Results from the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment at Soudan

R Agnese; T Aramaki; I J Arnquist; W Baker; D Balakishiyeva; S Banik; D Barker; R Basu Thakur; D A Bauer; T Binder; M A Bowles; P L Brink; R Bunker; B Cabrera; D O Caldwell; R Calkins; C Cartaro; D G Cerdeño; Y Chang; Y Chen; J Cooley; B Cornell; P Cushman; M Daal; P C F Di Stefano; T Doughty; E Fascione; E Figueroa-Feliciano; M Fritts; G Gerbier; R Germond; M Ghaith; G L Godfrey; S R Golwala; J Hall; H R Harris; Z Hong; E W Hoppe; L Hsu; M E Huber; V Iyer; D Jardin; A Jastram; C Jena; M H Kelsey; A Kennedy; A Kubik; N A Kurinsky; B Loer; E Lopez Asamar; P Lukens; D MacDonell; R Mahapatra; V Mandic; N Mast; E H Miller; N Mirabolfathi; B Mohanty; J D Morales Mendoza; J Nelson; J L Orrell; S M Oser; K Page; W A Page; R Partridge; M Penalver Martinez; M Pepin; A Phipps; S Poudel; M Pyle; H Qiu; W Rau; P Redl; A Reisetter; T Reynolds; A Roberts; A E Robinson; H E Rogers; T Saab; B Sadoulet; J Sander; K Schneck; R W Schnee; S Scorza; K Senapati; B Serfass; D Speller; M Stein; J Street; H A Tanaka; D Toback; R Underwood; A N Villano; B von Krosigk; B Welliver; J S Wilson; M J Wilson; D H Wright; S Yellin; J J Yen; B A Young; X Zhang; X Zhao; SuperCDMS Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.061802

Results from the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment at Soudan

Phys Rev Lett. 2018 Feb 9;120(6):061802. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.061802.

Authors

R Agnese¹, T Aramaki², I J Arnquist³, W Baker⁴, D Balakishiyeva⁵, S Banik⁶, D Barker⁷, R Basu Thakur^{8

9}, D A Bauer⁸, T Binder¹⁰, M A Bowles¹¹, P L Brink², R Bunker³, B Cabrera¹², D O Caldwell¹³, R Calkins⁵, C Cartaro², D G Cerdeño^{14

15}, Y Chang¹⁶, Y Chen¹⁷, J Cooley⁵, B Cornell¹⁶, P Cushman⁷, M Daal¹⁸, P C F Di Stefano¹⁹, T Doughty¹⁸, E Fascione¹⁹, E Figueroa-Feliciano²⁰, M Fritts⁷, G Gerbier¹⁹, R Germond¹⁹, M Ghaith¹⁹, G L Godfrey², S R Golwala¹⁶, J Hall³, H R Harris⁴, Z Hong²⁰, E W Hoppe³, L Hsu⁸, M E Huber²¹, V Iyer⁶, D Jardin⁵, A Jastram⁴, C Jena⁶, M H Kelsey², A Kennedy⁷, A Kubik⁴, N A Kurinsky², B Loer³, E Lopez Asamar¹⁴, P Lukens⁸, D MacDonell^{22

23}, R Mahapatra⁴, V Mandic⁷, N Mast⁷, E H Miller¹¹, N Mirabolfathi⁴, B Mohanty⁶, J D Morales Mendoza⁴, J Nelson⁷, J L Orrell³, S M Oser^{22

23}, K Page¹⁹, W A Page^{22

23}, R Partridge², M Penalver Martinez¹⁴, M Pepin⁷, A Phipps¹⁸, S Poudel¹⁰, M Pyle¹⁸, H Qiu⁵, W Rau¹⁹, P Redl¹², A Reisetter²⁴, T Reynolds¹, A Roberts¹⁰, A E Robinson⁸, H E Rogers⁷, T Saab¹, B Sadoulet^{18

25}, J Sander¹⁰, K Schneck², R W Schnee¹¹, S Scorza²⁶, K Senapati⁶, B Serfass¹⁸, D Speller¹⁸, M Stein⁵, J Street¹¹, H A Tanaka²⁷, D Toback⁴, R Underwood¹⁹, A N Villano⁷, B von Krosigk^{22

23}, B Welliver¹, J S Wilson⁴, M J Wilson²⁷, D H Wright², S Yellin¹², J J Yen¹², B A Young²⁸, X Zhang¹⁹, X Zhao⁴; SuperCDMS Collaboration

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville Florida 32611, USA.
² SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA.
³ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
⁴ Department of Physics and Astronomy, and the Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA.
⁵ Department of Physics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas 75275, USA.
⁶ School of Physical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research, HBNI, Jatni 752050, India.
⁷ School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
⁸ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA.
⁹ Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA.
¹¹ Department of Physics, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA.
¹² Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
¹³ Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Physics, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.
¹⁵ Instituto de Física Teórica UAM/CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
¹⁶ Division of Physics, Mathematics, & Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244, USA.
¹⁸ Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
¹⁹ Department of Physics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.
²⁰ Department of Physics & Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3112, USA.
²¹ Departments of Physics and Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado 80217, USA.
²² Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada.
²³ TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada.
²⁴ Department of Physics, University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana 47722, USA.
²⁵ Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
²⁶ SNOLAB, Creighton Mine #9, 1039 Regional Road 24, Sudbury, Ontario P3Y 1N2, Canada.
²⁷ Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada.
²⁸ Department of Physics, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California 95053, USA.

PMID: 29481237
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.061802

Abstract

We report the result of a blinded search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using the majority of the SuperCDMS Soudan data set. With an exposure of 1690 kg d, a single candidate event is observed, consistent with expected backgrounds. This analysis (combined with previous Ge results) sets an upper limit on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross section of 1.4×10^{-44} (1.0×10^{-44}) cm^{2} at 46 GeV/c^{2}. These results set the strongest limits for WIMP-germanium-nucleus interactions for masses >12 GeV/c^{2}.