Limits on spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross sections from 225 live days of XENON100 data
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| Publication date | 2013 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | Issue number | 111 | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 021301 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
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| Abstract | We present new experimental constraints on the elastic, spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon cross section using recent data from the XENON100 experiment, operated in the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy. An analysis of 224.6 live days×34 kg of exposure acquired during 2011 and 2012 revealed no excess signal due to axial-vector WIMP interactions with Xe129 and Xe131 nuclei. This leads to the most stringent upper limits on WIMP-neutron cross sections for WIMP masses above 6 GeV/c2, with a minimum cross section of 3.5×10−40 cm2 at a WIMP mass of 45 GeV/c2, at 90% confidence level. |
| Document type | Article |
| Note | XENON100 Collaboration |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.021301 |
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