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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

Gaseous time projection chambers for rare event detection: Results from the T-REX project. II. Dark matter

As part of the T-REX project, a number of R&D and prototyping activities have been carried out during the last years to explore the applicability of Micromegas-read gaseous TPCs in rare event searches like double beta decay (DBD), axion…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-05-09 I. G. Irastorza , F. Aznar , J. Castel , S. Cebrián , T. Dafni , J. Galán , J. A. García , J. G. Garza , H. Gómez , D. C. Herrera , F. J. Iguaz , G. Luzón , H. Mirallas , E. Ruiz , L. Seguí , A. Tomás

TREX-DM: a low background Micromegas-based TPC for low mass WIMP detection

Dark Matter experiments are recently focusing their detection techniques in low-mass WIMPs, which requires the use of light elements and low energy threshold. In this context, we present the TREX-DM experiment, a low background…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-24 F. J. Iguaz , J. G. Garza , F. Aznar , J. F. Castel , S. Cebrian , T. Dafni , J. A. Garcia , H. Gomez , D. Gonzalez-Diaz , I. G. Irastorza , A. Lagraba , G. Luzon , A. Peiro , A. Rodriguez

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

The liquid Argon TPC: a powerful detector for future neutrino experiments and proton decay searches

We discuss the possibility of new generation neutrino and astroparticle physics experiments exploiting the liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) technique, following a graded strategy that envisions applications with increasing…

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

WIMP Dark Matter at the International Linear Collider

In this study, the sensitivity of future lepton colliders to WIMP dark matter is evaluated assuming WIMP pair production accompanied by a photon from initial state radiation, through which the process can be identified. A full detector…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2020-05-06 Moritz Habermehl , Mikael Berggren , Jenny List

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

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

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

Testing of Cryogenic Photomultiplier Tubes for the MicroBooNE Experiment

The MicroBooNE detector, to be located on axis in the Booster Neutrino Beamline (BNB) at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), consists of two main components: a large liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC), and a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-05-08 T. Briese , L. Bugel , J. M. Conrad , M. Fournier , C. Ignarra , B. J. P. Jones , T. Katori , R. Navarrete-Perez , P. Nienaber , T. McDonald , B. Musolf , A. Prakash , E. Shockley , T. Smidt , K. Swanson , M. Toups

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

Characterization of VUV4 SiPM for Liquid Argon Detector

Particle detectors based on liquid argon are now recognised as an attractive technology for dark matter direct detection and coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering measurement. A program using a dual-phase liquid argon detector with a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-08-11 L. Wang , M. Y. Guan , H. J. Qin , C. Guo , X. L. Sun , C. G. Yang , Q. Zhao , J. C. Liu , P. Zhang , Y. P. Zhang , W. X. Xiong , Y. T. Wei , Y. Y. Gan , J. J. Li

XENON1T Dark Matter Data Analysis: Signal Reconstruction, Calibration and Event Selection

The XENON1T experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso is the most sensitive direct detection experiment for dark matter in the form of weakly interacting particles (WIMPs) with masses above $6\,$GeV/$c^2$ scattering off nuclei.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-11-06 E. Aprile , J. Aalbers , F. Agostini , M. Alfonsi , L. Althueser , F. D. Amaro , V. C. Antochi , F. Arneodo , L. Baudis , B. Bauermeister , L. Bellagamba , M. L. Benabderrahmane , T. Berger , P. A. Breur , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , D. Cichon , D. Coderre , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , J. P. Cussonneau , M. P. Decowski , P. de Perio , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , S. Diglio , A. Elykov , G. Eurin , J. Fei , A. D. Ferella , A. Fieguth , W. Fulgione , A. Gallo Rosso , M. Galloway , F. Gao , M. Garbini , L. Grandi , Z. Greene , C. Hasterok , E. Hogenbirk , J. Howlett , M. Iacovacci , R. Itay , F. Joerg , S. Kazama , A. Kish , G. Koltman , A. Kopec , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , L. Levinson , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , F. Lombardi , J. A. M. Lopes , E. López Fune , C. Macolino , J. Mahlstedt , A. Manfredini , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , J. Masbou , D. Masson , S. Mastroianni , M. Messina , K. Micheneau , K. Miller , A. Molinario , K. Morå , Y. Mosbacher , M. Murra , J. Naganoma , K. Ni , U. Oberlack , K. Odgers , B. Pelssers , R. Peres , F. Piastra , J. Pienaar , V. Pizzella , G. Plante , R. Podviianiuk , H. Qiu , D. Ramírez García , S. Reichard , B. Riedel , A. Rizzo , A. Rocchetti , N. Rupp , J. M. F. dos Santos , G. Sartorelli , N. N. Šarčević , M. Scheibelhut , S. Schindler , J. Schreiner , D. Schulte , M. Schumann , L. Scotto Lavina , M. Selvi , P. Shagin , E. Shockley , M. Silva , H. Simgen , C. Therreau , D. Thers , F. Toschi , G. Trinchero , C. Tunnell , N. Upole , M. Vargas , O. Wack , H. Wang , Z. Wang , Y. Wei , C. Weinheimer , D. Wenz , C. Wittweg , J. Wulf , J. Ye , Y. Zhang , T. Zhu , J. P. Zopounidis

ARAPUCA, light trapping device for the DUNE experiment

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will be the first mega-science program on the US soil and will shade light on some of the open questions in neutrino physics. The experiment foresees the realization of an intense neutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-02-17 H. V. Souza

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

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

Dark Matter Direct Detection

Solving the Dark Matter enigma represents one of the key objectives of contemporary physics. Recent astrophysical and cosmological measurements have unambiguously demonstrated that ordinary matter contributes to less than 5 % of the energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Gabriel Chardin

Study of nuclear recoils in liquid argon with monoenergetic neutrons

For the development of liquid argon dark matter detectors we assembled a setup in the laboratory to scatter neutrons on a small liquid argon target. The neutrons are produced mono-energetically (E_kin=2.45 MeV) by nuclear fusion in a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-12 C. Regenfus , Y. Allkofer , C. Amsler , W. Creus , A. Ferella , J. Rochet , M. Walter

Sensitivity of the SHiP experiment to light dark matter

Dark matter is a well-established theoretical addition to the Standard Model supported by many observations in modern astrophysics and cosmology. In this context, the existence of weakly interacting massive particles represents an appealing…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-06-03 SHiP Collaboration

A Light Calibration System for the ProtoDUNE-DP Detector

A LED-based fiber calibration system for the ProtoDUNE-Dual Phase (DP) photon detection system (PDS) has been designed and validated. ProtoDUNE-DP is a 6x6x6 m3 liquid argon time-projection-chamber currently being installed at the Neutrino…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-05-22 D. Belver , J. Boix , E. Calvo , C. Cuesta , A. Gallego-Ros , I. Gil-Botella , S. Jiménez , C. Lastoria , T. Lux , I. Martín , J. J. Martínez , C. Palomares , D. Redondo , J. Soto-Oton , D. Vargas , A. Verdugo