Search for Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles with SuperCDMS
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 < 30 GeV/c[superscript 2], with the signal region blinded. Eleven events were observed after unblinding....
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| author | Agnese, R. Asai, M. Balakishiyeva, D. Basu Thakur, R. Bauer, D. A. Beaty, J. Borgland, A. Bowles, M. A. Brandt, D. Brink, P. L. Bunker, R. Cabrera, B. Caldwell, D. O. Cerdeno, D. G. Chagani, H. Chen, Y. Cherry, M. Cooley, J. Cornell, B. Crewdson, C. H. Cushman, P. Daal, M. DeVaney, D. Di Stefano, P. C. F. Silva, E. Do Couto E Doughty, T. Esteban, L. Fallows, S. Godfrey, G. L. Golwala, S. R. Hall, J. Hansen, S. Harris, H. R. Hertel, Scott Alexander Hines, B. A. Hofer, T. Holmgren, D. Hsu, L. Huber, M. E. Jastram, A. Kamaev, O. Kara, B. Kelsey, M. H. Kenany, S. Kennedy, A. Kiveni, M. Koch, K. Loer, B. Lopez Asamar, E. Mahapatra, R. Mandic, V. Martinez, C. McCarthy, Kevin Ahmad Mirabolfathi, N. Moffatt, R. A. Nelson, R. H. 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, R. W. Ricci, Y. Ruschman, M. Saab, T. Sadoulet, B. Sander, J. Schmitt, R. L. Schneck, K. Schnee, R. W. Scorza, S. Seitz, D. N. Serfass, B. Shank, B. Speller, D. Tomada, A. Upadhyayula, S. Villano, A. N. Welliver, B. Wright, D. H. Yellin, S. Yen, J. J. Young, B. A. Zhang, J. Anderson, Adam Jonathan Billard, Julien Figueroa-Feliciano, Enectali Leder, Alexander Friedrich McCarthy, Kevin Ahmad |
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| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Agnese, R. Asai, M. Balakishiyeva, D. Basu Thakur, R. Bauer, D. A. Beaty, J. Borgland, A. Bowles, M. A. Brandt, D. Brink, P. L. Bunker, R. Cabrera, B. Caldwell, D. O. Cerdeno, D. G. Chagani, H. Chen, Y. Cherry, M. Cooley, J. Cornell, B. Crewdson, C. H. Cushman, P. Daal, M. DeVaney, D. Di Stefano, P. C. F. Silva, E. Do Couto E Doughty, T. Esteban, L. Fallows, S. Godfrey, G. L. Golwala, S. R. Hall, J. Hansen, S. Harris, H. R. Hertel, Scott Alexander Hines, B. A. Hofer, T. Holmgren, D. Hsu, L. Huber, M. E. Jastram, A. Kamaev, O. Kara, B. Kelsey, M. H. Kenany, S. Kennedy, A. Kiveni, M. Koch, K. Loer, B. Lopez Asamar, E. Mahapatra, R. Mandic, V. Martinez, C. McCarthy, Kevin Ahmad Mirabolfathi, N. Moffatt, R. A. Nelson, R. H. 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, R. W. Ricci, Y. Ruschman, M. Saab, T. Sadoulet, B. Sander, J. Schmitt, R. L. Schneck, K. Schnee, R. W. Scorza, S. Seitz, D. N. Serfass, B. Shank, B. Speller, D. Tomada, A. Upadhyayula, S. Villano, A. N. Welliver, B. Wright, D. H. Yellin, S. Yen, J. J. Young, B. A. Zhang, J. Anderson, Adam Jonathan Billard, Julien Figueroa-Feliciano, Enectali Leder, Alexander Friedrich McCarthy, Kevin Ahmad |
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| description | 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 < 30 GeV/c[superscript 2], with the signal region blinded. Eleven events were observed after unblinding. We set an upper limit on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross section of 1.2 × 10[superscript −42] cm[superscript 2] at 8 GeV/c[superscript 2]. This result is in tension with WIMP interpretations of recent experiments and probes new parameter space for WIMP-nucleon scattering for WIMP masses <6 GeV/c[superscript 2]. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/886452022-09-26T10:52:51Z Search for Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles with SuperCDMS Agnese, R. Asai, M. Balakishiyeva, D. Basu Thakur, R. Bauer, D. A. Beaty, J. Borgland, A. Bowles, M. A. Brandt, D. Brink, P. L. Bunker, R. Cabrera, B. Caldwell, D. O. Cerdeno, D. G. Chagani, H. Chen, Y. Cherry, M. Cooley, J. Cornell, B. Crewdson, C. H. Cushman, P. Daal, M. DeVaney, D. Di Stefano, P. C. F. Silva, E. Do Couto E Doughty, T. Esteban, L. Fallows, S. Godfrey, G. L. Golwala, S. R. Hall, J. Hansen, S. Harris, H. R. Hertel, Scott Alexander Hines, B. A. Hofer, T. Holmgren, D. Hsu, L. Huber, M. E. Jastram, A. Kamaev, O. Kara, B. Kelsey, M. H. Kenany, S. Kennedy, A. Kiveni, M. Koch, K. Loer, B. Lopez Asamar, E. Mahapatra, R. Mandic, V. Martinez, C. McCarthy, Kevin Ahmad Mirabolfathi, N. Moffatt, R. A. Nelson, R. H. 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, R. W. Ricci, Y. Ruschman, M. Saab, T. Sadoulet, B. Sander, J. Schmitt, R. L. Schneck, K. Schnee, R. W. Scorza, S. Seitz, D. N. Serfass, B. Shank, B. Speller, D. Tomada, A. Upadhyayula, S. Villano, A. N. Welliver, B. Wright, D. H. Yellin, S. Yen, J. J. Young, B. A. Zhang, J. Anderson, Adam Jonathan Billard, Julien Figueroa-Feliciano, Enectali Leder, Alexander Friedrich McCarthy, Kevin Ahmad Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Anderson, Adam Jonathan Billard, Julien Figueroa-Feliciano, Enectali Hertel, Scott Alexander Leder, Alexander Friedrich McCarthy, Kevin Ahmad 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 < 30 GeV/c[superscript 2], with the signal region blinded. Eleven events were observed after unblinding. We set an upper limit on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross section of 1.2 × 10[superscript −42] cm[superscript 2] at 8 GeV/c[superscript 2]. This result is in tension with WIMP interpretations of recent experiments and probes new parameter space for WIMP-nucleon scattering for WIMP masses <6 GeV/c[superscript 2]. National Science Foundation (U.S.) United States. Dept. of Energy 2014-08-08T19:27:40Z 2014-08-08T19:27:40Z 2014-06 2014-05 2014-07-23T20:47:37Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0031-9007 1079-7114 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88645 Agnese, R., A. J. Anderson, M. Asai, D. Balakishiyeva, R. Basu Thakur, D. A. Bauer, J. Beaty, et al. “Search for Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles with SuperCDMS.” Physical Review Letters 112, no. 24 (June 2014). © 2014 American Physical Society https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1429-1104 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4435-4623 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9285-5556 en http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.241302 Physical Review Letters Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. American Physical Society application/pdf American Physical Society American Physical Society |
| spellingShingle | Agnese, R. Asai, M. Balakishiyeva, D. Basu Thakur, R. Bauer, D. A. Beaty, J. Borgland, A. Bowles, M. A. Brandt, D. Brink, P. L. Bunker, R. Cabrera, B. Caldwell, D. O. Cerdeno, D. G. Chagani, H. Chen, Y. Cherry, M. Cooley, J. Cornell, B. Crewdson, C. H. Cushman, P. Daal, M. DeVaney, D. Di Stefano, P. C. F. Silva, E. Do Couto E Doughty, T. Esteban, L. Fallows, S. Godfrey, G. L. Golwala, S. R. Hall, J. Hansen, S. Harris, H. R. Hertel, Scott Alexander Hines, B. A. Hofer, T. Holmgren, D. Hsu, L. Huber, M. E. Jastram, A. Kamaev, O. Kara, B. Kelsey, M. H. Kenany, S. Kennedy, A. Kiveni, M. Koch, K. Loer, B. Lopez Asamar, E. Mahapatra, R. Mandic, V. Martinez, C. McCarthy, Kevin Ahmad Mirabolfathi, N. Moffatt, R. A. Nelson, R. H. 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, R. W. Ricci, Y. Ruschman, M. Saab, T. Sadoulet, B. Sander, J. Schmitt, R. L. Schneck, K. Schnee, R. W. Scorza, S. Seitz, D. N. Serfass, B. Shank, B. Speller, D. Tomada, A. Upadhyayula, S. Villano, A. N. Welliver, B. Wright, D. H. Yellin, S. Yen, J. J. Young, B. A. Zhang, J. Anderson, Adam Jonathan Billard, Julien Figueroa-Feliciano, Enectali Leder, Alexander Friedrich McCarthy, Kevin Ahmad Search for Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles with SuperCDMS |
| title | Search for Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles with SuperCDMS |
| title_full | Search for Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles with SuperCDMS |
| title_fullStr | Search for Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles with SuperCDMS |
| title_full_unstemmed | Search for Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles with SuperCDMS |
| title_short | Search for Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles with SuperCDMS |
| title_sort | search for low mass weakly interacting massive particles with supercdms |
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