An experiment to search for dark-matter interactions using sodium iodide detectors

Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Observations of galaxies and primordial radiation suggest that the Universe is made mostly
of non-luminous dark matter,. Several new types of fundamental particle have been …

Search for a dark matter-induced annual modulation signal in NaI (Tl) with the COSINE-100 experiment

G Adhikari, P Adhikari, EB de Souza, N Carlin, S Choi… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
We present new constraints on the dark matter-induced annual modulation signal using 1.7
years of COSINE-100 data with a total exposure of 97.7 kg yr. The COSINE-100 experiment …

Strong constraints from COSINE-100 on the DAMA dark matter results using the same sodium iodide target

G Adhikari, EB de Souza, N Carlin, JJ Choi, S Choi… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
We present new constraints on dark matter interactions using 1.7 years of COSINE-100 data.
The COSINE-100 experiment, consisting of 106 kg of tallium-doped sodium iodide [NaI (Tl)] …

Searching for low-mass dark matter via the Migdal effect in COSINE-100

G Adhikari, N Carlin, JJ Choi, S Choi, AC Ezeribe… - Physical Review D, 2022 - APS
We report on the search for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter
candidates in the galactic halo that interact with sodium and iodine nuclei in the COSINE …

An induced annual modulation signature in COSINE-100 data by DAMA/LIBRA's analysis method

G Adhikari, N Carlin, JJ Choi, S Choi, A Ezeribe… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The DAMA/LIBRA collaboration has reported the observation of an annual modulation in the
event rate that has been attributed to dark matter interactions over the last two decades …

Development of ultra-pure NaI (Tl) detectors for the COSINE-200 experiment

BJ Park, JJ Choi, JS Choe, O Gileva, C Ha… - The European Physical …, 2020 - Springer
The annual modulation signal observed by the DAMA experiment is a long-standing
question in the community of dark matter direct detection. This necessitates an independent …

Quenching factor measurement for NaI (Tl) scintillation crystal

HW Joo, HS Park, JH Kim, JY Lee, SK Kim, YD Kim… - Astroparticle …, 2019 - Elsevier
Scintillation crystals are commonly used for direct detection of weakly interacting massive
particles (WIMPs), which are suitable candidates for a particle dark matter. It is well known …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering using reactor electron antineutrinos in the NEON experiment

JJ Choi, EJ Jeon, JY Kim, KW Kim, SH Kim… - The European Physical …, 2023 - Springer
Neutrino elastic scattering observation with NaI (NEON) is an experiment designed to detect
neutrino-nucleus coherent scattering using reactor electron antineutrinos. NEON is based …

[HTML][HTML] Background modeling for dark matter search with 1.7 years of COSINE-100 data

G Adhikari, EB de Souza, N Carlin, JJ Choi… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
We present a background model for dark matter searches using an array of NaI (Tl) crystals
in the COSINE-100 experiment that is located in the Yangyang underground laboratory. The …

Lowering the energy threshold in COSINE-100 dark matter searches

G Adhikari, EB de Souza, N Carlin, JJ Choi, S Choi… - Astroparticle …, 2021 - Elsevier
COSINE-100 is a dark matter detection experiment that uses NaI (Tl) crystal detectors
operating at the Yangyang underground laboratory in Korea since September 2016. Its main …