This report provides an extensive review of the experimental programme of direct detection
searches of particle dark matter. It focuses mostly on European efforts, both current and …

We present the results of a search for dark matter weakly interacting massive particles
(WIMPs) in the mass range below 20 GeV/c 2 using a target of low-radioactivity argon with a …

Building on the successful experience in operating the DarkSide-50 detector, the DarkSide
Collaboration is going to construct DarkSide-20k, a direct WIMP search detector using a two …

The DarkSide-50 direct-detection dark matter experiment is a dual-phase argon time
projection chamber operating at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. This paper reports on …

Liquid argon is a bright scintillator with potent particle identification properties, making it an
attractive target for direct-detection dark matter searches. The DarkSide-50 dark matter …

We propose a formalism for the analysis of direct-detection dark-matter searches that covers
all coherent responses for scalar and vector interactions and incorporates QCD constraints …

DarkSide-50 has demonstrated the high potential of dual-phase liquid argon time projection
chambers in exploring interactions of WIMPs in the GeV/c 2 mass range. The technique …

Abstract We describe the Monte Carlo (MC) simulation of the Borexino detector and the
agreement of its output with data. The Borexino MC “ab initio” simulates the energy loss of …

Nuclear recoil backgrounds are one of the most dangerous backgrounds for many dark
matter experiments. A primary source of nuclear recoils is radiogenic neutrons produced in …

Precision measurements of solar neutrinos emitted by specific nuclear reaction chains in the
Sun are of great interest for developing an improved understanding of star formation and …