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First results from dark matter search experiment with LiF bolometer at Kamioka Underground Laboratory
Tokyo group has performed first underground dark matter search experiment in
2001 through 2002 at Kamioka Observatory(2700m.w.e). The detector is eight LiF
bolometers with total mass 168g aiming for the direct detection of WIMPs via
spin-dependent interaction. With a total exposure of 4.1 kg days, we derived
the limits in the a_p-a_n (WIMP-nucleon couplings) plane and excluded a large
part of the parameter space allowed by the UKDMC experiment.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figure
First Results from Dark Matter Search Experiment in the Nokogiriyama Underground Cell
An experiment to search for hypothetical particle dark matter using cryogenic
thermal detector, or bolometer is ongoing. The bolometer consists of eight
pieces of 21 g LiF absorbers and sensitive NTD germanium thermistors attached
to them and is installed in the Nokogiriyama underground cell which is a
shallow depth site ( m w.e.). We report on the results from the first
running for about ten days using this arrayed bolometer system together with
appropriate shieldings and muon veto counters. From the obtained energy spectra
the exclusion limits for the cross section of the elastic neutralino-proton
scattering are derived under commonly accepted astrophysical assumptions. The
sensitivity for the light neutralino with a mass below 5 GeV is improved by
this work.Comment: 8 pages, Revtex, 4 figure
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