Final results of the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search with cryogenic heat-and-ionization Ge detectors
Abstract
The final results of the EDELWEISS-I dark matter search using cryogenic heat-and-ionization Ge detectors are presented. The final data sample corresponds to an increase by a factor 5 in exposure relative to the previously published results. A recoil energy threshold of 13 keV or better was achieved with three 320 g detectors working simultaneously over four months of stable operation. Limits on the spin-independent cross section for the scattering of a weakly interacting massive particle on a nucleon are derived from an accumulated fiducial exposure of 62 kg d.
- Publication:
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Physical Review D
- Pub Date:
- June 2005
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0503265
- Bibcode:
- 2005PhRvD..71l2002S
- Keywords:
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- 95.35.+d;
- 14.80.Ly;
- 29.40.Wk;
- 98.80.Es;
- Dark matter;
- Supersymmetric partners of known particles;
- Solid-state detectors;
- Observational cosmology;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 42 pages, 16 figures, submitted to Physical Review D, 1 figure and 2 references added, some little changes in the text