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Search for weakly interacting massive particles with the first five-tower data from the cryogenic dark matter search at the soudan underground laboratory.

Authors :
Ahmed Z
Akerib DS
Arrenberg S
Attisha MJ
Bailey CN
Baudis L
Bauer DA
Beaty J
Brink PL
Bruch T
Bunker R
Burke S
Cabrera B
Caldwell DO
Cooley J
Cushman P
Dejongh F
Dragowsky MR
Duong L
Emes J
Figueroa-Feliciano E
Filippini J
Fritts M
Gaitskell RJ
Golwala SR
Grant DR
Hall J
Hennings-Yeomans R
Hertel S
Holmgren D
Huber ME
Mahapatra R
Mandic V
McCarthy KA
Mirabolfathi N
Nelson H
Novak L
Ogburn RW
Pyle M
Qiu X
Ramberg E
Rau W
Reisetter A
Saab T
Sadoulet B
Sander J
Schmitt R
Schnee RW
Seitz DN
Serfass B
Sirois A
Sundqvist KM
Tarka M
Tomada A
Wang G
Yellin S
Yoo J
Young BA
Source :
Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2009 Jan 09; Vol. 102 (1), pp. 011301. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Jan 05.
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

We report results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search at the Soudan Underground Laboratory (CDMS II) featuring the full complement of 30 detectors. A blind analysis of data taken between October 2006 and July 2007 sets an upper limit on the weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) nucleon spin-independent cross section of 6.6x10;{-44} cm;{2} (4.6x10;{-44} cm;{2} when combined with previous CDMS II data) at the 90% confidence level for a WIMP mass of 60 GeV/c;{2}. This achieves the best sensitivity for dark matter WIMPs with masses above 44 GeV/c;{2}, and significantly restricts the parameter space for some favored supersymmetric models.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0031-9007
Volume :
102
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Physical review letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
19257177
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.011301