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Comment on 'On the subtleties of searching for dark matter with liquid xenon detectors'

Authors :
The XENON Collaboration
Aprile, E.
Alfonsi, M.
Arisaka, K.
Arneodo, F.
Balan, C.
Baudis, L.
Bauermeister, B.
Behrens, A.
Beltrame, P.
Bokeloh, K.
Brown, E.
Bruno, G.
Budnik, R.
Cardoso, J. M. R.
Chen, W. -T.
Choi, B.
Cline, D.
Colijn, A. P.
Contreras, H.
Cussonneau, J. P.
Decowski, M. P.
Duchovni, E.
Fattori, S.
Ferella, A. D.
Fulgione, W.
Gao, F.
Garbini, M.
Ghag, C.
Giboni, K. -L.
Goetzke, L. W.
Grignon, C.
Gross, E.
Hampel, W.
Kaether, F.
Kish, A.
Lamblin, J.
Landsman, H.
Lang, R. F.
Calloch, M. Le
Levy, C.
Lim, K. E.
Lin, Q.
Lindemann, S.
Lindner, M.
Lopes, J. A. M.
Lung, K.
Undagoitia, T. Marrodan
Massoli, F. V.
Fernandez, A. J. Melgarejo
Meng, Y.
Molinario, A.
Nativ, E.
Ni, K.
Oberlack, U.
Orrigo, S. E. A.
Pantic, E.
Persiani, R.
Plante, G.
Priel, N.
Rizzo, A.
Rosendahl, S.
Santos, J. M. F. dos
Sartorelli, G.
Schreiner, J.
Schumann, M.
Lavina, L. Scotto
Scovell, P. R.
Selvi, M.
Shagin, P.
Simgen, H.
Teymourian, A.
Thers, D.
Vitells, O.
Wang, H.
Weber, M.
Weinheimer, C.
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

In a recent manuscript (arXiv:1208.5046) Peter Sorensen claims that XENON100's upper limits on spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross sections for WIMP masses below 10 GeV "may be understated by one order of magnitude or more". Having performed a similar, though more detailed analysis prior to the submission of our new result (arXiv:1207.5988), we do not confirm these findings. We point out the rationale for not considering the described effect in our final analysis and list several potential problems with his study.<br />Comment: 3 pages, no figures

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Subjects :
Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

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Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1208.5762
Document Type :
Working Paper

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