Conveners
Parallel Session - Direct Detection
- Claudia Tomei (INFN Sezione di Roma)
Parallel Session - Direct Detection
- Maria Martinez (CAPA - UZ)
Parallel Session - Direct Detection
- Belina von Krosigk (Heidelberg University, Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics)
Parallel Session - Direct Detection
- Roberto Santorelli (CIEMAT)
Parallel Session - Direct Detection
- David Cerdeño (IFT-UAM/CSIC)
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Stefano Piacentini (GSSI && INFN LNGS)01/06/2026, 11:30Direct DetectionOral presentation
We present the status of the CYGNO experiment which is now focusing on the development of the new 0.4 m$^3$ underground demonstrator at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS). CYGNO aims for the development of a large gaseous Time Projection Chamber (TPC) with optical readout, operated with a He:CF$_4$ gas mixture, for directional rare event searches such as neutrino and dark matter...
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Satoshi Higashino (Kobe University)01/06/2026, 11:50Direct DetectionOral presentation
The sensitivity of the direct dark matter search is being improved by various energy-sensitive experiments such as dual-phase liquid xenon detectors. In parallel, direction-sensitive dark matter searches are designed and taken place to reveal properties of the dark matter particle after its discovery or to explore beyond the neutrino fog. NEWAGE is one of the direction-sensitive WIMP search...
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Elias Lopez Asamar (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)01/06/2026, 12:10Direct DetectionOral presentation
Atom interferometers are a type of quantum sensors that have been identified as a promising technology to conduct research in fundamental physics. At their core, these instruments feature an ensemble of atoms in a quantum superposition of their energy eigenstates, that represent a unique target to probe large unexplored areas of the dark matter parameter space.
In this talk I will first...
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Ben Broerman (Queen's University)01/06/2026, 12:30Direct DetectionOral presentation
The Scintillating Bubble Chamber (SBC) collaboration is developing liquid-noble bubble chambers sensitive to sub-keV nuclear recoils to search for dark matter in the mass range from approximately 1-10 GeV$/c^2$. These detectors extend the excellent electron-recoil insensitivity inherent in Freon-based bubble chambers with the additional ability to veto higher energy neutron backgrounds based...
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Valentina Biancaccci (GSSI, INFN)01/06/2026, 12:50Direct DetectionOral presentation
The LEGEND Collaboration searches for the neutrinoless double beta (0$\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{76}$Ge using high-purity germanium detectors enriched in $^{76}$Ge and deployed within a radiopure liquid argon cryostat.
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LEGEND pursues a phased experimental program designed to probe 0$\nu\beta\beta$ decay with a discovery sensitivity in the half-life beyond $10^{28}$ years: LEGEND-200,... -
Iván Coarasa Casas (CAPA, Universidad de Zaragoza)01/06/2026, 15:00Direct DetectionOral presentation
The ANAIS (Annual modulation with NaI(Tl) Scintillators) experiment is intended to search for dark matter annual modulation with ultrapure NaI(Tl) scintillators in order to provide a model independent confirmation or refutation of the long-standing DAMA/LIBRA positive annual modulation signal in the low energy detection rate, using the same target and technique. Other experiments exclude the...
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Gyunho Yu (Institute for Basic Science)01/06/2026, 15:20Direct DetectionOral presentation
COSINE-100 experiment, a direct dark matter search using NaI(Tl) crystal detectors at the Yangyang Underground Laboratory in Korea, completed approximately six years of data taking in March 2023. During this time, COSINE-100 provided valuable insights into various dark matter interpretations such as validating DAMA/LIBRA, search for sub-GeV spin-dependent dark matter search, and exploring...
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Claudia Tomei (INFN Sezione di Roma)01/06/2026, 15:40Direct DetectionOral presentation
The SABRE experiment aims to deploy arrays of ultra-low-background NaI(Tl) crystals to carry out a model-independent search for dark matter through the annual modulation signature.
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SABRE will be a double-site experiment, consisting of two separate detectors in the two terrestrial hemispheres. The SABRE North detector will be installed underground at LNGS and will deploy an array of 9... -
Leonie Einfalt (The University of Melbourne)01/06/2026, 16:00Direct DetectionOral presentation
SABRE is an international collaboration that will operate similar particle detectors in the Northern (SABRE North) and Southern Hemispheres (SABRE South). This innovative approach aims to distinguish potential dark matter signals from seasonal backgrounds: a pioneering strategy only feasible with a Southern Hemisphere experiment. SABRE South is located at the Stawell Underground Physics...
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Jinyoung Kim (Chung-Ang University / Center for underground physics, Institute for basic science (CUP, IBS))01/06/2026, 16:20Direct DetectionOral presentation
The COSINE-100 experiment, situated at the Yangyang underground laboratory, utilizes NaI(Tl) detectors to search for WIMP dark matter and provide a direct, model-independent test of the DAMA/LIBRA annual modulation claim.
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While previous model-independent analyses of the full six-year dataset found no evidence of annual modulation, excluding the DAMA/LIBRA signal at a significance greater... -
Mariano Cababie (TU Wien - Marietta Blau Institute for Particle Physics)01/06/2026, 17:10Direct DetectionOral presentation
The upcoming COSINUS experiment will search for dark matter using cryogenic NaI calorimeters with dual-channel readout of the phonon and scintillation light signals. Its first goal is crosschecking the longstanding DAMA/LIBRA dark matter claim with a target exposure of 100kgd. Via the discrimination between nuclear recoil signals and electromagnetic background, COSINUS detectors achieve unique...
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Philipp Schreiner (TU Wien, Marietta Blau Institute for Particle Physics)01/06/2026, 17:30InstrumentationOral presentation
Cryogenic scintillating calorimeters are particle detectors widely used in direct detection dark matter searches. They can measure the full, unquenched recoil energy of an interaction while simultaneously distinguishing nuclear recoils from electron recoils. This is achieved by detecting both the phonon signal and the scintillation light produced in a recoil event. Data analysis of these...
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andrea melchiorre (LNGS-INFN)01/06/2026, 17:50Direct DetectionOral presentation
The quest to understand dark matter (DM) continues to be a driving force in astrophysics and particle physics. This talk discusses the potential of the RES-NOVA project, envisioned for detecting astrophysical neutrinos via Coherent Elastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CEvNS), to also serve as a DM observatory. Leveraging the array of cryogenic detectors made from archaeological Pb, known for...
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Dr Aditi Pradeep (SLAC)01/06/2026, 18:10Direct DetectionOral presentation
SuperCDMS SNOLAB is a cryogenic experiment projected to achieve world-leading sensitivity for dark matter masses below 10 GeV/c$^2$ using semiconductor crystal detectors. The experiment employs two detector types - iZIP detectors with combined phonon and charge readout providing excellent nuclear recoil/electron recoil discrimination, and HV detectors which amplify phonon energy proportional...
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Xiaopeng Zhou (Beihang University)02/06/2026, 11:30Direct DetectionOral presentation
The PandaX-4T experiment is a dual-phase liquid xenon time projection chamber operated at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory (CJPL), shielded by approximately 2400 m of rock overburden. The detector contains 4 tonnes of liquid xenon, with a 3.7-tonne fiducial mass optimized for ultra-low background rare-event searches.
Using commissioning and early science data, PandaX-4T has set...
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Guillermo Vera Díaz (CIEMAT)02/06/2026, 11:50Direct DetectionOral presentation
Inelastic Boosted Dark Matter (IBDM) models provide a multi-component dark sector scenario in which a relativistic dark matter state can inelastically scatter off matter producing distinctive electron-recoil like signatures. Unlike canonical WIMP interactions, IBDM events are expected to deposit significantly higher energies and may exhibit two collimated tracks with vertex displacement,...
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maxime pierre (Nikhef)02/06/2026, 12:10Direct DetectionOral presentation
The XENONnT experiment is aiming for the direct detection of dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using a dual-phase liquid xenon time projection chamber. The detector, operated at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy, features a total liquid xenon mass of 8.5 tonnes, of which 5.9 tonnes are active. XENONnT has now successfully completed...
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Alberto Uson (University of Edinburgh)02/06/2026, 12:30Direct DetectionOral presentation
LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a direct detection dark matter experiment that utilises a dual-phase time projection chamber (TPC) with 7 tonnes of active xenon at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. The experiment is primarily designed to detect interactions from weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), a well-motivated class of dark matter candidate. Following the...
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Vicente Pesudo Fortes (CIEMAT / LSC)02/06/2026, 12:50Direct DetectionOral presentation
The DarkSide-20k experiment has been designed to lead the search for heavy WIMPs. It will consist of a 50 tonne dual-phase Ar TPC, surrounded by a 40 tonne LAr scintillator veto, both filled with underground Ar, strongly depleted in 39Ar. The outermost layer will be a muon veto, with 650 tonnes of atmospheric Ar. The experiment is in construction phase at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran...
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Xiang Xiao (Sun Yat-sen University)02/06/2026, 13:10Direct DetectionOral presentation
PandaX (Particle and Astrophysical Xenon experiment), a large-scale liquid xenon dark matter detection project located at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory, has provided a high-sensitivity experimental platform for dark matter and neutrino searches through the iterative development of three generations of detectors since its launch in 2009. To further enhance the sensitivity to these...
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Daniel Díaz Mairena (CIEMAT (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas))02/06/2026, 15:00Direct DetectionOral presentation
The DarkSide-20k experiment, under construction the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), has been designed to lead the search for heavy WIMPs. While liquid argon provides powerful pulse-shape discrimination, the intrinsic cosmogenic Ar-39 in atmospheric Ar (~0.96 Bq/kg) makes multi-tonne Ar TPC experiments for rare-event searches unfeasible.
To address this, and following the...
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Ellie Bishop (University of Edinburgh)02/06/2026, 15:20Direct DetectionOral presentation
LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is the world’s most sensitive direct dark matter detector. It is located deep underground at the 4850 ft level at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. This is a quiet environment, strongly shielded from cosmic rays. LZ utilises 7 tonnes of liquid xenon in a time projection chamber as a target, primarily searching for weakly interacting massive...
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Adam Softley-Brown (University of Sheffield)02/06/2026, 15:40Direct DetectionOral presentation
Liquid-xenon based dark matter experiments have rapidly increased in size and sensitivity in recent years. They are at the forefront of the search for dark matter interactions with nuclei for dark matter masses above a few GeV/c². XLZD is the next step for this technology and combines the strengths of the XENON, LUX-ZEPLIN and DARWIN collaborations to construct a definitive experiment that can...
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Davide D'Angelo (INFN - Milano)02/06/2026, 16:00Direct DetectionOral presentation
The direct detection of particle dark matter through nuclear recoils at the keV scale remains a primary objective of underground experiments worldwide. NaI(Tl) scintillators are of particular interest due to their long-standing role in the search for an annual modulation signal, as reported by the DAMA/LIBRA experiment at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory, which still lacks an independent...
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Jaime Apilluelo Allué (CAPA, Universidad de Zaragoza)02/06/2026, 16:20Direct DetectionOral presentation
The application of NaI and CsI scintillating crystals in dark matter searches suffers from limited sensitivity in the parameter space of WIMP searches despite their high light yield, simple detector design, availability of large-mass crystals, and interesting combination of different target nuclei. Main drawbacks are the high intrinsic background and the difficulty to lower the threshold below...
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Mayank Tripathi (University of Chicago)Direct DetectionOral presentation
The PICO collaboration operates bubble chambers to search for WIMP dark matter, leveraging the excellent gamma rejection and long live fractions enabled by operating at a lower degree of superheat than the bubble chambers of the 1960s. This advancement allows for significantly improved background rejection while maintaining sensitivity to nuclear recoils. Located at the SNOLAB underground...
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