Searching for dark matter with the enriched detectors of the Heidelberg - Moscow Double Beta Decay Experiment

For the first time a search for dark matter with isotopically enriched material is done, by using the Ge detectors of the Heidelberg-Moscow experiment. A measuring time of 165.6 kg·d is used to set limits on the spin-independent cross section of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). A background level of 0.102±0.005 events/(kg·d·keV) was achieved (average value between 11 keV and 30 keV). It was possible to extend the exclusion range for Dirac neutrino masses up to 4.7 TeV.

dark matter
postulated particle: WIMP
neutrino: mass
mass: neutrino
coherent interaction: WIMP nucleus
WIMP nucleus: coherent interaction
cross section
energy: recoil
semiconductor detector: germanium
Gran Sasso

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