Limits on Interactions between Weakly Interacting Massive Particles and Nucleons Obtained with NaI(Tl) crystal Detectors

Autor: Kim, K. W., Adhikari, G., Adhikari, P., Choi, S., Ha, C., Hahn, I. S., Jeon, E. J., Joo, H. W., Kang, W. G., Kim, H. J., Kim, N. Y., Kim, S. K., Kim, Y. D., Kim, Y. H., Ko, Y. J., Lee, H. S., Lee, J. S., Lee, J. Y., Lee, M. H., Leonard, D. S., Olsen, S. L., Park, B. J., Park, H. K., Park, H. S., Park, K. S.
Rok vydání: 2018
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2019)194
Popis: Limits on the cross section for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) scattering off nucleons in the NaI(Tl) detectors at the Yangyang Underground Laboratory are obtained with a 2967.4 kg*day data exposure. Nuclei recoiling are identified by the pulse shape of scintillating photon signals. Data are consistent with no nuclear recoil hypothesis, and 90% confidence level upper limits are set. These limits partially exclude the DAMA/LIBRA region of WIMP-sodium interaction with the same NaI(Tl) target detector. This 90% confidence level upper limit on WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross section is 3.26*10^-4 pb for a WIMP mass at 10 GeV/c^2.
Databáze: arXiv