Direction-sensitive dark matter search results in a surface laboratory

Kentaro Miuchi; Kaori Hattori; Shigeto Kabuki; Hidetoshi Kubo; Shunsuke Kurosawa; Hironobu Nishimura; Yoko Okada; Atsushi Takada; Toru Tanimori; Ken'ichi Tsuchiya; Kazuki Ueno; Hiroyuki Sekiya; Atsushi Takeda

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2007.08.042

Direction-sensitive dark matter search results in a surface laboratory

Kentaro Miuchi, Kaori Hattori, Shigeto Kabuki, Hidetoshi Kubo, Shunsuke Kurosawa, Hironobu Nishimura, Yoko Okada, Atsushi Takada, Toru Tanimori, Ken'ichi Tsuchiya, Kazuki Ueno, Hiroyuki Sekiya, Atsushi Takeda

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Abstract

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 (CF₄) 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	58-64
Number of pages	7
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	654
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2007.08.042
Publication status	Published - 2007 Oct 11

Keywords

Dark matter
Direction-sensitive
Micro pattern detector
Time projection chamber
WIMP

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Miuchi, K., Hattori, K., Kabuki, S., Kubo, H., Kurosawa, S., Nishimura, H., Okada, Y., Takada, A., Tanimori, T., Tsuchiya, K., Ueno, K., Sekiya, H., & Takeda, A. (2007). Direction-sensitive dark matter search results in a surface laboratory. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 654(3-4), 58-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2007.08.042

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