The ANAIS (Annual modulation with NaI(Tl) Scintillators) experiment aims at the confirmation of the DAMA/LIBRA signal using the same target and technique at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC). 250 kg of ultra pure NaI(Tl) crystals will be used as target, divided into 20 modules, 12.5 kg mass each, and coupled to two high efficiency photomultiplier tubes from Hamamatsu. The ANAIS-25 set-up at the LSC consists of two prototypes, amounting 25 kg NaI(Tl), grown from a powder having a potassium level under the limit of our analytical techniques, and installed in a convenient shielding at the LSC. The background has been carefully analyzed and main results will be summarized in this paper, focusing on the alpha contamination identified in the prototypes and the related background contributions. Status of fulfillment of ANAIS experimental goals and prospects for the building of ANAIS-250 experiment will be also revised.
@article{arxiv.1404.3564,
title = {From ANAIS-25 towards ANAIS-250},
author = {J. Amaré and S. Cebrián and C. Cuesta and E. García and C. Ginestra and M. Martínez and M. A. Oliván and Y. Ortigoza and A. Ortiz de Solórzano and C. Pobes and J. Puimedón and M. L. Sarsa and J. A. Villar and P. Villar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.3564},
year = {2014}
}
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Keywords: dark matter search, sodium iodide, annual modulation, scintillation PACS: 29.40.Mc, 29.40.Wk, 95.35.+d Proceedings of the TAUP2013 Conference