Limits on Interactions between Weakly Interacting Massive Particles and Nucleons Obtained with NaI(Tl) crystal Detectors

K.W. Kim , G. Adhikari , P. Adhikari , S. Choi , C. Ha , I.S. Hahn , E.J. Jeon , H.W. Joo

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W.G. Kang H.J. Kim N.Y. Kim S.K. Kim Y.D. Kim Y.H. Kim Y.J. Ko H.S. Lee J.S. Lee J.Y. Lee M.H. Lee D.S. Leonard S.L. Olsen B.J. Park H.K. Park H.S. Park K.S. Park

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Limits on the cross section for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) scattering off nucleons in the NaI(Tl) detectors at the Yangyang Underground Laboratory are obtained with a 2967.4 kg*day data exposure. Nuclei recoiling are identified by the pulse shape of scintillating photon signals. Data are consistent with no nuclear recoil hypothesis, and 90% confidence level upper limits are set. These limits partially exclude the DAMA/LIBRA region of WIMP-sodium interaction with the same NaI(Tl) target detector. This 90% confidence level upper limit on WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross section is 3.26*10^-4 pb for a WIMP mass at 10 GeV/c^2.

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Limits on Interactions between Weakly Interacting Massive Particles and Nucleons Obtained with NaI(Tl) crystal Detectors

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