Published November 20, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Status and future of the CDMS experiment: CDMS-II to SuperCDMS

  • 1. Physik Institut, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich (Switzerland)

Description

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment (CDMS-II) employs low-temperature Ge and Si detectors to detect WIMPs via their elastic scattering interactions with the target nuclei. No Dark Matter signal has been observed so far, resulting in a limit on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon elastic scattering cross-section with a minimum of 1.6x10-43 cm2 at a WIMP mass of 60 GeV c-2. To increase the sensitivity, new one inch thick detectors have been developed which will be used in the SuperCDMS phase. SuperCDMS will be operated at SNOLAB with an expected sensitivity on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon elastic scattering cross-section of 1x10-45 cm2 at the 25 kg stage

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
957
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 193-196
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
13. international symposium on particles, strings and cosmology
Acronym
PASCOS 2007
Dates
2-7 Jul 2007
Place
London (United Kingdom)

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Notes
(c) 2007 American Institute of Physics
Collaborations
CDMS Collaboration