First results of the Phase II SIMPLE dark matter search.

نویسندگان

  • M Felizardo
  • T Morlat
  • A C Fernandes
  • T A Girard
  • J G Marques
  • A R Ramos
  • M Auguste
  • D Boyer
  • A Cavaillou
  • C Sudre
  • J Poupeney
  • R F Payne
  • H S Miley
  • J Puibasset
چکیده

We report results of a 14.1   kg d measurement with 15 superheated droplet detectors of total active mass 0.208 kg, comprising the first stage of a 30 kg d Phase II experiment. In combination with the results of the neutron-spin sensitive XENON10 experiment, these results yield a limit of |a(p)|<0.32 for M(W)=50 GeV/c² on the spin-dependent sector of weakly interacting massive particle-nucleus interactions with a 50% reduction in the previously allowed region of the phase space, formerly defined by XENON, KIMS, and PICASSO. In the spin-independent sector, a limit of 2.3×10⁻⁵ pb at M(W)=45 GeV/c² is obtained.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 105 21  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2010