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Status of the ArDM Experiment: First results from gaseous argon operation in deep underground environment

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. After successful…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-07-02 ArDM Collaboration , A. Badertscher , F. Bay , N. Bourgeois , C. Cantini , M. Daniel , U. Degunda , S. DiLuise , 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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

First results on light readout from the 1-ton ArDM liquid argon detector for dark matter searches

ArDM-1t is the prototype for a next generation WIMP detector measuring both the scintillation light and the ionization charge from nuclear recoils in a 1-ton liquid argon target. The goal is to reach a minimum recoil energy of 30\,keVr to…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-12-06 C. Amsler , A. Badertscher , V. Boccone , A. Bueno , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , 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 , A. Marchionni , K. Mavrokoridis , A. Melgarejo , P. Mijakowski , G. Natterer , S. Navas-Concha , P. Otyugova , M. dePrado , 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 , J. Ulbricht , T. Viant

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

First Dark Matter Search Results From Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills

This paper describes the operation of the Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills (CCM) detector located at the Lujan Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). CCM is a 10-ton liquid argon (LAr) detector located 20 meters…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-07-11 A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo , S. Biedron , J. Boissevain , M. Borrego , M. Chavez-Estrada , A. Chavez , J. M. Conrad , R. L. Cooper , A. Diaz , J. R. Distel , J. D'Olivo , E. Dunton , B. Dutta , A. Elliott , D. Evans , D. Fields , J. Greenwood , M. Gold , J. Gordon , E. D. Guarincerri , E. C. Huang , N. Kamp , C. Kelsey , K. Knickerbocker , R. Lake , W. C. Louis , R. Mahapatra , S. Maludze , J. Mirabal , R. Moreno , H. Neog , P. deNiverville , V. Pandey , J. Plata-Salas , D. Poulson , H. Ray , E. Renner , T. J. Schaub , M. H. Shaevitz , D. Smith , W. Sondheim , A. M. Szelc , C. Taylor , W. H. Thompson , M. Tripathi , R. T. Thornton , R. Van Berg , R. G. Van de Water , S. Verma , K. Walker

Surface background rejection technique for liquid argon dark matter detectors using a thin scintillating layer

Future large liquid argon direct dark matter detectors can benefit greatly from an efficient surface background rejection technique. To aid the development of these large scale detectors a test stand, Argon-1, has been constructed at…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-04-22 D. Gallacher , M. Boulay

The science and technology of liquid argon detectors

Liquid argon detectors are ubiquitous in particle, astroparticle, and applied physics. They reached an unprecedented level of maturity thanks to more than 20 years of R&D and the operation of large-scale facilities at CERN, Fermilab, and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-10-30 W. M. Bonivento , F. Terranova

First operation and performance of a 200 lt double phase LAr LEM-TPC with a 40x76 cm^2 readout

In this paper we describe the design, construction, and operation of a first large area double-phase liquid argon Large Electron Multiplier Time Projection Chamber (LAr LEM-TPC). The detector has a maximum drift length of 60 cm and the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-12 A. Badertscher , A. Curioni , U. Degunda , L. Epprecht , A. Gendotti , S. Horikawa , L. Knecht , D. Lussi G. Natterer , K. Nguyen , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia , T. Viant

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

Measurement of the attenuation length of argon scintillation light in the ArDM LAr TPC

We report on a measurement of the attenuation length for the scintillation light in the tonne size liquid argon target of the ArDM dark matter experiment. The data was recorded in the first underground operation of the experiment in…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-09 ArDM Collaboration , J. Calvo , C. Cantini , P. Crivelli , M. Daniel , S. DiLuise , A. Gendotti , S. Horikawa , L. Molina-Bueno , 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