Exclusion Limits on the WIMP-Nucleon Cross-Section from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search
Astrophysics
2012-08-27 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) employs Ge and Si detectors to search for WIMPs via their elastic-scattering interactions with nuclei while discriminating against interactions of background particles. CDMS data give limits on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon elastic-scattering cross-section that exclude unexplored parameter space above 10 GeV c^{-2} WIMP mass and, at > 84% CL, the entire 3 allowed region for the WIMP signal reported by the DAMA experiment.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0002471,
title = {Exclusion Limits on the WIMP-Nucleon Cross-Section from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search},
author = {CDMS Collaboration},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0002471},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
10 pages, 4 figures, submitted to PRL, references added, formatting changes