The XENON10 WIMP Direct Detection Search at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory

Journal Article · Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3232183· OSTI ID:21322893

Manalaysay, Aaron ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 (United States) and Physics Institute, University of Zuerich, Zuerich, CH-8057 (Switzerland)

The direct detection search for WIMPs with the XENON10 detector has produced among the best results in the field to date. The detector is a dual-phase liquid xenon time projection chamber, capable of 3-D position reconstruction and nuclear recoil discrimination. We summarize 58.6 live-days of WIMP search data collected at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory (LNGS) in Italy. With this data we have been able to set stringent upper limits on the spin-dependent and spin-independent WIMP scattering cross sections, in addition to a lower limit of 2.2 TeV/c{sup 2} on the mass of the heavy Majorana neutrino.

• OSTI ID: 21322893
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1166, Issue 1; Conference: 8. UCLA symposium on sources and detection of dark matter and dark energy in the Universe, Marina del Rey, CA (United States), 20-22 Feb 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3232183; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CROSS SECTIONS
LIMITING VALUES
NEUTRINOS
NONLUMINOUS MATTER
PARTICLE DISCRIMINATION
POSTULATED PARTICLES
RECOILS
REST MASS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SPIN
TEV RANGE
TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS
UNDERGROUND
XENON