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DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Search

The DEAP-3600 experiment is located 2 km underground at SNOLAB, in Sudbury, Ontario. It is a single-phase detector that searches for dark matter particle interactions within a 1000-kg fiducial mass target of liquid argon. A first generation…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-06-02 DEAP Collaboration , P. -A. Amaudruz , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , J. Bonatt , M. G. Boulay , B. Broerman , J. F. Bueno , A. Butcher , B. Cai , M. Chen , R. Chouinard , B. T. Cleveland , K. Dering , J. DiGioseffo , F. Duncan , T. Flower , R. Ford , P. Giampa , P. Gorel , K. Graham , D. R. Grant , E. Guliyev , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , P. Harvey , C. J. Jillings , M. Kuźniak , I. Lawson , O. Li , P. Liimatainen , P. Majewski , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , K. McFarlane , J. Monroe , A. Muir , C. Nantais , C. Ng , A. J. Noble , C. Ouellet , K. Palladino , P. Pasuthip , S. J. M. Peeters , T. Pollmann , W. Rau , F. Retière , N. Seeburn , K. Singhrao , P. Skensved , B. Smith , T. Sonley , J. Tang , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , L. Veloce , J. Walding , M. Ward

DEAP-3600 dark matter experiment

DEAP-3600 is a single phase liquid argon (LAr) dark matter experiment, located 2 km underground at SNOLAB, in Sudbury, Canada. The detector has 1 tonne fiducial mass of LAr. The target sensitivity to spin-independent scattering of 100 GeV…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-09-27 Nasim Fatemighomi

In-situ Surface Contamination Removal and Cool-down Process of the DEAP-3600 Experiment

The DEAP-3600 experiment is a single-phase detector that uses 3600 Kg of liquid argon to search for Dark Matter at SNOLAB, Sudbury, Canada, 6800 ft. underground. The projected sensitivity to the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross-section…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-06-19 P. Giampa

Design and Construction of the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Detector

The Dark matter Experiment using Argon Pulse-shape discrimination (DEAP) has been designed for a direct detection search for particle dark matter using a single-phase liquid argon target. The projected cross section sensitivity for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-19 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 , S. Churchwell , 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 , D. R. Grant , E. Gulyev , 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 , O. Li , J. J. Lidgard , P. Liimatainen , C. Lim , T. Lindner , Y. Linn , S. Liu , P. Majewski , R. Mathew , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , K. McFarlane , 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 , R. White , E. Woolsey , J. Zielinski

Backgrounds in the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Experiment

The DEAP-3600 experiment, located at SNOLAB, is searching for dark matter with a single phase liquid argon (LAr) target. For a background-free exposure of 3000 kg$\cdot$yr, the projected sensitivity to the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-17 B. Lehnert

Search for Dark Matter with Liquid Argon and Pulse Shape Discrimination: Results from DEAP-1 and Status of DEAP-3600

In the last decade, Direct Dark Matter searches has become a very active research program, spawning dozens of projects world wide and leading to contradictory results. It is on this stage that the Dark matter Experiment with liquid Argon…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-03 P. Gorel

DEAP-3600 Recent Dark Matter Results

The DEAP-3600 experiment is searching for WIMP dark matter with a 3.3 tonne single phase liquid argon (LAr) target, located at SNOLAB. The construction and filling of DEAP-3600 was completed in 2016, and the experiment is currently taking…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2018-12-13 B. Lehnert

Recent results from DEAP-3600

DEAP-3600 is the largest running dark matter detector filled with liquid argon, set at SNOLAB, in Sudbury, Canada, 2 km underground. The experiment holds the most stringent exclusion limit in argon for WIMPs above 20 GeV/c$^2$. In the most…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-03-01 Michela Lai

Search for dark matter with a 231-day exposure of liquid argon using DEAP-3600 at SNOLAB

DEAP-3600 is a single-phase liquid argon (LAr) direct-detection dark matter experiment, operating 2 km underground at SNOLAB (Sudbury, Canada). The detector consists of 3279 kg of LAr contained in a spherical acrylic vessel. This paper…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-31 R. Ajaj , P. -A. Amaudruz , G. R. Araujo , M. Baldwin , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , C. E. Bina , J. Bonatt , M. G. Boulay , B. Broerman , J. F. Bueno , P. M. Burghardt , A. Butcher , B. Cai , S. Cavuoti , M. Chen , Y. Chen , B. T. Cleveland , D. Cranshaw , K. Dering , J. DiGioseffo , L. Doria , F. A. Duncan , M. Dunford , A. Erlandson , N. Fatemighomi , G. Fiorillo , S. Florian , A. Flower , R. J. Ford , R. Gagnon , D. Gallacher , E. A. Garcés , S. Garg , P. Giampa , D. Goeldi , V. V. Golovko , P. Gorel , K. Graham , D. R. Grant , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , P. J. Harvey , C. Hearns , A. Joy , C. J. Jillings , O. Kamaev , G. Kaur , A. Kemp , I. Kochanek , M. Kuźniak , S. Langrock , F. La Zia , B. Lehnert , X. Li , J. Lidgard , T. Lindner , O. Litvinov , J. Lock , G. Longo , P. Majewski , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , T. McGinn , J. B. McLaughlin , R. Mehdiyev , C. Mielnichuk , J. Monroe , P. Nadeau , C. Nantais , C. Ng , A. J. Noble , E. O'Dwyer , C. Ouellet , P. Pasuthip , S. J. M. Peeters , M. -C. Piro , T. R. Pollmann , E. T. Rand , C. Rethmeier , F. Retière , N. Seeburn , K. Singhrao , P. Skensved , B. Smith , N. J. T. Smith , T. Sonley , J. Soukup , R. Stainforth , C. Stone , V. Strickland , B. Sur , J. Tang , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , L. Veloce , S. Viel , J. Walding , M. Waqar , M. Ward , S. Westerdale , J. Willis , A. Zuñiga-Reyes

Dark Matter Search with the DEAP-3600 Detector using the Profile Likelihood Ratio Method

We present here a search for WIMP dark matter using 790.8 live-days of data collected with 3269 kg of liquid argon (1266 kg fiducial) by the DEAP-3600 detector at SNOLAB, using the Profile Likelihood Ratio method. The likelihood model is…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-03-17 DEAP Collaboration , P. Adhikari , R. Ajaj , M. Alpízar-Venegas , P. -A. Amaudruz , J. Anstey , D. J. Auty , M. Baldwin , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , A. Bigentini , C. E. Bina , W. Bonivento , M. G. Boulay , J. F. Bueno , P. M. Burghardt , A. Butcher , M. Cadeddu , B. Cai , M. Cárdenas-Montes , S. Cavuoti , Y. Chen , S. Choudhary , B. T. Cleveland , R. Crampton , S. Daugherty , P. DelGobbo , P. Di Stefano , G. Dolganov , L. Doria , F. A. Duncan , M. Dunford , E. Ellingwood , A. Erlandson , S. S. Farahani , N. Fatemighomi , G. Fiorillo , R. J. Ford , D. Gahan , D. Gallacher , A. Garai , P. García Abia , S. Garg , P. Giampa , A. Giménez-Alcázar , D. Goeldi , P. Gorel , K. Graham , A. Grobov , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , S. Haskins , J. Hu , J. Hucker , D. Huff , T. Hugues , A. Ilyasov , B. Jigmeddorj , C. J. Jillings , A. Joy , G. Kaur , A. Kemp , M. Khoshraftar Yazdi , M. Kuźniak , F. La Zia , M. Lai , S. Langrock , B. Lehnert , J. LePage-Bourbonnais , M. Lissia , L. Luzzi , I. Machulin , P. Majewski , A. Maru , J. Mason , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , J. B. McLaughlin , C. Mielnichuk , L. Mirasola , A. Moharana , J. Monroe , A. Murray , M. Needs , C. Ng , G. Oliviéro , M. Olszewski , S. Pal , D. Papi , B. Park , M. Perry , V. Pesudo , T. R. Pollmann , F. Rad , C. Rethmeier , F. Retière , I. Rodríguez García , L. Roszkowski , R. Santorelli , F. G. Schuckman , N. Seeburn , S. Seth , V. Shalamova , P. Skensved , T. Smirnova , N. J. T. Smith , K. Sobotkiewich , T. Sonley , J. Sosiak , J. Soukup , R. Stainforth , M. Stringer , J. Tang , P. Taylor , R. Turcotte-Tardif , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , G. Vera Díaz , S. Viel , B. Vyas , M. Walczak , J. Walding , M. Ward , S. Westerdale , R. Wormington , A. Zuñiga-Reyes

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

Status of the DEAP-3600 experiment

DEAP-3600 is a single-phase liquid argon (LAr) dark matter detector, located 2 km underground at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Canada, which started taking data in 2016. The detector is sensitive to nuclear recoils induced by scattering of dark matter…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-06-24 Marcin Kuźniak

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

Study of the energy calibration of the DEAP-3600 detector using $^{22}\mathrm{Na}$ source data and simulations

DEAP-3600 is a single-phase liquid argon (LAr) direct-detection dark matter experiment operating 2 km underground at SNOLAB (Sudbury, Canada). The detector consists of 3.3 tons of LAr contained in a spherical acrylic vessel. At a WIMP mass…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-05-12 Ludovico Luzzi

Electromagnetic Backgrounds and Potassium-42 Activity in the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Detector

The DEAP-3600 experiment is searching for WIMP dark matter with a 3.3 tonne single phase liquid argon (LAr) target, located 2.1 km underground at SNOLAB. The experimental signature of dark matter interactions is keV-scale $^{40}$Ar nuclear…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-11-06 R. Ajaj , G. R. Araujo , M. Batygov , B. Beltran , C. E. Bina , M. G. Boulay , B. Broerman , J. F. Bueno , P. M. Burghardt , A. Butcher , M. Cárdenas-Montes , S. Cavuoti , M. Chen , Y. Chen , B. T. Cleveland , K. Dering , F. A. Duncan , M. Dunford , A. Erlandson , N. Fatemighomi , G. Fiorillo , A. Flower , R. J. Ford , D. Gallacher , P. García Abia , S. Garg , P. Giampa , D. Goeldi , V. V. Golovko , P. Gorel , K. Graham , D. R. Grant , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , P. J. Harvey , C. Hearns , A. Joy , C. J. Jillings , O. Kamaev , G. Kaur , A. Kemp , I. Kochanek , M. Kuźniak , S. Langrock , F. La Zia , B. Lehnert , X. Li , O. Litvinov , J. Lock , G. Longo , P. Majewski , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , T. McGinn , J. B. McLaughlin , R. Mehdiyev , C. Mielnichuk , J. Monroe , P. Nadeau , C. Nantais , C. Ng , A. J. Noble , C. Ouellet , P. Pasuthip , S. J. M. Peeters , V. Pesudo , M. -C. Piro , T. R. Pollmann , E. T. Rand , C. Rethmeier , F. Retière , E. Sanchez García , R. Santorelli , N. Seeburn , P. Skensved , B. Smith , N. J. T. Smith , T. Sonley , R. Stainforth , C. Stone , V. Strickland , B. Sur , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , L. Veloce , S. Viel , J. Walding , M. Waqar , M. Ward , S. Westerdale , J. Willis , A. Zuñiga-Reyes

Analysis of alpha backgrounds in the DEAP-1 detector

DEAP-1 is a 7 kg liquid argon dark matter detector used to prototype the tonne scale DEAP-3600 detector at SNOLAB.We present an analysis of the alpha particle backgrounds in DEAP-1 and isolate the radiations from various 222Rn daughters at…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2009-06-02 Kevin S. Olsen

Position reconstruction using photon timing for the DEAP-3600 dark matter experiment

DEAP-3600 is a single-phase liquid argon dark matter detector being operated 2 km underground at SNOLAB, Sudbury, Canada. The detector consists of 3.3 tonnes of ultra-pure liquid argon in a spherical acrylic cryostat instrumented with 255…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-17 Yu Chen

WARP liquid argon detector for dark matter survey

The WARP programme is a graded programme intended to search for cold Dark Matter in the form of WIMP's. These particles may produce via weak interactions nuclear recoils in the energy range 10-100 keV. A cryogenic noble liquid like argon,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Brunetti , E. Calligarich , M. Cambiaghi , F. Carbonara , A. Cocco , C. De Vecchi , R. Dolfini , A. Ereditato , G. Fiorillo , L. Grandi , G. Mangano , A. Menegolli , C. Montanari , M. Prata , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , M. Roncadelli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , R. Santorelli , C. Vignoli

First results from a Dark Matter search with liquid Argon at 87 K in the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory

A new method of searching for dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) has been developed with the direct detection of the low energy nuclear recoils observed in a massive target (ultimately many tons) of ultra…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 P. Benetti , R. Acciarri , F. Adamo , B. Baibussinov , M. Baldo-Ceolin , M. Belluco , F. Calaprice , E. Calligarich , M. Cambiaghi , F. Carbonara , F. Cavanna , S. Centro , A. G. Cocco , F. Di Pompeo , N. Ferrari , G. Fiorillo , C. Galbiati , V. Gallo , L. Grandi , A. Ianni , G. Mangano , G. Meng , C. Montanari , O. Palamara , L. Pandola , F. Pietropaolo , G. L. Raselli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , A. M. Szelc , S. Ventura , C. Vignoli

New Constraints on Xenonphobic Dark Matter from DEAP-3600

The first-year results from DEAP-3600, a single-phase liquid argon direct-detection dark matter experiment, were recently reported. At first sight, they seem to provide no new constraints, as the limit lies well within the region already…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-04-30 Carlos E. Yaguna