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New limits on WIMP interactions from the SIMPLE dark matter search

The SIMPLE project uses superheated C2ClF5 liquid detectors to search for particle dark matter candidates. We report the results of the first stage exposure (14.1 kgd) of its latest two-stage, Phase II run, with 15 superheated droplet…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-11 TA Girard , T. A. Morlat , M. Felizardo , A. C. Fernandes , A. R. Ramos , J. G. Marques

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

GLACIER and related R&D

Liquid argon detectors, with mass up to 100 kton, are being actively studied in the context of proton decay searches, neutrino astrophysics and for the next generation of long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments to study the neutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-08-17 Alessandro Curioni

First Leptophobic Dark Matter Search from Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills

We report the first results of a search for leptophobic dark matter (DM) from the Coherent CAPTAIN-Mills (CCM) liquid argon (LAr) detector. An engineering run with 120 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) and $17.9 \times 10^{20}$ protons-on-target…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-07-11 A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo , D. S. M. Alves , S. Biedron , J. Boissevain , M. Borrego , M. Chavez-Estrada , A. Chavez , J. M. Conrad , R. L. Cooper , A. Diaz , J. R. Distel , J. C. D'Olivo , E. Dunton , B. Dutta , A. Elliott , D. Evans , D. Fields , J. Greenwood , M. Gold , J. Gordon , E. 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

First results from a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber in a Magnetic Field

A small liquid argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) was operated for the first time in a magnetic field of 0.55 Tesla. The imaging properties of the detector were not affected by the magnetic field. In a test run with cosmic rays a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Badertscher , M. Laffranchi , A. Meregaglia , A. Mueller , A. Rubbia

First Results from the DarkSide-50 Dark Matter Experiment at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso

We report the first results of DarkSide-50, a direct search for dark matter operating in the underground Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) and searching for the rare nuclear recoils possibly induced by weakly interacting massive…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 P. Agnes , T. Alexander , A. Alton , K. Arisaka , H. O. Back , B. Baldin , K. Biery , G. Bonfini , M. Bossa , A. Brigatti , J. Brodsky , F. Budano , L. Cadonati , F. Calaprice , N. Canci , A. Candela , H. Cao , M. Cariello , P. Cavalcante , A. Chavarria , A. Chepurnov , A. G. Cocco , L. Crippa , D. D'Angelo , M. D'Incecco , S. Davini , M. De Deo , A. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Eusanio , G. Di Pietro , E. Edkins , A. Empl , A. Fan , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , G. Forster , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiati , A. Goretti , L. Grandi , M. Gromov , M. Y. Guan , Y. Guardincerri , B. Hackett , K. Herner , E. V. Hungerford , Al. Ianni , An. Ianni , C. Jollet , K. Keeter , C. Kendziora , S. Kidner , V. Kobychev , G. Koh , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kurlej , P. X. Li , B. Loer , P. Lombardi , C. Love , L. Ludhova , S. Luitz , Y. Q. Ma , I. Machulin , A. Mandarano , S. Mari , J. Maricic , L. Marini , C. J. Martoff , A. Meregaglia , E. Meroni , P. D. Meyers , R. Milincic , D. Montanari , A. Monte , M. Montuschi , M. E. Monzani , P. Mosteiro , B. Mount , V. Muratova , P. Musico , A. Nelson , S. Odrowski , M. Okounkova , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , E. Pantic , L. Papp , S. Parmeggiano , R. Parsells , K. Pelczar , N. Pelliccia , S. Perasso , A. Pocar , S. Pordes , D. Pugachev , H. Qian , K. Randle , G. Ranucci , A. Razeto , B. Reinhold , A. Renshaw , A. Romani , B. Rossi , N. Rossi , S. D. Rountree , D. Sablone , P. Saggese , R. Saldanha , W. Sands , S. Sangiorgio , E. Segreto , D. Semenov , E. Shields , M. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , C. Stanford , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , J. Tatarowicz , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , E. Unzhakov , R. B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , S. Walker , H. Wang , Y. Wang , A. Watson , S. Westerdale , M. Wojcik , A. Wright , X. Xiang , J. Xu , C. G. Yang , J. Yoo , S. Zavatarelli , A. Zec , C. Zhu , G. Zuzel

Study of infrared scintillations in gaseous and liquid argon - Part I: methodology and time measurements

A methodology to measure Near Infrared (NIR) scintillations in gaseous and liquid Ar, using Geiger-mode APDs (GAPDs) sensitive in the NIR and pulsed X-ray irradiation, is described. This study has been triggered by the development of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-03-18 A. Bondar , A. Buzulutskov , A. Dolgov , A. Grebenuk , E. Shemyakina , A. Sokolov

Effects of Nitrogen contamination in liquid Argon

A dedicated test of the effects of Nitrogen contamination in liquid Argon has been performed at the INFN-Gran Sasso Laboratory (LNGS, Italy) within the WArP R&D program. A detector has been designed and assembled for this specific task and…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2012-07-11 R. Acciarri , M. Antonello , B. Baibussinov , M. Baldo-Ceolin , P. Benetti , F. Calaprice , E. Calligarich , M. Cambiaghi , N. Canci , F. Carbonara , F. Cavanna , S. Centro , A. G. Cocco , F. Di Pompeo , G. Fiorillo , C. Galbiati , V. Gallo , L. Grandi , G. Meng , I. Modena , C. Montanari , O. Palamara , L. Pandola , F. Pietropaolo , G. L. Raselli , M. Roncadelli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , E. Segreto , A. M. Szelc , S. Ventura , C. Vignoli

Demonstration of a Lightguide Detector for Liquid Argon TPCs

We report demonstration of light detection in liquid argon using an acrylic lightguide detector system. This opens the opportunity for development of an inexpensive, large-area light collection system for large liquid argon time projection…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-03-17 L. Bugel , J. M. Conrad , C. Ignarra , B. J. P. Jones , T. Katori , T. Smidt , H. -K. Tanaka

A compact Optical Liquid Argon Facility at Roma Tre

In this paper we present a compact test facility for the measurement of optical properties of liquid argon as scintillator. The setup is under preparation at Roma Tre and it has a volume of 40 L liquid argon, which is liquefied from argon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-02-24 Hexi Shi , Valerio D'Andrea , Giuseppe Salamanna , Krzysztof Szczepaniec , Diego Tagnani

The DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Experiment

The DEAP-3600 experiment uses 3.6 tons of liquid argon for a sensitive dark matter search, with a sensitivity to the spin-independent WIMP-nucleon cross-section of $10^{-46}$ cm$^2$ at 100 GeV WIMP mass. This high sensitivity is achievable…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Bei Cai

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

Low-Mass Dark Matter Search with the DarkSide-50 Experiment

We present the results of a search for dark matter WIMPs in the mass range below 20 GeV/c^2 using a target of low-radioactivity argon. The data were obtained using the DarkSide-50 apparatus at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS). The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-29 The DarkSide Collaboration , P. Agnes , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , G. R. Araujo , D. M. Asner , M. Ave , H. O. Back , B. Baldin , G. Batignani , K. Biery , V. Bocci , G. Bonfini , W. Bonivento , B. Bottino , F. Budano , S. Bussino , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , F. Calaprice , A. Caminata , N. Canci , A. Candela , M. Caravati , M. Cariello , M. Carlini , M. Carpinelli , S. Catalanotti , V. Cataudella , P. Cavalcante , S. Cavuoti , R. Cereseto , A. Chepurnov , C. Cicalò , L. Cifarelli , A. G. Cocco , G. Covone , D. D'Angelo , M. D'Incecco , D. D'Urso , S. Davini , A. De Candia , S. De Cecco , M. De Deo , G. De Filippis , G. De Rosa , M. De Vincenzi , P. Demontis , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , F. Di Eusanio , G. Di Pietro , C. Dionisi , M. Downing , E. Edkins , A. Empl , A. Fan , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , A. Gabrieli , C. Galbiati , P. Garcia Abia , C. Ghiano , S. Giagu , C. Giganti , G. K. Giovanetti , O. Gorchakov , A. M. Goretti , F. Granato , M. Gromov , M. Guan , Y. Guardincerri , M. Gulino , B. R. Hackett , M. H. Hassanshahi , K. Herner , B. Hosseini , D. Hughes , P. Humble , E. V. Hungerford , Al. Ianni , An. Ianni , V. Ippolito , I. James , T. N. Johnson , Y. Kahn , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , I. Kochanek , G. Koh , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , M. Kuss , M. La Commara , M. Lai , X. Li , M. Lisanti , M. Lissia , B. Loer , G. Longo , Y. Ma , A. A. Machado , I. N. Machulin , A. Mandarano , L. Mapelli , S. M. Mari , J. Maricic , C. J. Martoff , A. Messina , P. D. Meyers , R. Milincic , S. Mishra-Sharma , A. Monte , M. Morrocchi , B. J. Mount , V. N. Muratova , P. Musico , R. Nania , A. Navrer Agasson , A. O. Nozdrina , A. Oleinik , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , F. Pazzona , K. Pelczar , N. Pelliccia , V. Pesudo , A. Pocar , S. Pordes , S. S. Poudel , D. A. Pugachev , H. Qian , F. Ragusa , M. Razeti , A. Razeto , B. Reinhold , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , Q. Riffard , A. Romani , B. Rossi , N. Rossi , D. Sablone , O. Samoylov , W. Sands , S. Sanfilippo , M. Sant , R. Santorelli , C. Savarese , E. Scapparone , B. Schlitzer , E. Segreto , D. A. Semenov , A. Shchagin , A. Sheshukov , P. N. Singh , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , C. Stanford , S. Stracka , G. B. Suffritti , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , P. Trinchese , E. V. Unzhakov , M. Verducci , A. Vishneva , B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , T. J. Waldrop , H. Wang , Y. Wang , A. W. Watson , S. Westerdale , M. M. Wojcik , M. Wojcik , X. Xiang , X. Xiao , C. Yang , Z. Ye , C. Zhu , A. Zichichi , G. Zuzel

First Run of the LArIAT Testbeam Experiment

LArIAT (Liquid Argon In A Testbeam) aims to characterize the response of a liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) to the particles often seen as final-state products of ~1 GeV neutrino interactions in existing and planned detectors.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-04 William Foreman

WIMP Dark Matter Direct-Detection Searches in Noble Gases

Cosmological observations and the dynamics of the Milky Way provide ample evidence for an invisible and dominant mass component. This so-called dark matter could be made of new, colour and charge neutral particles, which were…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-20 Laura Baudis

The LUX Prototype Detector: Heat Exchanger Development

The LUX (Large Underground Xenon) detector is a two-phase xenon Time Projection Chamber (TPC) designed to search for WIMP-nucleon dark matter interactions. As with all noble element detectors, continuous purification of the detector medium…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-05 D. S. Akerib , X. Bai , S. Bedikian , A. Bernstein , A. Bolozdynya , A. Bradley , S. Cahn , D. Carr , J. J. Chapman , K. Clark , T. Classen , A. Curioni , C. E. Dahl , S. Dazeley , L. deViveiros , M. Dragowsky , E. Druszkiewicz , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , C. Hall , C. Faham , B. Holbrook , L. Kastens , K. Kazkaz , J. Kwong , R. Lander , D. Leonard , D. Malling , R. Mannino , D. N. McKinsey , D. Mei , J. Mock , M. Morii , J. Nikkel , P. Phelps , T. Shutt , W. Skulski , P. Sorensen , J. Spaans , T. Steigler , R. Svoboda , M. Sweany , J. Thomson , M. Tripathi , N. Walsh , R. Webb , J. White , F. L. H. Wolfs , M. Woods , C. Zhang

New Dark Matter Detector using Nanoscale Explosives

We present nanoscale explosives as a novel type of dark matter detector and study the ignition properties. When a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle WIMP from the Galactic Halo elastically scatters off of a nucleus in the detector, the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-15 Alejandro Lopez , Andrzej Drukier , Katherine Freese , Cagliyan Kurdak , Gregory Tarle

The WA105-3x1x1 m3 dual phase LAr-TPC demonstrator

The dual phase Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) is the state-of-art technology for neutrino detection thanks to its superb 3D tracking and calorimetry performance. Its main feature is the charge amplification in gas argon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 Sebastien Murphy

Evidence of electric breakdown induced by bubbles in liquid argon

We report on the results of a high voltage test in liquid argon in order to measure its dielectric rigidity. Under stable conditions and below the boiling point, liquid argon was found to sustain a uniform electric field of 100 kV/cm,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-01-14 F. Bay , C. Cantini , S. Murphy , F. Resnati , A. Rubbia , F. Sergiampietri , S. Wu

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