The
Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (
CDMS) is a series of experiments designed directly to detect particle
dark matter in the form of
WIMPs. Using an array of semiconductor detectors at
millikelvin temperatures, CDMS has set the most sensitive limits to date on the interactions of WIMP dark matter with terrestrial materials. The first experiment,
CDMS I, was run in a tunnel under the
Stanford University campus. The current experiment,
SuperCDMS, is located deep underground in the
Soudan Mine in northern
Minnesota.