The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) : Present Status and Future.

Authors :: Brink, P. L.
Ahmed, Z.
Akerib, D. S.
Bailey, C. N.
Balakishiyeva, D.
Bauer, D. A.
Beaty, J.
Bunker, R.
Cabrera, B.
Caldwell, D. O.
Cooley, J.
do Couto e Silva, E.
Cushman, P.
DeJongh, F.
Dragowsky, M. R.
Duong, L.
Figueroa-Feliciano, E.
Filippini, J.
Fritts, M.
Golwala, S. R.
Source :: AIP Conference Proceedings; 12/17/2009, Vol. 1182 Issue 1, p260-263, 4p
Publication Year :: 2009
Abstract: The CDMS collaboration utilizes Ge detectors for their Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) search at the Soudan mine, Minnesota. The final data run of CDMS II is complete and a detector upgrade for SuperCDMS has commenced. A SuperTower of five 1-inch thick Ge crystals has been installed and undergoing commissioning. Its surface-event rejection capability should allow SuperCDMS to continue to run background free for the next proposed phases: 15 kg Ge deployment at Soudan, and up to 150 kg Ge deployment at SNOLAB. Recent detector advances to allow a 1 tonne Ge experiment are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]