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The DarkSide-20k TPC and Underground Argon Cryogenic System

Instrumentation and Detectors 2022-11-22 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

DarkSide-20k (DS-20k) will exploit the physical and chemical properties of liquid argon housed within a large dual-phase time project chamber (TPC) in its direct search for dark matter. The TPC will utilize a compact, integrated design with many novel features to enable the \SI{20}{t} fiducial volume of underground argon. Underground Argon (UAr) is sourced from underground CO2_2 wells and depleted in the radioactive isotope 39^{39}Ar, greatly enhancing the experimental sensitivity to dark matter interactions. Sourcing and transporting the O\mathcal{O}(\SI{100}{t}) of UAr for DS-20k is costly, and a dedicated single-closed-loop cryogenic system has been designed, constructed, and tested to handle the valuable UAr. We present an overview of the DS-20k TPC design and the first results from the UAr cryogenic system.

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@article{arxiv.2210.00322,
  title  = {The DarkSide-20k TPC and Underground Argon Cryogenic System},
  author = {T. N. Thorpe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.00322},
  year   = {2022}
}
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