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

Agnese, R.; Ahmed, Z.; Anderson, A.J.; Arrenberg, S.; Balakishiyeva, D.; Basu Thakur, R.; Bauer, D.A.; Borgland, A.; Brandt, D.; Brink, P.L.; Bruch, T.; Bunker, R.; Cabrera, B.; Caldwell, D.O.; Cerdeno, D.G.; Chagani, H.; Cooley, J.; Cornell, B.; Crewdson, C.H.; Cushman, P.; Daal, M.; Dejongh, F.; Di Stefano, P.C.F.; do Couto e Silva, E.; Doughty, T.; Esteban, L.; Fallows, S.; Figueroa-Feliciano, E.; Filippini, J.; Fox, J.; Fritts, M.; Godfrey, G.L.; Golwala, S.R.; Hall, J.; Harris, R.H.; Hertel, S.A.; Hofer, T.; Holmgren, D.; Hsu, L.; Huber, M.E.; Jastram, A.; Kamaev, O.; Kara, B.; Kelsey, M.H.; Kennedy, A.; Kim, P.; Kiveni, M.; Koch, K.; Kos, M.; Leman, S.W.; Lopez-Asamar, E.; Mahapatra, R.; Mandic, V.; Martinez, C.; McCarthy, K.A.; Mirabolfathi, N.; Moffatt, R.A.; Moore, D.C.; Nadeau, P.; Nelson, R.H.; 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, R.W.; Scorza, S.; Serfass, B.; Shank, B.; Speller, D.; Sundqvist, K.M.; Villano, A.N.; Welliver, B.; Wright, D.H.; Yellin, S.; Yen, J.J.; Yoo, J.; Young, B.A.; Zhang, J.

doi:10.1103/physrevd.88.031104

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

Agnese, R.; Ahmed, Z.; Anderson, A.J.; Arrenberg, S.; Balakishiyeva, D.; Basu Thakur, R.; Bauer, D.A.; Borgland, A.; Brandt, D.; Brink, P.L.; Bruch, T.; Bunker, R.; Cabrera, B.; Caldwell, D.O.; Cerdeno, D.G.; Chagani, H.; Cooley, J.; Cornell, B.; Crewdson, C.H.; Cushman, P.; Daal, M.; Dejongh, F.; Di Stefano, P.C.F.; do Couto e Silva, E.; Doughty, T.; Esteban, L.; Fallows, S.; Figueroa-Feliciano, E.; Filippini, J.; Fox, J.; Fritts, M.; Godfrey, G.L.; Golwala, S.R.; Hall, J.; Harris, R.H.; Hertel, S.A.; Hofer, T.; Holmgren, D.; Hsu, L.; Huber, M.E.; Jastram, A.; Kamaev, O.; Kara, B.; Kelsey, M.H.; Kennedy, A.; Kim, P.; Kiveni, M.; Koch, K.; Kos, M.; Leman, S.W.; Lopez-Asamar, E.; Mahapatra, R.; Mandic, V.; Martinez, C.; McCarthy, K.A.; Mirabolfathi, N.; Moffatt, R.A.; Moore, D.C.; Nadeau, P.; Nelson, R.H.; 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, R....

Authors

R. Agnese

Z. Ahmed

A.J. Anderson

S. Arrenberg

D. Balakishiyeva

R. Basu Thakur

D.A. Bauer

A. Borgland

D. Brandt

P.L. Brink

T. Bruch

R. Bunker

B. Cabrera

D.O. Caldwell

D.G. Cerdeno

H. Chagani

J. Cooley

B. Cornell

C.H. Crewdson

P. Cushman

M. Daal

F. Dejongh

P.C.F. Di Stefano

E. do Couto e Silva

T. Doughty

L. Esteban

S. Fallows

E. Figueroa-Feliciano

J. Filippini

J. Fox

M. Fritts

G.L. Godfrey

S.R. Golwala

J. Hall

R.H. Harris

S.A. Hertel

T. Hofer

D. Holmgren

L. Hsu

M.E. Huber

A. Jastram

O. Kamaev

B. Kara

M.H. Kelsey

A. Kennedy

P. Kim

M. Kiveni

K. Koch

M. Kos

S.W. Leman

E. Lopez-Asamar

R. Mahapatra

V. Mandic

C. Martinez

K.A. McCarthy

N. Mirabolfathi

R.A. Moffatt

D.C. Moore

P. Nadeau

R.H. Nelson

K. Page

R. Partridge

M. Pepin

A. Phipps

K. Prasad

M. Pyle

H. Qiu

W. Rau

P. Redl

A. Reisetter

Y. Ricci

T. Saab

B. Sadoulet

J. Sander

K. Schneck

R.W. Schnee

S. Scorza

B. Serfass

B. Shank

D. Speller

K.M. Sundqvist

A.N. Villano

B. Welliver

D.H. Wright

S. Yellin

J.J. Yen

J. Yoo

B.A. Young

J. Zhang

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/c 2 . These data set an upper limit of 1.7×10 −41 cm 2 on the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross section of a 10 GeV/c 2 WIMP. These data exclude parameter space for spin-independent WIMP-nucleon elastic scattering that is relevant to recent searches for low-mass WIMPs.

Citation

Agnese, R., Ahmed, Z., Anderson, A., Arrenberg, S., Balakishiyeva, D., Basu Thakur, R., …Zhang, J. (2013). Silicon detector results from the first five-tower run of CDMS II. Physical Review D, 88(3), Article 031104(R). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.88.031104

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Aug 27, 2013
Online Publication Date	Aug 27, 2013
Publication Date	Aug 27, 2013
Deposit Date	Nov 27, 2016
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology
Print ISSN	1550-7998
Electronic ISSN	1550-2368
Publisher	American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	88
Issue	3
Article Number	031104(R)
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.88.031104
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1392374
Related Public URLs	https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.3706