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1. Search for low-mass dark matter with CDMSlite using a profile likelihood fit

Author

Agnese, R, Aralis, T, Aramaki, T, Arnquist, IJ, Azadbakht, E, Baker, W, Banik, S, Barker, D, Bauer, DA, Binder, T, Bowles, MA, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Calkins, R, Cameron, RA, Cartaro, C, Cerdeño, DG, Chang, Y-Y, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Cushman, P, De Brienne, F, Doughty, T, Fascione, E, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Fink, CW, Fritts, M, Gerbier, G, Germond, R, Ghaith, M, Golwala, SR, Harris, HR, Herbert, N, Hong, Z, Hoppe, EW, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Iyer, V, Jardin, D, Jastram, A, Jena, C, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Kubik, A, Kurinsky, NA, Lawrence, RE, Loer, B, Asamar, E Lopez, Lukens, P, MacDonell, D, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Mast, N, Miller, E, Mirabolfathi, N, Mohanty, B, Mendoza, JD Morales, Nelson, J, Neog, H, Orrell, JL, Oser, SM, Page, WA, Partridge, R, Pepin, M, Ponce, F, Poudel, S, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Reisetter, A, Ren, R, Reynolds, T, Roberts, A, Robinson, AE, Rogers, HE, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Scarff, A, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Senapati, K, Serfass, B, Speller, D, Stanford, C, Stein, M, Street, J, Tanaka, HA, Toback, D, Underwood, R, Villano, AN, von Krosigk, B, Watkins, SL, Wilson, JS, Wilson, MJ, Winchell, J, Wright, DH, Yellin, S, and Young, BA

Subjects
astro-ph.CO, physics.ins-det, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Abstract

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search low ionization threshold experiment (CDMSlite) searches for interactions between dark matter particles and germanium nuclei in cryogenic detectors. The experiment has achieved a low energy threshold with improved sensitivity to low-mass (

Published
2019

2. First Dark Matter Constraints from a SuperCDMS Single-Charge Sensitive Detector

Author

Agnese, R, Aralis, T, Aramaki, T, Arnquist, IJ, Azadbakht, E, Baker, W, Banik, S, Barker, D, Bauer, DA, Binder, T, Bowles, MA, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Calkins, R, Cartaro, C, Cerdeño, DG, Chang, Y-Y, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Cushman, P, Di Stefano, PCF, Doughty, T, Fascione, E, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Fink, C, Fritts, M, Gerbier, G, Germond, R, Ghaith, M, Golwala, SR, Harris, HR, Hong, Z, Hoppe, EW, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Iyer, V, Jardin, D, Jena, C, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Kubik, A, Kurinsky, NA, Lawrence, RE, Leyva, JV, Loer, B, Asamar, E Lopez, Lukens, P, MacDonell, D, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Mast, N, Miller, EH, Mirabolfathi, N, Mohanty, B, Mendoza, JD Morales, Nelson, J, Orrell, JL, Oser, SM, Page, WA, Partridge, R, Pepin, M, Phipps, A, Ponce, F, Poudel, S, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Reisetter, A, Reynolds, T, Roberts, A, Robinson, AE, Rogers, HE, Romani, RK, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Scarff, A, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Senapati, K, Serfass, B, So, J, Speller, D, Stanford, C, Stein, M, Street, J, Tanaka, HA, Toback, D, Underwood, R, Villano, AN, von Krosigk, B, Watkins, SL, Wilson, JS, Wilson, MJ, Winchell, J, Wright, DH, Yellin, S, Young, BA, and Zhang, X

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, hep-ex, astro-ph.CO, physics.ins-det, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics, Mathematical sciences, Physical sciences
Abstract

We present the first limits on inelastic electron-scattering dark matter and dark photon absorption using a prototype SuperCDMS detector having a charge resolution of 0.1 electron-hole pairs (CDMS HVeV, a 0.93 g CDMS high-voltage device). These electron-recoil limits significantly improve experimental constraints on dark matter particles with masses as low as 1  MeV/c^{2}. We demonstrate a sensitivity to dark photons competitive with other leading approaches but using substantially less exposure (0.49 g d). These results demonstrate the scientific potential of phonon-mediated semiconductor detectors that are sensitive to single electronic excitations.

Published
2018

3. Results from the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment at Soudan

Author

Agnese, R, Aramaki, T, Arnquist, IJ, Baker, W, Balakishiyeva, D, Banik, S, Barker, D, Thakur, R Basu, Bauer, DA, Binder, T, Bowles, MA, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Calkins, R, Cartaro, C, Cerdeño, DG, Chang, Y, Chen, Y, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Cushman, P, Daal, M, Di Stefano, PCF, Doughty, T, Fascione, E, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Fritts, M, Gerbier, G, Germond, R, Ghaith, M, Godfrey, GL, Golwala, SR, Hall, J, Harris, HR, Hong, Z, Hoppe, EW, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Iyer, V, Jardin, D, Jastram, A, Jena, C, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Kubik, A, Kurinsky, NA, Loer, B, Asamar, E Lopez, Lukens, P, MacDonell, D, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Mast, N, Miller, EH, Mirabolfathi, N, Mohanty, B, Mendoza, JD Morales, Nelson, J, Orrell, JL, Oser, SM, Page, K, Page, WA, Partridge, R, Martinez, M Penalver, Pepin, M, Phipps, A, Poudel, S, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Redl, P, Reisetter, A, Reynolds, T, Roberts, A, Robinson, AE, Rogers, HE, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schneck, K, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Senapati, K, Serfass, B, Speller, D, Stein, M, Street, J, Tanaka, HA, Toback, D, Underwood, R, Villano, AN, von Krosigk, B, Welliver, B, Wilson, JS, Wilson, MJ, Wright, DH, Yellin, S, and Yen, JJ

Subjects
SuperCDMS Collaboration, hep-ex, hep-ph, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract

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 1.4×10^{-44} (1.0×10^{-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}.

Published
2018

4. Projected sensitivity of the SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment

Author

Agnese, R, Anderson, AJ, Aramaki, T, Arnquist, I, Baker, W, Barker, D, Thakur, R Basu, Bauer, DA, Borgland, A, Bowles, MA, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Calkins, R, Cartaro, C, Cerdeño, DG, Chagani, H, Chen, Y, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Cushman, P, Daal, M, Di Stefano, PCF, Doughty, T, Esteban, L, Fallows, S, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Fritts, M, Gerbier, G, Ghaith, M, Godfrey, GL, Golwala, SR, Hall, J, Harris, HR, Hofer, T, Holmgren, D, Hong, Z, Hoppe, E, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Iyer, V, Jardin, D, Jastram, A, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Kubik, A, Kurinsky, NA, Leder, A, Loer, B, Asamar, E Lopez, Lukens, P, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Mast, N, Mirabolfathi, N, Moffatt, RA, Mendoza, JD Morales, Orrell, JL, Oser, SM, Page, K, Page, WA, Partridge, R, Pepin, M, Phipps, A, Poudel, S, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Redl, P, Reisetter, A, Roberts, A, Robinson, AE, Rogers, HE, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schneck, K, Schnee, RW, Serfass, B, Speller, D, Stein, M, Street, J, Tanaka, HA, Toback, D, Underwood, R, Villano, AN, von Krosigk, B, Welliver, B, Wilson, JS, Wright, DH, Yellin, S, Yen, JJ, Young, BA, Zhang, X, and Zhao, X

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, physics.ins-det, astro-ph.CO, hep-ex, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Mathematical physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

SuperCDMS SNOLAB will be a next-generation experiment aimed at directly detecting low-mass particles (with masses ≤10 GeV/c2) that may constitute dark matter by using cryogenic detectors of two types (HV and iZIP) and two target materials (germanium and silicon). The experiment is being designed with an initial sensitivity to nuclear recoil cross sections ∼1×10-43 cm2 for a dark matter particle mass of 1 GeV/c2, and with capacity to continue exploration to both smaller masses and better sensitivities. The phonon sensitivity of the HV detectors will be sufficient to detect nuclear recoils from sub-GeV dark matter. A detailed calibration of the detector response to low-energy recoils will be needed to optimize running conditions of the HV detectors and to interpret their data for dark matter searches. Low-activity shielding, and the depth of SNOLAB, will reduce most backgrounds, but cosmogenically produced H3 and naturally occurring Si32 will be present in the detectors at some level. Even if these backgrounds are 10 times higher than expected, the science reach of the HV detectors would be over 3 orders of magnitude beyond current results for a dark matter mass of 1 GeV/c2. The iZIP detectors are relatively insensitive to variations in detector response and backgrounds, and will provide better sensitivity for dark matter particles with masses 5 GeV/c2. The mix of detector types (HV and iZIP), and targets (germanium and silicon), planned for the experiment, as well as flexibility in how the detectors are operated, will allow us to maximize the low-mass reach, and understand the backgrounds that the experiment will encounter. Upgrades to the experiment, perhaps with a variety of ultra-low-background cryogenic detectors, will extend dark matter sensitivity down to the "neutrino floor," where coherent scatters of solar neutrinos become a limiting background.

Published
2017

5. New Results from the Search for Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles with the CDMS Low Ionization Threshold Experiment

Author

Agnese, R, Anderson, AJ, Aramaki, T, Asai, M, Baker, W, Balakishiyeva, D, Barker, D, Thakur, R Basu, Bauer, DA, Billard, J, Borgland, A, Bowles, MA, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Calkins, R, Cerdeno, DG, Chagani, H, Chen, Y, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Cushman, P, Daal, M, Di Stefano, PCF, Doughty, T, Esteban, L, Fallows, S, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Ghaith, M, Godfrey, GL, Golwala, SR, Hall, J, Harris, HR, Hofer, T, Holmgren, D, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Jardin, D, Jastram, A, Kamaev, O, Kara, B, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Leder, A, Loer, B, Asamar, E Lopez, Lukens, P, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Mast, N, Mirabolfathi, N, Moffatt, RA, Mendoza, JD Morales, Oser, SM, Page, K, Page, WA, Partridge, R, Pepin, M, Phipps, A, Prasad, K, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Redl, P, Reisetter, A, Ricci, Y, Roberts, A, Rogers, HE, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schneck, K, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Serfass, B, Shank, B, Speller, D, Toback, D, Underwood, R, Upadhyayula, S, Villano, AN, Welliver, B, Wilson, JS, Wright, DH, Yellin, S, Yen, JJ, Young, BA, and Zhang, J

Subjects
SuperCDMS Collaboration, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.IM, hep-ex, physics.ins-det, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract

The CDMS low ionization threshold experiment (CDMSlite) uses cryogenic germanium detectors operated at a relatively high bias voltage to amplify the phonon signal in the search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). Results are presented from the second CDMSlite run with an exposure of 70 kg day, which reached an energy threshold for electron recoils as low as 56 eV. A fiducialization cut reduces backgrounds below those previously reported by CDMSlite. New parameter space for the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross section is excluded for WIMP masses between 1.6 and 5.5  GeV/c^{2}.

Published
2016

6. Improved WIMP-search reach of the CDMS II germanium data

Author

Agnese, R, Anderson, AJ, Asai, M, Balakishiyeva, D, Barker, D, Basu Thakur, R, Bauer, DA, Billard, J, Borgland, A, Bowles, MA, Brandt, D, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Calkins, R, Cerdeño, DG, Chagani, H, Chen, Y, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Crewdson, CH, Cushman, P, Daal, M, Di Stefano, PCF, Doughty, T, Esteban, L, Fallows, S, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Godfrey, GL, Golwala, SR, Hall, J, Harris, HR, Hertel, SA, Hofer, T, Holmgren, D, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Jardin, D, Jastram, A, Kamaev, O, Kara, B, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Kiveni, M, Koch, K, Leder, A, Loer, B, Lopez Asamar, E, Lukens, P, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, McCarthy, KA, Mirabolfathi, N, Moffatt, RA, Oser, SM, Page, K, Page, WA, Partridge, R, Pepin, M, Phipps, A, Prasad, K, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Redl, P, Reisetter, A, Ricci, Y, Rogers, HE, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schneck, K, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Serfass, B, Shank, B, Speller, D, Toback, D, Upadhyayula, S, Villano, AN, Welliver, B, Wilson, JS, Wright, DH, Yang, X, Yellin, S, Yen, JJ, Young, BA, and Zhang, J

Subjects
hep-ex, astro-ph.CO, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

CDMS II data from the five-tower runs at the Soudan Underground Laboratory were reprocessed with an improved charge-pulse fitting algorithm. Two new analysis techniques to reject surface-event backgrounds were applied to the 612 kg days germanium-detector weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP)-search exposure. An extended analysis was also completed by decreasing the 10 keV analysis threshold to ∼5keV, to increase sensitivity near a WIMP mass of 8GeV/c2. After unblinding, there were zero candidate events above a deposited energy of 10 keV and six events in the lower-threshold analysis. This yielded minimum WIMP-nucleon spin-independent scattering cross-section limits of 1.8×10-44 and 1.18×10-41 at 90% confidence for 60 and 8.6GeV/c2 WIMPs, respectively. This improves the previous CDMS II result by a factor of 2.4 (2.7) for 60 (8.6)GeV/c2 WIMPs.

Published
2015

7. Dark matter effective field theory scattering in direct detection experiments

Author

Schneck, K, Cabrera, B, Cerdeño, DG, Mandic, V, Rogers, HE, Agnese, R, Anderson, AJ, Asai, M, Balakishiyeva, D, Barker, D, Basu Thakur, R, Bauer, DA, Billard, J, Borgland, A, Brandt, D, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Caldwell, DO, Calkins, R, Chagani, H, Chen, Y, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Crewdson, CH, Cushman, P, Daal, M, Di Stefano, PCF, Doughty, T, Esteban, L, Fallows, S, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Godfrey, GL, Golwala, SR, Hall, J, Harris, HR, Hofer, T, Holmgren, D, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Jardin, DM, Jastram, A, Kamaev, O, Kara, B, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Leder, A, Loer, B, Lopez Asamar, E, Lukens, P, Mahapatra, R, Mccarthy, KA, Mirabolfathi, N, Moffatt, RA, Morales Mendoza, JD, Oser, SM, Page, K, Page, WA, Partridge, R, Pepin, M, Phipps, A, Prasad, K, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Redl, P, Reisetter, A, Ricci, Y, Roberts, A, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Serfass, B, Shank, B, Speller, D, Toback, D, Upadhyayula, S, Villano, AN, Welliver, B, Wilson, JS, Wright, DH, Yang, X, Yellin, S, Yen, JJ, Young, BA, and Zhang, J

Subjects
astro-ph.CO, hep-ex, hep-ph, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We examine the consequences of the effective field theory (EFT) of dark matter-nucleon scattering for current and proposed direct detection experiments. Exclusion limits on EFT coupling constants computed using the optimum interval method are presented for SuperCDMS Soudan, CDMS II, and LUX, and the necessity of combining results from multiple experiments in order to determine dark matter parameters is discussed. We demonstrate that spectral differences between the standard dark matter model and a general EFT interaction can produce a bias when calculating exclusion limits and when developing signal models for likelihood and machine learning techniques. We also discuss the implications of the EFT for the next-generation (G2) direct detection experiments and point out regions of complementarity in the EFT parameter space.

Published
2015

8. Maximum likelihood analysis of low energy CDMS II germanium data

Author

Agnese, R, Anderson, AJ, Balakishiyeva, D, Basu Thakur, R, Bauer, DA, Billard, J, Borgland, A, Bowles, MA, Brandt, D, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Cerdeno, DG, Chagani, H, Chen, Y, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Crewdson, CH, Cushman, P, Daal, M, Di Stefano, PCF, Doughty, T, Esteban, L, Fallows, S, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Fritts, M, Godfrey, GL, Golwala, SR, Graham, M, Hall, J, Harris, HR, Hertel, SA, Hofer, T, Holmgren, D, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Jastram, A, Kamaev, O, Kara, B, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Kiveni, M, Koch, K, Leder, A, Loer, B, Lopez Asamar, E, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Martinez, C, McCarthy, KA, Mirabolfathi, N, Moffatt, RA, Moore, DC, Nelson, RH, Oser, SM, Page, K, Page, WA, Partridge, R, Pepin, M, Phipps, A, Prasad, K, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Redl, P, Reisetter, A, Ricci, Y, Rogers, HE, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schneck, K, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Serfass, B, Shank, B, Speller, D, Upadhyayula, S, Villano, AN, Welliver, B, Wright, DH, Yellin, S, Yen, JJ, Young, BA, and Zhang, J

Subjects
astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.IM, physics.ins-det, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We report on the results of a search for a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) signal in low-energy data of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment using a maximum likelihood analysis. A background model is constructed using geant4 to simulate the surface-event background from Pb210 decay-chain events, while using independent calibration data to model the gamma background. Fitting this background model to the data results in no statistically significant WIMP component. In addition, we perform fits using an analytic ad hoc background model proposed by Collar and Fields, who claimed to find a large excess of signal-like events in our data. We confirm the strong preference for a signal hypothesis in their analysis under these assumptions, but excesses are observed in both single- and multiple-scatter events, which implies the signal is not caused by WIMPs, but rather reflects the inadequacy of their background model.

Published
2015

9. First direct limits on lightly ionizing particles with electric charge less than e/6.

Author

Agnese, R, Anderson, AJ, Balakishiyeva, D, Basu Thakur, R, Bauer, DA, Billard, J, Borgland, A, Bowles, MA, Brandt, D, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Cerdeno, DG, Chagani, H, Chen, Y, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Crewdson, CH, Cushman, P, Daal, M, Di Stefano, PCF, Doughty, T, Esteban, L, Fallows, S, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Godfrey, GL, Golwala, SR, Hall, J, Harris, HR, Hertel, SA, Hofer, T, Holmgren, D, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Jastram, A, Kamaev, O, Kara, B, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Kiveni, M, Koch, K, Leder, A, Loer, B, Lopez Asamar, E, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Martinez, C, McCarthy, KA, Mirabolfathi, N, Moffatt, RA, Moore, DC, Nelson, H, Nelson, RH, Ogburn, RW, Page, K, Page, WA, Partridge, R, Pepin, M, Phipps, A, Prasad, K, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Redl, P, Reisetter, A, Ricci, Y, Rogers, HE, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schneck, K, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Serfass, B, Shank, B, Speller, D, Upadhyayula, S, Villano, AN, Welliver, B, Wright, DH, Yellin, S, Yen, JJ, Young, BA, Zhang, J, and CDMS Collaboration

Subjects
CDMS Collaboration, hep-ex, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.HE, physics.ins-det, General Physics, Physical Sciences
Abstract

While the standard model of particle physics does not include free particles with fractional charge, experimental searches have not ruled out their existence. We report results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) experiment that give the first direct-detection limits for cosmogenically produced relativistic particles with electric charge lower than e/6. A search for tracks in the six stacked detectors of each of two of the CDMS II towers finds no candidates, thereby excluding new parameter space for particles with electric charges between e/6 and e/200.

Published
2015

10. Search for Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles with SuperCDMS

Author

Agnese, R, Anderson, AJ, Asai, M, Balakishiyeva, D, Thakur, R Basu, Bauer, DA, Beaty, J, Billard, J, Borgland, A, Bowles, MA, Brandt, D, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Cerdeno, DG, Chagani, H, Chen, Y, Cherry, M, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Crewdson, CH, Cushman, P, Daal, M, DeVaney, D, Di Stefano, PCF, Do Couto E Silva, E, Doughty, T, Esteban, L, Fallows, S, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Godfrey, GL, Golwala, SR, Hall, J, Hansen, S, Harris, HR, Hertel, SA, Hines, BA, Hofer, T, Holmgren, D, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Jastram, A, Kamaev, O, Kara, B, Kelsey, MH, Kenany, S, Kennedy, A, Kiveni, M, Koch, K, Leder, A, Loer, B, Asamar, E Lopez, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Martinez, C, McCarthy, KA, Mirabolfathi, N, Moffatt, RA, Nelson, RH, Novak, L, Page, K, Partridge, R, Pepin, M, Phipps, A, Platt, M, Prasad, K, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Redl, P, Reisetter, A, Resch, RW, Ricci, Y, Ruschman, M, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schmitt, RL, Schneck, K, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Seitz, DN, Serfass, B, Shank, B, Speller, D, Tomada, A, Upadhyayula, S, Villano, AN, Welliver, B, Wright, DH, Yellin, S, Yen, JJ, Young, BA, and Zhang, J

Subjects
(SuperCDMS Collaboration), hep-ex, astro-ph.CO, physics.ins-det, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract

We report a first search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using the background rejection capabilities of SuperCDMS. An exposure of 577 kg days was analyzed for WIMPs with mass

Published
2014

11. Search for Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles Using Voltage-Assisted Calorimetric Ionization Detection in the SuperCDMS Experiment

Author

Agnese, R, Anderson, AJ, Asai, M, Balakishiyeva, D, Thakur, R Basu, Bauer, DA, Billard, J, Borgland, A, Bowles, MA, Brandt, D, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Cerdeno, DG, Chagani, H, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Crewdson, CH, Cushman, P, Daal, M, Di Stefano, PCF, Doughty, T, Esteban, L, Fallows, S, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Godfrey, GL, Golwala, SR, Hall, J, Harris, HR, Hertel, SA, Hofer, T, Holmgren, D, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Jastram, A, Kamaev, O, Kara, B, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Kiveni, M, Koch, K, Loer, B, Asamar, E Lopez, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Martinez, C, McCarthy, KA, Mirabolfathi, N, Moffatt, RA, Moore, DC, Nadeau, P, Nelson, RH, Page, K, Partridge, R, Pepin, M, Phipps, A, Prasad, K, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Redl, P, Reisetter, A, Ricci, Y, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schneck, K, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Serfass, B, Shank, B, Speller, D, Villano, AN, Welliver, B, Wright, DH, Yellin, S, Yen, JJ, Young, BA, and Zhang, J

Subjects
(SuperCDMS collaboration), physics.ins-det, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.IM, hep-ex, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract

SuperCDMS is an experiment designed to directly detect weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), a favored candidate for dark matter ubiquitous in the Universe. In this Letter, we present WIMP-search results using a calorimetric technique we call CDMSlite, which relies on voltage-assisted Luke-Neganov amplification of the ionization energy deposited by particle interactions. The data were collected with a single 0.6 kg germanium detector running for ten live days at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. A low energy threshold of 170  eVee (electron equivalent) was obtained, which allows us to constrain new WIMP-nucleon spin-independent parameter space for WIMP masses below 6  GeV/c2.

Published
2014

12. Silicon Detector Dark Matter Results from the Final Exposure of CDMS II

Author

Agnese, R, Ahmed, Z, Anderson, AJ, Arrenberg, S, Balakishiyeva, D, Thakur, R Basu, Bauer, DA, Billard, J, Borgland, A, Brandt, D, Brink, PL, Bruch, T, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Cerdeno, DG, Chagani, H, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Crewdson, CH, Cushman, P, Daal, M, Dejongh, F, do Couto e Silva, E, Doughty, T, Esteban, L, Fallows, S, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Filippini, J, Fox, J, Fritts, M, Godfrey, GL, Golwala, SR, Hall, J, Harris, RH, Hertel, SA, Hofer, T, Holmgren, D, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Jastram, A, Kamaev, O, Kara, B, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Kim, P, Kiveni, M, Koch, K, Kos, M, Leman, SW, Loer, B, Asamar, E Lopez, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Martinez, C, McCarthy, KA, Mirabolfathi, N, Moffatt, RA, Moore, DC, Nadeau, P, Nelson, RH, Page, K, Partridge, R, Pepin, M, Phipps, A, Prasad, K, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Redl, P, Reisetter, A, Ricci, Y, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schneck, K, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Serfass, B, Shank, B, Speller, D, Sundqvist, KM, Villano, AN, Welliver, B, Wright, DH, Yellin, S, Yen, JJ, Yoo, J, Young, BA, and Zhang, J

Subjects
CDMS Collaboration, hep-ex, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.IM, physics.ins-det, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract

We report results of a search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPS) with the silicon detectors of the CDMS II experiment. This blind analysis of 140.2 kg day of data taken between July 2007 and September 2008 revealed three WIMP-candidate events with a surface-event background estimate of 0.41(-0.08)(+0.20)(stat)(-0.24)(+0.28)(syst). Other known backgrounds from neutrons and 206Pb are limited to

Published
2013

13. Demonstration of surface electron rejection with interleaved germanium detectors for dark matter searches

Author

Agnese, R, Anderson, AJ, Balakishiyeva, D, Thakur, R Basu, Bauer, DA, Borgland, A, Brandt, D, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Cerdeno, DG, Chagani, H, Cherry, M, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Crewdson, CH, Cushman, P, Daal, M, Di Stefano, PCF, Do Couto E Silva, E, Doughty, T, Esteban, L, Fallows, S, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Fox, J, Fritts, M, Godfrey, GL, Golwala, SR, Hall, J, Harris, HR, Hasi, J, Hertel, SA, Hines, BA, Hofer, T, Holmgren, D, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Jastram, A, Kamaev, O, Kara, B, Kelsey, MH, Kenany, SA, Kennedy, A, Kenney, CJ, Kiveni, M, Koch, K, Loer, B, Asamar, E Lopez, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Martinez, C, McCarthy, KA, Mirabolfathi, N, Moffatt, RA, Moore, DC, Nadeau, P, Nelson, RH, Novak, L, Page, K, Partridge, R, Pepin, M, Phipps, A, Prasad, K, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Radpour, R, Rau, W, Redl, P, Reisetter, A, Resch, RW, Ricci, Y, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schmitt, R, Schneck, K, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Seitz, D, Serfass, B, Shank, B, Speller, D, Tomada, A, Villano, AN, Welliver, B, Wright, DH, Yellin, S, Yen, JJ, Young, BA, and Zhang, J

Subjects
physics.ins-det, astro-ph.GA, hep-ex, Physical Sciences, Engineering, Technology, Applied Physics
Abstract

The SuperCDMS experiment in the Soudan Underground Laboratory searches for dark matter with a 9-kg array of cryogenic germanium detectors. Symmetric sensors on opposite sides measure both charge and phonons from each particle interaction, providing excellent discrimination between electron and nuclear recoils, and between surface and interior events. Surface event rejection capabilities were tested with two 210Pb sources producing ∼130 beta decays/hr. In ∼800 live hours, no events leaked into the 8-115 keV signal region, giving upper limit leakage fraction 1.7 × 10-5 at 90% C.L., corresponding to < 0.6 surface event background in the future 200-kg SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment. © 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.

Published
2013

14. Silicon detector results from the first five-tower run of CDMS II

Author

Agnese, R, Ahmed, Z, Anderson, AJ, Arrenberg, S, Balakishiyeva, D, Basu Thakur, R, Bauer, DA, Borgland, A, Brandt, D, Brink, PL, Bruch, T, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Cerdeno, DG, Chagani, H, Cooley, J, Cornell, B, Crewdson, CH, Cushman, P, Daal, M, Dejongh, F, Di Stefano, PCF, Do Couto E Silva, E, Doughty, T, Esteban, L, Fallows, S, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Filippini, J, Fox, J, Fritts, M, Godfrey, GL, Golwala, SR, Hall, J, Harris, RH, Hertel, SA, Hofer, T, Holmgren, D, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Jastram, A, Kamaev, O, Kara, B, Kelsey, MH, Kennedy, A, Kim, P, Kiveni, M, Koch, K, Kos, M, Leman, SW, Lopez-Asamar, E, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Martinez, C, McCarthy, KA, Mirabolfathi, N, Moffatt, RA, Moore, DC, Nadeau, P, Nelson, RH, Page, K, Partridge, R, Pepin, M, Phipps, A, Prasad, K, Pyle, M, Qiu, H, Rau, W, Redl, P, Reisetter, A, Ricci, Y, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schneck, K, Schnee, RW, Scorza, S, Serfass, B, Shank, B, Speller, D, Sundqvist, KM, Villano, AN, Welliver, B, Wright, DH, Yellin, S, Yen, JJ, Yoo, J, Young, BA, and Zhang, J

Subjects
astro-ph.CO, hep-ex, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We report results of a search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with the Si detectors of the CDMS II experiment. This report describes a blind analysis of the first data taken with CDMS II's full complement of detectors in 2006-2007; results from this exposure using the Ge detectors have already been presented. We observed no candidate WIMP-scattering events in an exposure of 55.9 kg-days before analysis cuts, with an expected background of ∼1.1 events. The exposure of this analysis is equivalent to 10.3 kg-days over a recoil energy range of 7-100 keV for an ideal Si detector and a WIMP mass of 10 GeV/c2. These data set an upper limit of 1.7×10-41 cm2 on the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross section of a 10 GeV/c2 WIMP. These data exclude parameter space for spin-independent WIMP-nucleon elastic scattering that is relevant to recent searches for low-mass WIMPs. © 2013 American Physical Society.

Published
2013

15. Search for inelastic dark matter with the CDMS II experiment

Author

Ahmed, Z, Akerib, DS, Arrenberg, S, Bailey, CN, Balakishiyeva, D, Baudis, L, Bauer, DA, Brink, PL, Bruch, T, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Cooley, J, do Couto e Silva, E, Cushman, P, Daal, M, DeJongh, F, Di Stefano, P, Dragowsky, MR, Duong, L, Fallows, S, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Filippini, J, Fox, J, Fritts, M, Golwala, SR, Hall, J, Hennings-Yeomans, R, Hertel, SA, Holmgren, D, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Kamaev, O, Kiveni, M, Kos, M, Leman, SW, Liu, S, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, McCarthy, KA, Mirabolfathi, N, Moore, D, Nelson, H, Ogburn, RW, Phipps, A, Pyle, M, Qiu, X, Ramberg, E, Rau, W, Razeti, M, Reisetter, A, Resch, R, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schnee, RW, Seitz, DN, Serfass, B, Sundqvist, KM, Tarka, M, Wikus, P, Yellin, S, Yoo, J, Young, BA, and Zhang, J

Subjects
astro-ph.CO, hep-ex, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Abstract

Results are presented from a reanalysis of the entire five-tower data set acquired with the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) experiment at the Soudan Underground Laboratory, with an exposure of 969 kg-days. The analysis window was extended to a recoil energy of 150 keV, and an improved surface-event background-rejection cut was defined to increase the sensitivity of the experiment to the inelastic dark matter (iDM) model. Three dark matter candidates were found between 25 keV and 150 keV. The probability to observe three or more background events in this energy range is 11%. Because of the occurrence of these events, the constraints on the iDM parameter space are slightly less stringent than those from our previous analysis, which used an energy window of 10-100 keV. © 2011 American Physical Society.

Published
2011

16. Results from a Low-Energy Analysis of the CDMS II Germanium Data

Author

Ahmed, Z, Akerib, DS, Arrenberg, S, Bailey, CN, Balakishiyeva, D, Baudis, L, Bauer, DA, Brink, PL, Bruch, T, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Cooley, J, do Couto e Silva, E, Cushman, P, Daal, M, DeJongh, F, Di Stefano, P, Dragowsky, MR, Duong, L, Fallows, S, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Filippini, J, Fox, J, Fritts, M, Golwala, SR, Hall, J, Hennings-Yeomans, R, Hertel, SA, Holmgren, D, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Kamaev, O, Kiveni, M, Kos, M, Leman, SW, Liu, S, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, McCarthy, KA, Mirabolfathi, N, Moore, D, Nelson, H, Ogburn, RW, Phipps, A, Pyle, M, Qiu, X, Ramberg, E, Rau, W, Reisetter, A, Resch, R, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schnee, RW, Seitz, DN, Serfass, B, Sundqvist, KM, Tarka, M, Wikus, P, Yellin, S, Yoo, J, Young, BA, and Zhang, J

Subjects
CDMS Collaboration, astro-ph.CO, hep-ex, Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, General Physics
Abstract

We report results from a reanalysis of data from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) experiment at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. Data taken between October 2006 and September 2008 using eight germanium detectors are reanalyzed with a lowered, 2 keV recoil-energy threshold, to give increased sensitivity to interactions from weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with masses below ∼10  GeV/c(2). This analysis provides stronger constraints than previous CDMS II results for WIMP masses below 9  GeV/c(2) and excludes parameter space associated with possible low-mass WIMP signals from the DAMA/LIBRA and CoGeNT experiments.

Published
2011

17. Low-threshold analysis of CDMS shallow-site data

Author

Akerib, DS, Attisha, MJ, Baudis, L, Bauer, DA, Bolozdynya, AI, Brink, PL, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Chang, CL, Clarke, RM, Cooley, J, Crisler, MB, Cushman, P, Dejongh, F, Dixon, R, Driscoll, DD, Filippini, J, Funkhouser, S, Gaitskell, RJ, Golwala, SR, Holmgren, D, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Kamat, S, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Meunier, P, Mirabolfathi, N, Moore, D, Nam, SW, Nelson, H, Ogburn, RW, Qiu, X, Rau, W, Reisetter, A, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Savage, C, Schnee, RW, Seitz, DN, Shutt, TA, Wang, G, Yellin, S, Yoo, J, and Young, BA

Subjects
astro-ph.CO, hep-ex, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

Data taken during the final shallow-site run of the first tower of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) detectors have been reanalyzed with improved sensitivity to small energy depositions. Four ∼224g germanium and two ∼105g silicon detectors were operated at the Stanford Underground Facility (SUF) between December 2001 and June 2002, yielding 118 live days of raw exposure. Three of the germanium and both silicon detectors were analyzed with a new low-threshold technique, making it possible to lower the germanium and silicon analysis thresholds down to the actual trigger thresholds of ∼1 and ∼2keV, respectively. Limits on the spin-independent cross section for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) to elastically scatter from nuclei based on these data exclude interesting parameter space for WIMPs with masses below 9GeV/c2. Under standard halo assumptions, these data partially exclude parameter space favored by interpretations of the DAMA/LIBRA and CoGeNT experiments' data as WIMP signals, and exclude new parameter space for WIMP masses between 3 and 4GeV/c2. © 2010 The American Physical Society.

Published
2010

18. Analysis of the low-energy electron-recoil spectrum of the CDMS experiment

Author

Ahmed, Z, Akerib, DS, Arrenberg, S, Bailey, CN, Balakishiyeva, D, Baudis, L, Bauer, DA, Beaty, J, Brink, PL, Bruch, T, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Cooley, J, Cushman, P, Dejongh, F, Dragowsky, MR, Duong, L, Figueroa-Feliciano, E, Filippini, J, Fritts, M, Golwala, SR, Grant, DR, Hall, J, Hennings-Yeomans, R, Hertel, S, Holmgren, D, Hsu, L, Huber, ME, Kamaev, O, Kiveni, M, Kos, M, Leman, SW, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Moore, D, McCarthy, KA, Mirabolfathi, N, Nelson, H, Ogburn, RW, Pyle, M, Qiu, X, Ramberg, E, Rau, W, Reisetter, A, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Schnee, RW, Seitz, DN, Serfass, B, Sundqvist, KM, Wang, G, Wikus, P, Yellin, S, Yoo, J, and Young, BA

Subjects
astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.CO, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Quantum Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Abstract

We report on the analysis of the low-energy electron-recoil spectrum from the CDMS II experiment using data with an exposure of 443.2 kg-days. The analysis provides details on the observed counting rate and possible background sources in the energy range of 2-8.5 keV. We find no significant excess of a peaked contribution to the total counting rate above the background model, and compare this observation to the recent DAMA results. In the framework of a conversion of a dark matter particle into electromagnetic energy, our 90% confidence level upper limit of 0.246events/kg/day at 3.15 keV is lower than the total rate above background observed by DAMA. In absence of any specific particle physics model to provide the scaling in cross section between NaI and Ge, we assume a Z2 scaling. With this assumption the observed rate in DAMA remains higher than the upper limit in CDMS. Under the conservative assumption that the modulation amplitude is 6% of the total rate we obtain upper limits on the modulation amplitude a factor of ∼2 lower than observed by DAMA, constraining some possible interpretations of this modulation. © 2010 The American Physical Society.

Published
2010

19. Preliminary limits on the WIMP-nucleon cross section from the cryogenic dark matter search (CDMS)

Author

Akerib, DS, Barnes, PD, Bauer, DA, Brink, PL, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Clarke, RM, Da Silva, A, Davies, AK, Dougherty, BL, Irwin, KD, Gaitskell, RJ, Golwala, SR, Haller, EE, Jochum, J, Knowlton, WB, Kuzminov, V, Nam, SW, Novikov, V, Penn, MJ, Perera, TA, Ross, RR, Sadoulet, B, Schnee, RW, Shutt, T, Smith, A, Sonneschein, AH, Spadafora, AL, Stockwell, WK, Yellin, S, and Young, BA

Subjects
astro-ph
Abstract

We are conducting an experiment to search for WIMPs, or weakly-interacting massive particles, in the galactic halo using terrestrial detectors. This generic class of hypothetical particles, whose properties are similar to those predicted by extensions of the standard model of particle physics, could comprise the cold component of non-baryonic dark matter. We describe our experiment, which is based on cooled germanium and silicon detectors in a shielded low-background cryostat. The detectors achieve a high degree of background rejection through the simultaneous measurement of the energy in phonons and ionization. Using exposures on the order of one kilogram-day from initial runs of our experiment, we have achieved (preliminary) upper limits on the WIMP-nucleon cross section that are comparable to much longer runs of other experiments.

Published
1999

21. Dark matter effective field theory scattering in direct detection experiments

Author

Schneck, K., Cabrera, B., Cerdeno, D. G., Mandic, V., Rogers, H. E., Agnese, R., Anderson, A. J., Asai, M., Balakishiyeva, D., Barker, D., Basu Thakur, R., Bauer, D. A., Billard, J., Borgland, A., Brandt, D., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Caldwell, D. O., Calkins, R., Chagani, H., Chen, Y., Cooley, J., Cornell, B., Crewdson, C. H., Cushman, P., Daal, M., Di Stefano, P. C. F., Doughty, T., Esteban, L., Fallows, S., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Godfrey, G. L., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Harris, H. R., Hofer, T., Holmgren, D., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Jardin, D. M., Jastram, A., Kamaev, O., Kara, B., Kelsey, M. H., Kennedy, A., Leder, A., Loer, B., Lopez Asamar, E., Lukens, P., Mahapatra, R., McCarthy, K. A., Mirabolfathi, N., Moffatt, R. A., Morales Mendoza, J. D., Oser, S. M., Page, K., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Pepin, M., Phipps, A., Prasad, K., Pyle, M., Qiu, H., Rau, W., Redl, P., Reisetter, A., Ricci, Y., Roberts, A., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Serfass, B., Shank, B., Speller, D., Toback, D., Upadhyayula, S., Villano, A. N., Welliver, B., Wilson, J. S., Wright, D. H., Yang, X., Yellin, S., Yen, J. J., Young, B. A., Zhang, J., (SuperCDMS Collaboration), and UAM. Departamento de Física Teórica

Subjects
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Dark matter, Nuclear Theory, Scalar field dark matter, FOS: Physical sciences, Parameter space, Atomic, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Particle and Plasma Physics, 0103 physical sciences, Effective field theory, Nuclear, 010306 general physics, Interval method, Physics, Coupling constant, Quantum Physics, hep-ex, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Scattering, Molecular, Física, hep-ph, Nuclear & Particles Physics, 3. Good health, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Weakly interacting massive particles, astro-ph.CO, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

Artículo escrito por un elevado número de autores, solo se referencian el que aparece en primer lugar, el nombre del grupo de colaboración, si le hubiere, y los autores pertenecientes a la UAM, We examine the consequences of the effective field theory (EFT) of dark matter-nucleon scattering for current and proposed direct detection experiments. Exclusion limits on EFT coupling constants computed using the optimum interval method are presented for SuperCDMS Soudan, CDMS II, and LUX, and the necessity of combining results from multiple experiments in order to determine dark matter parameters is discussed. We demonstrate that spectral differences between the standard dark matter model and a general EFT interaction can produce a bias when calculating exclusion limits and when developing signal models for likelihood and machine learning techniques. We also discuss the implications of the EFT for the next-generation (G2) direct detection experiments and point out regions of complementarity in the EFT parameter space, The authors gratefully acknowledge Liam Fitzpatrick, Wick Haxton, and Tim Tait for helpful conversations. This work is supported in part by the National Science Foundation, by the United States Department of Energy, by NSERC Canada, and by MultiDark (Spanish MINECO). Fermilab is operated by the Fermi Research Alliance, LLC under Contract No. De-AC02-07CH11359. SLAC is operated under Contract No. DE-AC02- 76SF00515 with the United States Department of Energy

Published
2015

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