Results from the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment at Soudan

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Agnese, R. [1 ]
Aramaki, T. [2 ]
Arnquist, I. J. [3 ]
Baker, W. [4 ,5 ]
Balakishiyeva, D. [6 ]
Banik, S. [7 ]
Barker, D. [8 ]
Thakur, R. Basu [9 ,10 ]
Bauer, D. A. [9 ]
Binder, T. [11 ]
Bowles, M. A. [12 ]
Brink, P. L. [2 ]
Bunker, R. [3 ]
Cabrera, B.
Caldwell, D. O. [14 ]
Calkins, R. [6 ]
Cartaro, C. [2 ]
Cerdeno, D. G. [15 ,16 ]
Chang, Y. [17 ]
Chen, Y. [18 ]
Cooley, J. [6 ]
Cornell, B. [17 ]
Cushman, P. [8 ]
Daal, M. [19 ]
Di Stefano, P. C. F. [20 ]
Doughty, T. [19 ]
Fascione, E.
Figueroa-Feliciano, E. [21 ]
Fritts, M. [8 ]
Gerbier, G. [20 ]
Germond, R. [20 ]
Ghaith, M. [20 ]
Godfrey, G. L. [2 ]
Golwala, S. R. [17 ]
Hall, J.
Harris, H. R. [4 ,5 ]
Hong, Z. [21 ]
Hoppe, E. W. [3 ]
Hsu, L. [9 ]
Huber, M. E. [22 ,23 ]
Iyer, V.
Jardin, D. [6 ]
Jastram, A. [4 ,5 ]
Jena, C.
Kelsey, M. H.
Kennedy, A.
Kubik, A.
Kurinsky, N. A.
Loer, B.
Asamar, E. Lopez
机构
[1] Univ Florida, Dept Phys, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
[2] Kavli Inst Particle Astrophys & Cosmol, SLAC Natl Accelerator Lab, Menlo Pk, CA 94025 USA
[3] Pacific Northwest Natl Lab, Richland, WA 99352 USA
[4] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
[5] Texas A&M Univ, Mitchell Inst Fundamental Phys & Astron, College Stn, TX 77843 USA
[6] Southern Methodist Univ, Dept Phys, Dallas, TX 75275 USA
[7] HBNI, Natl Inst Sci Educ & Res, Sch Phys Sci, Jatni 752050, India
[8] Univ Minnesota, Sch Phys & Astron, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
[9] Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
[10] Univ Illinois, Dept Phys, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[11] Univ South Dakota, Dept Phys, Vermillion, SD 57069 USA
[12] South Dakota Sch Mines & Technol, Dept Phys, Rapid City, SD 57701 USA
[13] Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[14] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Phys, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[15] Univ Durham, Dept Phys, Durham DH1 3LE, England
[16] Univ Autonoma Madrid, CSIC, UAM, Inst Fis Teor, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
[17] CALTECH, Div Phys Math & Astron, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
[18] Syracuse Univ, Dept Phys, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA
[19] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[20] Queens Univ, Dept Phys, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
[21] Northwestern Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
[22] Univ Colorado, Dept Phys, Denver, CO 80217 USA
[23] Univ Colorado, Dept Elect Engn, Denver, CO 80217 USA
[24] Univ British Columbia, Dept Phys & Astron, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
[25] TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
[26] Univ Evansville, Dept Phys, Evansville, IN 47722 USA
[27] Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[28] SNOLAB, Creighton Mine 9,1039 Reg Rd 24, Sudbury, ON P3Y 1N2, Canada
[29] Univ Toronto, Dept Phys, Toronto, ON M5S 1A7, Canada
[30] Santa Clara Univ, Dept Phys, Santa Clara, CA 95053 USA
基金
美国能源部; 美国国家科学基金会; 加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.061802
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We report the result of a blinded search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using the majority of the SuperCDMS Soudan data set. With an exposure of 1690 kg d, a single candidate event is observed, consistent with expected backgrounds. This analysis (combined with previous Ge results) sets an upper limit on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross section of 1.4 x 10(-44) (1.0 x 10(-44)) cm(2) at 46 GeV/c(2). These results set the strongest limits for WIMP-germanium-nucleus interactions for masses > 12 GeV/c(2).
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