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R. Basu Thakur
Researcher at California Institute of Technology
Publications - 94
Citations - 4663
R. Basu Thakur is an academic researcher from California Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cosmic microwave background & South Pole Telescope. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 84 publications receiving 3915 citations. Previous affiliations of R. Basu Thakur include Dickinson College & Fermilab.
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Search for low-mass weakly interacting massive particles with SuperCDMS.
R. Agnese,Adam Anderson,M. Asai,D. Balakishiyeva,R. Basu Thakur,D. A. Bauer,J. Beaty,J. Billard,A. W. Borgland,M. A. Bowles,D. Brandt,P. L. Brink,R. Bunker,Blas Cabrera,David O. Caldwell,David G. Cerdeño,H. Chagani,Yan Chen,M. Cherry,Jodi Cooley,B. Cornell,C. H. Crewdson,P. Cushman,Miguel Daal,D. Devaney,P. Di Stefano,E. Do Couto E Silva,T. Doughty,L. Esteban,S. Fallows,Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano,G. Godfrey,Sunil Golwala,J. Hall,Sissel Hansen,H. R. Harris,S. A. Hertel,B. A. Hines,T. Hofer,Donald J. Holmgren,L. Hsu,Martin E. Huber,A. Jastram,O. Kamaev,B. Kara,M. H. Kelsey,S. Kenany,A. Kennedy,M. Kiveni,K. Koch,A. Leder,B. Loer,E. Lopez Asamar,R. Mahapatra,Vuk Mandic,Cristián Martínez,Kevin A. McCarthy,N. Mirabolfathi,Robert A. Moffatt,R. H. Nelson,L. Novak,K. L. Page,R. Partridge,M. Pepin,A. Phipps,M. Platt,K. Prasad,Matt Pyle,H. Qiu,W. Rau,P. Redl,A. Reisetter,R. Resch,Y. Ricci,M. Ruschman,Tarek Saab,Bernard Sadoulet,J. Sander,R. Schmitt,K. Schneck,R. W. Schnee,S. Scorza,D. N. Seitz,B. Serfass,B. Shank,Danielle Speller,Astrid Tomada,S. Upadhyayula,A. N. Villano,B. Welliver,Douglas Wright,S. J. Yellin,J. J. Yen,Betty A. Young,J. Zhang +94 more
TL;DR: The first search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) using the background rejection capabilities of SuperCDMS was reported in this article, where an exposure of 577 kg days was analyzed for WIMPs with mass <30 ǫ, with the signal region blinded.
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Silicon detector dark matter results from the final exposure of CDMS II
R. Agnese,Z. Ahmed,Adam Anderson,S. Arrenberg,D. Balakishiyeva,R. Basu Thakur,D. A. Bauer,J. Billard,A. W. Borgland,D. Brandt,P. L. Brink,T. Bruch,R. Bunker,Blas Cabrera,David O. Caldwell,David G. Cerdeño,H. Chagani,Jodi Cooley,B. Cornell,C. H. Crewdson,P. Cushman,Miguel Daal,F. DeJongh,E. Do Couto E Silva,T. Doughty,L. Esteban,S. Fallows,Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano,Jeffrey P. Filippini,J. Fox,Matthew Fritts,G.L. Godfrey,Sunil Golwala,J. Hall,R. H. Harris,S. A. Hertel,T. Hofer,Donald J. Holmgren,L. Hsu,Martin E. Huber,A. Jastram,O. Kamaev,B. Kara,M. H. Kelsey,A. Kennedy,P. Kim,M. Kiveni,K. Koch,M. Kos,Steven W. Leman,B. Loer,E. Lopez Asamar,R. Mahapatra,Vuk Mandic,Cristián Martínez,Kevin A. McCarthy,N. Mirabolfathi,Robert A. Moffatt,David Moore,P. Nadeau,R. H. Nelson,K. L. Page,R. Partridge,M. Pepin,A. Phipps,K. Prasad,Matt Pyle,H. Qiu,W. Rau,P. Redl,A. Reisetter,Y. Ricci,Tarek Saab,Bernard Sadoulet,Bernard Sadoulet,J. Sander,K. Schneck,R. W. Schnee,S. Scorza,B. Serfass,B. Shank,Danielle Speller,K. M. Sundqvist,A. N. Villano,B. Welliver,Douglas Wright,S. J. Yellin,J. J. Yen,J. Yoo,Betty A. Young,J. Zhang +90 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a blind analysis of 140.2 kg data taken between July 2007 and September 2008 revealed three WIMP-candidate events with a surface event background estimate of 0.41 and 0.08 events at the 90% confidence level, respectively.
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New Results from the Search for Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles with the CDMS Low Ionization Threshold Experiment
R. Agnese,Adam Anderson,Tsuguo Aramaki,M. Asai,W. Baker,D. Balakishiyeva,D. Barker,R. Basu Thakur,D. A. Bauer,J. Billard,A. Borgland,M. A. Bowles,P. L. Brink,R. Bunker,Blas Cabrera,David O. Caldwell,R. Calkins,David G. Cerdeño,H. Chagani,Yi Chen,Jodi Cooley,B. Cornell,P. Cushman,Miguel Daal,P. Di Stefano,T. Doughty,L. Esteban,S. Fallows,Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano,M. Ghaith,G. L. Godfrey,Sunil Golwala,J. Hall,H. R. Harris,T. Hofer,Donald J. Holmgren,L. Hsu,Martin E. Huber,D. Jardin,A. Jastram,O. Kamaev,B. Kara,M. H. Kelsey,A. Kennedy,A. Leder,B. Loer,E. Lopez Asamar,P. Lukens,R. Mahapatra,Vuk Mandic,N. Mast,N. Mirabolfathi,Robert A. Moffatt,J. D. Morales Mendoza,S. M. Oser,K. L. Page,W. A. Page,R. Partridge,M. Pepin,A. Phipps,K. Prasad,Matt Pyle,H. Qiu,W. Rau,P. Redl,A. Reisetter,Y. Ricci,Amy Roberts,H. E. Rogers,Tarek Saab,Bernard Sadoulet,J. Sander,K. Schneck,R. W. Schnee,S. Scorza,B. Serfass,B. Shank,Danielle Speller,D. Toback,R. Underwood,S. Upadhyayula,A. N. Villano,B. Welliver,John Wilson,D. H. Wright,S. J. Yellin,J. J. Yen,Betty A. Young,J. Zhang +88 more
TL;DR: The CDMS low ionization threshold experiment (CDMSlite) uses cryogenic germanium detectors operated at a relatively high bias voltage to amplify the phonon signal in the search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs).
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Silicon Detector Dark Matter Results from the Final Exposure of CDMS II
R. Agnese,Z. Ahmed,Adam Anderson,S. Arrenberg,D. Balakishiyeva,R. Basu Thakur,D. A. Bauer,J. Billard,A. W. Borgland,D. Brandt,P. L. Brink,T. Bruch,R. Bunker,Blas Cabrera,David O. Caldwell,David G. Cerdeño,H. Chagani,Jodi Cooley,B. Cornell,C. H. Crewdson,P. Cushman,Miguel Daal,F. DeJongh,E. Do Couto E Silva,T. Doughty,L. Esteban,S. Fallows,Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano,Jeffrey P. Filippini,John Fox,Matthew Fritts,G.L. Godfrey,Sunil Golwala,J. Hall,R. H. Harris,S. A. Hertel,T. Hofer,Donald J. Holmgren,L. Hsu,Martin E. Huber,A. Jastram,O. Kamaev,B. Kara,M. H. Kelsey,A. Kennedy,Peter S. Kim,M. Kiveni,K. Koch,M. Kos,Steven W. Leman,Ben Loer,E. Lopez Asamar,R. Mahapatra,Vuk Mandic,Cristián Martínez,Kevin A. McCarthy,N. Mirabolfathi,Robert A. Moffatt,David Moore,P. Nadeau,R. H. Nelson,K. L. Page,R. Partridge,M. Pepin,A. Phipps,K. Prasad,M. Pyle,H. Qiu,W. Rau,P. Redl,A. Reisetter,Y. Ricci,Tarek Saab,Bernard Sadoulet,J. Sander,K. Schneck,R. W. Schnee,S. Scorza,B. Serfass,B. Shank,Danielle Speller,K. M. Sundqvist,A. N. Villano,B. Welliver,D. H. Wright,S. J. Yellin,J. J. Yen,J. Yoo,Betty A. Young,J. Zhang +89 more
TL;DR: Results of a search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPS) with the silicon detectors of the CDMS II experiment revealed three WIMP-candidate events with a surface-event background estimate of 0.41, with a profile likelihood ratio test giving a 0.19% probability for the known-background-only hypothesis when tested against the alternative WIMp+background hypothesis.
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Search for low-mass weakly interacting massive particles using voltage-assisted calorimetric ionization detection in the SuperCDMS experiment.
R. Agnese,Adam Anderson,M. Asai,D. Balakishiyeva,R. Basu Thakur,R. Basu Thakur,D. A. Bauer,J. Billard,A. W. Borgland,M. A. Bowles,D. Brandt,P. L. Brink,R. Bunker,Blas Cabrera,D. O. Caldwell,David G. Cerdeño,H. Chagani,Jodi Cooley,B. Cornell,C. H. Crewdson,P. Cushman,Miguel Daal,P. Di Stefano,T. Doughty,L. Esteban,S. Fallows,Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano,G.L. Godfrey,Sunil Golwala,J. Hall,H. R. Harris,S. A. Hertel,T. Hofer,Donald J. Holmgren,L. Hsu,Martin E. Huber,A. Jastram,O. Kamaev,B. Kara,M. H. Kelsey,A. Kennedy,M. Kiveni,K. Koch,B. Loer,E. Lopez Asamar,R. Mahapatra,Vuk Mandic,Cristián Martínez,Kevin A. McCarthy,N. Mirabolfathi,Robert A. Moffatt,David Moore,P. Nadeau,R. H. Nelson,K. L. Page,R. Partridge,M. Pepin,A. Phipps,K. Prasad,Matt Pyle,H. Qiu,W. Rau,P. Redl,A. Reisetter,Y. Ricci,Tarek Saab,Bernard Sadoulet,Bernard Sadoulet,J. Sander,K. Schneck,R. W. Schnee,S. Scorza,B. Serfass,B. Shank,Danielle Speller,A. N. Villano,B. Welliver,Douglas Wright,S. J. Yellin,J. J. Yen,Betty A. Young,J. Zhang +81 more
TL;DR: This Letter presents WIMP-search results using a calorimetric technique the authors call CDMSlite, which relies on voltage-assisted Luke-Neganov amplification of the ionization energy deposited by particle interactions to constrain new WIMp-nucleon spin-independent parameter space for W IMP masses below 6 GeV/c2.