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Scalar Dark Matter and DAMA

A light scalar WIMP is studied in view of the recent results of the DAMA collaboration. In a scenario where both the WIMP's annihilation and its elastic scattering on nuclei occur dominantly through Higgs exchange, a one-to-one relation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-05-07 Sarah Andreas

A Search for WIMPs with the First Five-Tower Data from CDMS

We report first results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) experiment running with its full complement of 30 cryogenic particle detectors at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. This report is based on the analysis of data…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 CDMS Collaboration

Indirect Detection of Dark Matter with gamma rays

The details of what constitutes the majority of the mass that makes up dark matter in the Universe remains one of the prime puzzles of cosmology and particle physics today - eighty years after the first observational indications. Today, it…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-16 Stefan Funk

Snowmass whitepaper: Exploring natural SUSY via direct and indirect detection of higgsino-like WIMPs

Supersymmetric models with low electroweak fine-tuning contain light higgsinos with mass not too far from m_h\simeq 125 GeV, while other sparticles can be much heavier. In the R-parity conserving MSSM, the lightest neutralino is then a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-06-19 Howard Baer , Vernon Barger , Dan Mickelson , Xerxes Tata

Improved Spin-Dependent WIMP Limits from a Bubble Chamber

Bubble Chambers provided the dominant particle detection technology in accelerator experiments for several decades, eventually falling into disuse with the advent of other techniques. We report here on the first period of operation of an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-17 E. Behnke , J. I. Collar , P. S. Cooper , K. Crum , M. Crisler , M. Hu , I. Levine , D. Nakazawa , H. Nguyen , B. Odom , E. Ramberg , J. Rasmussen , N. Riley , A. Sonnenschein , M. Szydagis , R. Tschirhart

Can we discover dual-component thermal WIMP dark matter?

We address the question of whether the upcoming generation of dark matter search experiments and colliders will be able to discover if the dark matter in the Universe has two components of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-12-23 Stefano Profumo , Kris Sigurdson , Lorenzo Ubaldi

Are direct search experiments sensitive to all spin-independent WIMP candidates?

The common analysis of direct searches for spin-independent Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) assumes that a spin-independent WIMP couples with the same strength with both nucleons, \textit{i.e.} that the spin-independent…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Giuliani

On the sensitivity of present direct detection experiments to WIMP-quark and WIMP-gluon effective interactions: a systematic assessment and new model-independent approaches

Assuming for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) a Maxwellian velocity distribution in the Galaxy we provide an assessment of the sensitivity of existing Dark Matter (DM) direct detection (DD) experiments to operators up to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-08-07 Sunghyun Kang , Stefano Scopel , Gaurav Tomar , Jong-Hyun Yoon

New limits on WIMP interactions from the SIMPLE dark matter search

The SIMPLE project uses superheated C2ClF5 liquid detectors to search for particle dark matter candidates. We report the results of the first stage exposure (14.1 kgd) of its latest two-stage, Phase II run, with 15 superheated droplet…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-11 TA Girard , T. A. Morlat , M. Felizardo , A. C. Fernandes , A. R. Ramos , J. G. Marques

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

First results on low-mass WIMP from the CDEX-1 experiment at the China Jinping underground Laboratory

The China Dark matter Experiment collaboration reports the first experimental limit on WIMP dark matter from 14.6 kg-day of data taken with a 994 g p-type point-contact germanium detector at the China Jinping underground Laboratory where…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2013-09-17 W. Zhao , Q. Yue , K. J. Kang , J. P. Cheng , Y. J. Li , S. T. Lin , Y. Bai , Y. Bi , J. P. Chang , N. Chen , N. Chen , Q. H. Chen , Y. H. Chen , Y. C. Chuang , Z. Deng , C. Du , Q. Du , H. Gong , X. Q. Hao , H. J. He , Q. J. He , X. H. Hu , H. X. Huang , T. R. Huang , H. Jiang , H. B. Li , J. M. Li , J. Li , J. Li , X. Li , X. Y. Li , Y. L. Li , H. Y. Liao , F. K. Lin , S. K. Liu , L. C. Lv , 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 , H. T. Wong , S. Y. Wu , W. Wu , Y. C. Wu , Y. C. Wu , Z. Z. Xianyu , H. Y. Xing , Y. Xu , X. J. Xu , T. Xue , 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 , S. N. Zhong , Z. Y. Zhou , J. J. Zhu , W. B. Zhu , X. Z. Zhu , Z. H. Zhu

Effective models of WIMP Direct Detection in DAMA/LIBRA-phase2

Since the DAMA/LIBRA collaboration released updated results from their search for the annual modulation signal expected from Dark Matter (DM) scattering in their NaI detectors, we have fitted the updated DAMA result for the modulation…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-10-26 Sunghyun Kang , Stefano Scopel , Gaurav Tomar , Jong-Hyun Yoon

Results on Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles from an 11 kg-day Target Exposure of DAMIC at SNOLAB

We present constraints on the existence of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) from an 11 kg-day target exposure of the DAMIC experiment at the SNOLAB underground laboratory. The observed energy spectrum and spatial distribution of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-29 A. Aguilar-Arevalo , D. Amidei , D. Baxter , G. Cancelo , B. A. Cervantes Vergara , A. E. Chavarria , J. C. D'Olivo , J. Estrada , F. Favela-Perez , R. Gaior , Y. Guardincerri , E. W. Hoppe , T. W. Hossbach , B. Kilminster , I. Lawson , S. J. Lee , A. Letessier-Selvon , A. Matalon , P. Mitra , C. T. Overman , A. Piers , P. Privitera , K. Ramanathan , J. Da Rocha , Y. Sarkis , M. Settimo , R. Smida , R. Thomas , J. Tiffenberg , M. Traina , R. Vilar , A. L. Virto

Direct WIMP detection rates for transitions in isomeric nuclei

The direct detection of dark matter constituents, in particular the weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), is central to particle physics and cosmology. In this paper we study WIMP induced transitions from isomeric nuclear states for…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-09-30 M. V Smirnov , G. Yang , Yu. N. Novikov , J. D. Vergados , D. Bonatsos

Status of direct searches for WIMP dark matter

Astrophysical observations indicate that about 23% of the energy density of the universe is in the form of non-baryonic particles beyond the standard model of particle physics. One exciting and well motivated candidate is the lightest…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Richard W. Schnee

Light weakly interacting massive particles

Light WIMPs are dark matter particle candidates with weak scale interaction with the known particles, and mass in the GeV to 10's of GeV range. Hints of light WIMPs have appeared in several dark matter searches in the last decade. The…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-12-13 Graciela B. Gelmini

Projected WIMP Sensitivity of the XENONnT Dark Matter Experiment

XENONnT is a dark matter direct detection experiment, utilizing 5.9 t of instrumented liquid xenon, located at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. In this work, we predict the experimental background and project the sensitivity of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-11-18 The XENON collaboration , E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , L. Althueser , F. D. Amaro , V. C. Antochi , E. Angelino , J. R. Angevaare , F. Arneodo , D. Barge , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , L. Bellagamba , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , B. Cimmino , M. Clark , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , A. Depoian , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , R. Di Stefano , S. Diglio , A. Elykov , G. Eurin , A. D. Ferella , W. Fulgione , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , M. Galloway , F. Gao , L. Grandi , C. Hasterok , C. Hils , K. Hiraide , L. Hoetzsch , J. Howlett , M. Iacovacci , Y. Itow , F. Joerg , N. Kato , S. Kazama , M. Kobayashi , G. Koltman , A. Kopec , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. Long , J. A. M. Lopes , E. López Fune , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Mancuso , L. Manenti , A. Manfredini , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , K. Martens , J. Masbou , D. Masson , S. Mastroianni , M. Messina , K. Miuchi , K. Mizukoshi , A. Molinario , K. Morå , S. Moriyama , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , K. Odgers , J. Palacio , B. Pelssers , R. Peres , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , J. Qin , H. Qiu , D. Ramírez García , S. Reichard , A. Rocchetti , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , N. Šarčević , M. Scheibelhut , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , A. Takeda , C. Therreau , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , K. Valerius , M. Vargas , G. Volta , H. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , J. Ye , G. Zavattini , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , J. P. Zopounidis

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

Constraints on low-mass WIMPs from the EDELWEISS-III dark matter search

We present the results of a search for elastic scattering from galactic dark matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) in the 4-30 GeV/$c^2$ mass range. We make use of a 582 kg-day fiducial exposure from an array of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-10 EDELWEISS Collaboration , E. Armengaud , Q. Arnaud , C. Augier , A. Benoît , A. Benoît , L. Bergé , T. Bergmann , J. Billard , J. Blümer , T. de Boissière , G. Bres , A. Broniatowski , V. Brudanin , P. Camus , A. Cazes , M. Chapellier , F. Charlieux , L. Dumoulin , K. Eitel , D. Filosofov , N. Foerster , N. Fourches , G. Garde , J. Gascon , G. Gerbier , A. Giuliani , M. Grollier , M. Gros , L. Hehn , S. Hervé , G. Heuermann , V. Humbert , M. De Jésus , Y. Jin , S. Jokisch , A. Juillard , C. Kéfélian , M. Kleifges , V. Kozlov , H. Kraus , V. A. Kudryavtsev , H. Le-Sueur , J. Lin , M. Mancuso , S. Marnieros , A. Menshikov , X. -F. Navick , C. Nones , E. Olivieri , P. Pari , B. Paul , M. -C. Piro , D. V. Poda , E. Queguiner , M. Robinson , H. Rodenas , S. Rozov , V. Sanglard , B. Schmidt , S. Scorza , B. Siebenborn , D. Tcherniakhovski , L. Vagneron , M. Weber , E. Yakushev , X. Zhang

Direct Dark Matter Searches: Fits to WIMP Candidates

After a brief introduction to dark matter in general and to WIMPs as candidates, we review recent results of direct dark matter searches. We concentrate on older and more recent hints pointing to light WIMP's with mass below 10 GeV.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-07-01 Graciela B. Gelmini