The CDEX-10 experiment searches for light weakly interacting massive particles, a form of dark matter, at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory, where approximately 10 kg of germanium detectors are arranged in an a...The CDEX-10 experiment searches for light weakly interacting massive particles, a form of dark matter, at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory, where approximately 10 kg of germanium detectors are arranged in an array and immersed in liquid nitrogen. Herein, we report on the experimental apparatus, detector characterization, and spectrum analysis of one prototype detector. Owing to the higher rise-time resolution of the CDEX-10 prototype detector as compared with CDEX-1 B, we identified the origin of an observed category of extremely fast events. For data analysis of the CDEX-10 prototype detector, we introduced and applied an improved bulk/surface event discrimination method. The results of the new method were compared to those of the CDEX-1 B spectrum. Both sets of results showed good consistency in the 0-12 ke Vee energy range, except for the 8.0 keV K-shell X-ray peak from the external copper.展开更多
We report results of a search for light weakly interacting massive particle（WIMP） dark matter from the CDEX-1 experiment at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory（CJPL）. Constraints on WIMP-nucleon spin-independ...We report results of a search for light weakly interacting massive particle（WIMP） dark matter from the CDEX-1 experiment at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory（CJPL）. Constraints on WIMP-nucleon spin-independent（SI） and spin-dependent（SD） couplings are derived with a physics threshold of 160 eVee, from an exposure of 737.1 kg-days. The SI and SD limits extend the lower reach of light WIMPs to 2 GeV and improve over our earlier bounds at WIMP mass less than 6 GeV.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2017YFA0402201)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11475092,11475099,11675088,and 11725522)
文摘The CDEX-10 experiment searches for light weakly interacting massive particles, a form of dark matter, at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory, where approximately 10 kg of germanium detectors are arranged in an array and immersed in liquid nitrogen. Herein, we report on the experimental apparatus, detector characterization, and spectrum analysis of one prototype detector. Owing to the higher rise-time resolution of the CDEX-10 prototype detector as compared with CDEX-1 B, we identified the origin of an observed category of extremely fast events. For data analysis of the CDEX-10 prototype detector, we introduced and applied an improved bulk/surface event discrimination method. The results of the new method were compared to those of the CDEX-1 B spectrum. Both sets of results showed good consistency in the 0-12 ke Vee energy range, except for the 8.0 keV K-shell X-ray peak from the external copper.
基金Supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFA0402200,2017YFA0402201)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11175099,11275107,11475117,11475099,11475092,11675088)+2 种基金the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(2010CB833006)support of grants from the Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program(20121088494,20151080354)the Academia Sinica Investigator Award 2011-15,contracts 103-2112-M-001-024 and104-2112-M-001-038-MY3 from the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan
文摘We report results of a search for light weakly interacting massive particle（WIMP） dark matter from the CDEX-1 experiment at the China Jinping Underground Laboratory（CJPL）. Constraints on WIMP-nucleon spin-independent（SI） and spin-dependent（SD） couplings are derived with a physics threshold of 160 eVee, from an exposure of 737.1 kg-days. The SI and SD limits extend the lower reach of light WIMPs to 2 GeV and improve over our earlier bounds at WIMP mass less than 6 GeV.
