Status of SuperCDMS Soudan High Threshold Analysis
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Abstract
The $\Lambda$CDM model of the universe implies that $\sim$80\% of the matter in the universe is non-baryonic dark matter. A particularly well motivated candidate for this dark matter is the Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP). The SuperCDMS collaboration searches for WIMP recoils in germanium crystal detectors. A total mass of ~9 kg has been operating at the Soudan Underground Laboratory since March 2012. Previous analyses have presented results optimized for low-mass WIMPs using only a subset of the data. I present the status of the high-threshold analysis that is optimized for heavier WIMP masses ($>$10 GeV) and uses the entire $\sim$3000 kg-day dataset.
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Authors
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Todd Doughty
Univ of California - Berkeley