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Title: Dark Matter Search Results from the PICO - 60 C 3 F 8 Bubble Chamber

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters

New results are reported from the operation of the PICO-60 dark matter detector, a bubble chamber filled with 52 kg of C3F8 located in the SNOLAB underground laboratory. As in previous PICO bubble chambers, PICO-60 C3F8 exhibits excellent electron recoil and alpha decay rejection, and the observed multiple-scattering neutron rate indicates a single-scatter neutron background of less than one event per month. A blind analysis of an efficiency-corrected 1167-kg day exposure at a 3.3-keV thermodynamic threshold reveals no single-scattering nuclear recoil candidates, consistent with the predicted background. In conclusion, these results set the most stringent direct-detection constraint to date on the weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP)-proton spin-dependent cross section at 3.4×10-41 cm2 for a 30-GeV c-2 WIMP, more than 1 order of magnitude improvement from previous PICO results.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Contributing Organization:
PICO Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359; SC0012161; AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1346355
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1366336
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-17-058-AE-PPD; arXiv:1702.07666; PRLTAO; 1515011
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 118, Issue 25; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 229 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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