Progress of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) Experiment
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
11-1996
Publisher
Elsevier
Abstract
We report on progress of the CDMS experiment, which seeks to detect WIMP dark matter through its interactions in a particle detector operated in a low radioactivity environment. We have developed novel cryogenic detectors which discriminate between nuclear recoils from WIMPs and electron recoils from background photons. We describe the experiment and discuss recent progress, including first operation of a cryogenic detector in the low radioactivity cryostat in June of 1996.
Recommended Citation
Shutt, T., Akerib, D. S., Barnes, P. D., Bauer, D., Brink, P., Cabrera, B., Caldwell, D. O., Chugg, B., Clarke, R. M., DaSilva, A., Davies, A., Dougherty, B. L., Emes, J., Gaitskell, R. J., Golwala, S. R., Hale, D., Haller, E. E., Irwin, K. D., Knowlton, W. B., … Young, B. A. (1996). Progress of the cryogenic dark matter search (CDMS) experiment. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements, 51(2), 318–322. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0920-5632(96)00523-3
Comments
In the proceedings of The International Conference on Sources and Detection of Dark Matter in the Universe, UCLA