First Direct Limits on Lightly Ionizing Particles with Electric Charge Less than e/6

Agnese, R.; Anderson, A. J.; Balakishiyeva, D.; Basu Thakur, R.; Bauer, D. A.; Billard, J.; Borgland, A.; Bowles, M. A.; Brandt, D.; Brink, P. L.; Bunker, R.; Cabrera, B.; Caldwell, D. O.; Cerdeno, D. G.; Chagani, H.; Chen, Y.; Cooley, J.; Cornell, B.; Crewdson, C. H.; Cushman, P.; Daal, M.; Di Stefano, P. C. F.; Doughty, T.; Esteban, L.; Fallows, S.; Figueroa-Feliciano, E.; Godfrey, G. L.; Golwala, S. R.; Hall, J.; Harris, H. R.; Hertel, S. A.; Hofer, T.; Holmgren, D.; Hsu, L.; Huber, M. E.; Jastram, A.; Kamaev, O.; Kara, B.; Kelsey, M. H.; Kennedy, A.; Kiveni, M.; Koch, K.; Leder, A.; Loer, B.; Lopez Asamar, E.; Mahapatra, R.; Mandic, V.; Martinez, C.; McCarthy, K. A.; Mirabolfathi, N.; Moffatt, R. A.; Moore, D. C.; Nelson, H.; Nelson, R. H.; Ogburn, R. W.; Page, K.; Page, W. A.; Partridge, R.; Pepin, M.; Phipps, A.; Prasad, K.; Pyle, M.; Qiu, H.; Rau, W.; Redl, P.; Reisetter, A.; Ricci, Y.; Rogers, H. E.; Saab, T.; Sadoulet, B.; Sander, J.; Schneck, K.; Schnee, R. W.; Scorza, S.; Serfass, B.; Shank, B.; Speller, D.; Upadhyayula, S.; Villano, A. N.; Welliver, B.; Wright, D. H.; Yellin, S.; Yen, J. J.; Young, B. A.; Zhang, J.; Collaboration), (CDMS

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.114.111302

First Direct Limits on Lightly Ionizing Particles with Electric Charge Less than e/6

Agnese, R.; Anderson, A. J.; Balakishiyeva, D.; Basu Thakur, R.; Bauer, D. A.; Billard, J.; Borgland, A.; Bowles, M. A.; Brandt, D.; Brink, P. L.; Bunker, R.; Cabrera, B.; Caldwell, D. O.; Cerdeno, D. G.; Chagani, H.; Chen, Y.; Cooley, J.; Cornell, B.; Crewdson, C. H.; Cushman, P.; Daal, M.; Di Stefano, P. C. F.; Doughty, T.; Esteban, L.; Fallows, S.; Figueroa-Feliciano, E.; Godfrey, G. L.; Golwala, S. R.; Hall, J.; Harris, H. R.; Hertel, S. A.; Hofer, T.; Holmgren, D.; Hsu, L.; Huber, M. E.; Jastram, A.; Kamaev, O.; Kara, B.; Kelsey, M. H.; Kennedy, A.; Kiveni, M.; Koch, K.; Leder, A.; Loer, B.; Lopez Asamar, E.; Mahapatra, R.; Mandic, V.; Martinez, C.; McCarthy, K. A.; Mirabolfathi, N.; Moffatt, R. A.; Moore, D. C.; Nelson, H.; Nelson, R. H.; Ogburn, R. W.; Page, K.; Page, W. A.; Partridge, R.; Pepin, M.; Phipps, A.; Prasad, K.; Pyle, M.; Qiu, H.; Rau, W.; Redl, P.; Reisetter, A.; Ricci, Y.; Rogers, H. E.; Saab, T.; Sadoulet, B.; Sander, J.; Schneck, K.; Schnee, R. W.; Scorza, S.; Se...

Authors

R. Agnese

A. J. Anderson

D. Balakishiyeva

R. Basu Thakur

D. A. Bauer

J. Billard

A. Borgland

M. A. Bowles

D. Brandt

P. L. Brink

R. Bunker

B. Cabrera

D. O. Caldwell

D. G. Cerdeno

H. Chagani

Y. Chen

J. Cooley

B. Cornell

C. H. Crewdson

P. Cushman

M. Daal

P. C. F. Di Stefano

T. Doughty

L. Esteban

S. Fallows

E. Figueroa-Feliciano

G. L. Godfrey

S. R. Golwala

J. Hall

H. R. Harris

S. A. Hertel

T. Hofer

D. Holmgren

L. Hsu

M. E. Huber

A. Jastram

O. Kamaev

B. Kara

M. H. Kelsey

A. Kennedy

M. Kiveni

K. Koch

A. Leder

B. Loer

E. Lopez Asamar

R. Mahapatra

V. Mandic

C. Martinez

K. A. McCarthy

N. Mirabolfathi

R. A. Moffatt

D. C. Moore

H. Nelson

R. H. Nelson

R. W. Ogburn

K. Page

W. A. Page

R. Partridge

M. Pepin

A. Phipps

K. Prasad

M. Pyle

H. Qiu

W. Rau

P. Redl

A. Reisetter

Y. Ricci

H. E. Rogers

T. Saab

B. Sadoulet

J. Sander

K. Schneck

R. W. Schnee

S. Scorza

B. Serfass

B. Shank

D. Speller

S. Upadhyayula

A. N. Villano

B. Welliver

D. H. Wright

S. Yellin

J. J. Yen

B. A. Young

J. Zhang

(CDMS Collaboration)

Abstract

While the standard model of particle physics does not include free particles with fractional charge, experimental searches have not ruled out their existence. We report results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS II) experiment that give the first direct-detection limits for cosmogenically produced relativistic particles with electric charge lower than e/6. A search for tracks in the six stacked detectors of each of two of the CDMS II towers finds no candidates, thereby excluding new parameter space for particles with electric charges between e/6 and e/200.

Citation

Agnese, R., Anderson, A., Balakishiyeva, D., Basu Thakur, R., Bauer, D., Billard, J., …Collaboration), (. (2015). First Direct Limits on Lightly Ionizing Particles with Electric Charge Less than e/6. Physical Review Letters, 114(11), Article 111302. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.114.111302

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Mar 18, 2015
Publication Date	Mar 18, 2015
Deposit Date	Oct 22, 2015
Publicly Available Date	Oct 28, 2015
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Print ISSN	0031-9007
Electronic ISSN	1079-7114
Publisher	American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	114
Issue	11
Article Number	111302
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.114.111302

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