The NAIAD experiment for WIMP searches at Boulby mine and recent results

B. Ahmed; G. J. Alner; H. Araujo; J. C. Barton; A. Bewick; M. J. Carson; D. Davidge; J. V. Dawson; T. Gamble; S. P. Hart; R. Hollingworth; A. S. Howard; W. G. Jones; M. K. Joshi; V. A. Kudryavtsev; T. B. Lawson; V. Lebedenko; M. J. Lehner; J. D. Lewin; P. K. Lightfoot; I. Liubarsky; R. Lüscher; J. E. McMillan; B. Morgan; G. Nicklin; S. M. Paling; R. M. Preece; J. J. Quenby; J. W. Roberts; M. Robinson; N. J.T. Smith; P. F. Smith; N. J.C. Spooner; T. J. Sumner; D. R. Tovey

doi:10.1016/S0927-6505(03)00115-4

The NAIAD experiment for WIMP searches at Boulby mine and recent results

B. Ahmed
, G. J. Alner
, H. Araujo
, J. C. Barton
, A. Bewick
, M. J. Carson
, D. Davidge
, J. V. Dawson
, T. Gamble
, S. P. Hart
, R. Hollingworth
, A. S. Howard
, W. G. Jones
, M. K. Joshi
, V. A. Kudryavtsev
, T. B. Lawson
, V. Lebedenko
, M. J. Lehner
, J. D. Lewin
, P. K. Lightfoot

I. Liubarsky, R. Lüscher, J. E. McMillan, B. Morgan, G. Nicklin, S. M. Paling, R. M. Preece, J. J. Quenby, J. W. Roberts, M. Robinson, N. J.T. Smith, P. F. Smith, N. J.C. Spooner, T. J. Sumner, D. R. Tovey

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Abstract

The NAIAD experiment (NaI Advanced Detector) for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter searches at Boulby mine (UK) is described. The detector consists of an array of encapsulated and unencapsulated NaI(Tl) crystals with high light yield. Six crystals are collecting data at present. Data accumulated by four of them (10.6 kg × year exposure) have been used to set upper limits on the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent and WIMP-proton spin-dependent cross-sections. Pulse shape analysis has been applied to discriminate between nuclear recoils, as may be caused by WIMP interactions, and electron recoils due to gamma background. Various calibrations of crystals are presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	691-702
Number of pages	12
Journal	Astroparticle Physics
Volume	19
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(03)00115-4
State	Published - Sep 2003

Funding

The Collaboration wishes to thank PPARC for financial support. We are grateful to the staff of Cleveland Potash Ltd. for assistance. We also thank the referee for very useful comments.

Keywords

Dark matter
Inorganic crystals
Pulse shape analysis
Scintillation detectors
WIMP

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Ahmed, B., Alner, G. J., Araujo, H., Barton, J. C., Bewick, A., Carson, M. J., Davidge, D., Dawson, J. V., Gamble, T., Hart, S. P., Hollingworth, R., Howard, A. S., Jones, W. G., Joshi, M. K., Kudryavtsev, V. A., Lawson, T. B., Lebedenko, V., Lehner, M. J., Lewin, J. D., ... Tovey, D. R. (2003). The NAIAD experiment for WIMP searches at Boulby mine and recent results. Astroparticle Physics, 19(6), 691-702. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(03)00115-4

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