Dark Matter Results from First 98.7 Days of Data from the PandaX-II Experiment

PandaX-II Collaboration

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Abstract

We report the weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter search results using the first physics-run data of the PandaX-II 500 kg liquid xenon dual-phase time-projection chamber, operating at the China JinPing underground laboratory. No dark matter candidate is identified above background. In combination with the data set during the commissioning run, with a total exposure of 3.3×104 kg day, the most stringent limit to the spin-independent interaction between the ordinary and WIMP dark matter is set for a range of dark matter mass between 5 and 1000 GeV/c2. The best upper limit on the scattering cross section is found 2.5×10-46 cm2 for the WIMP mass 40 GeV/c2 at 90% confidence level.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number121303
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume117
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 16 2016
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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