Combined limits on WIMPs from the CDMS and EDELWEISS experiments

  • Z. Ahmed
  • , D. S. Akerib
  • , E. Armengaud
  • , S. Arrenberg
  • , C. Augier
  • , C. N. Bailey
  • , D. Balakishiyeva
  • , L. Baudis
  • , D. A. Bauer
  • , A. Benoît
  • , L. Bergé
  • , J. Blümer
  • , P. L. Brink
  • , A. Broniatowski
  • , T. Bruch
  • , V. Brudanin
  • , R. Bunker
  • , B. Cabrera
  • , D. O. Caldwell
  • , B. Censier
  • M. Chapellier, G. Chardin, F. Charlieux, J. Cooley, P. Coulter, G. A. Cox, P. Cushman, M. Daal, X. Defay, M. De Jesus, F. Dejongh, P. C.F. Di Stefano, Y. Dolgorouki, J. Domange, L. Dumoulin, M. R. Dragowsky, K. Eitel, S. Fallows, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, J. Filippini, D. Filosofov, N. Fourches, J. Fox, M. Fritts, J. Gascon, G. Gerbier, J. Gironnet, S. R. Golwala, M. Gros, J. Hall

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Abstract

The CDMS and EDELWEISS collaborations have combined the results of their direct searches for dark matter using cryogenic germanium detectors. The total data set represents 614kg•days equivalent exposure. A straightforward method of combination was chosen for its simplicity before data were exchanged between experiments. The results are interpreted in terms of limits on spin-independent weakly interacting, massive particle (WIMP)-nucleon cross section. For a WIMP mass of 90GeV/c2, where this analysis is most sensitive, a cross section of 3.3×10-44cm2 is excluded at 90% C.L. At higher WIMP masses, the combination improves the individual limits, by a factor 1.6 above 700GeV/c2. Alternative methods of combining the data provide stronger constraints for some ranges of WIMP masses and weaker constraints for others.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number011102
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume84
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011

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