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XENON10 was an experiment to detect dark matter particles, consisting of 15 kg of xenon in an underground tank that had photomultiplier tubes to detect scintillations due to interactions with WIMPs. It was operated in 2006-2007 but detected no signature of a WIMP interaction. XENON100, with 165 kg of xenon, is one of a number of follow-on experiments.