Results on the Spin-Dependent Scattering of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles on Nucleons from the Run 3 Data of the LUX Experiment.

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D. Akerib, H. Araújo, X. Bai, A. Bailey, J. Balajthy, P. Beltrame, E. Bernard, A. Bernstein, T. P. Biesiadzinski, E. Boulton

and 91 more authors

A. Bradley, R. Bramante, S. Cahn, M. Carmona-Benitez, C. Chan, J. Chapman, A. A. Chiller, C. Chiller, A. Currie, J. Cutter, T. Davison, L. D. Viveiros, A. Dobi, J. Dobson, E. Druszkiewicz, B. Edwards, C. Faham, S. Fiorucci, R. Gaitskell, V. Gehman, C. Ghag, K. Gibson, M. Gilchriese, C. Hall, M. Hanhardt, S. Haselschwardt, S. Hertel, D. Hogan, M. Horn, D. Huang, C. Ignarra, M. Ihm, R. Jacobsen, Wei Ji, K. Kazkaz, D. Khaitan, R. Knoche, N. Larsen, C. Lee, B. Lenardo, K. Lesko, A. Lindote, M. Lopes, D. Malling, A. Manalaysay, R. Mannino, M. F. Marzioni, D. McKinsey, D. Mei, J. Mock, M. Moongweluwan, J. Morad, A. Murphy, C. Nehrkorn, H. Nelson, F. Neves, K. O'Sullivan, K. Oliver-Mallory, R. Ott, K. Palladino, M. Pangilinan, E. K. Pease, P. Phelps, L. Reichhart, C. Rhyne, S. Shaw, T. Shutt, C. Silva, V. Solovov, P. Sorensen, S. Stephenson, T. Sumner, M. Szydagis, D. Taylor, W. Taylor, B. Tennyson, P. Terman, D. Tiedt, W. To, M. Tripathi, L. Tvrznikova, S. Uvarov, J. Verbus, R. Webb, J. White, T. Whitis, M. Witherell, F. Wolfs, K. Yazdani, S. Young, Chao Zhang

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We present experimental constraints on the spin-dependent WIMP (weakly interacting massive particle)-nucleon elastic cross sections from LUX data acquired in 2013. LUX is a dual-phase xenon time projection chamber operating at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (Lead, South Dakota), which is designed to observe the recoil signature of galactic WIMPs scattering from xenon nuclei. A profile likelihood ratio analysis of 1.4×10^{4} kg day of fiducial exposure allows 90% C.L. upper limits to be set on the WIMP-neutron (WIMP-proton) cross section of σ_{n}=9.4×10^{-41} cm^{2} (σ_{p}=2.9×10^{-39} cm^{2}) at 33 GeV/c^{2}. The spin-dependent WIMP-neutron limit is the most sensitive constraint to date.

Journal: Physical review letters

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.161302

Results on the Spin-Dependent Scattering of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles on Nucleons from the Run 3 Data of the LUX Experiment.

/ Authors

D. Akerib, H. Araújo, X. Bai, A. Bailey, J. Balajthy, P. Beltrame, E. Bernard, A. Bernstein, T. P. Biesiadzinski, E. Boulton

and 91 more authors

/ Abstract

Journal: Physical review letters

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.161302