Latest results from the CDMS-II cold dark matter search

P. L. Brink; D. S. Akerib; M. S. Armel-Funkhouser; M. J. Attisha; C. N. Bailey; L. Baudis; D. A. Bauer; R. Bunker; B. Cabrera; D. O. Caldwell; C. L. Chang; M. B. Crisler; P. Cushman; M. Daal; R. Dixon; M. R. Dragowsky; D. D. Driscoll; L. Duong; R. Ferril; J. Filippini; R. J. Gaitskell; R. Hennings-Yeomans; D. Holmgren; M. E. Huber; S. Kamat; A. Lu; R. Mahapatra; V. Mandic; J. M. Martinis; P. Meunier; N. Mirabolfathi; H. Nelson; R. Nelson; R. W. Ogburn; T. A. Perera; E. Ramberg; A. Reisetter; R. R. Ross; T. Saab; B. Sadoulet; J. Sander; C. Savage; R. W. Schnee; D. N. Seitz; B. Serfass; K. M. Sundqvist; J. P.F. Thompson; G. Wang; S. Yellin; B. A. Young

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Latest results from the CDMS-II cold dark matter search

P. L. Brink, D. S. Akerib, M. S. Armel-Funkhouser, M. J. Attisha, C. N. Bailey, L. Baudis, D. A. Bauer, R. Bunker, B. Cabrera, D. O. Caldwell, C. L. Chang, M. B. Crisler, P. Cushman, M. Daal, R. Dixon, M. R. Dragowsky, D. D. Driscoll, L. Duong, R. Ferril, J. FilippiniR. J. Gaitskell, R. Hennings-Yeomans, D. Holmgren, M. E. Huber, S. Kamat, A. Lu, R. Mahapatra, V. Mandic, J. M. Martinis, P. Meunier, N. Mirabolfathi, H. Nelson, R. Nelson, R. W. Ogburn, T. A. Perera, E. Ramberg, A. Reisetter, R. R. Ross, T. Saab, B. Sadoulet, J. Sander, C. Savage, R. W. Schnee, D. N. Seitz, B. Serfass, K. M. Sundqvist, J. P.F. Thompson, G. Wang, S. Yellin, B. A. Young

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The CDMS-II collaboration's Cold Dark Matter search presently sets the most competitive exclusion limit in the world for the direct detection of the hypothesized Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) that constitute the cold dark matter of the Universe. Our experiment utilizes Ge (and Si) crystals as the target detectors, each with a mass of 250 g (100 g) and cooled to 30 mK. To eliminate natural radioactive sources as background the experiment is conducted in a well-shielded environment in the Soudan Mine, Minnesota, and has been operating for the last two years. To aid in the identification of a possible WIMP-candidate event, the detectors are designed to measure both the ionization and athermal phonon signals produced by each candidate event. The athermal phonon signal is measured using superconducting aluminum films on the crystal surface connected to tungsten transition edge sensors. The latest WIMP-search results from Soudan will be presented, along with projections for the future.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS
Subtitle of host publication	24th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics - LT24
Pages	1617-1620
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2355326
State	Published - 2006
Event	LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS: 24th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics - LT24 - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: Aug 10 2006 → Oct 17 2006

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Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	850
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

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Other	LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS: 24th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics - LT24
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando, FL
Period	8/10/06 → 10/17/06

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Cold dark matter
Cryogenic detectors
Underground astrophysics

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Brink, P. L., Akerib, D. S., Armel-Funkhouser, M. S., Attisha, M. J., Bailey, C. N., Baudis, L., Bauer, D. A., Bunker, R., Cabrera, B., Caldwell, D. O., Chang, C. L., Crisler, M. B., Cushman, P., Daal, M., Dixon, R., Dragowsky, M. R., Driscoll, D. D., Duong, L., Ferril, R., ... Young, B. A. (2006). Latest results from the CDMS-II cold dark matter search. In LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS: 24th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics - LT24 (pp. 1617-1620). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 850). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2355326

Brink, PL, Akerib, DS, Armel-Funkhouser, MS, Attisha, MJ, Bailey, CN, Baudis, L, Bauer, DA, Bunker, R, Cabrera, B, Caldwell, DO, Chang, CL, Crisler, MB, Cushman, P, Daal, M, Dixon, R, Dragowsky, MR, Driscoll, DD, Duong, L, Ferril, R, Filippini, J, Gaitskell, RJ, Hennings-Yeomans, R, Holmgren, D, Huber, ME, Kamat, S, Lu, A, Mahapatra, R, Mandic, V, Martinis, JM, Meunier, P, Mirabolfathi, N, Nelson, H, Nelson, R, Ogburn, RW, Perera, TA, Ramberg, E, Reisetter, A, Ross, RR, Saab, T, Sadoulet, B, Sander, J, Savage, C, Schnee, RW, Seitz, DN, Serfass, B, Sundqvist, KM, Thompson, JPF, Wang, G, Yellin, S & Young, BA 2006, Latest results from the CDMS-II cold dark matter search. in LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS: 24th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics - LT24. AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 850, pp. 1617-1620, LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS: 24th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics - LT24, Orlando, FL, United States, 8/10/06. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2355326

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