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Probing low WIMP masses with the next generation of CRESST detector

The purpose of this document is to describe the upgrade of the CRESST dark matter search at LNGS. The proposed strategy will allow to explore a region of the parameter space for spin-independent WIMP-nucleon elastic scattering corresponding…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-30 The CRESST Collaboration , 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 , K. Schäffner , J. Schieck , S. Scholl , S. Schönert , W. Seidel , L. Stodolsky , C. Strandhagen , R. Strauss , A. Tanzke , M. Uffinger , A. Ulrich , I. Usherov , S. Wawoczny , M. Willers , M. Wüstrich , A. Zöller

Projected Sensitivity of the SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment

SuperCDMS SNOLAB will be a next-generation experiment aimed at directly detecting low-mass (< 10 GeV/c$^2$) particles that may constitute dark matter by using cryogenic detectors of two types (HV and iZIP) and two target materials…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-04-12 R. Agnese , A. J. Anderson , T. Aramaki , I. Arnquist , W. Baker , D. Barker , R. Basu Thakur , D. A. Bauer , A. Borgland , M. A. Bowles , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , D. O. Caldwell , R. Calkins , C. Cartaro , D. G. Cerdeño , 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. Fritts , G. Gerbier , M. Ghaith , G. L. Godfrey , S. R. Golwala , J. Hall , H. R. Harris , T. Hofer , D. Holmgren , Z. Hong , E. Hoppe , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , V. Iyer , D. Jardin , A. Jastram , M. H. Kelsey , A. Kennedy , A. Kubik , N. A. Kurinsky , A. Leder , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , P. Lukens , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , N. Mast , N. Mirabolfathi , R. A. Moffatt , J. D. Morales Mendoza , J. L. Orrell , S. M. Oser , K. Page , W. A. Page , R. Partridge , M. Pepin , A. Phipps , S. Poudel , M. Pyle , H. Qiu , W. Rau , P. Redl , A. Reisetter , A. Roberts , A. E. Robinson , H. E. Rogers , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , K. Schneck , R. W. Schnee , B. Serfass , D. Speller , M. Stein , J. Street , H. A. Tanaka , D. Toback , R. Underwood , A. N. Villano , B. von Krosigk , B. Welliver , J. S. Wilson , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , J. J. Yen , B. A. Young , X. Zhang , X. Zhao

Feasibility study of a Superheated Superconducting Granule detector for cold dark matter search

The presented results are part of a feasibility study of a Super- heated Superconducting Granule (SSG) device for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) detection. The sensitivity of SSG to nuclear recoils has been explored…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 A. Gabutti

The XENON1T Dark Matter Search Experiment

The worldwide race towards direct dark matter detection in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) has been dramatically accelerated by the remarkable progress and evolution of liquid xenon time projection chambers…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-28 Elena Aprile , XENON1T collaboration

DARWIN: dark matter WIMP search with noble liquids

DARWIN (DARk matter WImp search with Noble liquids) is an R&D and design study towards the realization of a multi-ton scale dark matter search facility in Europe, based on the liquid argon and liquid xenon time projection chamber…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-22 Laura Baudis

Spin-Dependent Weakly-Interacting-Massive-Particle--Nucleon Cross Section Limits from First Data of PandaX-II Experiment

New constraints are presented on the spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon interaction from the PandaX-II experiment, using a data set corresponding to a total exposure of 3.3$\times10^4$ kg-days. Assuming a standard axial-vector spin-dependent WIMP…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-02-16 Changbo Fu , Xiangyi Cui , Xiaopeng Zhou , Xun Chen , Yunhua Chen , Deqing Fang , Karl Giboni , Franco Giuliani , Ke Han , Xingtao Huang , Xiangdong Ji , Yonglin Ju , Siao Lei , Shaoli Li , Huaxuan Liu , Jianglai Liu , Yugang Ma , Yajun Mao , Xiangxiang Ren , Andi Tan , 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 , Hongguang Zhang , Tao Zhang , Li Zhao , Ning Zhou

First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment

The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is a dark matter detector centered on a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. This Letter reports results from LUX-ZEPLIN's…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-08-07 J. Aalbers , D. S. Akerib , C. W. Akerlof , A. K. Al Musalhi , F. Alder , A. Alqahtani , S. K. Alsum , C. S. Amarasinghe , A. Ames , T. J. Anderson , N. Angelides , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , M. Arthurs , S. Azadi , A. J. Bailey , A. Baker , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , J. Bang , J. W. Bargemann , M. J. Barry , J. Barthel , D. Bauer , A. Baxter , K. Beattie , J. Belle , P. Beltrame , J. Bensinger , T. Benson , E. P. Bernard , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , H. J. Birch , B. Birrittella , G. M. Blockinger , K. E. Boast , B. Boxer , R. Bramante , C. A. J. Brew , P. Brás , J. H. Buckley , V. V. Bugaev , S. Burdin , J. K. Busenitz , M. Buuck , R. Cabrita , C. Carels , D. L. Carlsmith , B. Carlson , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Cascella , C. Chan , A. Chawla , H. Chen , J. J. Cherwinka , N. I. Chott , A. Cole , J. Coleman , M. V. Converse , A. Cottle , G. Cox , W. W. Craddock , O. Creaner , D. Curran , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , C. E. Dahl , A. David , J. Davis , T. J. R. Davison , J. Delgaudio , S. Dey , L. de Viveiros , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , A. Dushkin , T. K. Edberg , W. R. Edwards , M. M. Elnimr , W. T. Emmet , S. R. Eriksen , C. H. Faham , A. Fan , S. Fayer , N. M. Fearon , S. Fiorucci , H. Flaecher , P. Ford , V. B. Francis , E. D. Fraser , T. Fruth , R. J. Gaitskell , N. J. Gantos , D. Garcia , A. Geffre , V. M. Gehman , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , R. Gibbons , E. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , S. Gokhale , B. Gomber , J. Green , A. Greenall , S. Greenwood , M. G. D. van der Grinten , C. B. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , S. Hans , K. Hanzel , A. Harrison , E. Hartigan-O'Connor , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , G. Heuermann , C. Hjemfelt , M. D. Hoff , E. Holtom , J. Y-K. Hor , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , D. Hunt , C. M. Ignarra , R. G. Jacobsen , O. Jahangir , R. S. James , S. N. Jeffery , W. Ji , J. Johnson , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , K. Kamdin , V. Kasey , K. Kazkaz , J. Keefner , D. Khaitan , M. Khaleeq , A. Khazov , I. Khurana , Y. D. Kim , C. D. Kocher , D. Kodroff , L. Korley , E. V. Korolkova , J. Kras , H. Kraus , S. Kravitz , H. J. Krebs , L. Kreczko , B. Krikler , V. A. Kudryavtsev , S. Kyre , B. Landerud , E. A. Leason , C. Lee , J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , R. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , C. Levy , J. Li , F. -T. Liao , J. Liao , J. Lin , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , R. Liu , X. Liu , Y. Liu , C. Loniewski , M. I. Lopes , E. Lopez Asamar , B. López Paredes , W. Lorenzon , D. Lucero , S. Luitz , J. M. Lyle , P. A. Majewski , J. Makkinje , D. C. Malling , A. Manalaysay , L. Manenti , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , M. F. Marzioni , C. Maupin , M. E. McCarthy , C. T. McConnell , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , Y. Meng , J. Migneault , E. H. Miller , E. Mizrachi , J. A. Mock , A. Monte , M. E. Monzani , J. A. Morad , J. D. Morales Mendoza , E. Morrison , B. J. Mount , M. Murdy , A. St. J. Murphy , D. Naim , A. Naylor , C. Nedlik , C. Nehrkorn , F. Neves , A. Nguyen , J. A. Nikoleyczik , A. Nilima , J. O'Dell , F. G. O'Neill , K. O'Sullivan , I. Olcina , M. A. Olevitch , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , J. Orpwood , D. Pagenkopf , S. Pal , K. J. Palladino , J. Palmer , M. Pangilinan , N. Parveen , S. J. Patton , E. K. Pease , B. Penning , C. Pereira , G. Pereira , E. Perry , T. Pershing , I. B. Peterson , A. Piepke , J. Podczerwinski , D. Porzio , S. Powell , R. M. Preece , K. Pushkin , Y. Qie , B. N. Ratcliff , J. Reichenbacher , L. Reichhart , C. A. Rhyne , A. Richards , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. Rischbieter , J. P. Rodrigues , A. Rodriguez , H. J. Rose , R. Rosero , P. Rossiter , T. Rushton , G. Rutherford , D. Rynders , J. S. Saba , D. Santone , A. B. M. R. Sazzad , R. W. Schnee , P. R. Scovell , D. Seymour , S. Shaw , T. Shutt , J. J. Silk , C. Silva , G. Sinev , K. Skarpaas , W. Skulski , R. Smith , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Soria , I. Stancu , M. R. Stark , A. Stevens , T. M. Stiegler , K. Stifter , R. Studley , B. Suerfu , T. J. Sumner , P. Sutcliffe , N. Swanson , M. Szydagis , M. Tan , D. J. Taylor , R. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , D. J. Temples , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , K. J. Thomas , D. R. Tiedt , M. Timalsina , W. H. To , A. Tomás , Z. Tong , D. R. Tovey , J. Tranter , M. Trask , M. Tripathi , D. R. Tronstad , C. E. Tull , W. Turner , L. Tvrznikova , U. Utku , J. Va'vra , A. Vacheret , A. C. Vaitkus , J. R. Verbus , E. Voirin , W. L. Waldron , A. Wang , B. Wang , J. J. Wang , W. Wang , Y. Wang , J. R. Watson , R. C. Webb , A. White , D. T. White , J. T. White , R. G. White , T. J. Whitis , M. Williams , W. J. Wisniewski , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , J. D. Wolfs , S. Woodford , D. Woodward , S. D. Worm , C. J. Wright , Q. Xia , X. Xiang , Q. Xiao , J. Xu , M. Yeh , J. Yin , I. Young , P. Zarzhitsky , A. Zuckerman , E. A. Zweig

Heavy Superheated Droplet Detectors as a Probe of Spin-independent WIMP Dark Matter Existence

At present, application of Superheated Droplet Detectors (SDDs) in WIMP dark matter searches has been limited to the spin-dependent sector, owing to the general use of fluorinated refrigerants which have high spin sensitivity. Given their…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Giuliani , T. Morlat , T. A. Girard

Standard Model anatomy of WIMP dark matter direct detection I: weak-scale matching

We present formalism necessary to determine weak-scale matching coefficients in the computation of scattering cross sections for putative dark matter candidates interacting with the Standard Model. Particular attention is paid to the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-03-05 Richard J. Hill , Mikhail P. Solon

Direct Dark Matter search with the XENON program

We present the most recent results from XENON100, the current phase of the XENON dark matter search program. XENON100 is a dual phase time-projection chamber operated at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) whose ultra-low…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-14 Paolo Beltrame

Dark Matter Candidates in Supersymmetric Models

The status of the constrained minimal supersymmetric standard model (CMSSM) will be discussed in light of our current understanding of the relic density after WMAP. A global likelihood analysis of the model is performed including data from…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Keith A. Olive

The search for light dark matter with DAMIC-M

The DAMIC-M (DArk Matter In CCDs at Modane) experiment will use skipper CCDs to search for low mass (sub-GeV) dark matter underground at the Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane (LSM) in France. With about 1 kg of silicon target mass and…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-10-01 R. Smida

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

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

Status and Perspectives of Direct Dark Matter Searches

Supersymmetric particles represent the best motivated candidates to fill the Dark Matter gap, and are actively hunted by a number of competing experiments. Discriminating experiments are testing for the first time SUSY models compatible…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 Gabriel Chardin

A radio-frequency WIMP search with the MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey

Radio-frequency, indirect dark matter searches have recently been gaining prevalence, due to the high sensitivity and resolution capabilities of the new generation of radio interferometers. MeerKAT is currently one of the most sensitive…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-09 Natasha Lavis , Michael Sarkis , Geoff Beck , Kenda Knowles

Collider Signatures of SuperWIMP Warm Dark Matter

SuperWeakly-Interacting Massive Particles (superWIMPs) produced in the late decays of other particles are well-motivated dark matter candidates and may be favored over standard Weakly-Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) by small scale…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Jose A. R. Cembranos , Jonathan L. Feng , Arvind Rajaraman , Bryan T. Smith , Fumihiro Takayama

The VERITAS Dark Matter Program

In the cosmological paradigm, cold dark matter (DM) dominates the mass content of the Universe and is present at every scale. Candidates for DM include many extensions of the Standard Model with weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-25 Benjamin Zitzer , VERITAS Collaboration

Direct Detection Limits on Heavy Dark Matter

Multiply-interacting massive particles (MIMPs) are heavy (>10^10 GeV/c^2) dark matter particles that interact strongly with regular matter, but may have evaded detection due to the low number density required to make up the local dark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-01-12 Michael Clark , Amanda Depoian , Bahaa Elshimy , Abigail Kopec , Rafael F. Lang , Shengchao Li , Juehang Qin

Dark Matter in the Cosmos- Exploiting the Signatures of its Interaction with Nuclei

We review various issues related to the direct detection of constituents of dark matter, which are assumed to be Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). We specifically consider heavy WIMPs such as: 1) The lightest supersymmetric…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 J. D. Vergados