Published May 1, 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

Dark matter direct detection with SuperCDMS Soudan

  • 1. 333 LeConte Hall, Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720 (United States)

Description

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment (CDMS) and its successor, SuperCDMS, have had a long history of establishing world-leading upper limits on the interaction of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) with standard model nucleons. SuperCDMS uses arrays of cryogenic germanium detectors to achieve excellent discrimination between the nuclear recoils expected for WIMP interactions and radioactively produced electron recoils through the collection of ionization and athermal phonons. Recent analyses of the data collected from the current installation of Interleaved Z-Sensitive Ionization and Phonon (iZIP) detectors have probed new regions of the WIMP parameter space, particularly in the region of low-mass WIMP interactions. This paper will discuss the current work of the SuperCDMS collaboration. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/606/1/012003

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
606
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[9 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
2. workshop on Germanium detectors and technologies
Dates
14-17 Sep 2014
Place
Vermillion, SD (United States)

Optional Information

Collaborations
SuperCDMS Collaboration