A Dark Matter Search with MALBEK

G. K. Giovanetti; N. Abgrall; E. Aguayo; F. T. Avignone; A. S. Barabash; F. E. Bertrand; M. Boswell; V. Brudanin; M. Busch; D. Byram; A. S. Caldwell; Y. D. Chan; C. D. Christofferson; D. C. Combs; C. Cuesta; J. A. Detwiler; P. J. Doe; Yu Efremenko; V. Egorov; H. Ejiri; S. R. Elliott; J. E. Fast; P. Finnerty; F. M. Fraenkle; A. Galindo-Uribarri; J. Goett; M. P. Green; J. Gruszko; V. E. Guiseppe; K. Gusev; A. L. Hallin; R. Hazama; A. Hegai; R. Henning; E. W. Hoppe; S. Howard; M. A. Howe; K. J. Keeter; M. F. Kidd; O. Kochetov; S. I. Konovalov; R. T. Kouzes; B. D. Laferriere; J. Leon; L. E. Leviner; J. C. Loach; J. MacMullin; S. MacMullin; R. D. Martin; S. Meijer; S. Mertens; M. Nomachi; J. L. Orrell; C. O'Shaughnessy; N. R. Overman; D. G. Phillips; A. W.P. Poon; K. Pushkin; D. C. Radford; J. Rager; K. Rielage; R. G.H. Robertson; E. Romero-Romero; M. C. Ronquest; A. G. Schubert; B. Shanks; T. Shima; M. Shirchenko; K. J. Snavely; N. Snyder; A. M. Suriano; J. Thompson; V. Timkin; W. Tornow; J. E. Trimble; R. L. Varner; S. Vasilyev; K. Vetter; K. Vorren; B. R. White; J. F. Wilkerson; C. Wiseman; W. Xu; E. Yakushev; A. R. Young; C. H. Yu; V. Yumatov

doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.014

A Dark Matter Search with MALBEK

G. K. Giovanetti, N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash, F. E. Bertrand, M. Boswell, V. Brudanin, M. Busch, D. Byram, A. S. Caldwell, Y. D. Chan, C. D. Christofferson, D. C. Combs, C. Cuesta, J. A. Detwiler, P. J. Doe, Yu Efremenko, V. Egorov, H. EjiriS. R. Elliott, J. E. Fast, P. Finnerty, F. M. Fraenkle, A. Galindo-Uribarri, J. Goett, M. P. Green, J. Gruszko, V. E. Guiseppe, K. Gusev, A. L. Hallin, R. Hazama, A. Hegai, R. Henning, E. W. Hoppe, S. Howard, M. A. Howe, K. J. Keeter, M. F. Kidd, O. Kochetov, S. I. Konovalov, R. T. Kouzes, B. D. Laferriere, J. Leon, L. E. Leviner, J. C. Loach, J. MacMullin, S. MacMullin, R. D. Martin, S. Meijer, S. Mertens, M. Nomachi, J. L. Orrell, C. O'Shaughnessy, N. R. Overman, D. G. Phillips, A. W.P. Poon, K. Pushkin, D. C. Radford, J. Rager, K. Rielage, R. G.H. Robertson, E. Romero-Romero, M. C. Ronquest, A. G. Schubert, B. Shanks, T. Shima, M. Shirchenko, K. J. Snavely, N. Snyder, A. M. Suriano, J. Thompson, V. Timkin, W. Tornow, J. E. Trimble, R. L. Varner, S. Vasilyev, K. Vetter, K. Vorren, B. R. White, J. F. Wilkerson, C. Wiseman, W. Xu, E. Yakushev, A. R. Young, C. H. Yu, V. Yumatov

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Abstract

The Majorana Demonstrator is an array of natural and enriched high purity germanium detectors that will search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay of ⁷⁶Ge and perform a search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) with masses below 10 GeV. As part of the Majorana research and development efforts, we have deployed a modified, low-background broad energy germanium detector at the Kimballton Underground Research Facility. With its sub-keV energy threshold, this detector is sensitive to potential non-Standard Model physics, including interactions with WIMPs. We discuss the backgrounds present in the WIMP region of interest and explore the impact of slow surface event contamination when searching for a WIMP signal.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	77-84
Number of pages	8
Journal	Physics Procedia
Volume	61
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.014
State	Published - 2015
Event	13th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2013 - , United States Duration: Sep 8 2013 → Sep 13 2013

Funding

The authors would like to thank Juan Collar for providing some of the internal low-background detector components and for useful discussions. We also thank Mike Yocum and Jim Colaresi at Canberra Industries and Sean Finch, S. Derek Roundtree, Werner Tornow, Lhoist North America, and the TUNL technical staff for their logistical support and help with remote operations. We acknowledge support from the Office of Nuclear Physics in the DOE Office of Science, the support of the U.S. Department of Energy through the LANL/LDRD Program, the Particle Astrophysics Program of the National Science Foundation, and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.

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National Science Foundation
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Science
Nuclear Physics
Laboratory Directed Research and Development
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Russian Foundation for Basic Research

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germanium detector
majorana
neutrinoless double beta decay

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Giovanetti, G. K., Abgrall, N., Aguayo, E., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., Bertrand, F. E., Boswell, M., Brudanin, V., Busch, M., Byram, D., Caldwell, A. S., Chan, Y. D., Christofferson, C. D., Combs, D. C., Cuesta, C., Detwiler, J. A., Doe, P. J., Efremenko, Y., Egorov, V., ... Yumatov, V. (2015). A Dark Matter Search with MALBEK. Physics Procedia, 61, 77-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.014

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