SuperCDMS and GEODM Dark Matter Searches

February 2010 Paul Brink

Department of Physics, Stanford University KIPAC associate member
SuperCDMS & GEODM

DM 2010

The SuperCDMS & GEODM Collaborations

Caltech
Z. Ahmed, J. Filippini, S. Golwala, D. Moore

Southern Methodist University

J. Cooley

Fermilab
D.A. Bauer, J. Hall, F. DeJongh, D. Holmgren, L. Hsu, R.L. Schmitt, J. Yoo

Syracuse University
R.W. Schnee, M. Kos and M. Kiveni

MIT
E. Figueroa-Feliciano, S. Hertel, K. McCarthy, S.W. Leman, P. Wikus

University of California, Berkeley

M. Daal, N. Mirabolfathi, B. Sadoulet, D. Seitz, B. Serfass, K. Sundqvist

NIST
K. Irwin

University of California, Santa Barbara

D. O. Caldwell

Queens University
P. Di Stefano, N. Fatemighomi, J. Fox, S. Liu, C. Martinez, P. Nadeau, W. Rau

University of Colorado at Denver

M. E. Huber, B. Hines

Santa Clara University

B.A. Young

University of Florida
T. Saab, J. Hoskins, D. Balakishiyeva

Stanford University
P.L. Brink, B. Cabrera, M. Pyle, M. Razeti, S. Yellin

University of Minnesota
P. Cushman, L. Duong, M. Fritts, V. Mandic, X. Qiu, A. Reisetter, O. Kamaev, J. Zhang

SLAC/KIPAC
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M. Asai, E. do Couto e Silva, G.Godfrey, J. Hasi, M. Kelsey, R. Mahapatra , M. Platt, J. Sander C. Kenney, P.C. Kim, R. Partridge, R. Resch, D. Wright.
Paul Brink

University of Texas A&M

CDMS Detector : Phonons + Ionization

Ionization charge bias only 3 Volts

Do not want fast Luke-phonons to contaminate phonon signal. 3 Volts sufficient to collect bulk events at sub-Kelvin temperatures. Sufficient to collect bulk events at sub-Kelvin temperatures. Need to discriminate against natural backgrounds Phonons Transition-edge sensors, transition temperature 100 mK. Athermal phonons collected fast enough to identify surface events.

3V bias

Qinner

Qouter

+ + + + - -

Bulk Event
Phonon Sensor side

+ + +- + - -

Surface Bulk

Surface Event
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SuperCDMS phases - Moores Law if zero bkgd

4 kg 15 kg

CDMSII Dec 2009

150 kg
See e.g. Background Penalty Factor, Scott Dodelson arXiv 0812.0787v2
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GEODM
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SuperCDMS Soudan: upgraded ZIPs

SuperTower 1 (ST1) run at Soudan (Run 130) completed, analysis on-going.

Stack of five 1-inch thick Ge detectors (4 Phonon sensors, 2 charge channels) End-caps of two 1-cm thick Ge veto detectors

SuperTowers 2 & 3 fabricated, testing nearly completed.

SuperTowers 4 & 5 on hold. Considering change of plan to use higher performance iZIPs.
Ge : 76 mm diameter, 25 mm thick, 607 g.

x5

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Baseline detector for > 100 kg Ge DM search : iZIP

iZIP/double-sided detectors with outer phonon channel to reject perimeter events.

In iZIP charge electrodes interleaved with narrow strips occupied by phonon sensors. Less phonon timing information for surface events But now charge channels can veto surface events

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Ge 3-inch iZIP performance at surface facility

Vastly superior to previous ZIP detectors sufficient for 1 tonne Ge already.

Basic

Q/P yield improved for surface event leakage into nuclear recoil band, 1:200 of CDMS II -> 1:3000.
Less Al, etched aSi, tangential E-field.

iZIP

bulk charge (Q symmetric) cut leakage 1:1000. Additional cuts possible (timing, phonon symmetry, manifold), but correlations present.
Study further at underground site away from ambient neutron backgrounds (n0).
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SuperCDMS SNOLAB (100 kg Ge)

Planning to submit proposal 2011. Expected reach 0.3 zepto-barnes.

Need

deeper site than Soudan > 4000 mwe. Need new fridge and shield. iZIP detector technology ~ 1 kg each.

New fridge and shield design work in progress at FNAL.

Select

Detector fabrication at Stanford/SLAC (baseline). Direct readout of all electrical channels, similar to CDMS II.
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R&D 2010 : Ge 4-inch diameter

Detector grade 100 mm diameter Ge now available.
Purchased

both [100] and [111] orientation from two different vendors (SLAC LDRD).
First crystals arrived Jan 2010. Upgrading fabrication, thin-film deposition, photolithography.

Ready April 2010.

Phase

I : investigate ionization performance

Design hardware. Fridge (Minneapolis)

already modified for 4-inch detectors.

Phase

II : fabricate and test performance of 4-inch iZIP (1.4 kg)

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GEODM for 1.5 tonne Ge at DUSEL

DUSEL design study (NSF S4) funded
Deliver

study end of 2012. DUSEL PDR Dec 2010

Cryogenic engineering Electrical readout, multiplexing (NIST&MIT) Detector fabrication scalability (TAMU&SLAC) Material screening, background studies.
Rapid

advance on high risk items could feed into earlier programs (eg iZIP for SNOLAB & Soudan).

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Conclusions
CDMS II & SuperCDMS
Final

(5-tower) run of CDMS II (4 kg) completed

Final expected sensitivity was within x2 of that predicted back in 2002. Dec 09 analysis a reminder of the desire to maintain a background-free experiment.

First

SuperTower (3kg) operated at Soudan

Proposed detector scaling from CDMS II (x5) demonstrated. Analysis of expected leakage rate from calibration data ongoing, complete next month.

3-inch

Ge iZIP detector performance very impressive

True rejection capability requires underground testing but already good enough for

150 kg scale Ge experiment. SuperCDMS Soudan sensitivity goal of 5 x 10-45 cm2 (5 zepto-barns) continues to look realistic.

Beyond Soudan
Background-free Exploring

100 kg Ge, at >4000 mwe depth, looks straightforward with iZIPs

Sensitivity goal of WIMP-nucleon cross-section 3 x 10-46 cm2 (0.3 zepto-barns)

new technologies and approaches to reach 1 tonne Ge for DUSEL

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