Search for low-mass dark matter with CsI(Tl) crystal detectors

H. S. Lee; H. Bhang; J. H. Choi; S. Choi; I. S. Hahn; E. J. Jeon; H. W. Joo; W. G. Kang; B. H. Kim; G. B. Kim; H. J. Kim; J. H. Kim; K. W. Kim; S. C. Kim; S. K. Kim; Y. D. Kim; Y. H. Kim; J. H. Lee; J. K. Lee; S. J. Lee; D. S. Leonard; J. Li; J. Li; Y. J. Li; X. R. Li; S. S. Myung; S. L. Olsen; J. W. Park; I. S. Seong; J. H. So; Q. Yue

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.90.052006

Search for low-mass dark matter with CsI(Tl) crystal detectors

H. S. Lee, H. Bhang, J. H. Choi, S. Choi, I. S. Hahn, E. J. Jeon, H. W. Joo, W. G. Kang, B. H. Kim, G. B. Kim, H. J. Kim, J. H. Kim, K. W. Kim, S. C. Kim, S. K. Kim, Y. D. Kim, Y. H. Kim, J. H. Lee, J. K. Lee, S. J. LeeD. S. Leonard, J. Li, J. Li, Y. J. Li, X. R. Li, S. S. Myung, S. L. Olsen, J. W. Park, I. S. Seong, J. H. So, Q. Yue

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We present a search for low-mass (≤20GeV/c2) weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), strong candidates of dark matter particles, using the low-background CsI(Tl) detector array of the Korea Invisible Mass Search experiment. With a total data exposure of 24,524.3 kg days, we search for WIMP interaction signals produced by nuclei recoiling from WIMP-nuclear elastic scattering with visible energies between 2 and 4 keVee (electron-equivalent energy). The observed energy distribution of candidate events is consistent with null signals, and upper limits of the WIMP-proton spin-independent interaction are set with a 90% confidence level. The observed limit covers most of the low-mass region of parameter space favored by the DAMA annual modulation signal assuming the standard halo model.

Original language	English
Article number	052006
Journal	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume	90
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.052006
State	Published - 23 Sep 2014

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Lee, H. S., Bhang, H., Choi, J. H., Choi, S., Hahn, I. S., Jeon, E. J., Joo, H. W., Kang, W. G., Kim, B. H., Kim, G. B., Kim, H. J., Kim, J. H., Kim, K. W., Kim, S. C., Kim, S. K., Kim, Y. D., Kim, Y. H., Lee, J. H., Lee, J. K., ... Yue, Q. (2014). Search for low-mass dark matter with CsI(Tl) crystal detectors. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 90(5), Article 052006. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.90.052006

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