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most citedThe case for a directional dark matter detector and the status of current experimental efforts

187 citations · 1.5k across the 78 of their papers we have counts for

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81 papers

physics.ins-det2026

3D-Deuteron Track Recoils Produced by Neutron Capture in Hydrogen Measured by MIMAC-35 cm

Ilias Ourahou, Daniel Santos, Olivier Guillaudin +4

The neutron capture is a process that concerns most of the nuclei used to build our detectors. This process produces protons, alpha particles, and gamma rays which generate backgro…

astro-ph.CO2026

First Dark Photon Search Results from the Dandelion Experiment

I. Ourahou, S. Savorgnano, C. Beaufort +9

This paper presents the first results from the Dandelion experiment, a directional detection, which searches for 1 meV dark photon dark matter. We use a spherical mirror to convert…

hep-ex2023

Exploring light dark matter with the DarkSPHERE spherical proportional counter electroformed underground at the Boulby Underground Laboratory

L. Balogh, C. Beaufort, M. Chapellier +37

We present the conceptual design and the physics potential of DarkSPHERE, a proposed 3 m in diameter spherical proportional counter electroformed underground at the Boulby Undergro…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 99 cited

EXCESS workshop: Descriptions of rising low-energy spectra

P. Adari, A. Aguilar-Arevalo, D. Amidei +303

Many low-threshold experiments observe sharply rising event rates of yet unknown origins below a few hundred eV, and larger than expected from known backgrounds. Due to the signifi…

physics.ins-det2022★ 13 cited

Measurements of the ionization efficiency of protons in methane

G Collaboration, L. Balogh, C. Beaufort +40

The amount of energy released by a nuclear recoil ionizing the atoms of the active volume of detection appears "quenched" compared to an electron of the same kinetic energy. This d…

physics.ins-det2021★ 4 cited

Directionality and head-tail recognition in the keV-range with the MIMAC detector by deconvolution of the ionic signal

Cyprien Beaufort, Olivier Guillaudin, Jean-François Muraz +3

Directional detection is the only strategy for the unambiguous identification of galactic Dark Matter (DM) even in the presence of an irreducible background such as beyond the neut…