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The CDEX-1 1 kg Point-Contact Germanium Detector for Low Mass Dark Matter Searches

The CDEX Collaboration has been established for direct detection of light dark matter particles, using ultra-low energy threshold p-type point-contact germanium detectors, in China JinPing underground Laboratory (CJPL). The first 1 kg…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-15 Ke-Jun Kang , Qian Yue , Yu-Cheng Wu , Jian-Ping Cheng , Yuan-Jing Li , Yang Bai , Yong Bi , Jian-Ping Chang , Nan Chen , Ning Chen , Qing-Hao Chen , Yun-Hua Chen , You-Chun Chuang , Zhi Dend , Qiang Du , Hui Gong , Xi-Qing Hao , Qing-Ju He , Xin-Hui Hu , Han-Xiong Huang , Teng-Rui Huang , Hao Jiang , Hau-Bin Li , Jian-Min Li , Jin Li , Jun Li , Xia Li , Xin-Ying Li , Xue-Qian Li , Yu-Lan Li , Heng-Ye Liao , Fong-Kay Lin , Shin-Ted Lin , Shu-Kui Liu , Lan-Chun Lv , Hao Ma , Shao-Ji Mao , Jian-Qiang Qin , Jie Ren , Jing Ren , Xi-Chao Ruan , Man-Bin Shen , Lakhwinder Singh , Manoj Kumar Singh , Arun Kumar Soma , Jian Su , Chang-Jian Tang , Chao-Hsiung Tseng , Ji-Min Wang , Li Wang , Qing Wang , Tsz-King Henry Wong , Shi-Yong Wu , Wei Wu , Yu-Cheng Wu , Hao-Yang Xing , Yin Xu , Tao Xue , Li-Tao Yang , Song-Wei Yang , Nan Yi , Chun-Xu Yu , Hao Yu , Xun-Zhen Yu , Xiong-Hui Zeng , Zhi Zeng , Lan Zhang , Yun-Hua Zhang , Ming-Gang Zhao , Wei Zhao , Su-Ning Zhong , Zu-Ying Zhou , Jing-Jun Zhu , Wei-Bin Zhu , Xue-Zhou Zhu , Zhong-Hua Zhu

Can Light-nuclei Search Experiments Constrain the Spin-independent Dark Matter Phase Space?

At present, restrictions on the spin-independent parameter space of WIMP dark matter searches have been limited to the results provided by relatively heavy nuclei experiments, based on the conventional wisdom that only such experiments can…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Giuliani , TA Girard , T. Morlat

Halo independent comparison of direct dark matter detection data

We extend the halo-independent method of Fox, Liu, and Weiner to include energy resolution and efficiency with arbitrary energy dependence, making it more suitable for experiments to use in presenting their results. Then we compare…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-04 Paolo Gondolo , Graciela B. Gelmini

Performance and Fundamental Processes at Low Energy in a Two-Phase Liquid Xenon Dark Matter Detector

We extend the study of the performance of a prototype two-phase liquid xenon WIMP dark matter detector to recoil energies below 20 keV. We demonstrate a new method for obtaining the best estimate of the energies of events using a calibrated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 T. Shutt , C. E. Dahl , J. Kwong , A. Bolozdynya , P. Brusov

A Search of Low-Mass WIMPs with p-type Point Contact Germanium Detector in the CDEX-1 Experiment

The CDEX-1 experiment conducted a search of low-mass (< 10 GeV/c2) Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) dark matter at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory using a p-type point-contact germanium detector with a fiducial mass of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-10-25 W. Zhao , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , J. P. Cheng , Y. J. Li , H. T. Wong , S. T. Lin , J. P. Chang , J. H. Chen , Q. H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , 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. Li , J. Li , J. M. Li , X. Li , X. Y. Li , Y. L. Li , F. K. Lin , S. K. Liu , L. C. Lü , H. Ma , J. L. Ma , S. J. Mao , J. Q. Qin , J. Ren , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , V. Sharma , M. B. Shen , L. Singh , M. K. Singh , A. K. Soma , J. Su , C. J. Tang , J. M. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , S. Y. Wu , Y. C. Wu , Z. Z. Xianyu , R. Q. Xiao , H. Y. Xing , F. Z. Xu , Y. Xu , X. J. Xu , T. Xue , L. T. Yang , S. W. Yang , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. Yu , X. Z. Yu , M. Zeng , X. H. Zeng , Z. Zeng , L. Zhang , Y. H. Zhang , M. G. Zhao , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu , W. B. Zhu , X. Z. Zhu , Z. H. Zhu

New Insights into Particle Detection with Superheated Liquids

We report new results obtained in calibrations of superheated liquid droplet detectors used in dark matter searches with different radiation sources (n,$\alpha$,$\gamma$). In particular, detectors were spiked with alpha-emitters located…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-07-13 S. Archambault , F. Aubin , M. Auger , M. Beleshi , E. Behnke , J. Behnke , B. Beltran , K. Clark , X. Dai , A. Davour , F. Debris. J. Farine , M. -H. Genest , G. Giroux , R. Gornea , R. Faust , H. Hinnefeld , A. Kamaha , C. B. Krauss , M. Lafrenière , M. Laurin , I. Lawson , C. Leroy , C. Lévy , L. Lessard , I. Levine , J. -P. Martin , S. Kumaratunga , R. MacDonald , R. Nadeau , A. Noble , M. -C. Piro , S. Pospisil , N. Starinski , I. Stekl , N. Vander Werf , U. Wichoski , V. Zacek

Directly Detecting MeV-scale Dark Matter via Solar Reflection

If dark matter (DM) particles are lighter than a few MeV/$c^2$ and can scatter off electrons, their interaction within the solar interior results in a considerable hardening of the spectrum of galactic dark matter received on Earth. For a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-11-19 Haipeng An , Maxim Pospelov , Josef Pradler , Adam Ritz

Particle Dark Matter in DAMA/LIBRA

The present DAMA/LIBRA experiment and the former DAMA/NaI have cumulatively released so far the results obtained with the data collected over 13 annual cycles (total exposure: 1.17 ton $\times$ yr). They give a model independent evidence of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-07-06 R. Bernabei , P. Belli , F. Cappella , R. Cerulli , C. J. Dai , A. d'Angelo , H. L. He , A. Incicchitti , X. H. Ma , F. Montecchia , F. Nozzoli , D. Prosperi , X. D. Sheng , Z. P. Ye , R. G. Wang

Projected WIMP sensitivity of the CDEX-50 dark matter experiment

CDEX-50 is a next-generation project of the China Dark Matter Experiment (CDEX) that aims to search for dark matter using a 50-kg germanium detector array. This paper comprises a thorough summary of the CDEX-50 dark matter experiment,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-08-08 X. P. Geng , L. T. Yang , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , Y. J. Li , H. P. An , Greeshma C. , J. P. Chang , Y. H. Chen , J. P. Cheng , W. H. Dai , Z. Deng , C. H. Fang , H. Gong , Q. J. Guo , T. Guo , X. Y. Guo , L. He , S. M. He , J. W. Hu , H. X. Huang , T. C. Huang , L. Jiang , S. Karmakar , H. B. Li , H. Y. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , Q. Y. Li , R. M. J. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. L. Li , Y. F. Liang , B. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. T. Lin , J. X. Liu , S. K. Liu , Y. D. Liu , Y. Liu , Y. Y. Liu , H. Ma , Y. C. Mao , Q. Y. Nie , J. H. Ning , H. Pan , N. C. Qi , J. Ren , X. C. Ruan , M. K. Singh , T. X. Sun , C. J. Tang , Y. Tian , G. F. Wang , J. Z. Wang , L. Wang , Q. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Y. X. Wang , H. T. Wong , S. Y. Wu , Y. C. Wu , H. Y. Xing , R. Xu , Y. Xu , T. Xue , Y. L. Yan , N. Yi , C. X. Yu , H. J. Yu , J. F. Yue , M. Zeng , Z. Zeng , B. T. Zhang , F. S. Zhang , L. Zhang , Z. H. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , J. Z. Zhao , K. K. Zhao , M. G. Zhao , J. F. Zhou , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu

Improved Exclusion Limits from the EDELWEISS WIMP Search

The EDELWEISS experiment has improved its sensitivity for the direct search for WIMP dark matter. In the recoil energy range relevant for WIMP masses below 10 TeV/c2, no nuclear recoils were observed in the fiducial volume of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Benoit , L. Berge , A. Broniatowski , L. Chabert , B. Chambon , M. Chapellier , G. Chardin , P. Charvin , M. De Jesus , P. Di Stefano , D. Drain , L. Dumoulin , J. Gascon , G. Gerbier , E. Gerlic , C. Goldbach , M. Goyot , M. Gros , J. P. Hadjout , S. Herve , A. Juillard , A. de Lesquen , M. Loidl , J. Mallet , S. Marnieros , O. Martineau , N. Mirabolfathi , L. Mosca , X. -F. Navick , G. Nollez , P. Pari , C. Riccio , V. Sanglard , M. Stern , L. Vagneron

Results from the CDMS 5-Tower Operation

Astrophysical observations strongly suggest that non-luminous, nonbaryonic components, so called "Dark Matter", may constitute most of the matter in the Universe. The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) experiment is designed to detect Dark…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-13 Jonghee Yoo

Results from a search for dark matter in the complete LUX exposure

We report constraints on spin-independent weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP)-nucleon scattering using a 3.35e4 kg-day exposure of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment. A dual-phase xenon time projection chamber with 250 kg…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 D. S. Akerib , S. Alsum , H. M. Araújo , X. Bai , A. J. Bailey , J. Balajthy , P. Beltrame , E. P. Bernard , A. Bernstein , T. P. Biesiadzinski , E. M. Boulton , R. Bramante , P. Brás , D. Byram , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , C. Chan , A. A. Chiller , C. Chiller , A. Currie , J. E. Cutter , T. J. R. Davison , A. Dobi , J. E. Y. Dobson , E. Druszkiewicz , B. N. Edwards , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , V. M. Gehman , C. Ghag , K. R. Gibson , M. G. D. Gilchriese , C. R. Hall , M. Hanhardt , S. J. Haselschwardt , S. A. Hertel , D. P. Hogan , M. Horn , D. Q. Huang , C. M. Ignarra , M. Ihm , R. G. Jacobsen , W. Ji , K. Kamdin , K. Kazkaz , D. Khaitan , R. Knoche , N. A. Larsen , C. Lee , B. G. Lenardo , K. T. Lesko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Manalaysay , R. L. Mannino , M. F. Marzioni , D. N. McKinsey , D. M. Mei , J. Mock , M. Moongweluwan , J. A. Morad , A. St. J. Murphy , C. Nehrkorn , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , K. O`Sullivan , K. C. Oliver-Mallory , K. J. Palladino , E. K. Pease , P. Phelps , L. Reichhart , C. Rhyne , S. Shaw , T. A. Shutt , C. Silva , M. Solmaz , V. N. Solovov , P. Sorensen , S. Stephenson , T. J. Sumner , M. Szydagis , D. J. Taylor , W. C. Taylor , B. P. Tennyson , P. A. Terman , D. R. Tiedt , W. H. To , M. Tripathi , L. Tvrznikova , S. Uvarov , J. R. Verbus , R. C. Webb , J. T. White , T. J. Whitis , M. S. Witherell , F. L. H. Wolfs , J. Xu , K. Yazdani , S. K. Young , C. Zhang

First result from tetrafluoroethane (C$_2$H$_2$F$_4$) superheated emulsion detector for dark matter search at JUSL

The superheated emulsion detector consisting of the droplets of tetra-fluoroethane (C2HC$_2$H$_2$F$_4$2F4) has been fabricated at the laboratory and installed at the 555m deep underground laboratory, JUSL during July to Dec 2022. The 500ml…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-01-07 V. Kumar , S. Ali , M. Das , N. Biswas , S. Das , S. Sahoo , N. Chaddha , J. Basu , V. N. Jha

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

First Dark Matter Constraints from a SuperCDMS Single-Charge Sensitive Detector

We present the first limits on inelastic electron-scattering dark matter and dark photon absorption using a prototype SuperCDMS detector having a charge resolution of 0.1 electron-hole pairs (CDMS HVeV, a 0.93 gram CDMS HV device). These…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-12-24 SuperCDMS Collaboration , R. Agnese , T. Aralis , T. Aramaki , I. J. Arnquist , E. Azadbakht , W. Baker , S. Banik , D. Barker , D. A. Bauer , T. Binder , M. A. Bowles , P. L. Brink , R. Bunker , B. Cabrera , R. Calkins , C. Cartaro , D. G. Cerdeno , Y. -Y. Chang , J. Cooley , B. Cornell , P. Cushman , P. C. F. Di Stefano , T. Doughty , E. Fascione , E. Figueroa-Feliciano , C. Fink , M. Fritts , G. Gerbier , R. Germond , M. Ghaith , S. R. Golwala , H. R. Harris , Z. Hong , E. W. Hoppe , L. Hsu , M. E. Huber , V. Iyer , D. Jardin , C. Jena , M. H. Kelsey , A. Kennedy , A. Kubik , N. A. Kurinsky , R. E. Lawrence , J. V. Leyva , B. Loer , E. Lopez Asamar , P. Lukens , D. MacDonell , R. Mahapatra , V. Mandic , N. Mast , E. H. Miller , N. Mirabolfathi , B. Mohanty , J. D. Morales Mendoza , J. Nelson , J. L. Orrell , S. M. Oser , W. A. Page , R. Partridge , M. Pepin , A. Phipps , F. Ponce , S. Poudel , M. Pyle , H. Qiu , W. Rau , A. Reisetter , T. Reynolds , A. Roberts , A. E. Robinson , H. E. Rogers , R. K. Romani , T. Saab , B. Sadoulet , J. Sander , A. Scarff , R. W. Schnee , S. Scorza , K. Senapati , B. Serfass , J. So , D. Speller , C. Stanford , M. Stein , J. Street , H. A. Tanaka , D. Toback , R. Underwood , A. N. Villano , B. von Krosigk , S. L. Watkins , J. S. Wilson , M. J. Wilson , J. Winchell , D. H. Wright , S. Yellin , B. A. Young , X. Zhang , X. Zhao

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

Dark matter search experiment with CaF2(Eu) scintillator at Kamioka Observatory

We report recent results of a WIMP dark matter search experiment using 310g of CaF2(Eu) scintillator at Kamioka Observatory. We chose a highly radio-pure crystal, PMTs and radiation shields, so that the background rate decreased…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Y. Shimizu , M. Minowa , W. Suganuma , Y. Inoue

Prospect of undoped inorganic crystals at 77 Kelvin for low-mass dark matter search at Spallation Neutron Source

Investigated in this work were sensitivities of a prototype detector for the detection of low-mass dark matter particles produced at the Spallation Neutron Source at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in two years of data taking. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-23 Dmitry Chernyak , Daniel Pershey , Jing Liu , Keyu Ding , Nathan Saunders , Tupendra Oli

Results from the CDMS II Experiment

I report recent results and the status of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) experiment at the Soudan Underground Laboratory in Minnesota, USA. A blind analysis of data taken by 30 detectors between October 2006 and July 2007 found…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Jodi Cooley

Dark Matter Search Results from a One Tonne$\times$Year Exposure of XENON1T

We report on a search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using 278.8 days of data collected with the XENON1T experiment at LNGS. XENON1T utilizes a liquid xenon time projection chamber with a fiducial mass of $(1.30 \pm 0.01)$…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-14 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , L. Althueser , F. D. Amaro , M. Anthony , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , 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 , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , S. Diglio , A. Elykov , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , C. Geis , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , H. Qiu , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , R. Itay , F. Joerg , B. Kaminsky , S. Kazama , A. Kish , G. Koltman , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. A. M. Lopes , J. Mahlstedt , A. Manfredini , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , D. Masson , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , K. Miller , A. Molinario , K. Morå , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , B. Pelssers , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , R. Podviianiuk , N. Priel , D. Ramírez García , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , B. Riedel , A. Rizzo , A. Rocchetti , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , N. Upole , M. Vargas , O. Wack , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , C. Wittweg , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu