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DM-Ice17首次在南半球用NaI(Tl)寻找暗物质年调制信号

First search for a dark matter annual modulation signal with NaI(Tl) in the Southern Hemisphere by DM-Ice17

Ice Collaboration, E. Barbosa de Souza, J. Cherwinka, A. Cole, A. C. Ezeribe, D. Grant, F. Halzen, K. M. Heeger, L. Hsu, A. J. F. Hubbard, J. H. Jo, A. Karle, M… 展开作者

Ice Collaboration, E. Barbosa de Souza, J. Cherwinka, A. Cole, A. C. Ezeribe, D. Grant, F. Halzen, K. M. Heeger, L. Hsu, A. J. F. Hubbard, J. H. Jo, A. Karle, M. Kauer, V. A. Kudryavtsev, K. E. Lim, C. Macdonald, R. H. Maruyama, F. Mouton, S. M. Paling, W. Pettus, Z. P. Pierpoint, B. N. Reilly, M. Robinson, F. R. Rogers, P. Sandstrom, A. Scarff, N. J. C. Spooner, S. Telfer, L. Yang

摘要:

我们提出的第一个搜索暗物质年度调制信号在南半球进行的NaI(Tl)探测器,由DM-Ice 17实验。来自暗物质相互作用的核反冲预计会产生一个每年调制的信号,与地球半球内的位置无关。DM-Ice 17是DM-Ice实验计划的第一步,由位于南极2200 m.w.e.以下的17 kg NaI(Tl)组成。南极冰川覆盖层采取了超过3.6年的总曝光量为60.8公斤,DM-Ice 17的数据是一致的,没有调制的能量范围为4-20千电子伏,提供最强的限制弱相互作用的大质量粒子暗物质从位于南半球的直接探测实验。DM-Ice 17的成功部署和稳定的长期运行使南极冰成为未来暗物质搜索的可行地点,特别是高灵敏度NaI(Tl)暗物质实验的可行地点,以直接测试DAMA/LIBRA观测暗物质的声明。

英文摘要:

We present the first search for a dark matter annual modulation signal in the Southern Hemisphere conducted with NaI(Tl) detectors, performed by the DM-Ice17 experiment. Nuclear recoils from dark matter interactions are expected to yield an annually modulated signal independent of location within the Earth's hemispheres. DM-Ice17, the first step in the DM-Ice experimental program, consists of 17 kg of NaI(Tl) located at the South Pole under 2200 m.w.e. overburden of Antarctic glacial ice. Taken over 3.6 years for a total exposure of 60.8 kg yr, DM-Ice17 data are consistent with no modulation in the energy range of 4-20 keV, providing the strongest limits on weakly interacting massive particle dark matter from a direct detection experiment located in the Southern Hemisphere. The successful deployment and stable long-term operation of DM-Ice17 establishes the South Pole ice as a viable location for future dark matter searches and in particular for a high-sensitivity NaI(Tl) dark matter experiment to directly test the DAMA/LIBRA claim of the observation of dark matter.

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