Direction-sensitive dark matter search results in a surface laboratory

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2007-08-20

arxiv.org/abs/0708.2579v1

Phys.Lett.B654:58-64,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. B

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physletb.2007.08.042

We developed a three-dimensional gaseous tracking device and performed a direction-sensitive dark matter search in a surface laboratory. By using 150 Torr carbon-tetrafluoride (CF_4 gas), we obtained a sky map drawn with the recoil directions of the carbon and fluorine nuclei, and set the first limit on the spin-dependent WIMP (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles)-proton cross section by a direction-sensitive method. Thus, we showed that a WIMP-search experiment with a gaseous tracking device can actually set limits. Furthermore, we demonstrated that this method will potentially play a certain role in revealing the nature of dark matter when a low-background large-volume detector is developed.

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