Exclusion limits on the WIMP-nucleon scattering cross-section from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search

Authors

S. R. Golwala
R. Abusaidi
D. S. Akerib
P. D. Barnes Jr.
D. A. Bauer
A. Bolozdynya
P. Brink
Blas Cabrera
D. O. Caldwell
J. P. Castle
R. M. Clarke
P. Colling
M. B. Crisler
A. Da Silva
A. K. Davies
R. Dixon
S. Eichblatt
K. D. Irwin
R. J. Gaitskell
E. E. Haller
J. Hellmig
M. E. Huber
J. Jochum
F. P. Lipschultz
J. Martinis
S. W. Nam
J. Nelson
B. Neuhauser
T. A. Perera
M. Perillo Isaac
R. R. Ross
T. Saab
B. Sadoulet
R. W. Schnee
P. Shestople
T. Shutt
A. Smith
A. H. Sonnenschein
A. L. Spadafora
S. Yellin
Betty A. Young, Santa Clara UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-7-2000

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) employs massive ionization- and phonon-mediated detectors to search for WIMPs via their elastic scattering interactions with nuclei while discriminating against interactions by other background particles. Limits on the WIMP-nucleon scattering cross-section, based on 3.1 kg d of exposure, exclude new parameter space in the 10–30 GeV WIMP mass region and also a portion of the region allowed by the DAMA annual modulation search (Bernabei, Phys. Lett. 450 (1999) 448).

Recommended Citation

Golwala, S. R., Abusaidi, R., Akerib, D. S., Barnes, P. D., Bauer, D. A., Bolozdynya, A., Brink, P., Cabrera, B., Caldwell, D. O., Castle, J. P., Clarke, R. M., Colling, P., Crisler, M. B., Da Silva, A., Davies, A. K., Dixon, R., Eichblatt, S., Irwin, K. D., Gaitskell, R. J., … Young, B. A. (2000). Exclusion limits on the WIMP-nucleon scattering cross-section from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 444(1), 345–349. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(99)01388-1