DarkSide is direct-detection dark-matter experimental project based on radiopure argon. The main goal of the DarkSide program is the detection of rare nuclear elastic collisions with hypothetical dark-matter particles. The present detec- tor, DarkSide-50, placed at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), is a dual- phase time projection chamber (TPC) filled with ultra-pure liquid argon, extracted from underground sources. Surrounding the TPC to suppress the background there are neutron and muon active vetoes. One of argon key features is the capability to distinguish between electron and nuclear recoils, exploiting the different shapes of the signals. DarkSide-50 new results, obtained using a live-days exposure of 532.4 days, are presented. This analysis sets a 90% C.L. upper limit on the dark matter- nucleon spin-independent cross-section of 1.1 × 10 −44 cm 2 for a WIMP mass of 100 GeV/c 2 . The next phase of the project, DarkSide-20k, will be a new detector with a fiducial mass of ∼ 20 tons, equipped with cryogenic silicon photomultipliers (SiPM).
Bottino, B., Agnes, P., Albuquerque, I.F.M., Alexander, T., Alton, A.K., Asner, D.M., et al. (2019). DarkSide: Latest results and future perspectives. IL NUOVO CIMENTO C, 42(4), 180 [10.1393/ncc/i2019-19180-0].
DarkSide: Latest results and future perspectives
S. BussinoMembro del Collaboration Group
;M. De VincenziMembro del Collaboration Group
;I. JamesMembro del Collaboration Group
;S. M. MariMembro del Collaboration Group
;S. SanfilippoMembro del Collaboration Group
;A. TonazzoMembro del Collaboration Group
;M. VerducciMembro del Collaboration Group
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2019-01-01
Abstract
DarkSide is direct-detection dark-matter experimental project based on radiopure argon. The main goal of the DarkSide program is the detection of rare nuclear elastic collisions with hypothetical dark-matter particles. The present detec- tor, DarkSide-50, placed at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), is a dual- phase time projection chamber (TPC) filled with ultra-pure liquid argon, extracted from underground sources. Surrounding the TPC to suppress the background there are neutron and muon active vetoes. One of argon key features is the capability to distinguish between electron and nuclear recoils, exploiting the different shapes of the signals. DarkSide-50 new results, obtained using a live-days exposure of 532.4 days, are presented. This analysis sets a 90% C.L. upper limit on the dark matter- nucleon spin-independent cross-section of 1.1 × 10 −44 cm 2 for a WIMP mass of 100 GeV/c 2 . The next phase of the project, DarkSide-20k, will be a new detector with a fiducial mass of ∼ 20 tons, equipped with cryogenic silicon photomultipliers (SiPM).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.