Direct detection of WIMP dark matter: concepts and status

M Schumann - Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The existence of dark matter as evidenced by numerous indirect observations is one of the
most important indications that there must be physics beyond the Standard Model of particle …

WIMP dark matter candidates and searches—current status and future prospects

L Roszkowski, EM Sessolo… - Reports on Progress in …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We review several current aspects of dark matter theory and experiment. We overview the
present experimental status, which includes current bounds and recent claims and hints of a …

First dark matter search with nuclear recoils from the XENONnT experiment

E Aprile, K Abe, F Agostini, S Ahmed Maouloud… - Physical review …, 2023 - APS
We report on the first search for nuclear recoils from dark matter in the form of weakly
interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with the XENONnT experiment, which is based on a …

First dark matter search results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment

J Aalbers, DS Akerib, CW Akerlof, AK Al Musalhi… - Physical review …, 2023 - APS
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 …

Nuclear effective field theory: status and perspectives

HW Hammer, S König, U Van Kolck - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2020 - APS
The nuclear-physics landscape has been redesigned as a sequence of effective field
theories (EFTs) connected to the standard model through symmetries and lattice simulations …

Status and future of nuclear matrix elements for neutrinoless double-beta decay: a review

J Engel, J Menéndez - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The nuclear matrix elements that govern the rate of neutrinoless double beta decay must be
accurately calculated if experiments are to reach their full potential. Theorists have been …

Dark matter direct-detection experiments

TM Undagoitia, L Rauch - Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
In recent decades, several detector technologies have been developed with the quest to
directly detect dark matter interactions and to test one of the most important unsolved …

A next-generation liquid xenon observatory for dark matter and neutrino physics

J Aalbers, SS AbdusSalam, K Abe… - Journal of Physics G …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The nature of dark matter and properties of neutrinos are among the most pressing issues in
contemporary particle physics. The dual-phase xenon time-projection chamber is the …

Projected WIMP sensitivity of the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment

DS Akerib, CW Akerlof, SK Alsum, HM Araújo… - Physical Review D, 2020 - APS
LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a next-generation dark matter direct detection experiment that will
operate 4850 feet underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in …

Constraining the spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross sections with XENON1T

E Aprile, J Aalbers, F Agostini, M Alfonsi, L Althueser… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
We report the first experimental results on spin-dependent elastic weakly interacting
massive particle (WIMP) nucleon scattering from the XENON1T dark matter search …