================================= README.TXT =================================

All Authors: D. S. Akerib, M. J. Attisha, L. Baudis, D. A. Bauer, A. I. Bolozdynya, P. L.
Brink, R. Bunker, B. Cabrera, D. O. Caldwell, C. L. Chang, R. M. Clarke, J.
Cooley, M. B. Crisler, P. Cushman, F. DeJongh, R. Dixon, D. D. Driscoll, J.
Filippini, S. Funkhouser, R. J. Gaitskell, S. R. Golwala, D. Holmgren, L. Hsu,
M. E. Huber, S. Kamat, R. Mahapatra, V. Mandic, P. Meunier, N. Mirabolfathi, D.
Moore, S. W. Nam, H. Nelson, R. W. Ogburn, X. Qiu, W. Rau, A. Reisetter, T.
Saab, B. Sadoulet, J. Sander, C. Savage, R. W. Schnee, D. N. Seitz, T. A. Shutt,
G. Wang, S. Yellin, J. Yoo, B. A. Young

Title: A low-threshold analysis of CDMS shallow-site data

Description: 
The files included in this EPAPS Document No. contain the additional information
required to reproduce the upper limits on the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent
elastic scattering cross section presented in Fig.s 10 and 11 in the associated
journal article.

-> event_energies.xls

Spreadsheet containing the WIMP candidate event energies for each detector and
voltage bias, as well as the other detector properties upon which the upper
limits depend.	The specific dark matter halo parameters we assumed are also
listed.  There are clear headers and labels for all numerical fields (should be
self-explanatory).

-> threshold_efficiency_Z$_*V.png

PNG figure files showing the threshold efficiency (combination of the hardware
and software threshold efficiencies) as a function of recoil energy for each
detector ($ = 2 through 6) and voltage bias (* = 3 or 6).  Both the best-fit
mean efficiency and the 90% lower limit (1.28 statistical standard deviations
below the mean) efficiency curves are given.  The recoil energy estimate is
corrected by the ionization yield for nuclear recoils (see the journal article
for definition).

-> cut_efficiency_Z$_*V.png

PNG figure files showing the combined efficiency of the analysis cuts as a
function of Q-corrected recoil energy for each detector ($ = 2 through 6) and
voltage bias (* = 3 or 6).  Both the best-fit mean efficiency and the 90% lower
limit (1.28 statistical standard deviations below the mean) efficiency curves
are given.

-> average_$$_detection_efficiency.png

PNG figure files showing the total detection efficiency (combination of the
threshold and cut efficiencies) for the Ge and Si detector ensembles ($$ = Ge or
Si) as a function of Q-corrected recoil energy, including statistical error
bars.  These are the averaged efficiencies needed to correct the ensemble
WIMP-candidate event rates (to obtain the orange histograms in Fig. 8 from the
blue histograms).  These two efficiency curves combined with the information in
the spreadsheet file should be sufficient to calculate averaged optimum interval
upper limits (or perhaps FC likelihood-style upper limits).


Total No. of Files: 24

Filenames: 
event_energies.xls, average_Ge_detection_efficiency.png,
average_Si_detection_efficiency.png, cut_efficiency_Z2_3V.png,
cut_efficiency_Z2_6V.png, cut_efficiency_Z3_3V.png, cut_efficiency_Z3_6V.png,
cut_efficiency_Z4_3V.png, cut_efficiency_Z4_6V.png, cut_efficiency_Z5_3V.png,
cut_efficiency_Z5_6V.png, cut_efficiency_Z6_3V.png, cut_efficiency_Z6_6V.png,
threshold_efficiency_Z2_3V.png, threshold_efficiency_Z2_6V.png,
threshold_efficiency_Z3_3V.png, threshold_efficiency_Z3_6V.png,
threshold_efficiency_Z4_3V.png, threshold_efficiency_Z4_6V.png,
threshold_efficiency_Z5_3V.png, threshold_efficiency_Z5_6V.png,
threshold_efficiency_Z6_3V.png, threshold_efficiency_Z6_6V.png, README.TXT

Filetypes: spreadsheet (.xls), figures (.png), ASCII (.txt)

Special Instructions: 


Contact information:
Dr. Raymond  Bunker  
High Energy Physics Group
Physics Department
Building 572/Broida Hall
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530
Phone: 1+805-280-1076          FAX: 1+805-893-8597          
Email: raybunker@gmail.com

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