Limits on Spin-Independent Couplings of WIMP Dark Matter with a p-Type Point-Contact Germanium Detector


Li H. B., Liao H. Y., Lin S. T., Liu S. K., Singh L., Singh M. K., ...Daha Fazla

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, cilt.110, sa.26, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 110 Sayı: 26
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.261301
  • Dergi Adı: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We report new limits on a spin-independent weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP)-nucleon interaction cross section using 39.5 kg days of data taken with a p-type point-contact germanium detector of 840 g fiducial mass at the Kuo-Sheng Reactor Neutrino Laboratory. Crucial to this study is the understanding of the selection procedures and, in particular, the bulk-surface events differentiation at the sub-keV range. The signal-retaining and background-rejecting efficiencies were measured with calibration gamma sources and a novel n-type point-contact germanium detector. Part of the parameter space in the cross section versus WIMP-mass implied by various experiments is probed and excluded.