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The neutron veto of the XENONnT experiment: Results with demineralized water

Radiogenic neutrons emitted by detector materials are one of the most challenging backgrounds for the direct search of dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). To mitigate this background, the XENONnT…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-11-10 XENON Collaboration , E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , K. Abe , S. Ahmed Maouloud , L. Althueser , B. Andrieu , E. Angelino , D. Antón Martin , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , M. Bazyk , L. Bellagamba , R. Biondi , A. Bismark , K. Boese , A. Brown , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Cai , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , A. P. Cimental Chávez , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. J. Cuenca-García , V. D'Andrea , L. C. Daniel Garcia , M. P. Decowski , A. Deisting , C. Di Donato , P. Di Gangi , S. Diglio , K. Eitel , S. el Morabit , A. Elykov , A. D. Ferella , C. Ferrari , H. Fischer , T. Flehmke , M. Flierman , W. Fulgione , C. Fuselli , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , M. Galloway , F. Gao , S. Ghosh , R. Giacomobono , R. Glade-Beucke , L. Grandi , J. Grigat , H. Guan , M. Guida , P. Gyorgy , R. Hammann , A. Higuera , C. Hils , L. Hoetzsch , N. F. Hood , M. Iacovacci , Y. Itow , J. Jakob , F. Joerg , Y. Kaminaga , M. Kara , P. Kavrigin , S. Kazama , M. Kobayashi , D. Koke , A. Kopec , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , I. Li , S. Li , S. Liang , Y. -T. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , K. Liu , M. Liu , J. Loizeau , F. Lombardi , J. Long , J. A. M. Lopes , T. Luce , Y. Ma , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Mancuso , L. Manenti , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , K. Martens , J. Masbou , E. Masson , S. Mastroianni , A. Melchiorre , J. Merz , M. Messina , A. Michael , K. Miuchi , A. Molinario , S. Moriyama , K. Morá , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Müller , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , B. Paetsch , Y. Pan , Q. Pellegrini , R. Peres , C. Peters , J. Pienaar , M. Pierre , G. Plante , T. R. Pollmann , L. Principe , J. Qi , J. Qin , D. Ramírez García , M. Rajado , R. Singh , L. Sanchez , J. M. F. dos Santos , I. Sarnoff , G. Sartorelli , J. Schreiner , P. Schulte , H. Schulze Eißing , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , F. Semeria , P. Shagin , S. Shi , J. Shi , M. Silva , H. Simgen , C. Szyszka , A. Takeda , Y. Takeuchi , P. -L. Tan , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. D. Tunnell , F. Tönnies , K. Valerius , S. Vecchi , S. Vetter , F. I. Villazon Solar , G. Volta , C. Weinheimer , M. Weiss , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , V. H. S. Wu , Y. Xing , D. Xu , Z. Xu , M. Yamashita , L. Yang , J. Ye , L. Yuan , G. Zavattini , M. Zhong

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

Proto-0: a prototype for validating key technologies of the DarkSide-20k experiment and beyond

The DarkSide-20k experiment, currently under construction at LNGS, will employ a next-generation dual-phase liquid-argon Time Projection Chamber (TPC) with SiPM-based Photon Detector Units and low-background materials to achieve the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-09 Riccardo de Asmundis , Roberta Calabrese , Mauro Caravati , Giuliana Fiorillo , Leandro Flores , Gianfrancesco Grauso , Giuseppe Matteucci , Noemi Pino , Dmitrii Rudik , Maria Adriana Sabia , Yury Suvorov

A Highly Efficient Neutron Veto for Dark Matter Experiments

We present a conceptual design for an active neutron veto, based on boron-loaded liquid scintillator, for use in direct-detection dark matter experiments. The simulated efficiency of a 1 meter thick veto, after including the effects of…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2011-06-13 Alex Wright , Pablo Mosteiro , Ben Loer , Frank Calaprice

Improvement and Characterisation of the ArCLight Large-Area Dielectric Light Detector for Liquid-Argon Time Projection Chambers

The detection of scintillation light in noble-liquid detectors is necessary for identifying neutrino interaction candidates from beam, astrophysical, or solar sources. Large monolithic detectors typically have highly efficient light…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-11-05 Jonas Bürgi , Livio Calivers , Richard Diurba , Fabian Frieden , Anja Gauch , Laura Francesca Iacob , Igor Kreslo , Jan Kunzmann , Saba Parsa , Michele Weber

Light Yield in DarkSide-10: a Prototype Two-phase Liquid Argon TPC for Dark Matter Searches

As part of the DarkSide program of direct dark matter searches using liquid argon TPCs, a prototype detector with an active volume containing 10 kg of liquid argon, DarkSide-10, was built and operated underground in the Gran Sasso National…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 T. Alexander , D. Alton , K. Arisaka , H. O. Back , P. Beltrame , J. Benziger , G. Bonfini , A. Brigatti , J. Brodsky , L. Cadonati , F. Calaprice , A. Candela , H. Cao , P. Cavalcante , A. Chavarria , A. Chepurnov , D. Cline , A. G. Cocco , C. Condon , D. D'Angelo , S. Davini , E. De Haas , A. Derbin , G. Di Pietro , I. Dratchnev , D. Durben , A. Empl , A. Etenko , A. Fan , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiati , S. Gazzana , C. Ghag , C. Ghiano , A. Goretti , L. Grandi , M. Gromov , M. Guan , C. Guo , G. Guray , E. V. Hungerford , Al. Ianni , An. Ianni , A. Kayunov , K. Keeter , C. Kendziora , S. Kidner , V. Kobychev , G. Koh , D. Korablev , G. Korga , E. Shields , P. Li , B. Loer , P. Lombardi , C. Love , L. Ludhova , L. Lukyanchenko , A. Lund , K. Lung , Y. Ma , I. Machulin , J. Maricic , C. J. Martoff , Y. Meng , E. Meroni , P. D. Meyers , T. Mohayai , D. Montanari , M. Montuschi , P. Mosteiro , B. Mount , V. Muratova , A. Nelson , A. Nemtzow , N. Nurakhov , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , M. Pallavicini , E. Pantic , S. Parmeggiano , R. Parsells , N. Pelliccia , L. Perasso , F. Perfetto , L. Pinsky , A. Pocar , S. Pordes , G. Ranucci , A. Razeto , A. Romani , N. Rossi , P. Saggese , R. Saldanha , C. Salvo , W. Sands , M. Seigar , D. Semenov , M. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , S. Sukhotin , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , J. Tatarowicz , G. Testera , A. Teymourian , J. Thompson , E. Unzhakov , R. B. Vogelaar , H. Wang , S. Westerdale , M. Wojcik , A. Wright , J. Xu , C. Yang , S. Zavatarelli , M. Zehfus , W. Zhong , G. Zuzel

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

Performance of the veto detector incorporated into the ZEPLIN-III experiment

The ZEPLIN-III experiment is operating in its second phase at the Boulby Underground Laboratory in search of dark matter WIMPs. The major upgrades to the instrument over its first science run include lower background photomultiplier tubes…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-15 C. Ghag , D. Yu. Akimov , H. M. Araújo , E. J. Barnes , V. A. Belov , A. A. Burenkov , V. Chepel , A. Currie , L. DeViveiros , B. Edwards , V. Francis , A. Hollingsworth , M. Horn , G. E. Kalmus , A. S. Kobyakin , A. G. Kovalenko , V. N. Lebedenko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , R. Lüscher , K. Lyons , P. Majewski , A. St , J. Murphy , F. Neves , S. M. Paling , J. Pinto da Cunha , R. Preece , J. J. Quenby , L. Reichhart , P. R. Scovell , C. Silva , V. N. Solovov , N. J. T. Smith , P. F. Smith , V. N. Stekhanov , T. J. Sumner , C. Thorne , R. J. Walker

The COSINE-100 Data Acquisition System

COSINE-100 is a dark matter direct detection experiment designed to test the annual modulation signal observed by the DAMA/LIBRA experiment. COSINE-100 consists of 8 NaI(Tl) crystals with a total mass of 106 kg, a 2200 L liquid scintillator…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-10-11 100 Collaboration , G. Adhikari , P. Adhikari , E. Barbosa de Souza , N. Carlin , S. Choi , W. Choi , M. Djamal , A. C. Ezeribe , C. Ha , I. S. Hahn , A. J. F. Hubbard , E. J. Jeon , J. H. Jo , H. W. Joo , W. G. Kang , W. S. Kang , M. Kauer , H. Kim , H. J. Kim , K. W. Kim , M. C. Kim , N. Y. Kim , S. K. Kim , Y. D. Kim , Y. H Kim , V. A. Kudryavtsev , H. S. Lee , J. Lee , M. H. Lee , K. E. Lim , D. S. Leonard , R. H. Maruyama , F. Mouton , S. Na , S. L. Olsen , H. K. Park , H. S. Park , J. S. Park , K. S. Park , W. Pettus , H. Prihtiadi , C. Rott , A. Scarff , N. J. C. Spooner , W. G. Thompson , L. Yang

Searching for vector dark matter with an optomechanical accelerometer

We consider using optomechanical accelerometers as resonant detectors for ultralight dark matter. As a concrete example, we describe a detector based on a silicon nitride membrane fixed to a beryllium mirror, forming an optical cavity. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-17 Jack Manley , Mitul Dey Chowdhury , Daniel Grin , Swati Singh , Dalziel J. Wilson

DARWIN: towards the ultimate dark matter detector

DARk matter WImp search with liquid xenoN (DARWIN) will be an experiment for the direct detection of dark matter using a multi-ton liquid xenon time projection chamber at its core. Its primary goal will be to explore the experimentally…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-02 J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , F. D. Amaro , C. Amsler , E. Aprile , L. Arazi , F. Arneodo , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , B. Beskers , A. Breskin , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , L. Buetikofer , J. Calven , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , S. Diglio , G. Drexlin , E. Duchovni , E. Erdal , G. Eurin , A. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , M. Galloway , M. Garbini , C. Geis , F. Glueck , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Grignon , C. Hasterok , V. Hannen , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , D. Hilk , C. Hils , A. James , B. Kaminsky , S. Kazama , B. Kilminster , A. Kish , L. M. Krauss , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , Q. Lin , F. L. Linde , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , T. Marrodan Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Mayani , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , A. Molinario , K. D. Mora , E. Morteau , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , J. L. Newstead , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , P. Pakarha , B. Pelssers , P. de Perio , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , M. C. Piro , G. Plante , L. Rauch , S. Reichard , A. Rizzo , N. Rupp , J. M. F. Dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , M. Schumann , J. Schreiner , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , M. C. Silva , H. Simgen , P. Sissol , M. von Sivers , D. Thers , J. Thurn , A. Tiseni , R. Trotta , C. D. Tunnell , K. Valerius , M. A. Vargas , H. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , T. Wester , J. Wulf , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , K. Zuber

DARWIN/XLZD: a future xenon observatory for dark matter and other rare interactions

The DARWIN/XLZD experiment is a next-generation dark matter detector with a multi-ten-ton liquid xenon time projection chamber at its core. Its principal goal will be to explore the experimentally accessible parameter space for Weakly…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-01 Laura Baudis

Optical Calibration System for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) Outer Detector

The LUX-ZEPLIN experiment will search for dark matter particle interactions with a detector containing a total of 10 tonnes of liquid xenon. Surrounding the liquid xenon cryostat is an outer detector veto system with the primary aim of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-07-07 W. Turner , A. Baxter , H. J. Birch , B. Boxer , S. Burdin , E. Fraser , A. Greenall , S. Powel , P. Sutcliffe

Conceptual design and simulation of a water Cherenkov muon veto for the XENON1T experiment

XENON is a dark matter direct detection project, consisting of a time projection chamber (TPC) filled with liquid xenon as detection medium. The construction of the next generation detector, XENON1T, is presently taking place at the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-26 E. Aprile , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , M. Auger , C. Balan , P. Barrow , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , A. Behrens , P. Beltrame , K. Bokeloh , A. Breskin , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , J. M. R. Cardoso , A. P. Colijn , H. Contreras , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , E. Duchovni , S. Fattori , A. D. Ferella , W. Fulgione , M. Garbini , C. Geis , L. W. Goetzke , C. Grignon , E. Gross , W. Hampel , R. Itay , F. Kaether , G. Kessler , A. Kish , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , M. Le Calloch , D. Lellouch , L. Levinson , C. Levy , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , J. A. M. Lopes , K. Lung , A. Lyashenko , S. MacMullin , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , F. V. Massoli , D. Mayani Paras , A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez , Y. Meng , M. Messina , B. Miguez , A. Molinario , G. Morana , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , U. Oberlack , S. E. A. Orrigo , E. Pantic , R. Persiani , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , G. Plante , N. Priel , S. Reichard , C. Reuter , A. Rizzo , S. Rosendahl , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , H. Simgen , A. Teymourian , D. Thers , A. Tiseni , G. Trinchero , O. Vitells , H. Wang , M. Weber , C. Weinheimer.

Performance Studies of the Mu2e Cosmic Ray Veto Detector

The cosmic ray veto (CRV) detector of the Mu2e experiment consists of four layers of plastic scintillation counters that surround the detector solenoid. These counters are embedded with wavelength-shifting fibers and are read out by silicon…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-10-16 Simon Corrodi , Mackenzie Devilbiss , E. Craig Dukes , Ralf Ehrlich , R. Craig Group , Tyler Horoho , Yuri Oksuzian , Paul Rubinov , Matthew Solt , Yongyi Wu

Search for dark matter particle interactions with electron final states with DarkSide-50

We present a search for dark matter particles with sub-GeV/$c^2$ masses whose interactions have final state electrons using the DarkSide-50 experiment's (12306 $\pm$ 184) kg d low-radioactivity liquid argon exposure. By analyzing the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-07-18 50 Collaboration , P. Agnes , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , M. Ave , H. O. Back , G. Batignani , K. Biery , V. Bocci , W. M. Bonivento , B. Bottino , S. Bussino , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , F. Calaprice , A. Caminata , M. D. Campos , N. Canci , M. Caravati , M. Cariello , M. Carlini , M. Carpinelli , V. Cataudella , P. Cavalcante , S. Cavuoti , S. Chashin , A. Chepurnov , C. Cicalò , G. Covone , D. D'Angelo , S. Davini , A. De Candia , S. De Cecco , G. De Filippis , G. De Rosa , A. V. Derbin , A. Devoto , M. D'Incecco , C. Dionisi , F. Dordei , M. Downing , D. D'Urso , G. Fiorillo , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiati , C. Ghiano , C. Giganti , G. K. Giovanetti , A. M. Goretti , G. Grilli di Cortona , A. Grobov , M. Gromov , M. Guan , M. Gulino , B. R. Hackett , K. Herner , T. Hessel , B. Hosseini , F. Hubaut , E. V. Hungerford , An. Ianni , V. Ippolito , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , M. Kimura , I. Kochanek , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , M. Kuss , M. La Commara , M. Lai , X. Li , M. Lissia , G. Longo , O. Lychagina , I. N. Machulin , L. P. Mapelli , S. M. Mari , J. Maricic , A. Messina , R. Milincic , J. Monroe , M. Morrocchi , X. Mougeot , V. N. Muratova , P. Musico , A. O. Nozdrina , A. Oleinik , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , L. Pandola , E. Pantic , E. Paoloni , K. Pelczar , N. Pelliccia , S. Piacentini , S. Piacentini , E. Picciau , A. Pocar , D. M. Poehlmann , S. Pordes , S. S. Poudel , P. Pralavorio , D. D. Price , F. Ragusa , M. Razeti , A. Razeto , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , J. Rode , A. Romani , D. Sablone , O. Samoylov , W. Sands , S. Sanfilippo , E. Sanford , C. Savarese , B. Schlitzer , D. A. Semenov , A. Shchagin , A. Sheshukov , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , S. Stracka , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , E. V. Unzhakov , A. Vishneva , R. B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , H. Wang , Y. Wang , S. Westerdale , M. M. Wojcik , X. Xiao , C. Yang , G. Zuzel

DMTPC: Dark matter detection with directional sensitivity

The Dark Matter Time Projection Chamber (DMTPC) experiment uses CF_4 gas at low pressure (0.1 atm) to search for the directional signature of Galactic WIMP dark matter. We describe the DMTPC apparatus and summarize recent results from a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-20 J. B. R. Battat , S. Ahlen , T. Caldwell , C. Deaconu , D. Dujmic , W. Fedus , P. Fisher , F. Golub , S. Henderson , A. Inglis , A. Kaboth , G. Kohse , R. Lanza , A. Lee , J. Lopez , J. Monroe , T. Sahin , G. Sciolla , N. Skvorodnev , H. Tomita , H. Wellenstein , I. Wolfe , R. Yamamoto , H. Yegoryan

Probing low-mass WIMP candidates of dark matter with tetrafluoroethane superheated liquid detectors

Probing low mass (sub-GeV -- few GeV) Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) candidates of dark matter through WIMP-induced nuclear recoils in direct detection experiments requires use of detector materials consisting of low mass target…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-05-13 Susnata Seth , Sunita Sahoo , Pijushpani Bhattacharjee , Mala Das

Analysis of the S1 triplet component in the DarkSide-50 experiment

The DarkSide-50 (DS-50) experiment aims at the direct detection of weakly interacting massive particles. It is a dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber (LAr TPC) where Dark Matter (DM), which constitutes five sixths of all matter…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-10-29 Clea Sunny

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