Limits on interactions between weakly interacting massive particles and nucleons obtained with CsI(Tl) crystal detectors

Phys Rev Lett. 2007 Aug 31;99(9):091301. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.091301. Epub 2007 Aug 28.

Abstract

The Korea Invisible Mass Search (KIMS) experiment presents new limits on the weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP)-nucleon cross section using data from an exposure of 3409 kg.d taken with low-background CsI(Tl) crystals at the Yangyang Underground Laboratory. The most stringent limit on the spin-dependent interaction for a pure proton case is obtained. The DAMA signal region for both spin-independent and spin-dependent interactions for the WIMP masses greater than 20 GeV/c2 is excluded by the single experiment with crystal scintillators.