WIMP hunting with the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search

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Abstract

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) seeks to directly detect the scattering of weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter in an array of cryogenic particle detectors at Soudan Underground Laboratory. CDMS uses simultaneous measurements of ionization and phonons to discriminate between nuclear and electron recoils on an event-by-event basis. The most recent run of CDMS at Soudan accumulated 397.8 (53.5) kg-days of Ge (Si) exposure and observed no candidate events, setting the strongest limit to date on spin-independent WIMPnucleon interactions at WIMP masses ≳ 44GeV/c2. CDMS also sets competitive upper limits on various axion-like models. A data set sim; 2.5 × larger is currently under analysis, and prototype detectors for the larger-scale SuperCDMS experiment are currently acquiring data at Soudan.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationLes Rencontres de Physique de la Vallee d'Aoste
Subtitle of host publicationResults and Perspectives in Particle Physics
Pages45-52
Number of pages8
EditionSPEC. ISS.
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event23rd Rencontres de Physique de la Vallee d'Aoste: Results and Perspectives in Particle Physics - 23rd Physics Conferences in the Aosta Valley 2009 - La Thuile, Aosta Valley, Italy
Duration: Mar 1 2009Mar 7 2009

Publication series

NameFrascati Physics Series
NumberSPEC. ISS.
Volume50
ISSN (Print)1122-5157

Other

Other23rd Rencontres de Physique de la Vallee d'Aoste: Results and Perspectives in Particle Physics - 23rd Physics Conferences in the Aosta Valley 2009
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityLa Thuile, Aosta Valley
Period3/1/093/7/09

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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