Unveiling the Hidden: A Search for Light Dark Matter with CCDs

Project Information

DAMIC-M

Grant agreement ID: 788137

DOI 10.3030/788137

EC signature date 10 July 2018

Start date 1 September 2018

End date 31 August 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 3 349 563,00

EU contribution € 3 349 563,00

Coordinated by

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS
France

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (2)

First Constraints from DAMIC-M on Sub-GeV Dark-Matter Particles Interacting with Electrons

Author(s): I. Arnquist et al. (DAMIC-M Collaboration) Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 171003 – Published 28 April 2023
Published in: Physical Review Letters, 2023, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.171003

Precision measurement of Compton scattering in silicon with a skipper CCD for dark matter detection

Author(s): Norcini, D.; Castello-Mor, N.; Baxter, D.; Corso, N. J.; Cuevas-Zepeda, J.; Dominicis, C.; Matalon, A.; Munagavalasa, S.; Paul, S.; Privitera, P.; Ramanathan, K.; Smida, R.; Thomas, R.; Yajur, R.; Chavarria, A. E.; Mcguire, K.; Mitra, P.; Piers, A.; Settimo, M.; Cortabitarte Gutierrez, J.; Duarte-Campderros, J.; Lantero-Barreda, A.; Lopez-Virto, A.; Vila, I.; Vilar, R.; Avalos, N.; Bertou, X.; Das
Published in: Physical Review D, Issue 2, 2022, ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.106.092001

Conference proceedings (7)

Dark Matter in CCDs at Modane (DAMIC-M): a silicon detector apparatus searching for low-energy physics processes

Author(s): S.J. Lee, B. Kilminster, A. Macchiolo
Published in: Journal of Instrumentation, Issue 15/02, 2020, Page(s) C02050-C02050, ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher: Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/02/c02050

EXCESS workshop: Descriptions of rising low-energy spectra

Author(s): P. Adari et al
Published in: SciPost Phys. Proc. 9, 001 (2022), 2022
Publisher: SciPost Phys. Proc.
DOI: 10.21468/scipostphysproc.9.001

Analysis of radiation damage in silicon charge-coupled devices used for dark matter searches

Author(s): Steven J. Lee for the DAMIC-M Collaboration
Published in: Proceedings: 14th International Conference on Identification of Dark Matter (IDM) 2022, 2022
Publisher: SciPost Physics Proceedings
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2210.00469

Search for low-mass dark matter with the DAMIC experiment

Author(s): M. Settimo for the DAMIC and DAMIC-M collaboration
Published in: 2020
Publisher: TBD

The DAMIC-M Experiment: Status and First Results

Author(s): I. Arnquist et al, DAMIC-M Collaboration
Published in: Proceedings: 14th International Conference on Identification of Dark Matter (IDM) 2022, 2022
Publisher: SciPost Physics Proceedings
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2210.12070

Using scientific-grade CCDs for the direct detection of dark matter with the DAMIC-M experiment

Author(s): Georgios Papadopoulos
Published in: Proceedings of the 16th Vienna Conference on Instrumentation (VCI 2022), Issue 3, 2022
Publisher: Science Direct
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2022.167184

DAMIC-M experiment: Thick, silicon CCDs to search for light dark matter

Author(s): N. Castelló-Mor
Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Issue 958, 2020, Page(s) 162933, ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2019.162933