First Dark Matter Limits from a Large-Mass, Low-Background, Superheated Droplet Detector
- 9 October 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 85 (15) , 3083-3086
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.85.3083
Abstract
We report on the fabrication aspects and calibration of the first large active mass ( ) modules of SIMPLE, a search for particle dark matter using superheated droplet detectors (SDDs). While still limited by the statistical uncertainty of the small data sample on hand, the first weeks of operation in the new underground laboratory of Rustrel–Pays d'Apt already provide a sensitivity to axially coupled weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) competitive with leading experiments, confirming SDDs as a convenient, low-cost alternative for WIMP detection.
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