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Improved dark matter search results from PICO-2L Run 2

C. Amole et al. (PICO Collaboration)
Phys. Rev. D 93, 061101(R) – Published 21 March 2016

Abstract

New data are reported from a second run of the 2-liter PICO-2L C3F8 bubble chamber with a total exposure of 129 kg-days at a thermodynamic threshold energy of 3.3 keV. These data show that measures taken to control particulate contamination in the superheated fluid resulted in the absence of the anomalous background events observed in the first run of this bubble chamber. One single nuclear-recoil event was observed in the data, consistent both with the predicted background rate from neutrons and with the observed rate of unambiguous multiple-bubble neutron scattering events. The chamber exhibits the same excellent electron-recoil and alpha decay rejection as was previously reported. These data provide the most stringent direct detection constraints on weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP)-proton spin-dependent scattering to date for WIMP masses <50GeV/c2.

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  • Received 15 January 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.061101

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Gravitation, Cosmology & Astrophysics

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Vol. 93, Iss. 6 — 15 March 2016

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