Dark matter search results from the CDMS il experiment

Science

Volumn 327, Issue 5973, 2010, Pages 1619-1621

  Cooley, Jodi ⁱ   Ahmed, Z ^a   Akerib, D S ^b   Arrenberg, S ^r   Bailey, C N ^b   Balakishiyeva, D ^p   Baudis, L ^r   Bauer, D A ^c   Brink, P L ^j   Bruch, T ^r   Bunker, R ⁿ   Cabrera, B ^j   Caldwell, D O ⁿ   Cushman, P ^q   Daal, M ^m   Dejongh, F ^c   Dragowsky, M R ^b   Duong, L ^q   Fallows, S ^q   Figueroa Feliciano, E ^e   Filippini, J ^a   Fritts, M ^q   Golwala, S R ^a   Grant, D R ^b   Hall, J ^c   Hennings Yeomans, R ^b   Hertel, S A ^e   Holmgren, D ^c   Hsu, L ^c   Huber, M E ^o   Kamaev, O ^q   Kiveni, M ^k   Kos, M ^k   Leman, S W ^e   Mahapatra, R ^l   Mandic, V ^q   McCarthy, K A ^e   Mirabolfathi, N ^m   Moore, D ^a   Nelson, H ⁿ   Ogburn, R W ^j   Phipps, A ^m   Pyle, M ^j   Oiu, X ^q   Ramberg, E ^c   Rau, W ^f   Resetter, A ^g,q   Saab, T ^p   Sadoulet, B ^d,m   Sander, J ⁿ   Schnee, R W ^k   Seitz, D N ^m   Serfass, B ^m   Sundqvist, K M ^m   Tarka, M ^r   Wikus, P ^e   Yellin, S ^j,n   Yoo, J ^c   Young, B A ^h   Zhang, J ^q   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^h SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^p University of Minnesota ^*  (United States)

^q University of Minnesota   (United States)

^r PHYSIK INSTITUT DER UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM;

ASTROPHYSICS; DARK; DRY MATTER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMANIUM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATOM; COSMOS; CRYOGENIC DARK MATTER SEARCH; DARKNESS; LOW TEMPERATURE; NUCLEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950284298     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1186112     Document Type: Article

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20. The CDMS collaboration gratefully acknowledges the contributions of numerous engineers and technicians; we would like to especially thank J. Beaty, B. Hines, L. Novak, R. Schmitt, and A. Tomada. This work is supported in part by the National Science Foundation (grants AST-9978911, PHY-0542066, PHY-0503729, PHY-0503629, PHY0503641, PHY-0504224, PHY-0705052, PHY-0801708, PHY-0801712, PHY-0802575, and PHY-0855525), by the Department of Energy (contracts DE-AC03-76SF00098, DE-FG02-91ER40688, DE-FG02-92ER40701, DE-FG0390ER40569, and DE-FG03-91ER40618), by the Swiss National Foundation (SNF grant 20-118119), and by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (grant SAPIN 341314-07).