Discovery of underground argon with a low level of radioactive 39Ar and possible applications to WIMP dark matter detectors

C. Galbiati; D. Acosta-Kane; R. Acciarri; O. Amaize; M. Antonello; B. Baibussinov; M. B. Ceolin; C. J. Ballentine; R. Bansal; L. Basgall; A. Bazarko; P. Benetti; J. Benziger; A. Burgers; F. Calaprice; E. Calligarich; M. Cambiaghi; N. Canci; F. Carbonara; M. Cassidy; F. Cavanna; S. Centro; A. Chavarria; D. Cheng; A. G. Cocco; P. Collon; F. Dalnoki-Veress; E. De Haas; F. Di Pompeo; G. Fiorillo; F. Fitch; V. Gallo; M. Gaull; S. Gazzana; L. Grandi; A. Goretti; R. Highfill; T. Highfill; T. Hohman; A. Ianni; A. Lacava; M. Laubenstein; H. Y. Lee; M. Leung; B. Loer; H. H. Loosli; B. Lyons; D. Marks; K. McCarty; G. Meng; C. Montanari; S. Mukhopadhyay; A. Nelson; O. Palamara; L. Pandola; F. Pietropaolo; T. Pivonka; A. Pocar; R. Purtschert; A. Rappoldi; G. Raselli; F. Resnati; D. Robertson; M. Roncadelli; M. Rossella; C. Rubbia; J. Ruderman; R. Saldanha; C. Schmitt; R. Scott; E. Segreto; A. Shirley; A. M. Szelc; R. Tartaglia; T. Tesileanu; S. Ventura; C. Vignoli; C. Visnjic; R. Vondrasek; A. Yushkov

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Discovery of underground argon with a low level of radioactive ³⁹Ar and possible applications to WIMP dark matter detectors

C. Galbiati, D. Acosta-Kane, R. Acciarri, O. Amaize, M. Antonello, B. Baibussinov, M. B. Ceolin, C. J. Ballentine, R. Bansal, L. Basgall, A. Bazarko, P. Benetti, J. Benziger, A. Burgers, F. Calaprice, E. Calligarich, M. Cambiaghi, N. Canci, F. Carbonara, M. CassidyF. Cavanna, S. Centro, A. Chavarria, D. Cheng, A. G. Cocco, P. Collon, F. Dalnoki-Veress, E. De Haas, F. Di Pompeo, G. Fiorillo, F. Fitch, V. Gallo, M. Gaull, S. Gazzana, L. Grandi, A. Goretti, R. Highfill, T. Highfill, T. Hohman, A. Ianni, A. Lacava, M. Laubenstein, H. Y. Lee, M. Leung, B. Loer, H. H. Loosli, B. Lyons, D. Marks, K. McCarty, G. Meng, C. Montanari, S. Mukhopadhyay, A. Nelson, O. Palamara, L. Pandola, F. Pietropaolo, T. Pivonka, A. Pocar, R. Purtschert, A. Rappoldi, G. Raselli, F. Resnati, D. Robertson, M. Roncadelli, M. Rossella, C. Rubbia, J. Ruderman, R. Saldanha, C. Schmitt, R. Scott, E. Segreto, A. Shirley, A. M. Szelc, R. Tartaglia, T. Tesileanu, S. Ventura, C. Vignoli, C. Visnjic, R. Vondrasek, A. Yushkov

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We report on the first measurement of ³⁹Ar in argon from underground natural gas reservoirs. The gas stored in the US National Helium Reserve was found to contain a low level of ³⁹Ar. The ratio of ³⁹Ar to stable argon was found to be ≤4×10^-17 (84% C.L.), less than 5% the value in atmospheric argon (³⁹Ar/Ar=8×10^-16). The total quantity of argon currently stored in the National Helium Reserve is estimated at 1000 tons. ³⁹Ar represents one of the most important backgrounds in argon detectors for WIMP dark matter searches. The findings reported demonstrate the possibility of constructing large multi-ton argon detectors with low radioactivity suitable for WIMP dark matter searches.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	042015
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume	120
Issue number	Part 4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/120/4/042015
State	Published - Jan 1 2008
Event	10th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2007 - Sendai , Japan Duration: Sep 11 2007 → Sep 15 2007

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Galbiati, C., Acosta-Kane, D., Acciarri, R., Amaize, O., Antonello, M., Baibussinov, B., Ceolin, M. B., Ballentine, C. J., Bansal, R., Basgall, L., Bazarko, A., Benetti, P., Benziger, J., Burgers, A., Calaprice, F., Calligarich, E., Cambiaghi, M., Canci, N., Carbonara, F., ... Yushkov, A. (2008). Discovery of underground argon with a low level of radioactive ³⁹Ar and possible applications to WIMP dark matter detectors. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 120(Part 4), Article 042015. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/120/4/042015

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