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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

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

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 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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Direct Dark Matter Detection - A spin 3/2 WIMP candidate

We consider a Dark Matter candidate particle of spin 3/2 with neutrino-like Standard Model strength interactions. In the Majorana case, the particle can account for all of the Dark Matter for a range of masses between 70-160 GeV, depending…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-04-02 Konstantin G. Savvidy , J. D. Vergados

Constraints on dark matter-nucleon effective couplings in the presence of kinematically distinct halo substructures using the DEAP-3600 detector

DEAP-3600 is a single-phase liquid argon detector aiming to directly detect Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), located at SNOLAB (Sudbury, Canada). After analyzing data taken during the first year of operation, a null result was…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-07 P. Adhikari , R. Ajaj , C. E. Bina , W. Bonivento , M. G. Boulay , M. Cadeddu , B. Cai , M. Cárdenas-Montes , S. Cavuoti , Y. Chen , B. T. Cleveland , J. M. Corning , S. Daugherty , P. DelGobbo , P. Di Stefano , L. Doria , M. Dunford , A. Erlandson , S. S. Farahani , N. Fatemighomi , G. Fiorillo , D. Gallacher , E. A. Garcés , P. García Abia , S. Garg , P. Giampa , D. Goeldi , P. Gorel , K. Graham , A. Grobov , A. L. Hallin , M. Hamstra , T. Hugues , A. Ilyasov , A. Joy , B. Jigmeddorj , C. J. Jillings , O. Kamaev , G. Kaur , A. Kemp , I. Kochanek , M. Kuźniak , M. Lai , S. Langrock , B. Lehnert , N. Levashko , X. Li , O. Litvinov , J. Lock , G. Longo , I. Machulin , A. B. McDonald , T. McElroy , J. B. McLaughlin , C. Mielnichuk , J. Monroe , G. Oliviéro , S. Pal , S. J. M. Peeters , V. Pesudo , M. -C. Piro , T. R. Pollmann , E. T. Rand , C. Rethmeier , F. Retière , L. Roszkowski , E. Sanchez García , T. Sánchez-Pastor , R. Santorelli , D. Sinclair , P. Skensved , B. Smith , N. J. T. Smith , T. Sonley , R. Stainforth , M. Stringer , B. Sur , E. Vázquez-Jáuregui , S. Viel , A. C. Vincent , J. Walding , M. Waqar , S. Westerdale , A. Zuñiga-Reyes

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

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

DARWIN: dark matter WIMP search with noble liquids

DARWIN (dark matter wimp search with noble liquids) is a design study for a next-generation, multi-ton dark matter detector in Europe. Liquid argon and/or liquid xenon are the target media for the direct detection of dark matter candidates…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Laura Baudis