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ArDM: a ton-scale LAr detector for direct Dark Matter searches

The Argon Dark Matter (ArDM-1t) experiment is a ton-scale liquid argon (LAr) double-phase time projection chamber designed for direct Dark Matter searches. Such a device allows to explore the low energy frontier in LAr with a charge imaging…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-20 ArDM Collaboration , A. Marchionni , C. Amsler , A. Badertscher , V. Boccone , A. Bueno , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , J. Coleman , W. Creus , A. Curioni , M. Daniel , E. J. Dawe , U. Degunda , A. Gendotti , L. Epprecht , S. Horikawa , L. Kaufmann , L. Knecht , M. Laffranchi , C. Lazzaro , P. K. Lightfoot , D. Lussi , J. Lozano , K. Mavrokoridis , A. Melgarejo , P. Mijakowski , G. Natterer , S. Navas-Concha , P. Otyugova , M. de Prado , P. Przewlocki , C. Regenfus , F. Resnati , M. Robinson , J. Rochet , L. Romero , E. Rondio , A. Rubbia , L. Scotto-Lavina , N. J. C. Spooner , T. Strauss , C. Touramanis , J. Ulbricht , T. Viant

The ArDM Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory: a ton-scale detector for Dark Matter Searches

The Argon Dark Matter (ArDM) experiment consists of a liquid argon (LAr) time projection chamber (TPC) sensitive to nuclear recoils resulting from scattering of hypothetical Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) on argon targets.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-03-24 ArDM Collaboration , J. Calvo , C. Cantini , P. Crivelli , M. Daniel , S. DiLuise , A. Gendotti , S. Horikawa , B. Montes , W. Mu , S. Murphy , G. Natterer , K. Ngyuen , L. Periale , Y. Quan , B. Radics , C. Regenfus , L. Romero , A. Rubbia , R. Santorelli , F. Sergiampietri , T. Viant , S. Wu

Status of ArDM-1t: First observations from operation with a full ton-scale liquid argon target

ArDM-1t is the first operating ton-scale liquid argon detector for direct search of Dark Matter particles. Developed at CERN as Recognized Experiment RE18, the experiment has been approved in 2010 to be installed in the Spanish underground…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-12 ArDM Collaboration , J. Calvo , C. Cantini , M. Daniel , U. Degunda , S. Di Luise , L. Epprecht , A. Gendotti , S. Horikawa , L. Knecht , B. Montes , W. Mu , M. Munoz , S. Murphy , G. Natterer , K. Nguyen , K. Nikolics , L. Periale , C. Regenfus , L. Romero , A. Rubbia , R. Santorelli , F. Sergiampietri , D. Sgalaberna , T. Viant , S. Wu

ArDM: first results from underground commissioning

The Argon Dark Matter experiment is a ton-scale double phase argon Time Projection Chamber designed for direct Dark Matter searches. It combines the detection of scintillation light together with the ionisation charge in order to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-09-17 A. Badertscher , F. Bay , N. Bourgeois , C. Cantini , A. Curioni , M. Daniel , U. Degunda , S. Di Luise , L. Epprecht , A. Gendotti , S. Horikawa , L. Knecht , D. Lussi , G. Maire , B. Montes , S. Murphy , G. Natterer , K. Nikolics , K. Nguyen , L. Periale , S. Ravat , F. Resnati , L. Romero , A. Rubbia , R. Santorelli , F. Sergiampietri , D. Sgalaberna , T. Viant , S. Wu

The Argon Dark Matter Experiment (ArDM)

The ArDM experiment, a 1 ton liquid argon TPC/Calorimeter, is designed for the detection of dark matter particles which can scatter off the spinless argon nuclei. These events producing a recoiling nucleus will be discerned by their light…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-12-09 C. Regenfus

Design and construction of a new detector to measure ultra-low radioactive-isotope contamination of argon

Large liquid argon detectors offer one of the best avenues for the detection of galactic weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) via their scattering on atomic nuclei. The liquid argon target allows exquisite discrimination between…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-22 The DarkSide Collaboration , C. E. Aalseth , S. Abdelhakim , F. Acerbi , P. Agnes , R. Ajaj , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. Alici , A. K. Alton , P. Amaudruz , F. Ameli , J. Anstey , P. Antonioli , M. Arba , S. Arcelli , R. Ardito , I. J. Arnquist , P. Arpaia , D. M. Asner , A. Asunskis , M. Ave , H. O. Back , A. Barrado Olmedo , G. Batignani , M. G. Bisogni , V. Bocci , A. Bondar , G. Bonfini , W. Bonivento , E. Borisova , B. Bottino , M. G. Boulay , R. Bunker , S. Bussino , A. Buzulutskov , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , A. Caminata , N. Canci , A. Candela , C. Cantini , M. Caravati , M. Cariello , F. Carnesecchi , M. Carpinelli , A. Castellani , P. Castello , S. Catalanotti , V. Cataudella , P. Cavalcante , D. Cavazza , S. Cavuoti , S. Cebrian , J. M. Cela Ruiz , B. Celano , R. Cereseto , W. Cheng , A. Chepurnov , C. Cicalò , L. Cifarelli , M. Citterio , A. G. Cocco , V. Cocco , M. Colocci , L. Consiglio , F. Cossio , G. Covone , P. Crivelli , I. D'Antone , M. D'Incecco , D. D'Urso , M. D. Da Rocha Rolo , O. Dadoun , M. Daniel , S. Davini , A. De Candia , S. De Cecco , M. De Deo , A. De Falco , G. De Filippis , D. De Gruttola , G. De Guido , G. De Rosa , G. Dellacasa , P. Demontis , S. DePaquale , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Eusanio , L. Di Noto , G. Di Pietro , P. Di Stefano , C. Dionisi , G. Dolganov , F. Dordei , M. Downing , F. Edalatfar , A. Empl , M. Fernandez Diaz , A. Ferri , C. Filip , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , A. Franceschi , D. Franco , G. E. Froudakis , F. Gabriele , A. Gabrieli , C. Galbiati , P. Garcia Abia , D. Gascón Fora , A. Gendotti , C. Ghiano , A. Ghisi , S. Giagu , P. Giampa , R. A. Giampaolo , C. Giganti , M. A. Giorgi , G. K. Giovanetti , M. L. Gligan , A. Gola , O. Gorchakov , M. Grab , R. Graciani Diaz , F. Granato , M. Grassi , J. W. Grate , G. Y. Grigoriev , A. Grobov , M. Gromov , M. Guan , M. B. B. Guerra , M. Guerzoni , M. Gulino , R. K. Haaland , B. R. Hackett , A. Hallin , B. Harrop , E. W. Hoppe , S. Horikawa , B. Hosseini , F. Hubaut , P. Humble , E. V. Hungerford , An. Ianni , A. Ilyasov , V. Ippolito , C. Jillings , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , S. Kim , I. Kochanek , K. Kondo , G. Kopp , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , R. Kugathasan , M. Kuss , M. Kuźniak , M. La Commara , L. La Delfa , M. Lai , S. Langrock , M. Lebois , B. Lehnert , N. Levashko , X. Li , Q. Liqiang , M. Lissia , G. U. Lodi , G. Longo , R. López Manzano , R. Lussana , L. Luzzi , A. A. Machado , I. N. Machulin , A. Mandarano , L. Mapelli , M. Marcante , A. Margotti , S. M. Mari , M. Mariani , J. Maricic , M. Marinelli , D. Marras , M. Martínez , J. J. Martínez Morales , A. D. Martinez Rojas , C. J. Martoff , M. Mascia , J. Mason , A. Masoni , A. Mazzi , A. B. McDonald , A. Messina , P. D. Meyers , T. Miletic , R. Milincic , A. Moggi , S. Moioli , J. Monroe , M. Morrocchi , T. Mroz , W. Mu , V. N. Muratova , S. Murphy , C. Muscas , P. Musico , R. Nania , T. Napolitano , A. Navrer Agasson , M. Nessi , I. Nikulin , A. Oleinik , V. Oleynikov , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , S. Palmas , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , G. Paternoster , V. Pavletcov , F. Pazzona , S. Peeters , P. A. Pegoraro , K. Pelczar , L. A. Pellegrini , C. Pellegrino , N. Pelliccia , F. Perotti , V. Pesudo , E. Picciau , C. Piemonte , F. Pietropaolo , A. Pocar , T. Pollman , D. Portaluppi , S. S. Poudel , P. Pralavorio , D. Price , B. Radics , F. Raffaelli , F. Ragusa , M. Razeti , A. Razeto , V. Regazzoni , C. Regenfus , A. L. Renshaw , S. Rescia , M. Rescigno , F. Retiere , L. P. Rignanese , A. Rivetti , A. Romani , L. Romero , N. Rossi , A. Rubbia , D. Sablone , P. Sala , P. Salatino , O. Samoylov , E. Sánchez García , S. Sanfilippo , M. Sant , D. Santone , R. Santorelli , C. Savarese , E. Scapparone , B. Schlitzer , G. Scioli , E. Segreto , A. Seifert , D. A. Semenov , A. Shchagin , A. Sheshukov , S. Siddhanta , M. Simeone , P. N. Singh , P. Skensved , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , G. Sobrero , A. Sokolov , A. Sotnikov , R. Stainforth , A. Steri , S. Stracka , V. Strickland , G. B. Suffritti , S. Sulis , Y. Suvorov , A. M. Szelc , R. Tartaglia , G. Testera , T. Thorpe , A. Tonazzo , A. Tosi , M. Tuveri , E. V. Unzhakov , G. Usai , A. Vacca , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , M. Verducci , T. Viant , S. Viel , F. Villa , A. Vishneva , R. B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , J. Wahl , J. J. Walding , H. Wang , Y. Wang , S. Westerdale , R. J. Wheadon , R. Williams , J. Wilson , Marcin Wojcik , Mariusz Wojcik , S. Wu , X. Xiao , C. Yang , Z. Ye , M. Zuffa , G. Zuzel

The Argon Dark Matter Experiment

The ArDM experiment, a 1 ton liquid argon TPC/Calorimeter, is designed for the detection of dark matter particles which can scatter off the spinless argon nucleus, producing nuclear recoils. These events will be discerned by their light to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-03-26 Christian Regenfus

The ArDM experiment

The aim of the ArDM project is the development and operation of a one ton double-phase liquid argon detector for direct Dark Matter searches. The detector measures both the scintillation light and the ionization charge from ionizing…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-01-28 ArDM Collaboration , C. Amsler , A. Badertscher , V. Boccone , N. Bourgeois , A. Bueno , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Chorowski , W. Creus , A. Curioni , E. Daw , U. Degunda , A. Dell'Antone , M. Droge , L. Epprecht , C. Haller , M. Haranczyk , S. Horikawa , L. Kaufmann , J. Kisiel , L. Knecht , M. Laffranchi , J. Lagoda , C. Lazzaro , P. Lightfoot , J. Lozano , D. Lussi , G. Maire , S. Mania , A. Marchionni , K. Mavrokoridis , A. Melgarejo , P. Mijakowski , G. Natterer , S. Navas-Concha , P. Otiougova , A. Piotrowska , J. Polinski , M. de Prado , P. Przewlocki , S. Ravat , C. Regenfus , F. Resnati , M. Robinson , J. Rochet , L. Romero , E. Rondio , A. Rubbia , L. Scotto-Lavina , N. Spooner , T. Viant , A. Trawinski , J. Ulbricht , A. Zalewska

DArT, a detector for measuring the 39Ar depletion factor

One of the most powerful techniques for direct detection of dark matter via elastic scattering of galactic WIMPs is the use of liquid argon time projection chambers. Atmospheric argon (AAr) has a naturally occurring radioactive isotope,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-12 E. Sánchez García

Recent updates on the ArDM project: A Liquid Argon TPC for Dark Matter Detection

ArDM is a new-generation WIMP detector which will measure simultaneously light and charge from scintillation and ionization of liquid argon. Our goal is to construct, characterize and operate a 1 ton liquid argon underground detector. The…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-13 Vittorio Boccone

ArDM: a ton-scale liquid Argon experiment for direct detection of Dark Matter in the Universe

The ArDM project aims at developing and operating large noble liquid detectors to search for direct evidence of Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) as Dark Matter in the Universe. The initial goal is to design, assemble and operate a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Rubbia

The ArDM project: a Dark Matter Direct Detection Experiment based on Liquid Argon

The Dark Matter part of the universe presumably consists of WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles). The ArDM project aims at measuring signals induced by WIMPs in a liquid argon detector. A 1-ton prototype is currently developed with…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 L. Kaufmann , A. Rubbia

The ArDM project: a Liquid Argon TPC for Dark Matter Detection

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…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Laffranchi , A. Rubbia

Stable operation with gain of a double phase Liquid Argon LEM-TPC with a 1 mm thick segmented LEM

In this paper we present results from a test of a small Liquid Argon Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber (LAr LEM-TPC). This detector concept provides a 3D-tracking and calorimetric device capable of charge amplification,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-07-28 A. Badertscher , A. Curioni , S. Horikawa , L. Knecht , D. Lussi , A. Marchionni , G. Natterer , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia , T. Viant

Analysis of the light production and propagation in the 4-tonne dual-phase demonstrator

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) is a leading-edge experiment designed to perform neutrino science and proton decay searches. In particular, the far detector will consist of four 10-kton Liquid Argon (LAr) Time Projection…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-26 Chiara Lastoria

First results from the DEAP-3600 dark matter search with argon at SNOLAB

This paper reports the first results of a direct dark matter search with the DEAP-3600 single-phase liquid argon (LAr) detector. The experiment was performed 2 km underground at SNOLAB (Sudbury, Canada) utilizing a large target mass, with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-21 3600 Collaboration , P. -A. Amaudruz , M. Baldwin , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , C. E. Bina , D. Bishop , J. Bonatt , G. Boorman , M. G. Boulay , B. Broerman , T. Bromwich , J. F. Bueno , P. M. Burghardt , A. Butcher , B. Cai , S. Chan , M. Chen , R. Chouinard , B. T. Cleveland , D. Cranshaw , K. Dering , J. DiGioseffo , S. Dittmeier , F. A. Duncan , M. Dunford , A. Erlandson , N. Fatemighomi , S. Florian , A. Flower , R. J. Ford , R. Gagnon , P. Giampa , V. V. Golovko , P. Gorel , R. Gornea , E. Grace , K. Graham , E. Gulyev , R. Hakobyan , A. Hall , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , P. J. Harvey , C. Hearns , C. J. Jillings , O. Kamaev , A. Kemp , M. Kuźniak , S. Langrock , F. La Zia , B. Lehnert , J. J. Lidgard , C. Lim , T. Lindner , Y. Linn , S. Liu , P. Majewski , R. Mathew , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , T. McGinn , J. B. McLaughlin , S. Mead , R. Mehdiyev , C. Mielnichuk , J. Monroe , A. Muir , P. Nadeau , C. Nantais , C. Ng , A. J. Noble , E. O'Dwyer , C. Ohlmann , K. Olchanski , K. S. Olsen , C. Ouellet , P. Pasuthip , S. J. M. Peeters , T. R. Pollmann , E. T. Rand , W. Rau , C. Rethmeier , F. Retière , N. Seeburn , B. Shaw , K. Singhrao , P. Skensved , B. Smith , N. J. T. Smith , T. Sonley , J. Soukup , R. Stainforth , C. Stone , V. Strickland , B. Sur , J. Tang , J. Taylor , L. Veloce , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , J. Walding , M. Ward , S. Westerdale , E. Woolsey , J. Zielinski

Updates on the DEAP-3600 experiment and steps towards the ARGO experiment

The DEAP-3600 experiment, with an approximately 3.3 tonne liquid argon (LAr) target, is currently the world's largest single-phase LAr dark matter detector. It is located 2 km underground at SNOLAB, Canada, one of the most radiopure…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-03-31 Susnata Seth

Status and New Ideas Regarding Liquid Argon Detectors

Large (up to $\sim 100$ kt) liquid argon time-projection chamber detectors are presently being considered for proton decay searches and neutrino astrophysics, as well as for far detectors for the next generation of long-baseline neutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-16 Alberto Marchionni

Review of Liquid Argon Detector Technologies in the Neutrino Sector

Liquid Argon (LAr) is one of the most widely used scintillators in particle detection, due to its low cost, high availability and excellent scintillation properties. A large number of experiments in the neutrino sector are based around…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-03-12 Krishanu Majumdar , Konstantinos Mavrokoridis

Background studies for a ton-scale argon dark matter detector (ArDM)

The ArDM project aims at operating a large noble liquid detector to search for direct evidence of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMP) as Dark Matter in the universe. Background sources relevant to ton-scale liquid and gaseous argon…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-11-09 L. Kaufmann , A. Rubbia