CALIS - A CALibration Insertion System for the DarkSide-50 dark matter search experiment

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Abstract

This paper describes the design, fabrication, commissioning and use of a CALibration source Insertion System (CALIS) in the DarkSide-50 direct dark matter search experiment. CALIS deploys radioactive sources into the liquid scintillator veto to characterize the detector response and detection efficiency of the DarkSide-50 Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber, and the surrounding 30 t organic liquid scintillator neutron veto. It was commissioned in September 2014 and has been used successfully in several gamma and neutron source campaigns since then. A description of the hardware and an excerpt of calibration analysis results are given below.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numberT12004
JournalJournal of Instrumentation
Volume12
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 18 2017

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Instrumentation
  • Mathematical Physics

Keywords

  • Dark Matter detectors (WIMPs, axions, etc.)
  • Detector alignment and calibration methods (lasers, sources, particle-beams)

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