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Limits on the WIMP-Nucleon Coupling Coefficients from Dark Matter Search Experiment with NaF Bolometer A. Takeda a,∗,1, M. Minowa a,b , K. Miuchi d , H. Sekiya a , 3 a b,c c e 0 Y. Shimizu , Y. Inoue , W. Ootani , Y. Ootuka 0 2 aDepartment of Physics, School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, t Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan c O bResearch Center for the Early Universe(RESCEU), School of Science, University 9 of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan cInternational Center for Elementary Particle Physics(ICEPP), University of 3 v Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan 5 d Cosmic-Ray Group, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto 6 3 University, Kitashirakawa, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan 6 e 0 Institute of Physics, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Ten’nodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3 305-8571, Japan 0 / h p - Abstract o r t s We have performed the underground dark matter search experiment with a sodium a fluoride (NaF) bolometer array from 2002 through 2003 at Kamioka Observatory : v (2700 m.w.e.). The bolometer array consists of eight NaF absorbers with a total i X mass of 176 g, and sensitive NTD germanium thermistors glued to each of them. r This experiment aims for the direct detection of weakly interacting massive particles a (WIMPs) via spin-dependent interaction. With an exposure of 3.38 kg days, we de- rived the limits on th