2015 in this Conceptual Design Report. LZ is a second-generation dark-matter detector with the potential for unprecedented sensitivity to weakly interacting…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-10-05 The LZ Collaboration , D. S. Akerib , C. W. Akerlof , D. Yu. Akimov , S. K. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , M. J. Barry , P. Bauer , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , K. E. Boast , A. I. Bolozdynya , E. M. Boulton , R. Bramante , J. H. Buckley , V. V. Bugaev , R. Bunker , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , C. Carels , D. L. Carlsmith , B. Carlson , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Cascella , C. Chan , J. J. Cherwinka , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , W. W. Craddock , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , J. P. da Cunha , C. E. Dahl , S. Dasu , T. J. R. Davison , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , T. K. Edberg , B. N. Edwards , W. R. Edwards , M. M. Elnimr , W. T. Emmet , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , P. Ford , V. B. Francis , C. Fu , R. J. Gaitskell , N. J. Gantos , V. M. Gehman , R. M. Gerhard , C. Ghag , M. G. D. Gilchriese , B. Gomber , C. R. Hall , A. Harris , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , M. D. Hoff , B. Holbrook , E. Holtom , D. Q. Huang , T. W. Hurteau , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , W. Ji , X. Ji , M. Johnson , Y. Ju , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , A. V. Khromov , A. M. Konovalov , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , H. J. Krebs , V. A. Kudryavtsev , A. V. Kumpan , S. Kyre , N. A. Larsen , C. Lee , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , F. -T. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , W. H. Lippincott , J. Liu , X. Liu , M. I. Lopes , W. Lorenzon , S. Luitz , P. Majewski , D. C. Malling , A. G. Manalaysay , L. Manenti , R. L. Mannino , D. J. Markley , T. J. Martin , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , D. -M. Mei , Y. Meng , E. H. Miller , J. Mock , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikkel , F. G. O'Neill , J. O'Dell , K. O'Sullivan , M. A. Olevitch , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , M. Pangilinan , S. J. Patton , E. K. Pease , A. Piepke , S. Powell , R. M. Preece , K. Pushkin , B. N. Ratcliff , J. Reichenbacher , L. Reichhart , C. Rhyne , J. P. Rodrigues , H. J. Rose , R. Rosero , J. S. Saba , M. Sarychev , R. W. Schnee , M. S. G. Schubnell , P. R. Scovell , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , K. Skarpaas , W. Skulski , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , V. V. Sosnovtsev , I. Stancu , M. R. Stark , S. Stephenson , T. M. Stiegler , T. J. Sumner , K. Sundarnath , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , W. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , K. J. Thomas , J. A. Thomson , D. R. Tiedt , W. H. To , A. Tomás , M. Tripathi , C. E. Tull , L. Tvrznikova , S. Uvarov , J. Va'vra , M. G. D. van der Grinten , J. R. Verbus , C. O. Vuosalo , W. L. Waldron , L. Wang , R. C. Webb , W. -Z. Wei , M. While , D. T. White , T. J. Whitis , W. J. Wisniewski , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , E. Woods , D. Woodward , S. D. Worm , M. Yeh , J. Yin , S. K. Young , C. Zhang

Simultaneous measurement of the light and charge response of liquid xenon to low-energy nuclear recoils at multiple electric fields

Dual-phase liquid xenon (LXe) detectors lead the direct search for particle dark matter. Understanding the signal production process of nuclear recoils in LXe is essential for the interpretation of LXe based dark matter searches. Up to now,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-12-12 Elena Aprile , Matthew Anthony , Qing Lin , Zach Greene , Patrick de Perio , Fei Gao , Joseph Howlett , Guillaume Plante , Yun Zhang , Tianyu Zhu

Sensitivity of direct detection experiments to neutrino magnetic dipole moments

With large active volume sizes dark matter direct detection experiments are sensitive to solar neutrino fluxes. Nuclear recoil signals are induced by $^8$B neutrinos, while electron recoils are mainly generated by the pp flux. Measurements…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-02-03 D. Aristizabal Sierra , R. Branada , O. G. Miranda , G. Sanchez Garcia

Studies of the muon-induced neutron background in LSM: detector concept and status of the installation

A good particle candidate for Cold Dark Matter (CDM) is the supersymmetric neutralino or more generally a weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP). The expected interaction rate of WIMPs with the detector medium in the direct detection…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-17 V. Kozlov

Improvement of the Determination of the WIMP Mass from Direct Dark Matter Detection Data

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are one of the leading candidates for Dark Matter. We developed a model-independent method for determining the WIMP mass by using data (i.e., measured recoil energies) of direct detection…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-02-02 Manuel Drees , Chung-Lin Shan

PandaX-xT: a Multi-ten-tonne Liquid Xenon Observatory at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory

We propose a major upgrade to the existing PandaX-4T experiment in the China Jinping Underground Laboratory. The new experiment, PandaX-xT, will be a multi-ten-tonne liquid xenon, ultra-low background, and general-purpose observatory. The…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-12-09 PandaX Collaboration , Abdusalam Abdukerim , Zihao Bo , Wei Chen , Xun Chen , Chen Cheng , Zhaokan Cheng , Xiangyi Cui , Yingjie Fan , Deqing Fang , Lisheng Geng , Karl Giboni , Linhui Gu , Xunan Guo , Xuyuan Guo , Zhichao Guo , Chencheng Han , Ke Han , Changda He , Jinrong He , Di Huang , Junting Huang , Zhou Huang , Ruquan Hou , Yu Hou , Xiangdong Ji , Yonglin Ju , Chenxiang Li , Jiafu Li , Mingchuan Li , Shuaijie Li , Tao Li , Qing Lin , Jianglai Liu , Congcong Lu , Xiaoying Lu , Lingyin Luo , Yunyang Luo , Wenbo Ma , Yugang Ma , Yajun Mao , Yue Meng , Xuyang Ning , Binyu Pang , Ningchun Qi , Zhicheng Qian , Xiangxiang Ren , Nasir Shaheed , Xiaofeng Shang , Xiyuan Shao , Guofang Shen , Lin Si , Wenliang Sun , Yi Tao , Anqing Wang , Meng Wang , Qiuhong Wang , Shaobo Wang , Siguang Wang , Wei Wang , Xiuli Wang , Xu Wang , Zhou Wang , Yuehuan Wei , Mengmeng Wu , Weihao Wu , Yuan Wu , Mengjiao Xiao , Xiang Xiao , Binbin Yan , Xiyu Yan , Yong Yang , Chunxu Yu , Ying Yuan , Zhe Yuan , Youhui Yun , Xinning Zeng , Minzhen Zhang , Peng Zhang , Shibo Zhang , Shu Zhang , Tao Zhang , Wei Zhang , Yang Zhang , Yingxin Zhang , Yuanyuan Zhang , Li Zhao , Jifang Zhou , Ning Zhou , Xiaopeng Zhou , Yong Zhou , Yubo Zhou , Zhizhen Zhou

Cryogenic Composite Detectors for the Dark Matter Experiments CRESST and EURECA

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are candidates for non-baryonic Dark Matter. WIMPs are supposed to interact with baryonic matter via scattering off nuclei producing a nuclear recoil with energies up to a few 10 keV with a very…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-10-03 S. Roth , C. Ciemniak , C. Coppi , F. v. Feilitzsch , A. Guetlein , C. Isaila , J. -C. Lanfranchi , S. Pfister , W. Potzel , W. Westphal

Light Dark Matter Search with Ionization Signals in XENON1T

We report constraints on light dark matter (DM) models using ionization signals in the XENON1T experiment. We mitigate backgrounds with strong event selections, rather than requiring a scintillation signal, leaving an effective exposure of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-12-18 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , L. Althueser , F. D. Amaro , V. C. Antochi , E. Angelino , F. Arneodo , D. Barge , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , L. Bellagamba , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , P. de Perio , A. Depoian , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , S. Diglio , A. Elykov , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , P. Gaemers , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Hasterok , C. Hils , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , M. Iacovacci , R. Itay , F. Joerg , S. Kazama , A. Kish , M. Kobayashi , G. Koltman , A. Kopec , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. A. M. Lopes , E. López Fune , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Manfredini , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , S. Mastroianni , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , K. Miller , A. Molinario , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , K. Odgers , J. Palacio , B. Pelssers , R. Peres , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , R. Podviianiuk , J. Qin , H. Qiu , D. Ramírez García , S. Reichard , B. Riedel , A. Rocchetti , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , N. Šarčević , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , C. Therreau , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , N. Upole , M. Vargas , G. Volta , O. Wack , H. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , J. P. Zopounidis

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 neutrino roof: Single-scatter ceilings in dark matter direct detection

We identify the maximum cross sections probed by single-scatter ``WIMP" searches in dark matter direct detection. Due to Poisson fluctuations in scatter multiplicity, these ceilings scale logarithmically with mass for heavy dark matter and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-06-26 Nirmal Raj , Biprajit Mondal

Effective field theory search for high-energy nuclear recoils using the XENON100 dark matter detector

We report on WIMP search results in the XENON100 detector using a non-relativistic effective field theory approach. The data from science run II (34 kg $\times$ 224.6 live days) was re-analyzed, with an increased recoil energy interval…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-06 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 , 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 , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , 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. Maris , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Masson , D. Mayani , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , A. Molinario , K. Mora , 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 , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , M. Silva , H. Simgen , M. v. Sivers , A. Stein , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , M. Vargas , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , B. Farmer

XENON10/100 dark matter constraints: examining the Leff dependence

The determination of dark matter constraints from liquid xenon direct detection experiments depends upon the amount of scintillation light produced by nuclear recoils in the detector, a quantity that is characterized by the scintillation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-20 Christopher Savage

Exclusion Limits on the WIMP-Nucleon Cross-Section from the First Run of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search in the Soudan Underground Lab

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS-II) employs low-temperature Ge and Si detectors to seek Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) via their elastic scattering interactions with nuclei. Simultaneous measurements of both ionization…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 CDMS Collaboration

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment, results from the 2004 campaign and status of the current update

The CDMS II experiment uses Z-dependent Ionization Phonon (ZIP) detectors made of Germanium and Silicon to identify nuclear recoils from Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) with near complete event-by-event rejection of various…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Samuel Leclercq

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

Status of IGEX dark matter search at Canfranc Underground Laboratory

One IGEX 76Ge double-beta decay detector is currently operating in the Canfranc Underground Laboratory in a search for dark matter WIMPs, through the Ge nuclear recoil produced by the WIMP elastic scattering. In this talk we report on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 I. G. Irastorza , A. Morales , C. E. Aalseth , F. T. Avignone , R. L. Brodzinski , J. M. Carmona , S. Cebrian , E. Garcia , I. V. Kirpichnikov , A. A. Klimenko , G. Luzon , H. S. Miley , J. Morales , A. Ortiz de Solorzano , S. B. Osetrov , V. S. Pogosov , J. Puimedon , J. H. Reeves , M. L. Sarsa , A. A. Smolnikov , A. G. Tamanyan , A. A. Vasenko , S. I. Vasiliev , J. A. Villar

LBECA: A Low Background Electron Counting Apparatus for Sub-GeV Dark Matter Detection

Two-phase noble liquid detectors, with large target masses and effective background reduction, are currently leading the dark matter direct detection for WIMP masses above a few GeV. Due to their sensitivity to single ionized electron…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-03-24 A. Bernstein , M. Clark , R. Essig , M. Fernandez-Serra , A. Kopec , R. F. Lang , J. Long , K. Ni , S. Pereverzev , J. Qi , P. Sorensen , Y. Wei , J. Xu , J. Ye , C. Zhen