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Exclusion limits on the WIMP-nucleon cross section from the cryogenic dark matter search

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) employs Ge and Si detectors to search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) via their elastic-scattering interactions with nuclei while discriminating against interactions of background particles. CDMS data, accounting for the neutron background, gi...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2000-06, Vol.84 (25), p.5699-5703
Main Authors: Abusaidi, R, Akerib, D S, Barnes, Jr, P D, Bauer, D A, Bolozdynya, A, Brink, P L, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, D O, Castle, J P, Clarke, R M, Colling, P, Crisler, M B, Cummings, A, Da Silva, A, Davies, A K, Dixon, R, Dougherty, B L, Driscoll, D, Eichblatt, S, Emes, J, Gaitskell, R J, Golwala, S R, Hale, D, Haller, E E, Hellmig, J, Huber, M E, Irwin, K D, Jochum, J, Lipschultz, F P, Lu, A, Mandic, V, Martinis, J M, Nam, S W, Nelson, H, Neuhauser, B, Penn, M J, Perera, T A, Perillo Isaac, M C, Pritychenko, B, Ross, R R, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Schnee, R W, Seitz, D N, Shestople, P, Shutt, T, Smith, A, Smith, G W, Sonnenschein, A H, Spadafora, A L, Stockwell, W, Taylor, J D, White, S, Yellin, S, Young, B A
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Summary:The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) employs Ge and Si detectors to search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) via their elastic-scattering interactions with nuclei while discriminating against interactions of background particles. CDMS data, accounting for the neutron background, give limits on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon elastic-scattering cross section that exclude unexplored parameter space above 10 GeV/c2 WIMP mass and, at >75% C.L., the entire 3sigma allowed region for the WIMP signal reported by the DAMA experiment.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5699