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Application of the TPB Wavelength Shifter to the DEAP-3600 Spherical Acrylic Vessel Inner Surface

DEAP-3600 uses liquid argon contained in a spherical acrylic vessel as a target medium to perform a sensitive spin-independent dark matter search. Argon scintillates in the vacuum ultraviolet spectrum, which requires wavelength shifting to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-20 B. Broerman , M. G. Boulay , B. Cai , D. Cranshaw , K. Dering , S. Florian , R. Gagnon , P. Giampa , C. Gilmour , C. Hearns , J. Kezwer , M. Kuźniak , T. Pollmann , M. Ward

Ideas for future liquid Argon detectors

We outline a strategy for future experiments on neutrino and astroparticle physics based on the use, at different detector mass scales (100 ton and 100 kton), of the liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr TPC) technique. The LAr TPC…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-18 A. Ereditato , A. Rubbia

Determination of the sensitivity of the DEAP-3600 experiment to supermassive charged gravitinos

The lack of discovery of particle dark matter candidates within the favored mass-window range brings in the motivation for the study of new options brought by Planck-mass dark matter models. Extended supergravity theories predict the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-27 Michał Olszewski

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

Direct Dark Matter Search with XENON100

The XENON100 experiment is the second phase of the XENON program for the direct detection of the dark matter in the universe. The XENON100 detector is a two-phase Time Projection Chamber filled with 161 kg of ultra pure liquid xenon. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 S. E. A. Orrigo

Scintillation light production, propagation, and detection in the 4-ton dual-phase LAr-TPC demonstrator (data analysis and simulations)

The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) Far Detector (FD) will be formed by four 10-kton Liquid Argon (LAr) Time Projection Chambers (TPC) using both single and dual-phase technology. The dual-phase technology foreseen the charge…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-11-19 Chiara Lastoria

After LUX: The LZ Program

The LZ program consists of two stages of direct dark matter searches using liquid Xe detectors. The first stage will be a 1.5-3 tonne detector, while the last stage will be a 20 tonne detector. Both devices will benefit tremendously from…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 D. C. Malling , D. S. Akerib , H. M. Araujo , X. Bai , S. Bedikian , E. Bernard , A. Bernstein , A. Bradley , S. B. Cahn , M. C. Carmona-Benitez , D. Carr , J. J. Chapman , K. Clark , T. Classen , T. Coffey , A. Curioni , A. Currie , S. Dazeley , L. de Viveiros , M. Dragowsky , E. Druszkiewicz , C. H. Faham , S. Fiorucci , R. J. Gaitskell , K. R. Gibson , C. Hall , M. Hanhardt , B. Holbrook , M. Ihm , R. G. Jacobsen , L. Kastens , K. Kazkaz , R. Lander , N. Larsen , C. Lee , D. Leonard , K. Lesko , A. Lindote , M. I. Lopes , A. Lyashenko , P. Majewski , R. Mannino , D. N. McKinsey , D. -M. Mei , J. Mock , M. Morii , A. St J. Murphy , H. Nelson , F. Neves , J. A. Nikkel , M. Pangilinan , P. Phelps , L. Reichhart , T. Shutt , C. Silva , W. Skulski , V. Solovov , P. Sorensen , J. Spaans , T. Stiegler , T. J. Sumner , R. Svoboda , M. Sweany , M. Szydagis , J. Thomson , M. Tripathi , J. R. Verbus , N. Walsh , R. Webb , J. T. White , M. Wlasenko , F. L. H. Wolfs , M. Woods , C. Zhang

A Direct Detection Search for Hidden Sector New Particles in the 3-60 MeV Mass Range

In our quest to understand the nature of dark matter and discover its non-gravitational interactions with ordinary matter, we propose an experiment using a \pbo ~calorimeter to search for or set new limits on the production rate of i)…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2022-08-08 A. Ahmidouch , S. Davis , A. Gasparian , T. J. Hague , S. Mtingwa , R. Pedroni , C. Ayerbe-Gayoso , H. Bhatt , B. Devkota , J. Dunne , D. Dutta , L. El Fassi , A. Karki , P. Mohanmurthy , C. Peng , S. Ali , X. Bai , J. Boyd , B. Dharmasena , V. Gamage , K. Gnanvo , S. Jeffas , S. Jian , N. Liyanage , H. Nguyen , A. Rathnayake , M. Khandaker , D. Byer , H. Gao , C. Howell , B. Karki , V. Khachatryan , G. Matousek , E. van Nieuwenhuizen , A. Smith , B. Yu , Z. Zhao , J. Zhou , A. Shahinyan , K. Gnanvo , D. Higinbotham , V. Kubarovsky , R. Paremuzyan , E. Pasyuk , S. Stepanyan , H. Avakian , M. Battaglieri , R. De Vita , A. Bianconi , G. Constantini , G. Gosta , M. Leali , S. Migliorati , L. Venturelli , V. Mascagna , M. De Napoli , I. Larin , R. Miskimen , P. Cole , W. Xiong , J. Rittenhouse West

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

Background simulations for the Large Area Detector onboard LOFT

The Large Observatory For X-ray Timing (LOFT), currently in an assessment phase in the framework the ESA M3 Cosmic Vision programme, is an innovative medium-class mission specifically designed to answer fundamental questions about the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-03 R. Campana , M. Feroci , E. Del Monte , T. Mineo , N. Lund , G. W. Fraser

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

Measurement of Liquid Argon Scintillation Light Properties by means of an Alpha Source placed inside the CERN 10-PMT LAr Detection System

A particle detection system that exploits the scintillation light produced by ionizing particles in liquid argon (LAr) has been assembled at CERN. The system is based on 10 large-area photomultiplier tubes (PMT) immersed in a 1500-liter…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-26 B. Ali-Mohammadzadeh , M. Babicz , V. Bellini , A. Fava , U. Kose , F. Pietropaolo , M. C. Prata , G. L. Raselli , F. Resnati , M. Rossella , C. Scagliotti , F. Tortorici , A. Zani

Experimental observation of an extremely high electron lifetime with the ICARUS-T600 LAr-TPC

The ICARUS T600 detector, the largest liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LAr-TPC) realized after many years of RD activities, was installed and successfully operated for 3 years at the INFN Gran Sasso underground Laboratory. One of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-22 M. Antonello , B. Baibussinov , P. Benetti , F. Boffelli , A. Bubak , E. Calligarich , S. Centro , A. Cesana , K. Cieslik , D. B. Cline , A. G. Cocco , A. Dabrowska , A. Dermenev , R. Dolfini , A. Falcone , C. Farnese , A. Fava , A. Ferrari , G. Fiorillo , D. Gibin , S. Gninenko , A. Guglielmi , M. Haranczyk , J. Holeczek , M. Kirsanov , J. Kisiel , I. Kochanek , J. Lagoda , S. Mania , A. Menegolli , G. Meng , C. Montanari , S. Otwinowski , P. Picchi , F. Pietropaolo , P. Plonski , A. Rappoldi , G. L. Raselli , M. Rossella , C. Rubbia , P. Sala , A. Scaramelli , E. Segreto , F. Sergiampietri , D. Stefan , R. Sulej , M. Szarska , M. Terrani , M. Torti , F. Varanini , S. Ventura , C. Vignoli , H. Wang , X. Yang , A. Zalewska , A. Zani , K. Zaremba

Direct Search for Dark Matter Axions Excluding ALP Cogenesis in the 63-67 micro-eV Range, with The ORGAN Experiment

The standard model axion seesaw Higgs portal inflation (SMASH) model is a well motivated, self-contained description of particle physics over a range of energy scales that predicts axion dark matter particles to exist within the mass range…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-07-12 Aaron P. Quiskamp , Ben T. McAllister , Paul Altin , Eugene N. Ivanov , Maxim Goryachev , Michael E. Tobar

The DAMIC experiment at SNOLAB

The DAMIC (Dark Matter in CCDs) experiment at the SNOLAB underground laboratory uses fully depleted, high resistivity CCDs to search for dark matter particles with masses below 10 GeV/c$^2$. An upgrade of the detector using an array of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-01 Mariangela Settimo

Status of IGEX dark matter search at Canfranc Underground Laboratory

One IGEX 76Ge double-beta decay detector is currently operating in the Canfranc Underground Laboratory in a search for dark matter WIMPs, through the Ge nuclear recoil produced by the WIMP elastic scattering. In this talk we report on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 I. G. Irastorza , A. Morales , C. E. Aalseth , F. T. Avignone , R. L. Brodzinski , J. M. Carmona , S. Cebrian , E. Garcia , I. V. Kirpichnikov , A. A. Klimenko , G. Luzon , H. S. Miley , J. Morales , A. Ortiz de Solorzano , S. B. Osetrov , V. S. Pogosov , J. Puimedon , J. H. Reeves , M. L. Sarsa , A. A. Smolnikov , A. G. Tamanyan , A. A. Vasenko , S. I. Vasiliev , J. A. Villar

LBNO-DEMO: Large-scale neutrino detector demonstrators for phased performance assessment in view of a long-baseline oscillation experiment

In June 2012, an Expression of Interest for a long-baseline experiment (LBNO) has been submitted to the CERN SPSC. LBNO considers three types of neutrino detector technologies: a double-phase liquid argon (LAr) TPC and a magnetised iron…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-09-17 L. Agostino , B. Andrieu , R. Asfandiyarov , D. Autiero , O. Bésida , F. Bay , R. Bayes , A. M. Blebea-Apostu , A. Blondel , M. Bogomilov , S. Bolognesi , S. Bordoni , A. Bravar , M. Buizza-Avanzini , F. Cadoux , D. Caiulo , M. Calin , M. Campanelli , C. Cantini , L. Chaussard , D. Chesneanu , N. Colino , P. Crivelli , I. De Bonis , Y. Déclais , J. Dawson , C. De La Taille , P. Del Amo Sanchez , A. Delbart , S. Di Luise , D. Duchesneau , F. Dulucq , J. Dumarchez , I. Efthymiopoulos , S. Emery , T. Enqvist , L. Epprecht , T. Esanu , D. Franco , D. Franco , M. Friend , V. Galymov , A. Gendotti , C. Giganti , I. Gil-Botella , M. C Gomoiu , P. Gorodetzky , A. Haesler , T. Hasegawa , S. Horikawa , M. Ieva , A. Jipa , Y. Karadzhov , I. Karpikov , A. Khotjantsev , A. Korzenev , D. Kryn , Y. Kudenko , P. Kuusiniemi , I. Lazanu , J. -M. Levy , K. Loo , T. Lux , J. Maalampi , R. M. Margineanu , J. Marteau , C. Martin , G. Martin-Chassard , E. Mazzucato , A. Mefodiev , O. Mineev , B. Mitrica , S. Murphy , T. Nakadaira , M. Nessi , K. Nikolics , L. Nita , E. Noah , P. Novella , G. A. Nuijten , T. Ovsiannikova , C. Palomares , T. Patzak , E. Pennacchio , L. Periale , H. Pessard , B. Popov , M. Ravonel , M. Rayner , C. Regenfus , C. Ristea , O. Ristea , A. Robert , A. Rubbia , K. Sakashita , F. Sanchez , R. Santorelli , E. Scantamburlo , F. Sergiampietri , D. Sgalaberna , M. Slupecki , F. J. P. Soler , D. L. Stanca , A. Tonazzo , W. H. Trzaska , R. Tsenov , G. Vankova-Kirilova , F. Vannucci , G. Vasseur , A. Verdugo , T. Viant , S. Wu , N. Yershov , L. Zambelli , M. Zito

Simulation of argon response and light detection in the DarkSide-50 dual phase TPC

A Geant4-based Monte Carlo package named G4DS has been developed to simulate the response of DarkSide-50, an experiment operating since 2013 at LNGS, designed to detect WIMP interactions in liquid argon. In the process of WIMP searches,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-11-22 The DarkSide Collaboration , P. Agnes , I. F. M. Albuquerque , T. Alexander , A. K. Alton , D. M. Asner , H. O. Back , K. Biery , V. Bocci , G. Bonfini , W. Bonivento , M. Bossa , B. Bottino , F. Budano , S. Bussino , M. Cadeddu , M. Cadoni , F. Calaprice , N. Canci , A. Candela , M. Caravati , M. Cariello , M. Carlini , S. Catalanotti , V. Cataudella , P. Cavalcante , A. Chepurnov , C. Cicalo , A. G. Cocco , G. Covone , D. D'Angelo , M. D'Incecco , S. Davini , A. de Candia , S. De Cecco , M. De Deo , G. De Filippis , M. De Vincenzi , A. V. Derbin , G. De Rosa , A. Devoto , F. Di Eusanio , G. Di Pietro , C. Dionisi , E. Edkins , A. Empl , A. Fan , G. Fiorillo , K. Fomenko , D. Franco , F. Gabriele , C. Galbiati , S. Giagu , C. Giganti , G. K. Giovanetti , A. M. Goretti , F. Granato , M. Gromov , M. Guan , Y. Guardincerri , B. R. Hackett , K. Herner , D. Hughes , P. Humble , E. V. Hungerford , An. Ianni , I. James , T. N. Johnson , K. Keeter , C. L. Kendziora , G. Koh , D. Korablev , G. Korga , A. Kubankin , X. Li , M. Lissia , B. Loer , G. Longo , Y. Ma , A. A. Machado , I. N. Machulin , A. Mandarano , S. M. Mari , J. Maricic , C. J. Martoff , P. D. Meyers , R. Milincic , A. Monte , B. J. Mount , V. N. Muratova , P. Musico , J. Napolitano , A. Navrer Agasson , A. Oleinik , M. Orsini , F. Ortica , L. Pagani , M. Pallavicini , E. Pantic , K. Pelczar , N. Pelliccia , A. Pocar , S. Pordes , D. A. Pugachev , H. Qian , K. Randle , M. Razeti , A. Razeto , B. Reinhold , A. L. Renshaw , M. Rescigno , Q. Riffard , A. Romani , B. Rossi , N. Rossi , D. Sablone , W. Sands , S. Sanfilippo , C. Savarese , B. Schlitzer , E. Segreto , D. A. Semenov , P. N. Singh , M. D. Skorokhvatov , O. Smirnov , A. Sotnikov , C. Stanford , Y. Suvorov , R. Tartaglia , G. Testera , A. Tonazzo , P. Trinchese , E. V. Unzhakov , M. Verducci , A. Vishneva , B. Vogelaar , M. Wada , S. Walker , H. Wang , Y. Wang , A. W. Watson , S. Westerdale , J. Wilhelmi , M. M. Wojcik , X. Xiang , X. Xiao , C. Yang , Z. Ye , C. Zhu , G. Zuzel

Performance of a SensL-30035-16P Silicon Photomultiplier array at liquid argon temperature

Next generation multi-ton scale noble liquid experiments have the unique opportunity to discover dark matter particles at the TeV scale, reaching the sensitivity of 10^-48 cm2 in the WIMP nucleon scattering cross-section. A prerequisite…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-01-07 S. Catalanotti , A. G. Cocco , G. Covone , M. D Incecco , G. Fiorillo , G. Korga , B. Rossi , S. Walker

Very massive underground detectors for proton decay searches

Massive underground detectors can be considered as sort of observatories for rare physics phenomena like astrophysical neutrino detection and nucleon decay searches. We briefly overview the past tracking calorimeters developed for nucleon…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Rubbia