The ArDM project: a Liquid Argon TPC for Dark Matter Detection
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles) are considered the main candidates for Cold Dark Matter. The ArDM experiment aims at measuring signals directly induced by WIMPs in liquid argon. A 1-ton prototype is currently developed with the goal of demonstrating the feasibility and performance of a detector with such a large target mass. ArDM aims at acting as a liquid argon TPC and additionally measuring the scintillation light. The principle of the experiment and the conceptual design of the detector are described.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0702080,
title = {The ArDM project: a Liquid Argon TPC for Dark Matter Detection},
author = {M. Laffranchi and A. Rubbia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0702080},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 1 figure, Invited talk at the Third Symposium On Large TPCs For Low Energy Rare Event Detection, 11 - 12 December 2006, Paris (France)