Search for low-mass WIMPs in a 0.6 kg day exposure of the DAMIC experiment at SNOLAB
Abstract
In this paper, we present results of a dark matter search performed with a 0.6 kg d exposure of the DAMIC experiment at the SNOLAB underground laboratory. We measure the energy spectrum of ionization events in the bulk silicon of charge-coupled devices down to a signal of 60 eV electron equivalent. The data are consistent with radiogenic backgrounds, and constraints on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon elastic-scattering cross section are accordingly placed. A region of parameter space relevant to the potential signal from the CDMS-II Si experiment is excluded using the same target for the first time. This result obtained with a limited exposure demonstrates the potential to explore the low-mass WIMP region (<10 GeV c-2) with the upcoming DAMIC100, a 100 g detector currently being installed in SNOLAB.
- Authors:
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- Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City (Mexico).et al
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- Contributing Org.:
- DAMIC Collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1339144
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-16-365-AE-CD-E; arXiv:1607.07410
Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010; PRVDAQ; 1477788; TRN: US1701321
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review D
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 94; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Aguilar-Arevalo, A. Search for low-mass WIMPs in a 0.6 kg day exposure of the DAMIC experiment at SNOLAB. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.94.082006.
Aguilar-Arevalo, A. Search for low-mass WIMPs in a 0.6 kg day exposure of the DAMIC experiment at SNOLAB. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.082006
Aguilar-Arevalo, A. Thu .
"Search for low-mass WIMPs in a 0.6 kg day exposure of the DAMIC experiment at SNOLAB". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.082006. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1339144.
@article{osti_1339144,
title = {Search for low-mass WIMPs in a 0.6 kg day exposure of the DAMIC experiment at SNOLAB},
author = {Aguilar-Arevalo, A.},
abstractNote = {In this paper, we present results of a dark matter search performed with a 0.6 kg d exposure of the DAMIC experiment at the SNOLAB underground laboratory. We measure the energy spectrum of ionization events in the bulk silicon of charge-coupled devices down to a signal of 60 eV electron equivalent. The data are consistent with radiogenic backgrounds, and constraints on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon elastic-scattering cross section are accordingly placed. A region of parameter space relevant to the potential signal from the CDMS-II Si experiment is excluded using the same target for the first time. This result obtained with a limited exposure demonstrates the potential to explore the low-mass WIMP region (<10 GeV c-2) with the upcoming DAMIC100, a 100 g detector currently being installed in SNOLAB.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.94.082006},
journal = {Physical Review D},
number = 8,
volume = 94,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Oct 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Oct 27 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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