Improved WIMP-search reach of the CDMS II germanium data

Agnese, R.; Anderson, A.  J.; Asai, M.; Balakishiyeva, D.; Barker, D.; Basu Thakur, R.; Bauer, D.  A.; Billard, J.; Borgland, A.; Bowles, M.  A.; Brandt, D.; Brink, P.  L.; Bunker, R.; Cabrera, B.; Caldwell, D.  O.; Calkins, R.; Cerdeño, D.  G.; Chagani, H.; Chen, Y.; Cooley, J.; Cornell, B.; Crewdson, C.  H.; Cushman, P.; Daal, M.; Di Stefano, P.  C. F.; Doughty, T.; Esteban, L.; Fallows, S.; Figueroa-Feliciano, E.; Godfrey, G.  L.; Golwala, S.  R.; Hall, J.; Harris, H.  R.; Hertel, S.  A.; Hofer, T.; Holmgren, D.; Hsu, L.; Huber, M.  E.; Jardin, D.; Jastram, A.; Kamaev, O.; Kara, B.; Kelsey, M.  H.; Kennedy, A.; Kiveni, M.; Koch, K.; Leder, A.; Loer, B.; Lopez Asamar, E.; Lukens, P.; Mahapatra, R.; Mandic, V.; McCarthy, K.  A.; Mirabolfathi, N.; Moffatt, R.  A.; Oser, S.  M.; Page, K.; Page, W.  A.; Partridge, R.; Pepin, M.; Phipps, A.; Prasad, K.; Pyle, M.; Qiu, H.; Rau, W.; Redl, P.; Reisetter, A.; Ricci, Y.; Rogers, H.  E.; Saab, T.; Sadoulet, B.; Sander, J.; Schneck, K.; Schnee, R.  W.; Scorza, S.; Serfass, B.; Shank, B.; Speller, D.; Toback, D.; Upadhyayula, S.; Villano, A.  N.; Welliver, B.; Wilson, J.  S.; Wright, D.  H.; Yang, X.; Yellin, S.; Yen, J.  J.; Young, B.  A.; Zhang, J.

doi:10.1103/physrevd.92.072003

Title: Improved WIMP-search reach of the CDMS II germanium data

Journal Article · 11 October 2015 · Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.92.072003 · OSTI ID:1212761

Agnese, R.; Anderson, A. J.; Asai, M.; Balakishiyeva, D.; Barker, D.; Basu Thakur, R.; Bauer, D. A.; Billard, J.; Borgland, A.; Bowles, M. A.; Brandt, D.; Brink, P. L.; Bunker, R.; Cabrera, B.; Caldwell, D. O.; Calkins, R.; Cerdeño, D. G.; Chagani, H.; Chen, Y.; Cooley, J. more »

CDMS II data from the five-tower runs at the Soudan Underground Laboratory were reprocessed with an improved charge-pulse fitting algorithm. Two new analysis techniques to reject surface-event backgrounds were applied to the 612 kg days germanium-detector weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP)-search exposure. An extended analysis was also completed by decreasing the 10 keV analysis threshold to ~5 keV, to increase sensitivity near a WIMP mass of 8 GeV/c². After unblinding, there were zero candidate events above a deposited energy of 10 keV and six events in the lower-threshold analysis. This yielded minimum WIMP-nucleon spin-independent scattering cross-section limits of 1.8×10^–44 and 1.18×10^–41 at 90% confidence for 60 and 8.6 GeV/c² WIMPs, respectively. This improves the previous CDMS II result by a factor of 2.4 (2.7) for 60 (8.6) GeV/c² WIMPs.

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Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)

Contributing Organization:: SuperCDMS; SuperCDMS Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC02-07CH11359; AC02-76SF00515; AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1212761

Report Number(s):: DCTP-15-48; FERMILAB-PUB-15-173-AE; IPPP-15-24; PNNL-SA-110143; SLAC-PUB-16649; arXiv:1504.05871; oai:inspirehep.net:1364342

Journal Information:: Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 92; ISSN 1550-7998

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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