The DarkSide collaboration demonstrated the ability of a dual-phase LAr-TPC to
search for low-mass dark matter candidates, including light WIMPs with masses
below 10- GeV and sub-GeV particles that interact with couplings smaller than
the weak scale, by exploiting the high electron extraction efficiency and the
inherent gain of the ionization signal of the DarkSide-50 detector. A...
The EDELWEISS direct detection experiment uses cryogenic Ge semiconductor detectors equipped with NTD thermal sensors to search for sub-GeV dark matter particles. In this presentation, I give an overview of our most recent results from searches for SIMPs and electron-scattering dark matter, using massive ~30 g Ge detectors operated both at the surface and at the LSM underground laboratory,...
CRESST (Cryogenic Rare Event Search with Superconducting Thermometers) is a direct dark matter search experiment located at the Gran Sasso underground Laboratory (LNGS, Italy). Scintillating CaWO4 crystals, operated as cryogenic calorimeters at millikelvin temperature, are used as target material for elastic DM-nucleus scattering. The experiment, optimized for low-energy nuclear recoil...
I will present results from ongoing characterization of the skipper CCD technology, and progress towards deployment of the 100-gram experiment using a new generation of skipper CCDs at the SNOLAB deep underground facility.
The Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) employs cryogenic germanium and silicon detectors to search for dark matter with a focus on low-mass dark matter particles. As SuperCDMS prepares for the next generation facility to come online at SNOLAB, new detectors are tested at the Cryogenic Underground TEst facility (CUTE), which provides a low-background environment and thus presents...
The NEWS-G (New Experiments With Spheres – Gas) collaboration searches for light dark matter using spherical proportional counters (SPCs) located in deep underground laboratories. A choice of light gas targets (Ne, He, H) in conjunction with sub-KeV nuclear recoil thresholds allow for sensitivity to low-mass WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) down to 0.1 GeV/c^2. The recent results...
