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Large Low Background kTon-Scale Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers

We find that it is possible to increase sensitivity to low energy physics in a third or fourth DUNE-like module with careful controls over radiopurity and targeted modifications to a detector similar to the DUNE Far Detector design. In…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-05-11 T. Bezerra , A. Borkum , E. Church , C. Cuesta , Z. Djurcic , J. Genovesi , J. Haiston , C. M. Jackson , I. Lazanu , B. Monreal , S. Munson , C. Ortiz , M. Parvu , S. J. M. Peeters , D. Pershey , S. S. Poudel , J. Reichenbacher , R. Saldanha , K. Scholberg , G. Sinev , S. Westerdale , J. Zennamo

Dark Matter Detection Capabilities of a Large Multipurpose Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber

Liquid Argon Time Projection Chambers are planned to comprise a central role in the future of the U.S. High Energy Physics neutrino program. In particular, this detector technology will form the basis for the 40 kton Deep Underground…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-09-22 Eric Church , Christopher Jackson , Richard Saldanha

Dark matter sensitivity of multi-ton liquid xenon detectors

We study the sensitivity of multi ton-scale time projection chambers using a liquid xenon target, e.g., the proposed DARWIN instrument, to spin-independent and spin-dependent WIMP-nucleon scattering interactions. Taking into account…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-10-14 Marc Schumann , Laura Baudis , Lukas Bütikofer , Alexander Kish , Marco Selvi

Studies of a three-stage dark matter and neutrino observatory based on multi-ton combinations of liquid xenon and liquid argon detectors

We study a three stage dark matter and neutrino observatory based on multi-ton two-phase liquid Xe and Ar detectors with sufficiently low backgrounds to be sensitive to WIMP dark matter interaction cross sections down to 10E-47 cm^2, and to…

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A Next-Generation Liquid Xenon Observatory for Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics

The nature of dark matter and properties of neutrinos are among the most pressing issues in contemporary particle physics. The dual-phase xenon time-projection chamber is the leading technology to cover the available parameter space for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-02-10 J. Aalbers , K. Abe , V. Aerne , F. Agostini , S. Ahmed Maouloud , D. S. Akerib , D. Yu. Akimov , J. Akshat , A. K. Al Musalhi , F. Alder , S. K. Alsum , L. Althueser , C. S. Amarasinghe , F. D. Amaro , A. Ames , T. J. Anderson , B. Andrieu , N. Angelides , E. Angelino , J. Angevaare , V. C. Antochi , D. Antón Martin , B. Antunovic , E. Aprile , H. M. Araújo , J. E. Armstrong , F. Arneodo , M. Arthurs , P. Asadi , S. Baek , X. Bai , D. Bajpai , A. Baker , J. Balajthy , S. Balashov , M. Balzer , A. Bandyopadhyay , J. Bang , E. Barberio , J. W. Bargemann , L. Baudis , D. Bauer , D. Baur , A. Baxter , A. L. Baxter , M. Bazyk , K. Beattie , J. Behrens , N. F. Bell , L. Bellagamba , P. Beltrame , M. Benabderrahmane , E. P. Bernard , G. F. Bertone , P. Bhattacharjee , A. Bhatti , A. Biekert , T. P. Biesiadzinski , A. R. Binau , R. Biondi , Y. Biondi , H. J. Birch , F. Bishara , A. Bismark , C. Blanco , G. M. Blockinger , E. Bodnia , C. Boehm , A. I. Bolozdynya , P. D. Bolton , S. Bottaro , C. Bourgeois , B. Boxer , P. Brás , A. Breskin , P. A. Breur , C. A. J. Brew , J. Brod , E. Brookes , A. Brown , E. Brown , S. Bruenner , G. Bruno , R. Budnik , T. K. Bui , S. Burdin , S. Buse , J. K. Busenitz , D. Buttazzo , M. Buuck , A. Buzulutskov , R. Cabrita , C. Cai , D. Cai , C. Capelli , J. M. R. Cardoso , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , M. Cascella , R. Catena , S. Chakraborty , C. Chan , S. Chang , A. Chauvin , A. Chawla , H. Chen , V. Chepel , N. I. Chott , D. Cichon , A. Cimental Chavez , B. Cimmino , M. Clark , R. T. Co , A. P. Colijn , J. Conrad , M. V. Converse , M. Costa , A. Cottle , G. Cox , O. Creaner , J. J. Cuenca Garcia , J. P. Cussonneau , J. E. Cutter , C. E. Dahl , V. D'Andrea , A. David , M. P. Decowski , J. B. Dent , F. F. Deppisch , L. de Viveiros , P. Di Gangi , A. Di Giovanni , S. Di Pede , J. Dierle , S. Diglio , J. E. Y. Dobson , M. Doerenkamp , D. Douillet , G. Drexlin , E. Druszkiewicz , D. Dunsky , K. Eitel , A. Elykov , T. Emken , R. Engel , S. R. Eriksen , M. Fairbairn , A. Fan , J. J. Fan , S. J. Farrell , S. Fayer , N. M. Fearon , A. Ferella , C. Ferrari , A. Fieguth , A. Fieguth , S. Fiorucci , H. Fischer , H. Flaecher , M. Flierman , T. Florek , R. Foot , P. J. Fox , R. Franceschini , E. D. Fraser , C. S. Frenk , S. Frohlich , T. Fruth , W. Fulgione , C. Fuselli , P. Gaemers , R. Gaior , R. J. Gaitskell , M. Galloway , F. Gao , I. Garcia Garcia , J. Genovesi , C. Ghag , S. Ghosh , E. Gibson , W. Gil , D. Giovagnoli , F. Girard , R. Glade-Beucke , F. Glück , S. Gokhale , A. de Gouvêa , L. Gráf , L. Grandi , J. Grigat , B. Grinstein , M. G. D. van der Grinten , R. Grössle , H. Guan , M. Guida , R. Gumbsheimer , C. B. Gwilliam , C. R. Hall , L. J. Hall , R. Hammann , K. Han , V. Hannen , S. Hansmann-Menzemer , R. Harata , S. P. Hardin , E. Hardy , C. A. Hardy , K. Harigaya , R. Harnik , S. J. Haselschwardt , M. Hernandez , S. A. Hertel , A. Higuera , C. Hils , S. Hochrein , L. Hoetzsch , M. Hoferichter , N. Hood , D. Hooper , M. Horn , J. Howlett , D. Q. Huang , Y. Huang , D. Hunt , M. Iacovacci , G. Iaquaniello , R. Ide , C. M. Ignarra , G. Iloglu , Y. Itow , E. Jacquet , O. Jahangir , J. Jakob , R. S. James , A. Jansen , W. Ji , X. Ji , F. Joerg , J. Johnson , A. Joy , A. C. Kaboth , A. C. Kamaha , K. Kanezaki , K. Kar , M. Kara , N. Kato , P. Kavrigin , S. Kazama , A. W. Keaveney , J. Kellerer , D. Khaitan , A. Khazov , G. Khundzakishvili , I. Khurana , B. Kilminster , M. Kleifges , P. Ko , M. Kobayashi , M. Kobayashi , D. Kodroff , G. Koltmann , A. Kopec , A. Kopmann , J. Kopp , L. Korley , V. N. Kornoukhov , E. V. Korolkova , H. Kraus , L. M. Krauss , S. Kravitz , L. Kreczko , V. A. Kudryavtsev , F. Kuger , J. Kumar , B. López Paredes , L. LaCascio , Q. Laine , H. Landsman , R. F. Lang , E. A. Leason , J. Lee , D. S. Leonard , K. T. Lesko , L. Levinson , C. Levy , I. Li , S. C. Li , T. Li , S. Liang , C. S. Liebenthal , J. Lin , Q. Lin , S. Lindemann , M. Lindner , A. Lindote , R. Linehan , W. H. Lippincott , X. Liu , K. Liu , J. Liu , J. Loizeau , F. Lombardi , J. Long , M. I. Lopes , E. Lopez Asamar , W. Lorenzon , C. Lu , S. Luitz , Y. Ma , P. A. N. Machado , C. Macolino , T. Maeda , J. Mahlstedt , P. A. Majewski , A. Manalaysay , A. Mancuso , L. Manenti , A. Manfredini , R. L. Mannino , N. Marangou , J. March-Russell , F. Marignetti , T. Marrodán Undagoitia , K. Martens , R. Martin , I. Martinez-Soler , J. Masbou , D. Masson , E. Masson , S. Mastroianni , M. Mastronardi , J. A. Matias-Lopes , M. E. McCarthy , N. McFadden , E. McGinness , D. N. McKinsey , J. McLaughlin , K. McMichael , P. Meinhardt , J. Menéndez , Y. Meng , M. Messina , R. Midha , D. Milisavljevic , E. H. Miller , B. Milosevic , S. Milutinovic , S. A. Mitra , K. Miuchi , E. Mizrachi , K. Mizukoshi , A. Molinario , A. Monte , C. M. B. Monteiro , M. E. Monzani , J. S. Moore , K. Morå , J. A. Morad , J. D. Morales Mendoza , S. Moriyama , E. Morrison , E. Morteau , Y. Mosbacher , B. J. Mount , J. Mueller , A. St. J. Murphy , M. Murra , D. Naim , S. Nakamura , E. Nash , N. Navaieelavasani , A. Naylor , C. Nedlik , H. N. Nelson , F. Neves , J. L. Newstead , K. Ni , J. A. Nikoleyczik , V. Niro , U. G. Oberlack , M. Obradovic , K. Odgers , C. A. J. O'Hare , P. Oikonomou , I. Olcina , K. Oliver-Mallory , A. Oranday , J. Orpwood , I. Ostrovskiy , K. Ozaki , B. Paetsch , S. Pal , J. Palacio , K. J. Palladino , J. Palmer , P. Panci , M. Pandurovic , A. Parlati , N. Parveen , S. J. Patton , V. Pěč , Q. Pellegrini , B. Penning , G. Pereira , R. Peres , Y. Perez-Gonzalez , E. Perry , T. Pershing , R. Petrossian-Byrne , J. Pienaar , A. Piepke , G. Pieramico , M. Pierre , M. Piotter , V. Pizella , G. Plante , T. Pollmann , D. Porzio , J. Qi , Y. Qie , J. Qin , N. Raj , M. Rajado Silva , K. Ramanathan , D. Ramírez García , J. Ravanis , L. Redard-Jacot , D. Redigolo , S. Reichard , J. Reichenbacher , C. A. Rhyne , A. Richards , Q. Riffard , G. R. C. 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Yuan , G. Zavattini , S. Zerbo , Y. Zhang , M. Zhong , N. Zhou , X. Zhou , T. Zhu , Y. Zhu , Y. Zhuang , J. P. Zopounidis , K. Zuber , J. Zupan

Supernova Physics at DUNE

The DUNE/LBNF program aims to address key questions in neutrino physics and astroparticle physics. Realizing DUNE's potential to reconstruct low-energy particles in the 10-100 MeV energy range will bring significant benefits for all DUNE's…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-08-30 Artur Ankowski , John Beacom , Omar Benhar , Sun Chen , John Cherry , Yanou Cui , Alexander Friedland , Ines Gil-Botella , Alireza Haghighat , Shunsaku Horiuchi , Patrick Huber , James Kneller , Ranjan Laha , Shirley Li , Jonathan Link , Alessandro Lovato , Oscar Macias , Camillo Mariani , Anthony Mezzacappa , Evan O'Connor , Erin O'Sullivan , Andre Rubbia , Kate Scholberg , Tatsu Takeuchi

Searching for Physics Beyond the Standard Model in an Off-Axis DUNE Near Detector

Next generation neutrino oscillation experiments like DUNE and T2HK are multi-purpose observatories, with a rich physics program beyond oscillation measurements. A special role is played by their near detector facilities, which are…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-02-11 Moritz Breitbach , Luca Buonocore , Claudia Frugiuele , Joachim Kopp , Lukas Mittnacht

Enhanced Dark Matter Sensitivity using a Hybrid SiPM-SNSPD-Qubit Detector in Liquid Argon

We investigate novel strategies to extend the sensitivity of dark matter direct detection experiments to energy deposits well below the thresholds of conventional detectors. In liquid-argon time-projection chambers equipped with silicon…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-01-12 Faeq Abed , Asmaa AlMellah , Kareem Al-Jubouri , Alex Lumoski

Probing Energetic Light Dark Matter with Multi-Particle Tracks Signatures at DUNE

The search for relativistic scattering signals of cosmogenic light dark matter at terrestrial detectors has received increasing attention as an alternative approach to probe dark-sector physics. Large-volume neutrino experiments are well…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-02-02 Albert De Roeck , Doojin Kim , Zahra Gh. Moghaddam , Jong-Chul Park , Seodong Shin , Leigh H. Whitehead

BSM Targets at a "Target-less DUNE"

In this work we demonstrate that a future accelerator-based neutrino experiment such as DUNE can greatly increase its sensitivity to a variety of new physics scenarios by operating in a mode where the proton beam impinges on a beam dump. We…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-04-05 Vedran Brdar , Bhaskar Dutta , Wooyoung Jang , Doojin Kim , Ian M. Shoemaker , Zahra Tabrizi , Adrian Thompson , Jaehoon Yu

Neutrino Backgrounds in Future Liquid Noble Element Dark Matter Direct Detection Experiments

Experiments that use liquid noble gasses as target materials, such as argon and xenon, play a significant role in direct detection searches for WIMP(-like) dark matter. As these experiments grow in size, they will soon encounter a new…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-05-05 Andrea Gaspert , Pietro Giampa , David E. Morrissey

Heavy Axion Opportunities at the DUNE Near Detector

While the QCD axion is often considered to be necessarily light ($\lesssim$ eV), recent work has opened a viable and interesting parameter space for heavy axions, which solve both the Strong CP and the axion Quality Problems. These…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-05-21 Kevin J. Kelly , Soubhik Kumar , Zhen Liu

Exploring the Potential of Short-Baseline Physics at Fermilab

We study the capabilities of the short baseline neutrino program at Fermilab to probe the unitarity of the lepton mixing matrix. We find the sensitivity to be slightly better than the current one. Motivated by the future DUNE experiment, we…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-05-31 O. G. Miranda , Pedro Pasquini , M. Tórtola , J. W. F. Valle

Low Mass WIMP Searches with a Neutrino Experiment: A Proposal for Further MiniBooNE Running

A proposal submitted to the FNAL PAC is described to search for light sub-GeV WIMP dark matter at MiniBooNE. The possibility to steer the beam past the target and into an absorber leads to a significant reduction in neutrino background,…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-11-14 A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo , B. Batell , R. Cooper , P. deNiverville , R. Dharmapalan , Z. Djurcic , R. Ford , F. G. Garcia , G. T. Garvey , J. Grange , S. Habib , W. Huelsnitz , C. Jiang , R. A. Johnson , W. Ketchum , T. Kobilarcik , W. C. Louis , W. Marsh , D. McKeen , G. B. Mills , J. Mirabal , C. D. Moore , P. Nienaber , Z. Pavlovic , D. Perevalov , C. C. Polly , M. Pospelov , H. Ray , A. Ritz , B. P. Roe , I. Stancu , R. Tayloe R. Van de Water , D. A. Wickremasinghe

Sensitivity of DUNE to low energy physics searches

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), a next-generation long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiment, is a powerful tool to perform low energy physics searches. DUNE will be uniquely sensitive to the electron-neutrino-flavour…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-01-12 C. Cuesta

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

New Concept for Electron Beam-Dump Experiment Utilizing Directional WIMP Detector

Light dark matter in the context of dark sector theories is an attractive candidate for the dark matter thought to make up the bulk of the mass of our universe. We explore here the possibility of using a low-pressure, negative-ion, time…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-27 D. P. Snowden-Ifft , J. L. Harton , N. Ma , F. G. Schuckman

Neutrino physics with multi-ton scale liquid xenon detectors

We study the sensitivity of large-scale xenon detectors to low-energy solar neutrinos, to coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering and to neutrinoless double beta decay. As a concrete example, we consider the xenon part of the proposed DARWIN…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-02-10 L. Baudis , A. Ferella , A. Kish , A. Manalaysay , T. Marrodan Undagoitia , M. Schumann

Hunting On- and Off-Axis for Light Dark Matter with DUNE-PRISM

We explore the sensitivity of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) near detector and the proposed DUNE-PRISM movable near detector to sub-GeV dark matter, specifically scalar dark matter coupled to the Standard Model via a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-11-19 Valentina De Romeri , Kevin J. Kelly , Pedro A. N. Machado

Discovering Long-lived Particles at DUNE

Long-lived particles (LLPs) arise in many theories beyond the Standard Model. These may be copiously produced from meson decays (or through their mixing with the LLP) at neutrino facilities and leave a visible decay signal in nearby…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-01-26 Pilar Coloma , Justo Martín-Albo , Salvador Urrea