Dark Matter Results from 54-Ton-Day Exposure of PandaX-II Experiment

(PandaX-II Collaboration)

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Abstract

We report a new search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using the combined low background data sets acquired in 2016 and 2017 from the PandaX-II experiment in China. The latest data set contains a new exposure of 77.1 live days, with the background reduced to a level of 0.8×10-3 evt/kg/day, improved by a factor of 2.5 in comparison to the previous run in 2016. No excess events are found above the expected background. With a total exposure of 5.4×104 kg day, the most stringent upper limit on the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross section is set for a WIMP with mass larger than 100 GeV/c2, with the lowest 90% C.L. exclusion at 8.6×10-47 cm2 at 40 GeV/c2.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number181302
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume119
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 30 2017
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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