Constraints on Light Dark Matter from CDMS II

ORAL

Abstract

Data from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) have been reanalyzed to give increased sensitivity to Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) with masses below 10 GeV/c$^2$. Using a lowered, 2 keV recoil energy threshold, we have reanalyzed data from eight germanium detectors operated at the Soudan Underground Laboratory. We present constraints on light WIMPs from this analysis and discuss the compatibility of these results with possible low-mass WIMP signals from the DAMA/LIBRA and CoGeNT experiments.

Authors

  • David Moore

    California Institute of Technology