First Dark Matter Limits from a Large-Mass, Low-Background, Superheated Droplet Detector | Zendy

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First Dark Matter Limits from a Large-Mass, Low-Background, Superheated Droplet Detector

Author(s) -

J. I. Collar,

Joël Puibasset,

T. A. Girard,

D. Limagne,

H.S. Miley,

G. Waysand

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

physical review letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688

H-Index - 673

eISSN - 1079-7114

pISSN - 0031-9007

DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.85.3083

Subject(s) - dark matter , wimp , weakly interacting massive particles , physics , detector , sensitivity (control systems) , calibration , massive particle , particle physics , nuclear physics , particle (ecology) , astrophysics , optics , cosmology , scalar field dark matter , dark energy , oceanography , quantum mechanics , electronic engineering , geology , engineering

We report on the fabrication aspects and calibration of the first large active mass ( approximately 15 g) modules of SIMPLE, a search for particle dark matter using superheated droplet detectors (SDDs). While still limited by the statistical uncertainty of the small data sample on hand, the first weeks of operation in the new underground laboratory of Rustrel-Pays d'Apt already provide a sensitivity to axially coupled weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) competitive with leading experiments, confirming SDDs as a convenient, low-cost alternative for WIMP detection.

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