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. 2000 Jun 19;84(25):5699-703.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5699.

Exclusion limits on the WIMP-nucleon cross section from the cryogenic dark matter search

R Abusaidi  1 , D S Akerib, P D Barnes Jr, D A Bauer, A Bolozdynya, P L Brink, R Bunker, B Cabrera, D O Caldwell, J P Castle, R M Clarke, P Colling, M B Crisler, A Cummings, A Da Silva, A K Davies, R Dixon, B L Dougherty, D Driscoll, S Eichblatt, J Emes, R J Gaitskell, S R Golwala, D Hale, E E Haller, J Hellmig, M E Huber, K D Irwin, J Jochum, F P Lipschultz, A Lu, V Mandic, J M Martinis, S W Nam, H Nelson, B Neuhauser, M J Penn, T A Perera, M C Perillo Isaac, B Pritychenko, R R Ross, T Saab, B Sadoulet, R W Schnee, D N Seitz, P Shestople, T Shutt, A Smith, G W Smith, A H Sonnenschein, A L Spadafora, W Stockwell, J D Taylor, S White, S Yellin, B A Young; CDMS Collaboration
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Exclusion limits on the WIMP-nucleon cross section from the cryogenic dark matter search

R Abusaidi et al. Phys Rev Lett. .

Abstract

The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) employs Ge and Si detectors to search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) via their elastic-scattering interactions with nuclei while discriminating against interactions of background particles. CDMS data, accounting for the neutron background, give limits on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon elastic-scattering cross section that exclude unexplored parameter space above 10 GeV/c2 WIMP mass and, at >75% C.L., the entire 3sigma allowed region for the WIMP signal reported by the DAMA experiment.

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