Research and Publications

Please find below a list of research topics, pre-prints, and publications.

Selected Papers

• RESULTS FROM A LOW-ENERGY ANALYSIS OF THE CDMS II GERMANIUM DETECTORS
  By CDMS Collaboration (Z. Ahmed et al.). Phys.Rev.Lett. 106:131302, 2011. e-Print: arXiv:1011.2482 [astro-ph.CO]
• THE CDMS II DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM.
  D.A. Bauer, S. Burke, J. Cooley, M. Crisler, P. Cushman, F. DeJongh, L. Duong, R. Ferril, S.R. Golwala, J. Hall, D. Holmgren, R. Mahapatra, H. Nelson, A. Reisetter, J. Sander, C. Savage.. NIM A: 638 (2011) p.127
• RESULTS FROM THE FINAL EXPOSURE OF THE CDMS II EXPERIMENT By CDMS Coollaboration ( Z. Ahmed et al.). Science 327:1619-1621, 2010. e-Print arXiv:0912.3592 [astro-ph.CO]
• STATUS AND PERSPECTIVES ON DARK MATTER SEARCHES. By Jodi Cooley.  Prepared for the 20th Rencontres de Physique de La Vallee d'Aoste: Results and Perspective in Particle Physics, La Thuile, Aosta Valley, Italy, 5-12 Mar 2006. Published in La Thuile 2006, Results and       Perspectives in Particle Physics, 47-60. e-Print Archive: astro-ph/0607621
• SEARCH FOR DIFFUSE FLUXES OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL MUON-NEUTRINOS WITH THE AMANDA DETECTOR.  By AMANDA Collaboration (G. Hill, M. Leuthold, J. Cooley, et al.)  Proceedings of the 28^thInternational Cosmic Ray Conference, Tsukuba, Japan, 31 July – 7 August, 2003. 
• ICECUBE – THE NEXT GENERATION NEUTRINO TELESCOPE AT THE SOUTH POLE.  By IceCube Collaboration (A. Karle et al.).  Proceedings of the XX International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics, Munich, Germany 2002.  e-print archive:  astro-ph/0209556.

The Search for Dark Matter Using Direct Detection Techniques

• DARK MATTER SEARCH RESULTS UING THE SILICON DETECTORS OF CDMS II By CDMS Collaboration ((R. Agnese et al.)) e- Print:arXiv1304.3706
• SILICON DETECTOR RESULTS FROM THE FIRST FIVE-TOWER RUN OF CDMS II. By CDMS Collaboration ((R. Agnese et al.)) e- Print:arXiv1304.3706
• COMBINED LIMITS ON WIMPs FROM THE CDMS AND EDELWEISS EXPERIMENTS. By CDMS and EDELWEISS Collaborations (CDMS et al.). Phys. Rev. D 84:011102, 2011. e-Print: arXiv:1105.3377
• SEARCH FOR INELASTIC DARK MATTER WITH THE CDMS II EXPERIMENT. By CDMS Collaboration (Z. Ahmed et al.) Phys. Rev. D 83:112002, 2011. e-Print: arXiv:1012.5078.
• A LOW-THRESHOLD ANALYSIS OF CDMS SHALLOW-SITE DATA.
  By CDMS Collaboration(D. Akerib et al.). Phys. Rev. D82:122004, 2010. e-Print: arXiv:1010.4290 [astro-ph.CO]
• ANALYSIS OF THE LOW-ENERGY ELECTRON-RECOIL SPECTRUM OF THE CDMS EXPERIMENT.
  By CDMS Collaboration(Z. Ahmed et al.). Jul. 2009. e-Print: arXiv:0907.1438 [astro-ph.GA]
• SEARCH FOR AXIONS WITH THE CDMS EXPERIMENT. By CDMS Collaboration(Z. Ahmed et al.). Feb. 2009. e-Print: arXiv:0902.4693 [hep-ex]
• THE CRYOGENIC DARK MATTER SEARCH (CDMS) EXPERIMENT: RESULTS AND PROSPECTS. By CDMS Collaboration. J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 150 Volume 150 (2009) 012006 (4pp).
• A SEARCH FOR WIMPS WITH THE FIRST FIVE-TOWER DATA FROM CDMS. By CDMS Collaboration (Z. Ahmed et al.). Phys.Rev.Lett.102:011301,2009. e-Print Archive: astro-ph/0802.3530v2.
• PRESENT STATUS OF THE SUPERCDMS PROGRAM. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 151, 818 (2008)
• STATUS OF THE CRYOGENIC DARK MATTER SEARCH EXPERIMENT. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 151, 800 (2008).
• DETECTOR DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NEXT PHASES OF THE CRYOGENIC DARK MATTER SEARCH: RESULTS FROM 1 INCH GE AND SI DETECTORS. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 151, 211 (2008).
• CDMS, Supersymmetry and Extra Dimensions. By CDMS Collaboration (D.S. Akerib et al.). Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl.173:95-98,2007.  e-Print Archive: astro-ph/0609189.
• LIMITS ON SPIN-DEPENDENT WIMP-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS FROM THE CRYOGENIC DARK MATTER SEARCH. By CDMS Collaboration (D.S. Akerib et al.). Sep 2005. 4pp. Phys. Rev. D 73:011102, 2006. e-Print Archive: astro-ph/0509269.
• LIMITS ON SPIN-INDEPENDENT WIMP-NUCLEON INTERATIONS FROM THE TWO- TOWER RUN OF THE CRYOGENIC DARK MATTER SEARCH. By CDMS Collaboration (D.S. Akerib et al.). Sep 2005. 4pp. Phys. Rev. Lett. 96:011302, 2006. e-Print Archive: astro-ph/0509259.
• QUASIPARTICLE PROPAGATION IN ALUMINUM FINS AND TUNGSTEN TES DYNAMICS IN THE CDMS ZIP DETECTOR. M. Pyle, P.L. Brink, B. Cabrera, J.P. Castle, P. Colling, C.L. Chang, J. Cooley, T. Lipus, R.W. Ogburn, B.A. Young (Stanford U., Phys. Dept. & Santa Clara U.) . Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 559:405-407, 2006.
• FIRST TEST RUNS OF A DARK-MATTER DETECTOR WITH INTERLEAVED IONIZATION ELECTRODES AND PHONON SENSORS FOR SURFACE-EVENT REJECTION. P.L. Brink et al. Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 559:414-416, 2006.
• THE SUPERCDMS PROPOSAL FOR DARK MATTER DETECTION. D.S. Akerib et al. Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 559:411-413, 2006.
• CHARACTERIZATION, PERFORMANCE, AND FUTURE ADVANCED ANALYSIS OF DETECTORS IN THE CRYOGENIC DARK MATTER SEARCH (CDMS-II). D.S. Akerib et al. Nucl. Instrum. Meth.A 559:387-389, 2006.
• LIMITS ON WIMP-NUCLEON INTERATIONS FROM THE CRYOGENIC DARK MATTER SEARCH AT THE SOUDAN UNDERGROUND LABORATORY. D.S. Akerib et al. Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 559:390-392, 2006.

Neutrino physics and astrophysics

SEARCH FOR DIFFUSE ASTROPHYSICAL NEUTRINO FLUX USING ULTRAHIGH ENERGY UPWARD-GOING MUONS IN SUPER-KAMIOKANDE I. By Super-Kamiokande Collaboration (Molly E.C. Swanson et al.). Astrophys. J. 652:206-215, 2006. e-Print Archive: astro-ph/0606126.
• THREE FLAVOR NEUTRINO OSCILLATION ANALYSIS OF ATMOSPHERIC NEUTRINOS IN SUPER-KAMIOKANDE. By Super-Kamiokande Collaboration (J. Hosaka et al.). Apr 2006. 13pp. Published in Phys. Rev. D 74:032002, 2006. e-Print Archive: hep-ex/0604011.
• SOLAR NEUTRINO MEASUREMENTS IN SUPER-KAMKIOKANDE-I. By Super- Kamiokande Collaboration (J. Hosaka et al.). Aug 2005. 32pp. Phys. Rev . D 73:112001, 2006 e-Print Archive: hep-ex/0508053.
• LIMITS TO THE MUON FLUX FROM NEUTRALINO ANNIHILATIONS IN THE SUN WITH THE AMANDA DETECTOR. By AMANDA Collaboration (M. Ackermann et al.). Aug 2005. 13pp. Astropart. Phys. 24:459-466, 2006. e-Print Archive: astro-ph/0508518.
• FLUX LIMITS ON ULTRA HIGH ENERGY NEUTRINOS WITH AMANDA-B10. By The AMANDA Collaboration (M. Ackermann et al.). 2005. 15pp. Astropart. Phys. 22:339-353, 2005.
• SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL POINT SOURCES OF HIGH ENERGY NEUTRINOS WITH AMANDA-II USING DATA COLLECTED IN 2000-2002. By The AMANDA Collaboration (M. Ackermann et al.). Dec 2004. 5pp. Phys. Rev. D 71:077102, 2005. e-Print Archive: astro-ph/0412347.
• CALIBRATION AND SURVEY OF AMANDA WITH THE SPASE DETECTORS. By SPASE and AMANDA Collaborations (J. Ahrens et al.). 2004. 13pp. Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A522:347-359, 2004.
• MUON TRACK RECONSTRUCTION AND DATA SELECTION TECHNIQUES IN AMANDA. By AMANDA Collaboration (J. Ahrens et al.). Sep 2003. 40pp. Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 524:169-194, 2004. e-Print Archive: astro-ph/0407044.
• SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL POINT SOURCES OF NEUTRINOS WITH AMANDA- II. AMANDA Collaboration (J.Ahrens et al.). Phys. Rev. Letters 92:071102, 2004. e-Print Archive: astro-ph/0309585.
• SENSITIVITY OF THE ICECUBE DETECTOR TO ASTROPHYSICAL SOURCES OF HIGH ENERGY MUON NEUTRINOS. ICECUBE Collaboration (J. Ahrens et al.). Astropart. Phys. Vol. 20 pp. 507-532, 2003. e-Print Archive: astro-ph/0305196.
• LIMITS ON DIFFUSE FLUXES OF HIGH ENERGY EXTRATERRESTRIAL NEUTRINOS WITH THE AMANDA-B10 DETECTOR. AMANDA Collaboration (J.Ahrens et al.). Phys. Rev. Letters 90:251101, 2003. e-Print Archive: astro-ph/0303218.
• SEARCH FOR POINT SOURCES OF HIGH ENERGY NEUTRINOS WITH AMANDA. AMANDA Collaboration (J. Ahrens et al.). Aug 2002. 46pp. Astrophys .J. 583:1040-1057, 2003. e-Print Archive: astro-ph/0208006.
• SEARCH FOR NEUTRINO-INDUCED CASCADES WITH THE AMANDA DETECTOR. AMANDA Collaboration (J. Ahrens et al.). Jun 2002. 11pp. Phys. Rev. D 67:012003, 2003. e-Print Archive: astro-ph/0206487.
• OBSERVATION OF HIGH-ENERGY ATMOSPHERIC NEUTRINOS WITH THE ANTARCTIC MUON AND NEUTRINO DETECTOR ARRAY. AMANDA Collaboration (J. Ahrens et al.). Phys. Rev. D 66:012005, 2002. e-Print Archive: astro-ph/0205109.
• LIMITS TO THE MUON FLUX FROM WIMP ANNIHILATION IN THE CENTER OF THE EARTH WITH THE AMANDA DETECTOR. AMANDA Collaboration (J. Ahrens et al.). Phys. Rev. D 66:032006, 2002. e-Print Archive: astro-ph/0202370.
• SEARCH FOR SUPERNOVA NEUTRINO BURSTS WITH THE AMANDA DETECTOR. AMANDA Collaboration (J. Ahrens et al.). Astropart. Phys. 16:345-359, 2002. e-Print Archive: astro-ph/0105460.
• RECENT RESULTS FROM AMANDA. AMANDA Collaboration (E. Andres et al.).Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 16S1C:1013-1015, 2001.
• OBSERVATION OF HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRINOS USING CERENKOV DETECTORS EMBEDDED DEEP IN ANTARCTIC ICE. AMANDA Collaboration (E. Andres et al). Nature 410:441-443, 2001.