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Aalbers J, Akerib DS, Akerlof CW, Al Musalhi AK, Alder F, Alqahtani A, Alsum SK, Amarasinghe CS, Ames A, Anderson TJ, Angelides N, Araújo HM, Armstrong JE, Arthurs M, Azadi S, Bailey AJ, Baker A, Balajthy J, Balashov S, Bang J, Bargemann JW, Barry MJ, Barthel J, Bauer D, Baxter A, Beattie K, Belle J, Beltrame P, Bensinger J, Benson T, Bernard EP, Bhatti A, Biekert A, Biesiadzinski TP, Birch HJ, Birrittella B, Blockinger GM, Boast KE, Boxer B, Bramante R, Brew CAJ, Brás P, Buckley JH, Bugaev VV, Burdin S, Busenitz JK, Buuck M, Cabrita R, Carels C, Carlsmith DL, Carlson B, Carmona-Benitez MC, Cascella M, Chan C, Chawla A, Chen H, Cherwinka JJ, Chott NI, Cole A, Coleman J, Converse MV, Cottle A, Cox G, Craddock WW, Creaner O, Curran D, Currie A, Cutter JE, Dahl CE, David A, Davis J, Davison TJR, Delgaudio J, Dey S, de Viveiros L, Dobi A, Dobson JEY, Druszkiewicz E, Dushkin A, Edberg TK, Edwards WR, Elnimr MM, Emmet WT, Eriksen SR, Faham CH, Fan A, Fayer S, Fearon NM, Fiorucci S, Flaecher H, Ford P, Francis VB, Fraser ED, Fruth T, Gaitskell RJ, Gantos NJ, Garcia D, Geffre A, Gehman VM, Genovesi J, Ghag C, Gibbons R, Gibson E, Gilchriese MGD, Gokhale S, Gomber B, Green J, Greenall A, Greenwood S, van der Grinten MGD, Gwilliam CB, Hall CR, Hans S, Hanzel K, Harrison A, Hartigan-O'Connor E, Haselschwardt SJ, Hernandez MA, Hertel SA, Heuermann G, Hjemfelt C, Hoff MD, Holtom E, Hor JYK, Horn M, Huang DQ, Hunt D, Ignarra CM, Jacobsen RG, Jahangir O, James RS, Jeffery SN, Ji W, Johnson J, Kaboth AC, Kamaha AC, Kamdin K, Kasey V, Kazkaz K, Keefner J, Khaitan D, Khaleeq M, Khazov A, Khurana I, Kim YD, Kocher CD, Kodroff D, Korley L, Korolkova EV, Kras J, Kraus H, Kravitz S, Krebs HJ, Kreczko L, Krikler B, Kudryavtsev VA, Kyre S, Landerud B, Leason EA, Lee C, Lee J, Leonard DS, Leonard R, Lesko KT, Levy C, Li J, Liao FT, Liao J, Lin J, Lindote A, Linehan R, Lippincott WH, Liu R, Liu X, Liu Y, Loniewski C, Lopes MI, Lopez Asamar E, López Paredes B, Lorenzon W, Lucero D, Luitz S, Lyle JM, Majewski PA, Makkinje J, Malling DC, Manalaysay A, Manenti L, Mannino RL, Marangou N, Marzioni MF, Maupin C, McCarthy ME, McConnell CT, McKinsey DN, McLaughlin J, Meng Y, Migneault J, Miller EH, Mizrachi E, Mock JA, Monte A, Monzani ME, Morad JA, Morales Mendoza JD, Morrison E, Mount BJ, Murdy M, Murphy ASJ, Naim D, Naylor A, Nedlik C, Nehrkorn C, Neves F, Nguyen A, Nikoleyczik JA, Nilima A, O'Dell J, O'Neill FG, O'Sullivan K, Olcina I, Olevitch MA, Oliver-Mallory KC, Orpwood J, Pagenkopf D, Pal S, Palladino KJ, Palmer J, Pangilinan M, Parveen N, Patton SJ, Pease EK, Penning B, Pereira C, Pereira G, Perry E, Pershing T, Peterson IB, Piepke A, Podczerwinski J, Porzio D, Powell S, Preece RM, Pushkin K, Qie Y, Ratcliff BN, Reichenbacher J, Reichhart L, Rhyne CA, Richards A, Riffard Q, Rischbieter GRC, Rodrigues JP, Rodriguez A, Rose HJ, Rosero R, Rossiter P, Rushton T, Rutherford G, Rynders D, Saba JS, Santone D, Sazzad ABMR, Schnee RW, Scovell PR, Seymour D, Shaw S, Shutt T, Silk JJ, Silva C, Sinev G, Skarpaas K, Skulski W, Smith R, Solmaz M, Solovov VN, Sorensen P, Soria J, Stancu I, Stark MR, Stevens A, Stiegler TM, Stifter K, Studley R, Suerfu B, Sumner TJ, Sutcliffe P, Swanson N, Szydagis M, Tan M, Taylor DJ, Taylor R, Taylor WC, Temples DJ, Tennyson BP, Terman PA, Thomas KJ, Tiedt DR, Timalsina M, To WH, Tomás A, Tong Z, Tovey DR, Tranter J, Trask M, Tripathi M, Tronstad DR, Tull CE, Turner W, Tvrznikova L, Utku U, Va'vra J, Vacheret A, Vaitkus AC, Verbus JR, Voirin E, Waldron WL, Wang A, Wang B, Wang JJ, Wang W, Wang Y, Watson JR, Webb RC, White A, White DT, White JT, White RG, Whitis TJ, Williams M, Wisniewski WJ, Witherell MS, Wolfs FLH, Wolfs JD, Woodford S, Woodward D, Worm SD, Wright CJ, Xia Q, Xiang X, Xiao Q, Xu J, Yeh M, Yin J, Young I, Zarzhitsky P, Zuckerman A, Zweig EA. First Dark Matter Search Results from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2023; 131:041002. [PMID: 37566836 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.041002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
Abstract
The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment is a dark matter detector centered on a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, USA. This Letter reports results from LUX-ZEPLIN's first search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with an exposure of 60 live days using a fiducial mass of 5.5 t. A profile-likelihood ratio analysis shows the data to be consistent with a background-only hypothesis, setting new limits on spin-independent WIMP-nucleon, spin-dependent WIMP-neutron, and spin-dependent WIMP-proton cross sections for WIMP masses above 9 GeV/c^{2}. The most stringent limit is set for spin-independent scattering at 36 GeV/c^{2}, rejecting cross sections above 9.2×10^{-48} cm at the 90% confidence level.
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Affiliation(s)
- J Aalbers
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - C W Akerlof
- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
| | - A K Al Musalhi
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - F Alder
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - A Alqahtani
- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
| | - S K Alsum
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
| | - C S Amarasinghe
- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
| | - A Ames
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - T J Anderson
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - N Angelides
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - H M Araújo
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - J E Armstrong
- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
| | - M Arthurs
- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
| | - S Azadi
- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
| | - A J Bailey
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - A Baker
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - J Balajthy
- University of California, Davis, Department of Physics, Davis, California 95616-5270, USA
| | - S Balashov
- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - J Bang
- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
| | - J W Bargemann
- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
| | - M J Barry
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - J Barthel
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - D Bauer
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - A Baxter
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - K Beattie
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - J Belle
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, Illinois 60510-5011, USA
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- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
- University of Edinburgh, SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- Brandeis University, Department of Physics, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453, USA
| | - T Benson
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
| | - E P Bernard
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
| | - A Bhatti
- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
| | - T P Biesiadzinski
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - H J Birch
- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
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- University at Albany (SUNY), Department of Physics, Albany, New York 12222-0100, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- University of California, Davis, Department of Physics, Davis, California 95616-5270, USA
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - R Bramante
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - C A J Brew
- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - P Brás
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - J H Buckley
- Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Physics, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4862, USA
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- Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Physics, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4862, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - J K Busenitz
- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
| | - M Buuck
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - R Cabrita
- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - C Carels
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - D L Carlsmith
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
| | - B Carlson
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - M C Carmona-Benitez
- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
| | - M Cascella
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - C Chan
- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
| | - A Chawla
- Royal Holloway, University of London, Department of Physics, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
| | - H Chen
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - J J Cherwinka
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
| | - N I Chott
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
| | - A Cole
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - J Coleman
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - M V Converse
- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
| | - A Cottle
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, Illinois 60510-5011, USA
| | - G Cox
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
| | - W W Craddock
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
| | - O Creaner
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - D Curran
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - A Currie
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - J E Cutter
- University of California, Davis, Department of Physics, Davis, California 95616-5270, USA
| | - C E Dahl
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, Illinois 60510-5011, USA
- Northwestern University, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3112, USA
| | - A David
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - J Davis
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - T J R Davison
- University of Edinburgh, SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
| | - J Delgaudio
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - S Dey
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - L de Viveiros
- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
| | - A Dobi
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - J E Y Dobson
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
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- Brandeis University, Department of Physics, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453, USA
| | - T K Edberg
- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
| | - W R Edwards
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
| | - W T Emmet
- Yale University, Department of Physics, New Haven, Connecticut 06511-8499, USA
| | - S R Eriksen
- University of Bristol, H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Bristol, BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
| | - C H Faham
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - A Fan
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - S Fayer
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
| | - N M Fearon
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - S Fiorucci
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - H Flaecher
- University of Bristol, H.H. Wills Physics Laboratory, Bristol, BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
| | - P Ford
- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - V B Francis
- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - E D Fraser
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - T Fruth
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - R J Gaitskell
- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
| | - N J Gantos
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - D Garcia
- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
| | - A Geffre
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - V M Gehman
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - J Genovesi
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
| | - C Ghag
- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - R Gibbons
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
| | - E Gibson
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - M G D Gilchriese
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - S Gokhale
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - B Gomber
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
| | - J Green
- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - A Greenall
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - S Greenwood
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - C R Hall
- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111, USA
| | - S Hans
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
| | - K Hanzel
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - A Harrison
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
| | - E Hartigan-O'Connor
- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
| | - S J Haselschwardt
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
| | - M A Hernandez
- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
| | - S A Hertel
- University of Massachusetts, Department of Physics, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9337, USA
| | - G Heuermann
- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
| | - C Hjemfelt
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
| | - M D Hoff
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- University of Alabama, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 34587-0324, USA
| | - M Horn
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - D Q Huang
- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - C M Ignarra
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - J Johnson
- University of California, Davis, Department of Physics, Davis, California 95616-5270, USA
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
- Royal Holloway, University of London, Department of Physics, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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- University at Albany (SUNY), Department of Physics, Albany, New York 12222-0100, USA
- University of Califonia, Los Angeles, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Los Angeles, California 90095-1547
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, California 94550-9698, USA
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority (SDSTA), Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754-1700, USA
| | - D Khaitan
- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627-0171, USA
| | - M Khaleeq
- Imperial College London, Physics Department, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- University College London (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- IBS Center for Underground Physics (CUP), Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
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- University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory of Physics, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA
- Brandeis University, Department of Physics, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453, USA
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
| | - S Kravitz
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9530, USA
| | - B Landerud
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1390, USA
| | - E A Leason
- University of Edinburgh, SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
| | - C Lee
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025-7015, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085 USA
| | - J Lee
- IBS Center for Underground Physics (CUP), Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
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- IBS Center for Underground Physics (CUP), Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3901, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
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- University at Albany (SUNY), Department of Physics, Albany, New York 12222-0100, USA
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- IBS Center for Underground Physics (CUP), Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, Providence, Rhode Island 02912-9037, USA
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- University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720-8099, USA
- University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720-7300, USA
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- Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas (LIP), University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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Watson J, Olcina I, Soria J, McKinsey DN, Kravitz S, Deck EE, Bernard EP, Tvrznikova L, Waldron WL, Riffard Q, O'Sullivan K. Study of dielectric breakdown in liquid xenon with XeBrA: The xenon breakdown apparatus. Rev Sci Instrum 2023; 94:015112. [PMID: 36725581 DOI: 10.1063/5.0107082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Maintaining the electric fields necessary for the current generation of noble liquid time projection chambers (TPCs), with drift lengths exceeding 1 m, requires a large negative voltage applied to their cathode. Delivering such high voltage is associated with an elevated risk of electrostatic discharge and electroluminescence, which would be detrimental to the performance of the experiment. The Xenon Breakdown Apparatus (XeBrA) is a 5-l, high voltage test chamber built to investigate the contributing factors to electrical breakdown in noble liquids. In this work, we present the main findings after conducting scans over stressed electrode areas, surface finish, pressure, and high voltage ramp speed in the medium of liquid xenon. Area scaling and surface finish were observed to be the dominant factors affecting breakdown, whereas no significant changes were observed with varying pressure or ramp speed. A general rise in both the anode current and photon rate was observed in the last 30 s, leading up to a breakdown, with a marked increase in the last couple of seconds. In addition, the position of breakdowns was reconstructed with a system of high-speed cameras and a moderate correlation with the Fowler-Nordheim field emission model was found. Tentative evidence for bubble nucleation being the originating mechanism of breakdown in the liquid was also observed. We deem the results presented in this work to be of particular interest for the design of future, large TPCs, and practical recommendations are provided.
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- J Watson
- University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Akerib DS, Alsum S, Araújo HM, Bai X, Balajthy J, Beltrame P, Bernard EP, Bernstein A, Biesiadzinski TP, Boulton EM, Boxer B, Brás P, Burdin S, Byram D, Carmona-Benitez MC, Chan C, Cutter JE, Davison TJR, Druszkiewicz E, Fallon SR, Fan A, Fiorucci S, Gaitskell RJ, Genovesi J, Ghag C, Gilchriese MGD, Gwilliam C, Hall CR, Haselschwardt SJ, Hertel SA, Hogan DP, Horn M, Huang DQ, Ignarra CM, Jacobsen RG, Jahangir O, Ji W, Kamdin K, Kazkaz K, Khaitan D, Knoche R, Korolkova EV, Kravitz S, Kudryavtsev VA, Lenardo BG, Lesko KT, Liao J, Lin J, Lindote A, Lopes MI, Manalaysay A, Mannino RL, Marangou N, Marzioni MF, McKinsey DN, Mei DM, Moongweluwan M, Morad JA, Murphy ASJ, Naylor A, Nehrkorn C, Nelson HN, Neves F, Oliver-Mallory KC, Palladino KJ, Pease EK, Riffard Q, Rischbieter GRC, Rhyne C, Rossiter P, Shaw S, Shutt TA, Silva C, Solmaz M, Solovov VN, Sorensen P, Sumner TJ, Szydagis M, Taylor DJ, Taylor WC, Tennyson BP, Terman PA, Tiedt DR, To WH, Tripathi M, Tvrznikova L, Utku U, Uvarov S, Velan V, Webb RC, White JT, Whitis TJ, Witherell MS, Wolfs FLH, Woodward D, Xu J, Yazdani K, Zhang C. Results of a Search for Sub-GeV Dark Matter Using 2013 LUX Data. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:131301. [PMID: 31012624 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.131301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Revised: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
The scattering of dark matter (DM) particles with sub-GeV masses off nuclei is difficult to detect using liquid xenon-based DM search instruments because the energy transfer during nuclear recoils is smaller than the typical detector threshold. However, the tree-level DM-nucleus scattering diagram can be accompanied by simultaneous emission of a bremsstrahlung photon or a so-called "Migdal" electron. These provide an electron recoil component to the experimental signature at higher energies than the corresponding nuclear recoil. The presence of this signature allows liquid xenon detectors to use both the scintillation and the ionization signals in the analysis where the nuclear recoil signal would not be otherwise visible. We report constraints on spin-independent DM-nucleon scattering for DM particles with masses of 0.4-5 GeV/c^{2} using 1.4×10^{4} kg day of search exposure from the 2013 data from the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment for four different classes of mediators. This analysis extends the reach of liquid xenon-based DM search instruments to lower DM masses than has been achieved previously.
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Affiliation(s)
- D S Akerib
- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
| | - H M Araújo
- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
| | - X Bai
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
| | - J Balajthy
- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
| | - P Beltrame
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
| | - E P Bernard
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - A Bernstein
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94551, USA
| | - T P Biesiadzinski
- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - E M Boulton
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
| | - B Boxer
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - P Brás
- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - S Burdin
- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
| | - D Byram
- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
| | - M C Carmona-Benitez
- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, 104 Davey Lab, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
| | - J E Cutter
- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
| | - S R Fallon
- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
| | - A Fan
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - S Fiorucci
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
| | - R J Gaitskell
- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
| | - J Genovesi
- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Liverpool, Department of Physics, Liverpool L69 7ZE, United Kingdom
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- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Department of Physics, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9337, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - K Kamdin
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, S3 7RH, United Kingdom
| | - B G Lenardo
- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - J Liao
- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
| | - J Lin
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
- Texas A & M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
| | - P Rossiter
- University of Sheffield, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Sheffield, S3 7RH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - C Silva
- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
| | - V N Solovov
- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Texas A & M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- California State University Stanislaus, Department of Physics, 1 University Circle, Turlock, California 95382, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
| | - V Velan
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - R C Webb
- Texas A & M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
| | - J T White
- Texas A & M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
| | - T J Whitis
- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, 104 Davey Lab, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
| | - J Xu
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94551, USA
| | - K Yazdani
- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
| | - C Zhang
- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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Akerib DS, Alsum S, Aquino C, Araújo HM, Bai X, Bailey AJ, Balajthy J, Beltrame P, Bernard EP, Bernstein A, Biesiadzinski TP, Boulton EM, Brás P, Byram D, Cahn SB, Carmona-Benitez MC, Chan C, Chiller AA, Chiller C, Currie A, Cutter JE, Davison TJR, Dobi A, Dobson JEY, Druszkiewicz E, Edwards BN, Faham CH, Fallon SR, Fiorucci S, Gaitskell RJ, Gehman VM, Ghag C, Gibson KR, Gilchriese MGD, Hall CR, Hanhardt M, Haselschwardt SJ, Hertel SA, Hogan DP, Horn M, Huang DQ, Ignarra CM, Jacobsen RG, Ji W, Kamdin K, Kazkaz K, Khaitan D, Knoche R, Larsen NA, Lee C, Lenardo BG, Lesko KT, Lindote A, Lopes MI, Manalaysay A, Mannino RL, Marzioni MF, McKinsey DN, Mei DM, Mock J, Moongweluwan M, Morad JA, Murphy ASJ, Nehrkorn C, Nelson HN, Neves F, O'Sullivan K, Oliver-Mallory KC, Palladino KJ, Pease EK, Reichhart L, Rhyne C, Shaw S, Shutt TA, Silva C, Solmaz M, Solovov VN, Sorensen P, Stephenson S, Sumner TJ, Szydagis M, Taylor DJ, Taylor WC, Tennyson BP, Terman PA, Tiedt DR, To WH, Tripathi M, Tvrznikova L, Uvarov S, Velan V, Verbus JR, Webb RC, White JT, Whitis TJ, Witherell MS, Wolfs FLH, Xu J, Yazdani K, Young SK, Zhang C. First Searches for Axions and Axionlike Particles with the LUX Experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 118:261301. [PMID: 28707937 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.261301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
The first searches for axions and axionlike particles with the Large Underground Xenon experiment are presented. Under the assumption of an axioelectric interaction in xenon, the coupling constant between axions and electrons g_{Ae} is tested using data collected in 2013 with an exposure totaling 95 live days ×118 kg. A double-sided, profile likelihood ratio statistic test excludes g_{Ae} larger than 3.5×10^{-12} (90% C.L.) for solar axions. Assuming the Dine-Fischler-Srednicki-Zhitnitsky theoretical description, the upper limit in coupling corresponds to an upper limit on axion mass of 0.12 eV/c^{2}, while for the Kim-Shifman-Vainshtein-Zhakharov description masses above 36.6 eV/c^{2} are excluded. For galactic axionlike particles, values of g_{Ae} larger than 4.2×10^{-13} are excluded for particle masses in the range 1-16 keV/c^{2}. These are the most stringent constraints to date for these interactions.
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Affiliation(s)
- D S Akerib
- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - S Alsum
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
| | - C Aquino
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
| | - H M Araújo
- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
| | - X Bai
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
| | - A J Bailey
- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
| | - J Balajthy
- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - P Beltrame
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
| | - E P Bernard
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
| | - A Bernstein
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94551, USA
| | - T P Biesiadzinski
- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - E M Boulton
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
| | - P Brás
- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - D Byram
- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
| | - S B Cahn
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
| | - M C Carmona-Benitez
- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, 104 Davey Lab, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
| | - C Chan
- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
| | - A A Chiller
- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
| | - C Chiller
- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
| | - A Currie
- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
| | - J E Cutter
- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
| | - T J R Davison
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
| | - A Dobi
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - J E Y Dobson
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
| | - E Druszkiewicz
- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
| | - B N Edwards
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
| | - C H Faham
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - S R Fallon
- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
| | - S Fiorucci
- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - R J Gaitskell
- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
| | - V M Gehman
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
| | - M G D Gilchriese
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - C R Hall
- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
| | - S A Hertel
- University of Massachusetts, Department of Physics, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9337 USA
| | - D P Hogan
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - M Horn
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
| | - D Q Huang
- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
| | - C M Ignarra
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - R G Jacobsen
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - K Kamdin
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - K Kazkaz
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94551, USA
| | - D Khaitan
- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
| | - R Knoche
- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - N A Larsen
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - B G Lenardo
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94551, USA
- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
| | - K T Lesko
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - A Lindote
- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - M I Lopes
- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - A Manalaysay
- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
| | - R L Mannino
- Texas A & M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
| | - M F Marzioni
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
| | - D N McKinsey
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - D-M Mei
- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
| | - J Mock
- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Texas A & M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Texas A & M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
| | - J T White
- Texas A & M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
| | - T J Whitis
- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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Akerib DS, Alsum S, Araújo HM, Bai X, Bailey AJ, Balajthy J, Beltrame P, Bernard EP, Bernstein A, Biesiadzinski TP, Boulton EM, Brás P, Byram D, Cahn SB, Carmona-Benitez MC, Chan C, Chiller AA, Chiller C, Currie A, Cutter JE, Davison TJR, Dobi A, Dobson JEY, Druszkiewicz E, Edwards BN, Faham CH, Fallon SR, Fiorucci S, Gaitskell RJ, Gehman VM, Ghag C, Gilchriese MGD, Hall CR, Hanhardt M, Haselschwardt SJ, Hertel SA, Hogan DP, Horn M, Huang DQ, Ignarra CM, Jacobsen RG, Ji W, Kamdin K, Kazkaz K, Khaitan D, Knoche R, Larsen NA, Lee C, Lenardo BG, Lesko KT, Lindote A, Lopes MI, Manalaysay A, Mannino RL, Marzioni MF, McKinsey DN, Mei DM, Mock J, Moongweluwan M, Morad JA, Murphy ASJ, Nehrkorn C, Nelson HN, Neves F, O'Sullivan K, Oliver-Mallory KC, Palladino KJ, Pease EK, Reichhart L, Rhyne C, Shaw S, Shutt TA, Silva C, Solmaz M, Solovov VN, Sorensen P, Stephenson S, Sumner TJ, Szydagis M, Taylor DJ, Taylor WC, Tennyson BP, Terman PA, Tiedt DR, To WH, Tripathi M, Tvrznikova L, Uvarov S, Velan V, Verbus JR, Webb RC, White JT, Whitis TJ, Witherell MS, Wolfs FLH, Xu J, Yazdani K, Young SK, Zhang C. Limits on Spin-Dependent WIMP-Nucleon Cross Section Obtained from the Complete LUX Exposure. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 118:251302. [PMID: 28696768 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.251302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
We present experimental constraints on the spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon elastic cross sections from the total 129.5 kg yr exposure acquired by the Large Underground Xenon experiment (LUX), operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota (USA). A profile likelihood ratio analysis allows 90% C.L. upper limits to be set on the WIMP-neutron (WIMP-proton) cross section of σ_{n}=1.6×10^{-41} cm^{2} (σ_{p}=5×10^{-40} cm^{2}) at 35 GeV c^{-2}, almost a sixfold improvement over the previous LUX spin-dependent results. The spin-dependent WIMP-neutron limit is the most sensitive constraint to date.
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Affiliation(s)
- D S Akerib
- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
| | - H M Araújo
- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
| | - A J Bailey
- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
| | - J Balajthy
- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - P Beltrame
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
| | - E P Bernard
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
| | - A Bernstein
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94551, USA
| | - T P Biesiadzinski
- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - E M Boulton
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - P Brás
- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - D Byram
- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
| | - S B Cahn
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
| | - M C Carmona-Benitez
- Pennsylvania State University, Department of Physics, 104 Davey Lab, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-6300, USA
- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
| | - C Chan
- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
| | - A A Chiller
- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
| | - C Chiller
- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
| | - A Currie
- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
| | - T J R Davison
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of Massachusetts, Department of Physics, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9337, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
| | - C M Ignarra
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - K Kamdin
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
| | - R Knoche
- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
| | - C Lee
- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - B G Lenardo
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94551, USA
- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Texas A&M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
| | - H N Nelson
- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
| | - F Neves
- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
| | - K O'Sullivan
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - K C Oliver-Mallory
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
| | - K J Palladino
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
| | - C Silva
- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Texas A&M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
- California State University Stanislaus, Department of Physics, 1 University Circle, Turlock, California 95382, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
| | - V Velan
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
| | - R C Webb
- Texas A&M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
| | - J T White
- Texas A&M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
| | - T J Whitis
- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
| | - J Xu
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94551, USA
| | - K Yazdani
- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
| | - S K Young
- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
| | - C Zhang
- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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Akerib DS, Alsum S, Araújo HM, Bai X, Bailey AJ, Balajthy J, Beltrame P, Bernard EP, Bernstein A, Biesiadzinski TP, Boulton EM, Bramante R, Brás P, Byram D, Cahn SB, Carmona-Benitez MC, Chan C, Chiller AA, Chiller C, Currie A, Cutter JE, Davison TJR, Dobi A, Dobson JEY, Druszkiewicz E, Edwards BN, Faham CH, Fiorucci S, Gaitskell RJ, Gehman VM, Ghag C, Gibson KR, Gilchriese MGD, Hall CR, Hanhardt M, Haselschwardt SJ, Hertel SA, Hogan DP, Horn M, Huang DQ, Ignarra CM, Ihm M, Jacobsen RG, Ji W, Kamdin K, Kazkaz K, Khaitan D, Knoche R, Larsen NA, Lee C, Lenardo BG, Lesko KT, Lindote A, Lopes MI, Manalaysay A, Mannino RL, Marzioni MF, McKinsey DN, Mei DM, Mock J, Moongweluwan M, Morad JA, Murphy ASJ, Nehrkorn C, Nelson HN, Neves F, O'Sullivan K, Oliver-Mallory KC, Palladino KJ, Pease EK, Phelps P, Reichhart L, Rhyne C, Shaw S, Shutt TA, Silva C, Solmaz M, Solovov VN, Sorensen P, Stephenson S, Sumner TJ, Szydagis M, Taylor DJ, Taylor WC, Tennyson BP, Terman PA, Tiedt DR, To WH, Tripathi M, Tvrznikova L, Uvarov S, Verbus JR, Webb RC, White JT, Whitis TJ, Witherell MS, Wolfs FLH, Xu J, Yazdani K, Young SK, Zhang C. Results from a Search for Dark Matter in the Complete LUX Exposure. Phys Rev Lett 2017; 118:021303. [PMID: 28128598 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.021303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
We report constraints on spin-independent weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP)-nucleon scattering using a 3.35×10^{4} kg day exposure of the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment. A dual-phase xenon time projection chamber with 250 kg of active mass is operated at the Sanford Underground Research Facility under Lead, South Dakota (USA). With roughly fourfold improvement in sensitivity for high WIMP masses relative to our previous results, this search yields no evidence of WIMP nuclear recoils. At a WIMP mass of 50 GeV c^{-2}, WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross sections above 2.2×10^{-46} cm^{2} are excluded at the 90% confidence level. When combined with the previously reported LUX exposure, this exclusion strengthens to 1.1×10^{-46} cm^{2} at 50 GeV c^{-2}.
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Affiliation(s)
- D S Akerib
- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
| | - A J Bailey
- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
| | - J Balajthy
- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
| | - P Beltrame
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
| | - E P Bernard
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
| | - A Bernstein
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94551, USA
| | - T P Biesiadzinski
- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94551, USA
- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Texas A and M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Texas A and M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Texas A and M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Texas A and M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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Carter FW, Hertel SA, Rooks MJ, McClintock PVE, McKinsey DN, Prober DE. Calorimetric Observation of Single He 2 ∗ Excimers in a 100-mK He Bath. J Low Temp Phys 2016; 186:183-196. [PMID: 32669743 PMCID: PMC7346980 DOI: 10.1007/s10909-016-1666-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
We report the first calorimetric detection of individual He 2 ∗ excimers within a bath of superfluid 4 He . The detector used in this work is a single superconducting titanium transition edge sensor (TES) with an energy resolution of ∼ 1 eV , immersed directly in the helium bath. He 2 ∗ excimers are produced in the surrounding bath using an external gamma-ray source. These excimers exist either as short-lived singlet or long-lived triplet states. We demonstrate detection (and discrimination) of both states: In the singlet case the calorimeter records the absorption of a prompt ≈ 15 eV photon, and in the triplet case the calorimeter records a direct interaction of the molecule with the TES surface, which deposits a distinct fraction of the ≈ 15 eV , released upon decay, into the surface. We also briefly discuss the detector fabrication and characterization.
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Affiliation(s)
- F. W. Carter
- Argonne National Laboratory, High Energy Physics, Lemont, IL 60439 USA
- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511 USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511 USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Yale Institute for Nanoscience and Quantum Engineering, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511 USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511 USA
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Akerib DS, Araújo HM, Bai X, Bailey AJ, Balajthy J, Beltrame P, Bernard EP, Bernstein A, Biesiadzinski TP, Boulton EM, Bradley A, Bramante R, Cahn SB, Carmona-Benitez MC, Chan C, Chapman JJ, Chiller AA, Chiller C, Currie A, Cutter JE, Davison TJR, de Viveiros L, Dobi A, Dobson JEY, Druszkiewicz E, Edwards BN, Faham CH, Fiorucci S, Gaitskell RJ, Gehman VM, Ghag C, Gibson KR, Gilchriese MGD, Hall CR, Hanhardt M, Haselschwardt SJ, Hertel SA, Hogan DP, Horn M, Huang DQ, Ignarra CM, Ihm M, Jacobsen RG, Ji W, Kazkaz K, Khaitan D, Knoche R, Larsen NA, Lee C, Lenardo BG, Lesko KT, Lindote A, Lopes MI, Malling DC, Manalaysay A, Mannino RL, Marzioni MF, McKinsey DN, Mei DM, Mock J, Moongweluwan M, Morad JA, Murphy ASJ, Nehrkorn C, Nelson HN, Neves F, O'Sullivan K, Oliver-Mallory KC, Ott RA, Palladino KJ, Pangilinan M, Pease EK, Phelps P, Reichhart L, Rhyne C, Shaw S, Shutt TA, Silva C, Solovov VN, Sorensen P, Stephenson S, Sumner TJ, Szydagis M, Taylor DJ, Taylor W, Tennyson BP, Terman PA, Tiedt DR, To WH, Tripathi M, Tvrznikova L, Uvarov S, Verbus JR, Webb RC, White JT, Whitis TJ, Witherell MS, Wolfs FLH, Yazdani K, Young SK, Zhang C. Results on the Spin-Dependent Scattering of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles on Nucleons from the Run 3 Data of the LUX Experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 116:161302. [PMID: 27152786 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.161302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
We present experimental constraints on the spin-dependent WIMP (weakly interacting massive particle)-nucleon elastic cross sections from LUX data acquired in 2013. LUX is a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (Lead, South Dakota), which is designed to observe the recoil signature of galactic WIMPs scattering from xenon nuclei. A profile likelihood ratio analysis of 1.4×10^{4} kg day of fiducial exposure allows 90% C.L. upper limits to be set on the WIMP-neutron (WIMP-proton) cross section of σ_{n}=9.4×10^{-41} cm^{2} (σ_{p}=2.9×10^{-39} cm^{2}) at 33 GeV/c^{2}. The spin-dependent WIMP-neutron limit is the most sensitive constraint to date.
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Affiliation(s)
- D S Akerib
- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St Joseph St., Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope St., Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope St., Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark St., Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark St., Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, USA
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope St., Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St Joseph St., Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope St., Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., Livermore, California 94551, USA
- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope St., Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Texas A&M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark St., Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, USA
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope St., Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope St., Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope St., Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Texas A&M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St Joseph St., Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope St., Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Texas A&M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Texas A&M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark St., Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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Akerib DS, Araújo HM, Bai X, Bailey AJ, Balajthy J, Beltrame P, Bernard EP, Bernstein A, Biesiadzinski TP, Boulton EM, Bradley A, Bramante R, Cahn SB, Carmona-Benitez MC, Chan C, Chapman JJ, Chiller AA, Chiller C, Currie A, Cutter JE, Davison TJR, de Viveiros L, Dobi A, Dobson JEY, Druszkiewicz E, Edwards BN, Faham CH, Fiorucci S, Gaitskell RJ, Gehman VM, Ghag C, Gibson KR, Gilchriese MGD, Hall CR, Hanhardt M, Haselschwardt SJ, Hertel SA, Hogan DP, Horn M, Huang DQ, Ignarra CM, Ihm M, Jacobsen RG, Ji W, Kazkaz K, Khaitan D, Knoche R, Larsen NA, Lee C, Lenardo BG, Lesko KT, Lindote A, Lopes MI, Malling DC, Manalaysay A, Mannino RL, Marzioni MF, McKinsey DN, Mei DM, Mock J, Moongweluwan M, Morad JA, Murphy ASJ, Nehrkorn C, Nelson HN, Neves F, O'Sullivan K, Oliver-Mallory KC, Ott RA, Palladino KJ, Pangilinan M, Pease EK, Phelps P, Reichhart L, Rhyne C, Shaw S, Shutt TA, Silva C, Solovov VN, Sorensen P, Stephenson S, Sumner TJ, Szydagis M, Taylor DJ, Taylor W, Tennyson BP, Terman PA, Tiedt DR, To WH, Tripathi M, Tvrznikova L, Uvarov S, Verbus JR, Webb RC, White JT, Whitis TJ, Witherell MS, Wolfs FLH, Yazdani K, Young SK, Zhang C. Improved Limits on Scattering of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles from Reanalysis of 2013 LUX Data. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 116:161301. [PMID: 27152785 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.161301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
We present constraints on weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP)-nucleus scattering from the 2013 data of the Large Underground Xenon dark matter experiment, including 1.4×10^{4} kg day of search exposure. This new analysis incorporates several advances: single-photon calibration at the scintillation wavelength, improved event-reconstruction algorithms, a revised background model including events originating on the detector walls in an enlarged fiducial volume, and new calibrations from decays of an injected tritium β source and from kinematically constrained nuclear recoils down to 1.1 keV. Sensitivity, especially to low-mass WIMPs, is enhanced compared to our previous results which modeled the signal only above a 3 keV minimum energy. Under standard dark matter halo assumptions and in the mass range above 4 GeV c^{-2}, these new results give the most stringent direct limits on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross section. The 90% C.L. upper limit has a minimum of 0.6 zb at 33 GeV c^{-2} WIMP mass.
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- D S Akerib
- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St Joseph St., Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
| | - E P Bernard
- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
| | - A Bernstein
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., Livermore, California 94551, USA
| | - T P Biesiadzinski
- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope St., Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope St., Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark St., Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark St., Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, USA
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope St., Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St Joseph St., Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope St., Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Physics, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave., Livermore, California 94551, USA
- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope St., Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Texas A&M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark St., Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, USA
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, United Kingdom
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Physics, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope St., Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope St., Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope St., Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Texas A&M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St Joseph St., Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Yale University, Department of Physics, 217 Prospect St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd., Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- University of California Berkeley, Department of Physics, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- University of California Davis, Department of Physics, One Shields Ave., Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Brown University, Department of Physics, 182 Hope St., Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Texas A&M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Texas A&M University, Department of Physics, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Case Western Reserve University, Department of Physics, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94205, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, 452 Lomita Mall, Stanford, California 94309, USA
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- University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- University of Rochester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Imperial College London, High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- University at Albany, State University of New York, Department of Physics, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12222, USA
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- University of South Dakota, Department of Physics, 414E Clark St., Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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Gao J, Marakov A, Guo W, Pawlowski BT, Van Sciver SW, Ihas GG, McKinsey DN, Vinen WF. Producing and imaging a thin line of He*₂ molecular tracers in helium-4. Rev Sci Instrum 2015; 86:093904. [PMID: 26429454 DOI: 10.1063/1.4930147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
Cryogenic helium-4 has long been recognized as a useful material in fluids research. The unique properties of helium-4 in the gaseous phase and the normal liquid phase allow for the generation of turbulent flows with exceptionally high Reynolds and Rayleigh numbers. In the superfluid phase, helium-4 exhibits two-fluid hydrodynamics and possesses fascinating properties due to its quantum nature. However, studying the flows in helium-4 has been very challenging largely due to the lack of effective visualization and velocimetry techniques. In this article, we discuss the development of novel instrumentation for flow-visualization in helium based on the generation and imaging of thin lines of metastable He*₂ tracer molecules. These molecular tracers are created via femtosecond-laser field-ionization of helium atoms and can be imaged using a laser-induced fluorescence technique. By observing the displacement and distortion of the tracer lines in helium, quantitative information about the flow field can be extracted. We present experimental results in the study of thermal counterflow in superfluid helium that validate the concept of this technique. We also discuss anticipated future developments of this powerful visualization technique.
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- J Gao
- Mechanical Engineering Department, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, USA
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, USA
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- Mechanical Engineering Department, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06515, USA
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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Akerib DS, Araújo HM, Bai X, Bailey AJ, Balajthy J, Bedikian S, Bernard E, Bernstein A, Bolozdynya A, Bradley A, Byram D, Cahn SB, Carmona-Benitez MC, Chan C, Chapman JJ, Chiller AA, Chiller C, Clark K, Coffey T, Currie A, Curioni A, Dazeley S, de Viveiros L, Dobi A, Dobson J, Dragowsky EM, Druszkiewicz E, Edwards B, Faham CH, Fiorucci S, Flores C, Gaitskell RJ, Gehman VM, Ghag C, Gibson KR, Gilchriese MGD, Hall C, Hanhardt M, Hertel SA, Horn M, Huang DQ, Ihm M, Jacobsen RG, Kastens L, Kazkaz K, Knoche R, Kyre S, Lander R, Larsen NA, Lee C, Leonard DS, Lesko KT, Lindote A, Lopes MI, Lyashenko A, Malling DC, Mannino R, McKinsey DN, Mei DM, Mock J, Moongweluwan M, Morad J, Morii M, Murphy ASJ, Nehrkorn C, Nelson H, Neves F, Nikkel JA, Ott RA, Pangilinan M, Parker PD, Pease EK, Pech K, Phelps P, Reichhart L, Shutt T, Silva C, Skulski W, Sofka CJ, Solovov VN, Sorensen P, Stiegler T, O'Sullivan K, Sumner TJ, Svoboda R, Sweany M, Szydagis M, Taylor D, Tennyson B, Tiedt DR, Tripathi M, Uvarov S, Verbus JR, Walsh N, Webb R, White JT, White D, Witherell MS, Wlasenko M, Wolfs FLH, Woods M, Zhang C. First results from the LUX dark matter experiment at the Sanford underground research facility. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 112:091303. [PMID: 24655239 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.091303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment is a dual-phase xenon time-projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (Lead, South Dakota). The LUX cryostat was filled for the first time in the underground laboratory in February 2013. We report results of the first WIMP search data set, taken during the period from April to August 2013, presenting the analysis of 85.3 live days of data with a fiducial volume of 118 kg. A profile-likelihood analysis technique shows our data to be consistent with the background-only hypothesis, allowing 90% confidence limits to be set on spin-independent WIMP-nucleon elastic scattering with a minimum upper limit on the cross section of 7.6 × 10(-46) cm(2) at a WIMP mass of 33 GeV/c(2). We find that the LUX data are in disagreement with low-mass WIMP signal interpretations of the results from several recent direct detection experiments.
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- D S Akerib
- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- High Energy Physics, Imperial College London, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St Joseph Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- High Energy Physics, Imperial College London, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA and Department of Physics, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Physics, Brown University, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Department of Physics, Brown University, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- High Energy Physics, Imperial College London, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Department of Physics, Brown University, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, Brown University, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Physics, Brown University, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St Joseph Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA and South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Department of Physics, Brown University, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Department of Physics, Brown University, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Department of Physics, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Physics, Brown University, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Physics, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- LIP-Coimbra, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Department of Physics, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- High Energy Physics, Imperial College London, Blackett Laboratory, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota 57754, USA
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- Department of Physics, Yale University, 217 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St Joseph Street, Rapid City, South Dakota 57701, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Physics, Brown University, 182 Hope Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Physics, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Department of Physics, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of South Dakota, 414E Clark Street, Vermillion, South Dakota 57069, USA
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Zmeev DE, Pakpour F, Walmsley PM, Golov AI, Guo W, McKinsey DN, Ihas GG, McClintock PVE, Fisher SN, Vinen WF. Excimers He2* as tracers of quantum turbulence in 4He in the t = 0 limit. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 110:175303. [PMID: 23679742 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.175303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We have studied the interaction of metastable 4He2* excimer molecules with quantized vortices in superfluid 4He in the zero temperature limit. The vortices were generated by either rotation or ion injection. The trapping diameter of the molecules on quantized vortices was found to be 96±6 nm at a pressure of 0.1 bar and 27±5 nm at 5.0 bar. We have also demonstrated that a moving tangle of vortices can carry the molecules through the superfluid helium.
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- D E Zmeev
- School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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Angle J, Aprile E, Arneodo F, Baudis L, Bernstein A, Bolozdynya AI, Coelho LCC, Dahl CE, DeViveiros L, Ferella AD, Fernandes LMP, Fiorucci S, Gaitskell RJ, Giboni KL, Gomez R, Hasty R, Kastens L, Kwong J, Lopes JAM, Madden N, Manalaysay A, Manzur A, McKinsey DN, Monzani ME, Ni K, Oberlack U, Orboeck J, Plante G, Santorelli R, dos Santos JMF, Schulte S, Shagin P, Shutt T, Sorensen P, Winant C, Yamashita M. Search for light dark matter in XENON10 data. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 107:051301. [PMID: 21867059 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.051301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2011] [Revised: 06/03/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report results of a search for light (≲10 GeV) particle dark matter with the XENON10 detector. The event trigger was sensitive to a single electron, with the analysis threshold of 5 electrons corresponding to 1.4 keV nuclear recoil energy. Considering spin-independent dark matter-nucleon scattering, we exclude cross sections σ(n)>7×10(-42) cm(2), for a dark matter particle mass m(χ)=7 GeV. We find that our data strongly constrain recent elastic dark matter interpretations of excess low-energy events observed by CoGeNT and CRESST-II, as well as the DAMA annual modulation signal.
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- J Angle
- Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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Guo W, Cahn SB, Nikkel JA, Vinen WF, McKinsey DN. Visualization study of counterflow in superfluid 4He using metastable helium molecules. Phys Rev Lett 2010; 105:045301. [PMID: 20867855 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.105.045301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2010] [Revised: 05/27/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Heat is transferred in superfluid 4He via a process known as thermal counterflow. It has been known for many years that above a critical heat current the superfluid component in this counterflow becomes turbulent. It has been suspected that the normal-fluid component may become turbulent as well, but experimental verification is difficult without a technique for visualizing the flow. Here we report a series of visualization studies on the normal-fluid component in a thermal counterflow performed by imaging the motion of seeded metastable helium molecules using a laser-induced-fluorescence technique. We present evidence that the flow of the normal fluid is indeed turbulent at relatively large velocities. Thermal counterflow in which both components are turbulent presents us with a theoretically challenging type of turbulent behavior that is new to physics.
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- W Guo
- Physics Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06515, USA
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Guo W, Wright JD, Cahn SB, Nikkel JA, McKinsey DN. Metastable helium molecules as tracers in superfluid 4He. Phys Rev Lett 2009; 102:235301. [PMID: 19658945 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.102.235301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2009] [Revised: 05/04/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Metastable helium molecules generated in a discharge near a sharp tungsten tip immersed in superfluid 4He are imaged using a laser-induced-fluorescence technique. By pulsing the tip, a small cloud of He(2*) molecules is produced. We can determine the normal-fluid velocity in a heat-induced counterflow by tracing the position of a single molecule cloud. As we run the tip in continuous field-emission mode, a normal-fluid jet from the tip is generated and molecules are entrained in the jet. A focused 910 nm pump laser pulse is used to drive a small group of molecules to the first excited vibrational level of the triplet ground state. Subsequent imaging of the tagged molecules with an expanded 925 nm probe laser pulse allows us to measure the flow velocity of the jet. The techniques we developed provide new tools in quantitatively studying the normal fluid flow in superfluid helium.
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- W Guo
- Physics Department, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06515, USA
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Angle J, Aprile E, Arneodo F, Baudis L, Bernstein A, Bolozdynya A, Coelho LCC, Dahl CE, DeViveiros L, Ferella AD, Fernandes LMP, Fiorucci S, Gaitskell RJ, Giboni KL, Gomez R, Hasty R, Kastens L, Kwong J, Lopes JAM, Madden N, Manalaysay A, Manzur A, McKinsey DN, Monzani ME, Ni K, Oberlack U, Orboeck J, Plante G, Santorelli R, dos Santos JMF, Shagin P, Shutt T, Sorensen P, Schulte S, Winant C, Yamashita M. Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross sections from the XENON10 experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2008; 101:091301. [PMID: 18851599 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.101.091301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2008] [Revised: 07/11/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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XENON10 is an experiment to directly detect weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), which may comprise the bulk of the nonbaryonic dark matter in our Universe. We report new results for spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon interactions with 129Xe and 131Xe from 58.6 live days of operation at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. Based on the nonobservation of a WIMP signal in 5.4 kg of fiducial liquid xenon mass, we exclude previously unexplored regions in the theoretically allowed parameter space for neutralinos. We also exclude a heavy Majorana neutrino with a mass in the range of approximately 10 GeV/c2-2 TeV/c2 as a dark matter candidate under standard assumptions for its density and distribution in the galactic halo.
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- J Angle
- Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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Yang L, Brome CR, Butterworth JS, Dzhosyuk SN, Mattoni CEH, McKinsey DN, Michniak RA, Doyle JM, Golub R, Korobkina E, O'Shaughnessy CM, Palmquist GR, Seo PN, Huffman PR, Coakley KJ, Mumm HP, Thompson AK, Yang GL, Lamoreaux SK. Invited article: development of high-field superconducting Ioffe magnetic traps. Rev Sci Instrum 2008; 79:031301. [PMID: 18376990 DOI: 10.1063/1.2897133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We describe the design, construction, and performance of three generations of superconducting Ioffe magnetic traps. The first two are low current traps, built from four racetrack shaped quadrupole coils and two solenoid assemblies. Coils are wet wound with multifilament NbTi superconducting wires embedded in epoxy matrices. The magnet bore diameters are 51 and 105 mm with identical trap depths of 1.0 T at their operating currents and at 4.2 K. A third trap uses a high current accelerator-type quadrupole magnet and two low current solenoids. This trap has a bore diameter of 140 mm and tested trap depth of 2.8 T. Both low current traps show signs of excessive training. The high current hybrid trap, on the other hand, exhibits good training behavior and is amenable to quench protection.
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- L Yang
- Physics Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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Angle J, Aprile E, Arneodo F, Baudis L, Bernstein A, Bolozdynya A, Brusov P, Coelho LCC, Dahl CE, DeViveiros L, Ferella AD, Fernandes LMP, Fiorucci S, Gaitskell RJ, Giboni KL, Gomez R, Hasty R, Kastens L, Kwong J, Lopes JAM, Madden N, Manalaysay A, Manzur A, McKinsey DN, Monzani ME, Ni K, Oberlack U, Orboeck J, Plante G, Santorelli R, dos Santos JMF, Shagin P, Shutt T, Sorensen P, Schulte S, Winant C, Yamashita M. First results from the XENON10 dark matter experiment at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory. Phys Rev Lett 2008; 100:021303. [PMID: 18232850 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.100.021303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The XENON10 experiment at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory uses a 15 kg xenon dual phase time projection chamber to search for dark matter weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). The detector measures simultaneously the scintillation and the ionization produced by radiation in pure liquid xenon to discriminate signal from background down to 4.5 keV nuclear-recoil energy. A blind analysis of 58.6 live days of data, acquired between October 6, 2006, and February 14, 2007, and using a fiducial mass of 5.4 kg, excludes previously unexplored parameter space, setting a new 90% C.L. upper limit for the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross section of 8.8x10(-44) cm2 for a WIMP mass of 100 GeV/c2, and 4.5x10(-44) cm2 for a WIMP mass of 30 GeV/c2. This result further constrains predictions of supersymmetric models.
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- J Angle
- Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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Rellergert WG, Cahn SB, Garvan A, Hanson JC, Lippincott WH, Nikkel JA, McKinsey DN. Detection and imaging of He2 molecules in superfluid helium. Phys Rev Lett 2008; 100:025301. [PMID: 18232882 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.100.025301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2007] [Revised: 11/15/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We present data that show a cycling transition can be used to detect and image metastable He2 triplet molecules in superfluid helium. We demonstrate that limitations on the cycling efficiency due to the vibrational structure of the molecule can be mitigated by the use of repumping lasers. Images of the molecules obtained using the method are also shown. This technique gives rise to a new kind of ionizing radiation detector. The use of He2 triplet molecules as tracer particles in the superfluid promises to be a powerful tool for visualization of both quantum and classical turbulence in liquid helium.
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- W G Rellergert
- Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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McKinsey DN, Lippincott WH, Nikkel JA, Rellergert WG. Trace detection of metastable helium molecules in superfluid helium by laser-induced fluorescence. Phys Rev Lett 2005; 95:111101. [PMID: 16196995 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.95.111101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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We describe an approach to detecting ionizing radiation that combines the special properties of superfluid helium with the sensitivity of quantum optics techniques. Ionization in liquid helium results in the copious production of metastable He2 molecules, which can be detected by laser-induced fluorescence. Each molecule can be probed many times using a cycling transition, resulting in the detection of individual molecules with high signal to noise. This technique could be used to detect neutrinos, weakly interacting massive particles, and ultracold neutrons, and to image superfluid flow in liquid 4He.
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- D N McKinsey
- Department of Physics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208120, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
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