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 language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Article number | T12004 |
| Journal | Journal of Instrumentation |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 18 2017 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Mathematical Physics
- Instrumentation
Keywords
- Dark Matter detectors (WIMPs, axions, etc.)
- Detector alignment and calibration methods (lasers, sources, particle-beams)
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