ArDM: first results from underground commissioning
Instrumentation and Detectors
2013-09-17 v1
Abstract
The Argon Dark Matter experiment is a ton-scale double phase argon Time Projection Chamber designed for direct Dark Matter searches. It combines the detection of scintillation light together with the ionisation charge in order to discriminate the background (electron recoils) from the WIMP signals (nuclear recoils). After a successful operation on surface at CERN, the detector was recently installed in the underground Laboratorio Subterr\'aneo de Canfranc, and the commissioning phase is ongoing. We describe the status of the installation and present first results from data collected underground with the detector filled with gas argon at room temperature.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1309.3992,
title = {ArDM: first results from underground commissioning},
author = {A. Badertscher and F. Bay and N. Bourgeois and C. Cantini and A. Curioni and M. Daniel and U. Degunda and S. Di Luise and L. Epprecht and A. Gendotti and S. Horikawa and L. Knecht and D. Lussi and G. Maire and B. Montes and S. Murphy and G. Natterer and K. Nikolics and K. Nguyen and L. Periale and S. Ravat and F. Resnati and L. Romero and A. Rubbia and R. Santorelli and F. Sergiampietri and D. Sgalaberna and T. Viant and S. Wu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.3992},
year = {2013}
}
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6 pages, 3 figures, Light Detection In Noble Elements (LIDINE 2013)