Alner, G.J., Araujo, H.M., Arnison, G.J. et al. (46 more authors) (2005) Limits on WIMP cross-sections from the NAIAD experiment at the boulby underground laboratory. Physics Letters B, 616 (1-2). pp. 17-24. ISSN 0370-2693
Abstract
The NAIAD experiment (NaI Advanced Detector) for WIMP dark matter searches at the Boulby Underground Laboratory (North Yorkshire, UK) ran from 2000 until 2003. A total of 44.9 kg × years of data collected with 2 encapsulated and 4 unencapsulated NaI(Tl) crystals with high light yield were included in the analysis. We present final results of this analysis carried out using pulse shape discrimination. No signal associated with nuclear recoils from WIMP interactions was observed in any run with any crystal. This allowed us to set upper limits on the WIMP–nucleon spin-independent and WIMP–proton spin-dependent cross-sections. The NAIAD experiment has so far imposed the most stringent constraints on the spin-dependent WIMP–proton cross-section.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2005 Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Physics Letters B. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Dark matter; WIMP; Neutralino; Pulse shape analysis; Scintillation detectors; Inorganic crystals |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Physics and Astronomy (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 Aug 2017 15:02 |
Last Modified: | 21 Mar 2018 20:40 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2000.09.001 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.physletb.2000.09.001 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:120282 |