The DarkSide program at LNGS aims to perform background-free WIMP searches using two phase liquid argon time projection chambers, with the ultimate goal of covering all parameters down to the so-called neutrino floor. One of the distinct features of the program is the use of underground argon with has a reduced content of the radioactive 39Ar compared to atmospheric argon. The DarkSide Collaboration is currently operating the DarkSide-50 experiment, the first such WIMP detector using underground argon. Operations with underground argon indicate a suppression of 39Ar by a factor (1.4 ± 0.2) ×103 relative to atmospheric argon. The new results obtained with DarkSide-50 and the plans for the next steps of the DarkSide program, the 20t fiducial mass DarkSide-20k detector and the 200 t fiducial Argo, are reviewed in this proceedings.
Davini, S., Agnes, P., Agostino, L., M Albuquerque, I., Alexander, T., Alton, A., et al. (2016). The DarkSide awakens. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES, 718(4), 042016.
Titolo: | The DarkSide awakens |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2016 |
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Citazione: | Davini, S., Agnes, P., Agostino, L., M Albuquerque, I., Alexander, T., Alton, A., et al. (2016). The DarkSide awakens. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES, 718(4), 042016. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11590/316566 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |