The ANAIS Experiment

The direct detection of the Dark Matter of the Universe is a very exciting challenge full of unknowns and uncertainties about its nature. ANAIS is an experiment developed by the Nuclear Physics and Astroparticles group of the University of Zaragoza which pursues this elusive dark matter detection by looking at the annual modulation of the expected interaction rates in a target of sodium iodide, material which produces small scintillations when a particle interacts and deposits some energy. This modulation is a distinctive feature stemming from the Earth revolution around the Sun which changes periodically the relative velocity of the incoming Dark Matter particles to the detector and, because of that, the energy deposited. DAMA-LIBRA experiment at Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory has reported the presence of modulation in its data with a high statistical significance; ANAIS could confirm it and help to understand the different systematics involved.

ANAIS is the large scale conclusion of previous studies carried out with different prototypes by the University of Zaragoza group at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory, Spain. The complete experiment will use 112.5 kg of NaI(Tl) crystals to study the expected annual modulation in the galactic dark matter signal.

DAMA/LIBRA result is difficult to compare with the no observation of any hint in other very sensitive experiments, which however, use other targets since comparison is strongly model dependent. ANAIS goal is to confirme/refute  DAMA/LIBRA result using same target and technique.

ANAIS-112 is taking data at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory since 3 August 2017. In March 2019 first results were released confirming previous sensitivity estimates: DAMA/LIBRA result is at reach with 3 sigmas of significance in 5 years of data.

ANAIS is a part of the MULTIDARK project, a nationalwide effort having the goal of approaching the spanish research groups working on the search for the dark matter.

ANAIS is financially supported by Spanish MINECO (Grants No. FPA2017-83133-P), Consolider-Ingenio 2010 Programme under grants MULTIDARK CSD2009-00064 and CPAN CSD2007-00042 and the Gobierno de Aragón. We also acknowledge the technical support from LSC and GIFNA staff.

Ph.D. Thesis

New strategies to improve the sensitivity of the ANAIS-112 experiment at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory.
David Cintas González, Universidad de Zaragoza, 2023.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.07339

Searching for the annual modulation of dark matter with a 112.5 kg NaI(Tl) detector at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory.
Iván Coarasa Casas, Universidad de Zaragoza, 2021.
https://zaguan.unizar.es/record/110884/files/TESIS-2022-053.pdf
https://www.educacion.gob.es/teseo/mostrarRef.do?ref=2089359

Background evaluation of the ANAIS dark matter experiment in different configurations: towards a final design.
Patricia Villar Gómez, Universidad de Zaragoza, 2016.
https://zaguan.unizar.es/record/58561/files/TESIS-2017-007.pdf
https://www.educacion.gob.es/teseo/mostrarRef.do?ref=1341708

Design, scale-up and characterization of the data acquisition system for the ANAIS dark matter experiment.
Miguel Ángel Oliván Monge, Universidad de Zaragoza, 2016.
https://lfna.unizar.es/owncloud/index.php/s/SWkVkFJhq4t08BC/download
http://arxiv.org/abs/1601.07312
https://www.educacion.gob.es/teseo/mostrarRef.do?ref=1203804

ANAIS-0: Feasibility study for a 250 kg NaI(Tl) dark matter search experiment at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory.
Clara Cuesta Soria, Universidad de Zaragoza, 2013.
http://www.multidark.es/images/tesiscuesta.pdf
https://www.educacion.gob.es/teseo/mostrarRef.do?ref=1028556

Diseño de un prototipo para un experimento de detección directa de materia oscura mediante modulación anual con centelleadores de ioduro de sodio.
María Martínez Pérez, Universidad de Zaragoza, 2006.
https://www.educacion.es/teseo/mostrarRef.do?ref=398391

Optimización de la respuesta de un sistema multidetector de cristales de centelleo para un experimento de materia oscura (ANAIS).
Carlos Pobes Aranda, Universidad de Zaragoza, 2006.
https://www.educacion.es/teseo/mostrarRef.do?ref=398358

Conferences and Seminars

2024

ANAIS-112: First direct test of DAMA/LIBRA beyond three sigma
M. Martínez
Lake Louise Winter Institute 2024, 18-24 February 2024, Chateau Lake Louise, Canada
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2023

ANAIS−112: updated results on annual modulation with three-year exposure and future prospects
I. Coarasa
8th IBS-MultiDark-ICTP Workshop, 13-17 November 2023, IFT, Madrid, SPAIN
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Neutron calibrations in dark matter searches: the ANAIS-112 case
T. Pardo
20th MultiDark Workshop, 25-27 October 2023, Gandía, SPAIN

Beyond ANAIS-112: ANAIS+
J. Apilluelo
20th MultiDark Workshop, 25-27 October 2023, Gandía, SPAIN

Nuclear Recoil QF measurement for ANAIS-112
D. Cintas
L International Meeting on Fundamental Physics and XV CPAN days, 2-6 October 2023, Palacio de la Magdalena, Santander, SPAIN
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Preliminary results of the first ANAIS+ prototype
J. Apilluelo
TAE2023 – International Workshop on High Energy Physics, 3 – 16 September 2023, Centro de Ciencias de Benasque, Huesca, SPAIN

ANAIS−112: updated results on annual modulation with three-year exposure
I. Coarasa
XVIII International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP2023), 28 August – 1 September 2023, Vienna, AUSTRIA
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Neutron calibrations in dark matter searches: the ANAIS-112 case
T. Pardo
XVIII International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP2023), 28 August – 1 September 2023, Vienna, AUSTRIA
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Unraveling the DAMA/LIBRA Puzzle: Progress and Perspectives from the ANAIS-112 Experiment
M. Martínez
IBS seminar Daejeon, Korea, 14 June 2023

ANAIS−112: updated results on annual modulation with three-year exposure and future prospects
M. Martínez
PPC 2023: XVI International Conference on Interactions between Partice Physics and Cosmology, IBS, Daejeon, Korea, 12-16 June 2023
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ANAIS-112: first direct test of the DAMA/LIBRA signal beyond 3 sigma
M. Martínez
Dark Matter 2023: From the Smallest to the Largest Scales, Santander, SPAIN, 29 May – 2 June 2023
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ANAIS-112:testing the DAMA/LIBRA signal beyond 3 sigma
M. Martínez
UCLA Dark Matter 2023, Los Ángeles, US, 29 March – 1 April 2023
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NaI Detector R&D Activities at CAPA
M.L. Sarsa
Instrumentation for the future of particle, nuclear and astroparticle physics and medical applications in Spain, 6-7 de marzo de 2023
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2022

Calibraciones de neutrones en ANAIS-112
T. Pardo
X Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores en Física y Química de Aragón, 14 de diciembre 2022

ANAIS-112: testing the DAMA/LIBRA signal beyond three sigma
M. Martínez
The Dark Side of the Universe, DSU2022, Sydney, Australia, 5 – 9 December 2022
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ANAIS-112: testing DAMA/LIBRA signal beyond three sigma
M. Martínez
The 7th IBS-ICTP-MultiDark Workshop, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, 28 November- 2 December 2022
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ANAIS-112: first direct test of DAMA/LIBRA beyond three sigma
M. Martínez
XIV CPAN days, Bilbao, Spain, 23-25 November 2022
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ANAIS-112 annual modulation results and prospects to test DAMA/LIBRA beyond three sigma
M.L. Sarsa
14th International Conference on Identification of Dark Matter, Vienna, Austria, 18-22 July 2022
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Neutron calibrations in ANAIS-112
T. Pardo
19th MultiDark Consolider Workshop, Cristalera UAM, Miraflores de la Sierra, Madrid, 23-25 May 2022
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Testing DAMA/LIBRA annual modulation result beyond three-sigma with ANAIS−112 experiment
M.L. Sarsa
HEP Seminar, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois (US), 2 May 2022
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Testing DAMA/LIBRA at three-sigma with ANAIS−112 experiment
M.L. Sarsa
2022 Korean Physical Society Spring Meeting, Pioneer Symposium Dark Matter and Neutrino Searches with scintillating detectors, 22 April 2022, Virtual conference
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Experimental status and perspectives on dark matter direct detection and latest ANAIS results
M.L. Sarsa
@FlipPhysics Workshop, 21-25 March 2022, IFIC, Valencia
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Calibrating the ANAIS-112 dark matter experiment with neutrons
T. Pardo
@FlipPhysics Workshop, 21-25 March 2022, IFIC, Valencia
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Aplicación de técnicas de aprendizaje automático a los datos de ANAIS-112
I. Coarasa
Café con ciencia, Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc, 2 de marzo de 2022

Dark Matter annual modulation with ANAIS-112: testing the DAMA/LIBRA signal
M. Martínez
Dark Collaboration Meeting, Instituto de Física de Cantabria, 23 de febrero de 2022

A la caza de la materia oscura
M. Martínez
Ciclo de Conferencias de la Facultad de Física, Universitat De València, 10 de febrero de 2022

2021

ANAIS update
M.L. Sarsa
Dark World to Swampland 2021, 6th IBS-IFT-MultiDark Workshop, 15-19 November
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Dark matter annual modulation with ANAIS-112: testing the DAMA/LIBRA signal
M. Martínez
Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos, Universitat de Barcelona, 29 October

Quenching factor consistency across several NaI(Tl) crystals
D. Cintas
18th MultiDark Consolider Workshop, La Rábida, Huelva (SPAIN), 18 October

Annual modulation results from three-year exposure of ANAIS-112
M. Martínez
18th MultiDark Consolider Workshop, La Rábida, Huelva (SPAIN), 18 October

Annual modulation result from three-year exposure of ANAIS-112 experiment
M.L. Sarsa
Particle Physics Seminar, Physics and Astronomy Department, State University of New York at Stony Brook (US), 18 October

Dark matter annual modulation results from 3 years exposure of the ANAIS-112 experiment
S. Cebrián
SuperCDMS Science Meeting, 6 October

ANAIS y el viento de materia oscura
M.L. Sarsa
Conferencias de la Agrupación Astronómica de Sabadell, 6 de octubre

Dark matter annual modulation results with ANAIS-112: three year results
M. Martínez
Dark Matter 2021: From the Smallest to the Largest Scales, 13-16 September, VIRTUAL
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Annual modulation results from three-year exposure of ANAIS-112
M. Martínez
31st August, 17th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, online conference
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Background model of the ANAIS-112 dark matter experiment
S. Cebrián
31st August, 17th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, online conference
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Quenching factor consistency across several NaI(Tl) crystals
D. Cintas
31st August, 17th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, online conference
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Machine-learning techniques applied to three-year exposure of ANAIS-112
I. Coarasa
31st August, 17th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, online conference
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Dark matter annual modulation with ANAIS-112: Three years result
M. Martínez
24 de agosto, Twentieth Lomonosov Conference on elementary particle physics, Moscow State University, Russia
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Annual modulation results from three-year exposure of ANAIS-112
M.L. Sarsa
26 de julio, European Physical Society conference on High-Energy Physics 2021, EPS-HEP21.
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Annual modulation results from three-year exposure of ANAIS-112
M. Martínez
2 de julio, Seminar at the Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics (INPA), Lawrence Berkely Laboratory, US
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Is the Dark Matter wind blowing at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory?
M.L. Sarsa
23 de junio, Latin American Webinars of Physics, nº 116
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Three years results on annual modulation from ANAIS-112 experiment
M.L. Sarsa
16 de junio, Astroparticle Colloquia, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila, Italy. More information

Dark matter annual modulation results from the ANAIS-112 experiment
S. Cebrián
14-18 de junio, 16th PATRAS Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs, Remote
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Observando el viento de materia oscura desde el túnel de Canfranc
M.L. Sarsa
11 de junio, Charlas de los Viernes “Astronomía para todos”, GUA-Syrma, Universidad de Valladolid
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Dark Matter annual modulation with ANAIS-112: three years results
M. Martínez
26 de mayo, EPP Theory Seminar, SLAC, US
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Three years annual modulation results from ANAIS-112 experiment
M.L. Sarsa
10 de mayo, EPAP Seminar, King’s College London, UK
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Dark matter annual modulation results from 3 years exposure of the ANAIS-112 experiment
S. Cebrián
28 de abril, Cosmology Seminars, Helsinki Institute of Physics
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Dark Matter annual modulation with ANAIS-112: three years results
M. Martínez
22 de abril, Seminar at HEPHY, Austria

Dark Matter annual modulation with ANAIS-112: three years results
M. Martínez
12 de abril, INFN-Fisica sperimentale delle particelle elementari – Sezione di Roma, Italy
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ANAIS-112 three years annual modulation results: testing the DAMA/LIBRA positive signal
M. Martínez
26 de marzo, High Energy Experimental Seminar, Rutgers University, US
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Recent Results from ANAIS
M.L. Sarsa
21-27 de marzo, 55th Recontres de Moriond 2021, Electroweak Interactions & Unified Theories, Moriond@home
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Dark Matter annual modulation results from the ANAIS-112 experiment
S. Cebrián
22-28 de febrero, 1st Electronic Conference on Universe, ECU2021
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ANAIS-112 status and preliminary 3 years results
M. Martínez
26 de enero, 17th MultiDark Consolider Workshop, online, 25-27 de enero de 2021
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2020

Dark matter annual modulation and ANAIS-112 results: testing the DAMA/LIBRA positive signal
M. Martínez
MdM CFP UNIT – Scientific seminars, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain, 29 October 2020
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2019

Dark Matter annual modulation and ANAIS-112 results: testing the DAMA/LIBRA positive signal
M. Martínez
Seminar Series, GRK2044 Albert-Ludwig-Universität Freiburg, Freibug, Germany, 18 December 2019

Testing DAMA/LIBRA result with ANAIS−112 experiment at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory in Spain
S. Cebrián
Cosmology Seminars, Helsinki Institute of Physics, Helsinki, Finland, 4 December 2019

Two years results from ANAIS−112 experiment
M.L. Sarsa
IBS conference on Dark World, Daejeon, Korea, 4-7 November 2019

Observando el viento de materia oscura desde el túnel de Canfranc
M.L. Sarsa
26 de octubre, XIX Jornadas de Astronomía “Estrellas en el Pirineo” y XI Encuentros Transfronterizos de Astrónomos Amateur, Aínsa y Boltaña, 25-27 octubre de 2019

ANAIS−112 experiment in the search for dark matter annual modulation: two years results
I. Coarasa
21 de octubre, XI jornadas CPAN, Oviedo, 21-22 octubre de 2019
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Search for annual modulation with ANAIS-112: two years results
M. Martínez
7 de octubre, 4th IBS-MultiDark-IPPP Workshop, IBS-CTPU, Daejeon, Korea, 7-11 octubre de 2019

Search for annual modulation with ANAIS-112: two years results
M. Martínez
27 de septiembre, 16th MultiDark Consolider Workshop, La Rábida, Huelva, 25-27 de septiembre de 2019

ANAIS-112 sensitivity in the search for dark matter annual modulation
I. Coarasa
27 de septiembre, 16th MultiDark Consolider Workshop, La Rábida, Huelva, 25-27 de septiembre de 2019

Results on dark matter annual modulation from ANAIS-112 experiment
M.L. Sarsa
11 de septiembre, TAUP 2019 conference, 9-13 de septiembre de 2019, Toyama, Japón View slides

ANAIS-112 sensitivity in the search for dark matter annual modulation
I. Coarasa
Contribución oral en el Symposium S10: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, XXXVII reunión bienal RSEF, Zaragoza, 15-19 julio de 2019

Analysis of radioactive backgrounds for the ANAIS-112 dark matter experiment
S. Cebrián
Póster en el Symposium S10: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, XXXVII reunión bienal RSEF, Zaragoza, 15-19 julio de 2019

Measurement of the Relative Efficiency Factor for nuclear recoils in NaI(Tl) crystals for Dark Matter detection
D. Cintas
Póster en el Symposium S10: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, XXXVII reunión bienal RSEF, Zaragoza, 15-19 julio de 2019

Analysis of the 222Rn content in the nitrogen gas purging the ANAIS experiment using a HPGe detector
I. Coarasa
Póster en el Symposium S20: Nuclear Physics, XXXVII reunión bienal RSEF, Zaragoza, 15-19 julio de 2019

Results on dark matter annual modulation from ANAIS-112 experiment
M.L. Sarsa
Conferencia plenaria, viernes 19 de julio, XXXVII reunión bienal RSEF, Zaragoza, 15-19 julio de 2019

First results of ANAIS-112 on dark matter annual modulation
M. Martínez
Blois 2019: 31st Rencontres de Blois on “Particle Physics and Cosmology”, Blois, France, June 2-7, 2019
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ANAIS experiment
M.L. Sarsa
XLVII International Meeting on Fundamental Physics, Aranjuez, SPAIN, June 3-7, 2019

Analysis of backgrounds for the ANAIS-112 dark matter experiment
S. Cebrián
Low Radioactivity Techniques 2019, Jaca, SPAIN, May 19-23, 2019
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Testing DAMA/LIBRA result with ANAIS-112 experiment at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory
S. Cebrián
Severo Ochoa Seminar, IFIC, Valencia, SPAIN, May 10, 2019

First results on annual modulation from ANAIS-112 experiment
M.L. Sarsa
15th MultiDark Consolider Workshop, Zaragoza, SPAIN, April 3-5, 2019
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2018

Annual modulation in dark matter searches and the ANAIS experiment at LSC
M.L. Sarsa
Probing the Dark Universe: OAJ-LSC synergies, Zaragoza, SPAIN, November 5-6, 2018
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Status of ANAIS
M. Martínez
X CPAN Days, Salamanca, SPAIN, October 29-31, 2018
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Dark Matter searches via direct detection
M. Martínez
Corfu Summer Institute: Workshop on the standard model and beyond, Corfu, GREECE, 31/08- 09/09 2018
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ANAIS112: a test of DAMA/LIBRA dark matter signal at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory
M. Martínez
26th International Conference on Supersymmetry and Unification of Fundamental Interactions (SUSY2018), Barcelona, SPAIN, July 23-27, 2018
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Testing DAMA/LIBRA result with ANAIS-112 experiment at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory
S. Cebrián
Identification of Dark Matter 2018, Brown University, Providence, RI , US, 23-27 July 2018
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NaI(Tl) dark matter direct detection experiments: status and prospects
M.L. Sarsa
Dark Matter 2018: From the smallest to the largest scales, Santander, 25-29 June 2018
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Cosmogenic production of tritium in dark matter detectors
S. Cebrián
Dark Matter 2018: From the smallest to the largest scales, Santander, 25-29 June 2018
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Testing DAMA/LIBRA result with ANAIS-112 experiment
M.L. Sarsa
UCLA Dark Matter 2018, Faculty Center UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, US, 21-23 February 2018
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Testing DAMA/LIBRA result with ANAIS-112 experiment
M.L. Sarsa
RENATA Thematic Meeting on Dark Matter, Canfranc Estación, Huesca, Spain, 5-7 February 2018
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Cosmogenic production of tritium in dark matter detectors
S. Cebrián
RENATA Thematic Meeting on Dark Matter, Canfranc Estación, Huesca, Spain, 5-7 February 2018
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2017

Direct Detection of Dark Matter and present status of ANAIS-112 experiment
M.L. Sarsa
IX CPAN days, plenary session, Santander, Spain, 23-25 October 2017
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Annual modulation of dark matter. ANAIS-112
I. Coarasa
IX CPAN days, RENATA sessions, Santander, Spain, 23-25 October 2017
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Direct Dark Matter Searches at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory: testing DAMA-LIBRA experiment with ANAIS-112
M.L. Sarsa
Fundamental Cosmology Meeting, Teruel, Spain, 11-13 September 2017
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The ANAIS-112 experiment at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory
S. Cebrián
15th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP2017, Sudbury, Canada, 24-28 July 2017
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2016

Commissioning and prospects of the ANAIS-112 experiment
P. Villar
VIII CPAN DAYS, 28-30 November 2016, Paraninfo, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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Testing DAMA/LIBRA with ANAIS-112
M. Martínez
IBS-MultiDark-IPPP Workshop on Dark Matter from aeV to ZeV, Lumley Castle, UK, 21-25 November 2016
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Status and Prospects of ANAIS-112 at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory
M.L. Sarsa
Identification of Dark Matter 2016, 11th International Conference, IDM2016, 18 – 22 July 2016, Sheffield, UK
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Status and Prospects of ANAIS-112 at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory
S. Cebrián
Dark Matter 2016: From the smallest to the largest scales, 27 June – 1 July 2016, Santander, Spain
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Status of the ANAIS experiment
C. Cuesta
UCLA dark matter 2016, 17-20 February 2016, UCLA, CA, US
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2015

Status of the ANAIS experiment at Canfranc
M.A. Oliván
VII CPAN days, 1-3 December 2015, Segovia, Spain
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Status of the ANAIS experiment
M.L. Sarsa
IBS-MultiDark Joint Workshop on Dark Matter and 13th MultiDark Consolider Workshop, 23-28 November 2015, Madrid, Spain
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Status of the Anais Dark Matter project at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory
M.L. Sarsa
International Workshop on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 2015), 7-11 September 2015, Torino, Italy
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The ANAIS Dark Matter Project: Status and Prospects
M. Martínez
14th Marcel Grossmann Meeting, 12-18 July, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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Status of the ANAIS dark matter project at the Canfranc underground laboratory
M.A. Oliván
11th AxionWIMP conference (Patras workshop), 22-26 June 2015, Zaragoza
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Background model of NaI(Tl) detectors for the ANAIS dark matter project
P. Villar
11th AxionWIMP conference (Patras workshop), 22-26 June 2015, Zaragoza

Light collection in the prototypes of the ANAIS dark matter project
M.A. Oliván
11th AxionWIMP conference (Patras workshop), 22-26 June 2015, Zaragoza

Latest progress in ANAIS-25 and preliminary results of ANAIS-37
P. Villar
12th MultiDark Consolider Workshop, 15-17 April 2015, Salamanca

Background analysis and status of the ANAIS dark matter project
C. Cuesta
Low Radioactive Techniques Workshop, 18-20 March 2015, Seattle, WA, US
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Production and relevance of cosmogenic radionuclides in NaI(Tl) crystals
S. Cebrián
Low Radioactive Techniques Workshop, 18-20 March 2015, Seattle, WA, US
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2014

Status and prospects of ANAIS
M. Martínez
XI MultiDark Consolider Workshop, 26-28 November 2014, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, SPAIN

ANAIS: Detección directa de materia oscura en el Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc
P. Villar
6º Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores de Aragón, 20 November 2014, Zaragoza, SPAIN

Status and Prospects of the ANAIS dark matter Project
P. Villar
VI CPAN DAYS, 20-22 October 2014 Hotel Tryp Sevilla Macarena, Sevilla, SPAIN
https://indico.ific.uv.es/indico/contributionDisplay.py?sessionId=2&contribId=174&confId=2174

Dark Matter Searches with NaI(Tl) at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory
M.L. Sarsa
IBS-MultiDark Joint Focus Program: WIMPs and Axions, 10-21 October 2014, IBS Center for Theoretical Physics of the Universe (CTPU), Daejeon, Korea
https://indico.ibs.re.kr/event/7/contribution/17/material/slides/0.pdf

ANAIS: Status and Prospects.
M.A. Oliván
RICAP-14 Roma International Conference on AstroParticle Physics, Noto, Italy, September 2014
https://agenda.infn.it/getFile.py/access?contribId=116&sessionId=13&resId=0&materialId=slides&confId=7620

Status of the ANAIS Dark Matter Project.
P. Villar
Astroparticle Physics 2014: a joint TeVPA/IDM conference, 23-28 June 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://indico.cern.ch/event/278032/session/12/contribution/79

The ANAIS experiment at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory.
M.L. Sarsa
RENATA Meeting: “Astroparticle Physics in Spain in view of Horizon 2020”, 9-11 junio 2014, LSC, Canfranc Estación, España

ANAIS: Status and Prospects
M. Martínez
International Conference on High Energy Physics, 2-9 July 2014, Valencia, Spain
http://indico.ific.uv.es/indico/contributionDisplay.py?contribId=1090&sessionId=16&confId=2025

Results and activities of ANAIS Experiment.
M.L. Sarsa
10th Multidark Consolider Workshop, 2-5 abril 2014, IFIC, Valencia, España

2013

Actividades de búsqueda de materia oscura en la Universidad de Zaragoza y el Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc.
M.L. Sarsa y E. García
Encuentro de excelencia VLC/Campus “Búsqueda de materia oscura”, 10 de diciembre de 2013, Campus de Gandía, UPV, Valencia, España

The ANAIS dark matter search at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory.
M.L. Sarsa
Fundamental Physics, CMB and LSS in the light of Planck satellite and DES, 7-28 de octubre de 2013, Madrid.

Preliminary results of ANAIS-25 at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory.
M.L. Sarsa
TAUP 2013 Conference, Asilomar Conference Grounds, California, USA, September 2013.
https://conferences.lbl.gov/contributionDisplay.py?contribId=73&sessionId=44&confId=36

Preliminary results of ANAIS-25.
C. Cuesta
RICAP-13 Roma International Conference on AstroParticle Physics, Rome, Italy, May 2013
http://agenda.infn.it/getFile.py/access?contribId=60&sessionId=5&resId=0&materialId=slides&confId=5418

From ANAIS-0 to ANAIS-25.
C. Cuesta
8th MultiDark Consolider Workshop, Granada, April 2013
http://www.ift.uam.es/iftworkshops/program.php?id=62

Background studies for NaI(Tl) detectors in the ANAIS dark matter project.
S. Cebrián
Low Radioactivity Techniques 2013, Gran Sasso, Italy, April 2013
https://agenda.infn.it/getFile.py/access?contribId=1&sessionId=7&resId=0&materialId=slides&confId=5248

Dark Matter searches at Canfranc with NaI: the ANAIS experiment.
M. Martínez
LNGS Seminar, February 2013
https://agenda.infn.it/materialDisplay.py?materialId=slides&confId=5933

2012

Dark matter detection with the ANAIS experiment. C. Cuesta, Cantabria Campus Nobel, Santander, 2012
http://www.cantabriacampusnobel.es/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/CCuesta_CCN20121.pdf

Background model for a NaI(Tl) detector in the frame of the ANAIS experiment. M. L. Sarsa, Identification of Dark Matter (IDM 2012), Chicago, July 2012.
http://kicp-workshops.uchicago.edu/IDM2012/depot/talk-sarsa-maria-luisa.pdf

Rare event searches at Canfranc: ANAIS and ROSEBUD experiments. M. Martínez, 13th Marcel Grossmann Meeting , Stockholm, July 2012.

Status of the ANAIS experiment. C. Cuesta, 6th MULTIDARK Consolider Workshop & RENATA Meeting, LSC, Canfranc, April, 2012.
http://members.ift.uam-csic.es/W26/talks/cuesta.pdf

2011

ANAIS: Direct Dark Matter Detection with NaI(Tl) scintillators. C. Cuesta, EIROforum School on Instrumentation  Grenoble, May 2011.
http://www.epn-campus.eu/uploads/media/21.Cuesta_slides_01.pdf

ANAIS Dark Matter experiment. C. Pobes, XXXIX International Meeting on Fundamental Physics (IMFP2011), Canfranc (Spain), February 2011.
http://gifna.unizar.es/wm2011/images/stories/talks/0406_CARLOS_POBES_ANAIS.pdf

Dark Matter Searches at Canfranc: ANAIS and ROSEBUD. M. L. Sarsa, 4th MultiDark Workshop, Madrid, April 2011.
http://members.ift.uam-csic.es/W12/talks/sarsa.pdf

Update on the ANAIS experiment. ANAIS-0 prototype results at the new Canfranc Underground Laboratory. C. Cuesta, Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP2011), Munich, September 2011.
http://taup2011.mpp.mpg.de/?pg=Agenda&topic=1

 2010

Direct Dark Matter Search at Canfranc: ANAIS experiment. M. L. Sarsa, 1st MultiDark Workshop, Madrid, January 2010.
http://members.ift.uam-csic.es/W3/talks/sarsa.pdf

Low energy events in ANAIS prototype. C. Cuesta, International School on Astroparticle Physics (ISAPP 2010), Zaragoza, July 2010.
http://gifna.unizar.es/isapp/images/stories/posters/Cuesta%20Poster.pdf

Low energy events in NaI(Tl) scintillators. ANAIS status and prospects. C. Cuesta, Identification of Dark Matter (IDM2010),Montpellier, July 2010. https://indico.in2p3.fr/getFile.py/access?contribId=99&sessionId=15&resId=1&materialId=slides&confId=1565

2009

ANAIS status report. C. Pobes, Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP2009),Rome, July 2009.
http://taup2009.lngs.infn.it/slides/jul3/pobes.pdf


Publications

2024

A measurement of the sodium and iodine scintillation quenching factors across multiple NaI(Tl) detectors to identify systematics, D. Cintas et al.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.12480

2023

Neutron calibrations in dark matter searches: the ANAIS-112 case, T. Pardo et al.
Proceedings of Science 441, XVIII International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP2023), 078
https://pos.sissa.it/441/078/
https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.07290

ANAIS-112: updated results on annual modulation with three-year exposure, I. Coarasa et al.
Proceedings of Science 441, XVIII International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP2023), 041
https://pos.sissa.it/441/041/
https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.03392

2022

Improving ANAIS-112 sensitivity to DAMA/LIBRA signal with machine learning techniques, I. Coarasa et al.
JCAP11 (2022) 048.
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1475-7516/2022/11/048
https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.14113
ERRATUM: Improving ANAIS-112 sensitivity to DAMA/LIBRA signal with machine learning techniques, I. Coarasa et al.
JCAP06 (2023) E01.
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1475-7516/2023/06/E01

Dark Matter Annual Modulation with ANAIS-112: Three Years Results, J. Amaré et al.
Moscow University Physics Bulletin 77 (2022) 322.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.3103/S0027134922020667

Dark Matter Searches Using NaI(Tl) at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory: Past, Present and Future, J. Amaré et al.
Universe 8 n.2 (2022) 0075.
https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/8/2/75

Quenching factor consistency across several NaI(Tl) crystals, D. Cintas et al.
Contributed to the TAUP2021 Conference, virtual, September 2021.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2156 (2022) 012065.
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/2156/1/012065
http://arxiv.org/abs/2111.09590

First results from the HENSA/ANAIS collaboration at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory, N. Mont-Geli et al.
Contributed to the TAUP2021 Conference, virtual, September 2021.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2156 (2022) 012223.
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/2156/1/012223
http://arxiv.org/abs/2111.12616

Annual modulation results from three-year exposure of ANAIS-112, J. Amaré et al.
Contributed to the TAUP2021 Conference, virtual, September 2021.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2156 (2022) 012024.
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/2156/1/012024

Machine-learning techniques applied to three-year exposure of ANAIS-112, I. Coarasa et al.
Contributed to the TAUP2021 Conference, virtual, September 2021.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2156 (2022) 012036.
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/2156/1/012036
https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.10649

Background model of the ANAIS-112 dark matter experiment, J. Amaré et al.
Contributed to the TAUP2021 Conference, virtual, September 2021.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2156 (2022) 012175.
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/2156/1/012175
https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.08109

2021

Annual modulation results from three-year exposure of ANAIS-112, J. Amaré et al.
Physical Review D 103 (2021) 102005
https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.01175
https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.102005

Dark matter annual modulation results from the ANAIS-112 experiment, J. Amaré et al.
Contributed to the 1st electronic conference on Gravitation, Cosmology, Field Theory, High Energy Physics and Astronomy, Universe 2021, February 2021.
Phys. Sci. Forum 2021, 2 (1) 33
https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9984/2/1/33

2020

ANAIS-112 status: two years results on annual modulation, J. Amaré et al.
Contributed to the TAUP2019 Conference, Toyama, Japan, September 2019.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1468 (2020) 012014
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012014
https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.13365

The ANAIS-112 experiment at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory, J. Amaré et al.
Contributed to the TAUP2017 Conference, Sudbury, Canada, July 2017.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1342 (2020) 012056
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1342/1/012056/pdf
https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.03837

2019

First results on dark matter annual modulation from ANAIS-112 experiment. J. Amaré et al.
Physical Review Letters 123 (2019) 031301.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1903.03973
https://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.031301

Analysis of backgrounds for the ANAIS-112 dark matter experiment. J. Amaré et al.
European Physical Journal C 79 (2019) 412.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.01377
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6911-4

Performance of ANAIS-112 experiment after the first year of data taking. J. Amaré et al.
European Physical Journal C 79 (2019) 228.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.01472
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6697-4

ANAIS-112 sensitivity in the search for dark matter annual modulation. I. Coarasa et al.
European Physical Journal C 79 (2019) 233.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.02000
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6733-4

2018

Study of the cosmogenic activation in NaI(Tl) crystals within the ANAIS experiment. P. Villar et al.
International Journal of Modern Physics A 33 (2018) 1843006
http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X18430066

Cosmogenic production of tritium in dark matter detectors, J. Amaré et al.
Astroparticle Physics 97 (2018) 96-105
https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.05818
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.11.004

2017

Annual modulation of dark matter: the ANAIS-112 case, I. Coarasa et al.
http://arxiv.org/abs/1704.06861

Light yield determination in large sodium iodide detectors applied in the search for dark matter, M.A. Oliván et al.
Astroparticle Physics 93 (2017) 86-95
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.06.005
http://arxiv.org/abs/1703.01262

The ANAIS Dark Matter Project: Status and Prospects, J. Amaré et al.
Proceedings of the 14th Marcel Grossmann Meeting, July 2015, Rome, Italy.
Published by World Scientific, Dec 2017. Edited by M. Bianchi, R. Jantzen & R. Ruffini. ISBN: 978-981-3226-59-3. pg 2414 – 2419.
http://arxiv.org/abs/1601.01184
http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/9789813226609_0283

2016

Assessment of backgrounds of the ANAIS experiment for dark matter direct detection, J. Amaré et al.
Eur. Phys. Journal C 76 (2016) 1-15
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4279-2
http://arxiv.org/abs/1604.05587

ANAIS: Status and Prospects, J. Amaré et al.
EPJ Web of Conferences 121 (2016) 06008
Contributed to the 5th Roma International Conference on Astroparticle Physics, RICAP 2014; Oct 2014; Noto; Italy
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201612106008
http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.00104

Status of the ANAIS Dark Matter Project at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory, J. Amaré et al.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 718 (2016) 4 – 042052
Contributed to the TAUP2015 Conference, Torino, Italy, September 2015.
http://arxiv.org/abs/1512.04239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/718/4/042052

ANAIS: Status and Prospects, J. Amaré et al.
Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings 273-275 (2016) 2366-2368.
http://arxiv.org/abs/1410.5949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2015.09.393

2015

Status of the ANAIS Dark Matter Project at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory, J. Amaré et al.
Contributed to the 11th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs, Zaragoza, June 22 to 26, 2015.
DESY-PROC-2015-02, published by Verlag Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron,2015. ISBN: 978-3-935702-43-0. Pages 88-91
https://axion-wimp2015.desy.de/sites/sites_conferences/site_axion-wimp2015/content/e13847/e16320/Proc_11thPatras.pdf
http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.07213

Background model of NaI(Tl) detectors for the ANAIS Dark Matter Project, J. Amaré et al.
Contributed to the 11th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs, Zaragoza, June 22 to 26, 2015.
DESY-PROC-2015-02, published by Verlag Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron,2015. ISBN: 978-3-935702-43-0. Pages 232-235
https://axion-wimp2015.desy.de/sites/sites_conferences/site_axion-wimp2015/content/e13847/e16320/Proc_11thPatras.pdf
http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.07907

Light Collection in the Prototypes of the ANAIS Dark Matter Project, J. Amaré et al.
Contributed to the 11th Patras Workshop on Axions, WIMPs and WISPs, Zaragoza, June 22 to 26, 2015.
DESY-PROC-2015-02, published by Verlag Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron,2015. ISBN: 978-3-935702-43-0. Pages 224-227
https://axion-wimp2015.desy.de/sites/sites_conferences/site_axion-wimp2015/content/e13847/e16320/Proc_11thPatras.pdf
http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.06152

Background analysis and status of the ANAIS dark matter Project, J. Amaré et al.
AIP Conference Proceedings 1672 (2015) 100001.
Proceedings of the Low Radioactivity Techniques 2015 conference, March 2015, Seattle, WA, US.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4928001
http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.03210

Production and relevance of cosmogenic radionuclides in NaI(Tl) crystals, J. Amaré et al.
AIP Conference Proceedings 1672 (2015) 140001.
Proceedings of the Low Radioactivity Techniques 2015 conference, March 2015, Seattle, WA, US.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4928017
http://arxiv.org/abs/1505.06102

From ANAIS-25 towards ANAIS-250, J. Amaré et al.
Physics Procedia 61 (2015) 157, TAUP2013 Proceedings.
http://arxiv.org/abs/1404.3564
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875389214006397#

Cosmogenic radionuclide production in NaI(Tl) crystals, J. Amaré et al.
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 02 (2015) 046
http://arxiv.org/abs/1411.0106
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2015/02/046

Rare Event Searches at Canfranc: ANAIS Experiment, J. Amaré et al.
Proceedings of the 13th Marcel Grossmann Meeting, July 2012, Stockholm, Sweden.
Published by World Scientific in March 2015. ISBN: 978-981-4612-14-2. Pages 1010-12.
http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789814623995_0068

2014

Bulk NaI(Tl) scintillation low energy events selection with the ANAIS-0 module, C. Cuesta et al.
European Physical Journal C 74 (2014) 3150
http://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5125
http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140%2Fepjc%2Fs10052-014-3150-6.pdf

Analysis of the 40K contamination in NaI(Tl) crystals from different providers in the frame of the ANAIS project, C. Cuesta et al.
International Journal of Modern Physics A 29 (2014) 1443010
http://arxiv.org/abs/1403.3580
http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/S0217751X14430106

Study of scintillation in natural and synthetic quartz and methacrylate, J. Amaré et al.
Optical Materials 36 (2014) 1408-1417.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2014.03.042
http://arxiv.org/abs/1401.3118

Preliminary results of ANAIS-25, J. Amaré et al.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 742 (2014) 187-190. Proceedings of the RICAP conference, May 2013, Rome, Italy.
http://arxiv.org/abs/1308.3478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2013.09.019

Response of Parylene-coated NaI(Tl) at low temperature, N. Coron et al.
Proceedings of the RPSCint conference, July 2013, Kiev, Ukraine.
EPJ Web of Conferences 65 (2014) 02001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20136502001

2013

Background studies for NaI(Tl) detectors in the ANAIS dark matter project, J. Amaré et al.
Proceedings of the Topical Workshop in Low Radioactivity Techniques, April 2013, LNGS, Italy.
AIP Conf. Proc. 1549 (2013) 165-168
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4818100

Slow scintillation time constants in NaI(Tl) for different interacting particles, C. Cuesta et al.
Optical Materials.36 (2013) 316-320
http://arxiv.org/abs/1307.1398
http://http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2013.09.015

Study of Parylene-coated NaI(Tl) at low temperatures for bolometric applications, N. Coron et al.
Astroparticle Physics 47 (2013) 31-37
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.06.001

2012

Update on the ANAIS experiment. ANAIS-0 prototype results at the new Canfranc Underground Laboratory., J. Amaré et al.
Journal of Physics (Conference Series) 375 (2012) 01202
http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/375/1/012026

Background model for a NaI(Tl) detector devoted to dark matter searches. S. Cebrián et al,
Astropart. Phys. 37 (2012) 60-69
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927650512001454

2011

Low energy events in NaI(Tl) scintillators. ANAIS status and prospects. J. Amaré et al.
PoS (IDM2010) 020, 2011
http://pos.sissa.it/archive/conferences/110/020/IDM2010_020.pdf

2010

ANAIS status report. J. Amaré et al.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 203 (2010) 01204
http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/203/1/012044

Before 2010

Dark matter NaI searches at Canfranc: Status of ANAIS.  J. Amaré et al.
Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on the Identification of Dark Matter, Rodas (Grecia), 11-16 September 2006, World Scientific, 2007, p. 237.

UZ Dark Matter Searches at Canfranc. J. Amaré et al.
AIP Conf. Proc. 878 (2006) 9
http://proceedings.aip.org/resource/2/apcpcs/878/1/99_1

Background understanding and improvement  in NAI scintillators. J. Amaré et al.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 39 (2006) 20
http://www.iop.org/EJ/toc/1742-6596/39/1

Dark matter searches with NaI scintillators in the Canfranc underground laboratory: ANAIS experiment. J. Amaré et al.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 39 (2006) 12
http://www.iop.org/EJ/toc/1742-6596/39/1

Status of the ANAIS experiment at Canfranc.  M. Martínez et al.
Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on the Identification of Dark Matter, Edimburgo, 6-10 September 2004, World Scientific 2005, p. 283

Searching for annual modulation in the WIMP signal: the ANAIS experiment at Canfranc. J. Morales et al.
Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 118 (2003) 52
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920563203014026

Status of the ANAIS experiment at Canfranc. S. Cebrián et al.
Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 114 (2003) 11
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920563203014026

Status and preliminary results of the ANAIS experiment at Canfranc. S. Cebrián et al.
Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 110 (2002) 94
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920563202014627

Cold dark matter searches at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory. S. Cebrián et al.
New Journal of Physics 2 (2000) 13
http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/2/1/13

Results of a search for annual modulation ofWIMP signals. M. L. Sarsa et al.
Phys. Rev. D 56 (1997) 1856.
http://prd.aps.org/abstract/PRD/v56/i4/p1856_1

Searching for annual modulations of WIMPs with NaI scintillators. M. L. Sarsa et al.
Phys. Lett. B 386 (1996) 458
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0370269396010702