Separating $^{39}$Ar from $^{40}$Ar by cryogenic distillation with Aria for dark matter searches
Instrumentation and Detectors
2021-12-06 v2 Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract
The Aria project consists of a plant, hosting a 350 m cryogenic isotopic distillation column, the tallest ever built, which is currently in the installation phase in a mine shaft at Carbosulcis S.p.A., Nuraxi-Figus (SU), Italy. Aria is one of the pillars of the argon dark-matter search experimental program, lead by the Global Argon Dark Matter Collaboration. Aria was designed to reduce the isotopic abundance of Ar, a -emitter of cosmogenic origin, whose activity poses background and pile-up concerns in the detectors, in the argon used for the dark-matter searches, the so-called Underground Argon (UAr). In this paper, we discuss the requirements, design, construction, tests, and projected performance of the plant for the isotopic cryogenic distillation of argon. We also present the successful results of isotopic cryogenic distillation of nitrogen with a prototype plant, operating the column at total reflux.
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@article{arxiv.2101.08686,
title = {Separating $^{39}$Ar from $^{40}$Ar by cryogenic distillation with Aria for dark matter searches},
author = {DarkSide Collaboration and P. Agnes and S. Albergo and I. F. M. Albuquerque and T. Alexander and A. Alici and A. K. Alton and P. Amaudruz and M. Arba and P. Arpaia and S. Arcelli and M. Ave and I. Ch. Avetissov and R. I. Avetisov and O. Azzolini and H. O. Back and Z. Balmforth and V. Barbarian and A. Barrado Olmedo and P. Barrillon and A. Basco and G. Batignani and A. Bondar and W. M. Bonivento and E. Borisova and B. Bottino and M. G. Boulay and G. Buccino and S. Bussino and J. Busto and A. Buzulutskov and M. Cadeddu and M. Cadoni and A. Caminata and E. V. Canesi and N. Canci and G. Cappello and M. Caravati and M. C and N. Cargioli and M. Carlini and F. Carnesecchi and P. Castello and A. Castellani and S. Catalanotti and V. Cataudella and P. Cavalcante and S. Cavuoti and S. Cebrian and J. M. Cela Ruiz and B. Celano and S. Chashin and A. Chepurnov and C. Cical and L. Cifarelli and D. Cintas and F. Coccetti and V. Cocco and M. Colocci and E. Conde Vilda and L. Consiglio and S. Copello and J. Corning and G. Covone and P. Czudak and M. D'Aniello and S. D'Auria and M. D. Da Rocha Rolo and O. Dadoun and M. Daniel and S. Davini and A. De Candia and S. De Cecco and A. De Falco and G. De Filippis and D. De Gruttola and G. De Guido and G. De Rosa and M. Della Valle and G. Dellacasa and S. De Pasquale and A. V. Derbin and A. Devoto and L. Di Noto and F. Di Eusanio and C. Dionisi and P. Di Stefano and G. Dolganov and D. Dongiovanni and F. Dordei and M. Downing and T. Erjavec and S. Falciano and S. Farenzena and M. Fernandez Diaz and C. Filip and G. Fiorillo and A. Franceschi and D. Franco and E. Frolov and N. Funicello and F. Gabriele and C. Galbiati and M. Garbini and P. Garcia Abia and A. Gendotti and C. Ghiano and R. A. Giampaolo and C. Giganti and M. A. Giorgi and G. K. Giovanetti and M. L. Gligan and V. Goicoechea Casanueva and A. Gola and A. M. Goretti and R. Graciani Diaz and G. Y. Grigoriev and A. Grobov and M. Gromov and M. Guan and M. Guerzoni and M. Guetti and M. Gulino and C. Guo and B. R. Hackett and A. Hallin and M. Haranczyk and S. Hill and S. Horikawa and F. Hubaut and T. Hugues and E. V. Hungerford and An. Ianni and V. Ippolito and C. C. James and C. Jillings and P. Kachru and A. A. Kemp and C. L. Kendziora and G. Keppel and A. V. Khomyakov and S. Kim and A. Kish and I. Kochanek and K. Kondo and G. Korga and A. Kubankin and R. Kugathasan and M. Kuss and M. Kuźniak and M. La Commara and L. La Delfa and D. La Grasta and M. Lai and N. Lami and S. Langrock and M. Leyton and X. Li and L. Lidey and F. Lippi and M. Lissia and G. Longo and N. Maccioni and I. N. Machulin and L. Mapelli and A. Marasciulli and A. Margotti and S. M. Mari and J. Maricic and M. Marinelli and M. Mart and A. D. Martinez Rojas and A. Martini and C. J. Martoff and M. Mascia and M. Masetto and A. Masoni and A. Mazzi and A. B. McDonald and J. Mclaughlin and A. Messina and P. D. Meyers and T. Miletic and R. Milincic and R. Miola and A. Moggi and A. Moharana and S. Moioli and J. Monroe and S. Morisi and M. Morrocchi and E. N. Mozhevitina and T. Mr and V. N. Muratova and A. Murenu and C. Muscas and L. Musenich and P. Musico and R. Nania and T. Napolitano and A. Navrer Agasson and M. Nessi and I. Nikulin and J. Nowak and A. Oleinik and V. Oleynikov and L. Pagani and M. Pallavicini and S. Palmas and L. Pandola and E. Pantic and E. Paoloni and G. Paternoster and P. A. Pegoraro and L. A. Pellegrini and C. Pellegrino and K. Pelczar and F. Perotti and V. Pesudo and E. Picciau and F. Pietropaolo and T. Pinna and A. Pocar and P. Podda and D. M. Poehlmann and S. Pordes and S. S. Poudel and P. Pralavorio and D. Price and F. Raffaelli and F. Ragusa and A. Ramirez and M. Razeti and A. Razeto and A. L. Renshaw and S. Rescia and M. Rescigno and F. Resnati and F. Retiere and L. P. Rignanese and C. Ripoli and A. Rivetti and J. Rode and L. Romero and M. Rossi and A. Rubbia and M. Rucaj and G. M. Sabiu and P. Salatino and O. Samoylov and E. S and E. Sandford and S. Sanfilippo and V. A. Sangiorgio and V. Santacroce and D. Santone and R. Santorelli and A. Santucci and C. Savarese and E. Scapparone and B. Schlitzer and G. Scioli and D. A. Semenov and B. Shaw and A. Shchagin and A. Sheshukov and M. Simeone and P. Skensved and M. D. Skorokhvatov and O. Smirnov and B. Smith and A. Sokolov and R. Stefanizzi and A. Steri and S. Stracka and V. Strickland and M. Stringer and S. Sulis and Y. Suvorov and A. M. Szelc and J. Z. Zsücs-Balázs and R. Tartaglia and G. Testera and T. N. Thorpe and A. Tonazzo and S. Torres-Lara and S. Tosti and A. Tricomi and M. Tuveri and E. V. Unzhakov and G. Usai and T. Vallivilayil John and S. Vescovi and T. Viant and S. Viel and A. Vishneva and R. B. Vogelaar and M. Wada and H. Wang and Y. Wang and S. Westerdale and R. J. Wheadon and L. Williams and Ma. M. Wojcik and Ma. Wojcik and X. Xiao and C. Yang and A. Zani and F. Zenobio and A. Zichichi and G. Zuzel and M. P. Zykova},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.08686},
year = {2021}
}