Nuclear-recoil energy scale in CDMS II silicon dark-matter detectors

Autor: Agnese, R., Anderson, A. J., Aramaki, T., Baker, W., Balakishiyeva, D., Banik, S., Barker, D., Thakur, R. Basu, Bauer, D. A., Binder, T., Borgland, A., Bowles, M. A., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Caldwell, D. O., Calkins, R., Cartaro, C., Cerdeno, D. G., Chagani, H., Chang, Y. -Y., Chen, Y., Cooley, J., Cornell, B., Cushman, P., Daal, M., Doughty, T., Dragowsky, E. M., Esteban, L., Fallows, S., Fascione, E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fritts, M., Gerbier, G., Germond, R., Ghaith, M., Godfrey, G. L., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Harris, H. R., Holmgren, D., Hong, Z., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Jardin, D., Jastram, A., Jena, C., Kelsey, M. H., Kennedy, A., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Leder, A., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., MacDonell, D., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., McCarthy, K. A., Miller, E. H., Mirabolfathi, N., Moffatt, R. A., Mohanty, B., Moore, D., Mendoza, J. D. Morales, Nelson, J., Oser, S. M., Page, K., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Martinez, M. Penalver, Pepin, M., Phipps, A., Poudel, S., Pyle, M., Qiu, H., Rau, W., Redl, P., Reisetter, A., Roberts, A., Rogers, H. E., Robinson, A. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Schneck, K., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Senapati, K., Serfass, B., Speller, D., Di Stefano, P. C. F., Stein, M., Street, J., Tanaka, H. A., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Welliver, B., Wilson, J. S., Wilson, M. J., Wright, D. H., Yellin, S., Yen, J. J., Young, B. A., Zhang, X., Zhao, X.

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) experiment aims to detect dark matter particles that elastically scatter from nuclei in semiconductor detectors. The resulting nuclear-recoil energy depositions are detected by ionization and phonon sensors.

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1803.02903

Low-Mass Dark Matter Search with CDMSlite

Autor: SuperCDMS Collaboration, Agnese, R., Anderson, A. J., Aralis, T., Aramaki, T., Arnquist, I. J., Baker, W., Balakishiyeva, D., Barker, D., Thakur, R. Basu, Bauer, D. A., Binder, T., Bowles, M. A., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Caldwell, D. O., Calkins, R., Cartaro, C., Cerdeno, D. G., Chang, Y., Chagani, H., Chen, Y., Cooley, J., Cornell, B., Cushman, P., Daal, M., Di Stefano, P. C. F., Doughty, T., Esteban, L., Fascione, E., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Fritts, M., Gerbier, G., Ghaith, M., Godfrey, G. L., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Harris, H. R., Hong, Z., Hoppe, E. W., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Iyer, V., Jardin, D., Jastram, A., Jena, C., Kelsey, M. H., Kennedy, A., Kubik, A., Kurinsky, N. A., Leder, A., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., MacDonell, D., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., Miller, E. H., Mirabolfathi, N., Moffatt, R. A., Mohanty, B., Mendoza, J. D. Morales, Nelson, J., Orrell, J. L., Oser, S. M., Page, K., Page, W. A., Partridge, R., Pepin, M., Martinez, M. Penalver, Phipps, A., Poudel, S., Pyle, M., Qiu, H., Rau, W., Redl, P., Reisetter, A., Reynolds, T., Roberts, A., Robinson, A. E., Rogers, H. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Schneck, K., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Senapati, K., Serfass, B., Speller, D., Stein, M., Street, J., Tanaka, H. A., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Villano, A. N., von Krosigk, B., Welliver, B., Wilson, J. S., Wilson, M. J, Wright, D. H., Yellin, S., Yen, J. J., Young, B. A., Zhang, X., Zhao, X.

Publikováno v: Phys. Rev. D 97, 022002 (2018)

The SuperCDMS experiment is designed to directly detect weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) that may constitute the dark matter in our Galaxy. During its operation at the Soudan Underground Laboratory, germanium detectors were run in the CDM

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1707.01632

WIMP-Search Results from the Second CDMSlite Run

Autor: SuperCDMS Collaboration, Agnese, R., Anderson, A. J., Aramaki, T., Asai, M., Baker, W., Balakishiyeva, D., Barker, D., Thakur, R. Basu, Bauer, D. A., Billard, J., Borgland, A., Bowles, M. A., Brink, P. L., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Caldwell, D. O., Calkins, R., Cerdeno, D. G., Chagani, H., Chen, Y., Cooley, J., Cornell, B., Cushman, P., Daal, M., Di Stefano, P. C. F., Doughty, T., Esteban, L., Fallows, S., Figueroa-Feliciano, E., Ghaith, M., Godfrey, G. L., Golwala, S. R., Hall, J., Harris, H. R., Hofer, T., Holmgren, D., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Jardin, D., Jastram, A., Kamaev, O., Kara, B., Kelsey, M. H., Kennedy, A., Leder, A., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Mast, N., Mirabolfathi, N., Moffatt, R. A., Mendoza, J. D. Morales, 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., Rogers, H. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Schneck, K., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Serfass, B., Shank, B., Speller, D., Toback, D., Underwood, R., Upadhyayula, S., Villano, A. N., Welliver, B., Wilson, J. S., Wright, D. H., Yellin, S., Yen, J. J., Young, B. A., Zhang, J.

Publikováno v: Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 071301 (2016)

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 f

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1509.02448

Dark matter effective field theory scattering in direct detection experiments

Autor: Schneck, K., Cabrera, B., Cerdeno, D. G., Mandic, V., Rogers, H. E., Agnese, R., Anderson, A. J., Asai, M., Balakishiyeva, D., Barker, D., Thakur, R. Basu, 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., Asamar, E. Lopez, Lukens, P., Mahapatra, R., McCarthy, K. A., Mirabolfathi, N., Moffatt, R. A., Mendoza, J. D. Morales, 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.

Publikováno v: Phys. Rev. D 91, 092004 (2015)

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 present

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.03379

First direct limits on Lightly Ionizing Particles with electric charge less than $e/6$

Autor: Agnese, R., Anderson, A. J., Balakishiyeva, D., Thakur, R. Basu, Bauer, D. A., Billard, 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., 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., Hertel, S. A., Hofer, T., Holmgren, D., Hsu, L., Huber, M. E., Jastram, A., Kamaev, O., Kara, B., Kelsey, M. H., Kennedy, A., Kiveni, M., Koch, K., Leder, A., Loer, B., Asamar, E. Lopez, Mahapatra, R., Mandic, V., Martinez, C., McCarthy, K. A., Mirabolfathi, N., Moffatt, R. A., Moore, D. C., Nelson, H., Nelson, R. H., Ogburn, R. W., 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., Rogers, H. E., Saab, T., Sadoulet, B., Sander, J., Schneck, K., Schnee, R. W., Scorza, S., Serfass, B., Shank, B., Speller, D., Upadhyayula, S., Villano, A. N., Welliver, B., Wright, D. H., Yellin, S., Yen, J. J., Young, B. A., Zhang, J.

Publikováno v: Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 111302 (2015)

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

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.3270