Towards Direct Detection of WIMPs with the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search

Journal Article · Wed Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3327773· OSTI ID:21371652

Figueroa-Feliciano, E ^[1]

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1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 (United States)

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) is carrying out a direct detection search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), one of the favored candidates for dark matter. Our latest data has placed some of the most stringent limits on the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross section of 6.6x10{sup -44} cm{sup 2} for 60 GeV WIMPs at the 90% confidence level. This paper describes our experiment and our latest results; the status of SuperCDMS Soudan, a new experiment at the Soudan mine in Minnesota that will achieve a sensitivity of 5x10{sup -45} cm{sup 2} our plans for SuperCDMS SNOLAB, a 100 kg experiment with a projected sensitivity of 3x10{sup -46} cm{sup 2}; and GEODM, a ton-scale experiment at DUSEL with a projected sensitivity of 2x10{sup -47} cm{sup 2}.

• OSTI ID: 21371652
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1200, Issue 1; Conference: SUSY09: 17. international conference on supersymmetry and the unification of fundamental interactions, Boston, MA (United States), 5-10 Jun 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3327773; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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