The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) experiment: Results and prospects

L. Brink, Z. Ahmed, S. Akerib, N. Bailey, A. Bauer, J. Beaty, R. Bunker, S. Burke, B. Cabrera, O. Caldwell, J. Cooley, P. Cushman, F. Dejongh, R. Dragowsky, L. Duong, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, J. Filippini, M. Fritts, R. Golwala, R. GrantJ. Hall, R. Hennings-Yeomans, S. Hertel, D. Holmgren, E. Huber, R. Mahapatra, V. Mandic, A. McCarthy, N. Mirabolfathi, H. Nelson, L. Novak, W. Ogburn, M. Pyle, X. Qiu, E. Ramberg, W. Rau, A. Reisetter, T. Saab, B. Sadoulet, J. Sander, R. Schmitt, W. Schnee, N. Seitz, B. Serfass, A. Sirois, M. Sundqvist, A. Tomada, G. Wang, S. Yellin, J. Yoo, A. Young

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Abstract

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are a strong candidate for the Cold Dark Matter of the Universe. CDMS-II is a direct-search WIMP search experiment, operating at 50 mK and housed at the Soudan mine, Minnesota. The 250 gram Ge detectors utilize athermal phonon sensors where tungsten transition edge sensors are operated in negative electrothermal feedback. The search at Soudan is ongoing with an expected final reach of CDMS-II by the end of 2008 of a WIMP-nucleon cross-section sensitivity of 2.1 x10-44 cm 2, at a WIMP mass of 60 GeV/c2. To proceed further, we have proposed the SuperCDMS program.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number012006
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume150
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

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