First results from the DarkSide-50 dark matter experiment at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso

P. Agnes; T. Alexander; A. Alton; K. Arisaka; H. O. Back; B. Baldin; K. Biery; G. Bonfini; M. Bossa; A. Brigatti; J. Brodsky; F. Budano; L. Cadonati; F. Calaprice; N. Canci; A. Candela; H. Cao; M. Cariello; P. Cavalcante; A. Chavarria; A. Chepurnov; A. G. Cocco; L. Crippa; D. D'Angelo; M. D'Incecco; S. Davini; M. De Deo; A. Derbin; A. Devoto; F. Di Eusanio; G. Di Pietro; E. Edkins; A. Empl; A. Fan; G. Fiorillo; K. Fomenko; G. Forster; D. Franco; F. Gabriele; C. Galbiati; A. Goretti; L. Grandi; M. Gromov; M. Y. Guan; Y. Guardincerri; B. Hackett; K. Herner; E. V. Hungerford; Al Ianni; An Ianni; C. Jollet; K. Keeter; C. Kendziora; S. Kidner; V. Kobychev; G. Koh; D. Korablev; G. Korga; A. Kurlej; P. X. Li; B. Loer; P. Lombardi; C. Love; L. Ludhova; S. Luitz; Y. Q. Ma; I. Machulin; A. Mandarano; S. Mari; J. Maricic; L. Marini; C. J. Martoff; A. Meregaglia; E. Meroni; P. D. Meyers; R. Milincic; D. Montanari; A. Monte; M. Montuschi; M. E. Monzani; P. Mosteiro; B. Mount; V. Muratova; P. Musico; A. Nelson; S. Odrowski; M. Okounkova; M. Orsini; F. Ortica; L. Pagani; M. Pallavicini; E. Pantic; L. Papp; S. Parmeggiano; R. Parsells; K. Pelczar; N. Pelliccia; S. Perasso; A. Pocar; S. Pordes; D. Pugachev; H. Qian; K. Randle; G. Ranucci; A. Razeto; B. Reinhold; A. Renshaw; A. Romani; B. Rossi; N. Rossi; S. D. Rountree; D. Sablone; P. Saggese; R. Saldanha; W. Sands; S. Sangiorgio; E. Segreto; D. Semenov; E. Shields; M. Skorokhvatov; O. Smirnov; A. Sotnikov; C. Stanford; Y. Suvorov; R. Tartaglia; J. Tatarowicz; G. Testera; A. Tonazzo; E. Unzhakov; R. B. Vogelaar; M. Wada; S. Walker; H. Wang; Y. Wang; A. Watson; S. Westerdale; M. Wojcik; A. Wright; X. Xiang; J. Xu; C. G. Yang; J. Yoo; S. Zavatarelli; A. Zec; C. Zhu; G. Zuzel

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2015.03.012

First results from the DarkSide-50 dark matter experiment at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso

P. Agnes, T. Alexander, A. Alton, K. Arisaka, H. O. Back, B. Baldin, K. Biery, G. Bonfini, M. Bossa, A. Brigatti, J. Brodsky, F. Budano, L. Cadonati, F. Calaprice, N. Canci, A. Candela, H. Cao, M. Cariello, P. Cavalcante, A. ChavarriaA. Chepurnov, A. G. Cocco, L. Crippa, D. D'Angelo, M. D'Incecco, S. Davini, M. De Deo, A. Derbin, A. Devoto, F. Di Eusanio, G. Di Pietro, E. Edkins, A. Empl, A. Fan, G. Fiorillo, K. Fomenko, G. Forster, D. Franco, F. Gabriele, C. Galbiati, A. Goretti, L. Grandi, M. Gromov, M. Y. Guan, Y. Guardincerri, B. Hackett, K. Herner, E. V. Hungerford, Al Ianni, An Ianni, C. Jollet, K. Keeter, C. Kendziora, S. Kidner, V. Kobychev, G. Koh, D. Korablev, G. Korga, A. Kurlej, P. X. Li, B. Loer, P. Lombardi, C. Love, L. Ludhova, S. Luitz, Y. Q. Ma, I. Machulin, A. Mandarano, S. Mari, J. Maricic, L. Marini, C. J. Martoff, A. Meregaglia, E. Meroni, P. D. Meyers, R. Milincic, D. Montanari, A. Monte, M. Montuschi, M. E. Monzani, P. Mosteiro, B. Mount, V. Muratova, P. Musico, A. Nelson, S. Odrowski, M. Okounkova, M. Orsini, F. Ortica, L. Pagani, M. Pallavicini, E. Pantic, L. Papp, S. Parmeggiano, R. Parsells, K. Pelczar, N. Pelliccia, S. Perasso, A. Pocar, S. Pordes, D. Pugachev, H. Qian, K. Randle, G. Ranucci, A. Razeto, B. Reinhold, A. Renshaw, A. Romani, B. Rossi, N. Rossi, S. D. Rountree, D. Sablone, P. Saggese, R. Saldanha, W. Sands, S. Sangiorgio, E. Segreto, D. Semenov, E. Shields, M. Skorokhvatov, O. Smirnov, A. Sotnikov, C. Stanford, Y. Suvorov, R. Tartaglia, J. Tatarowicz, G. Testera, A. Tonazzo, E. Unzhakov, R. B. Vogelaar, M. Wada, S. Walker, H. Wang, Y. Wang, A. Watson, S. Westerdale, M. Wojcik, A. Wright, X. Xiang, J. Xu, C. G. Yang, J. Yoo, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zec, C. Zhu, G. Zuzel

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Abstract

We report the first results of DarkSide-50, a direct search for dark matter operating in the underground Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) and searching for the rare nuclear recoils possibly induced by weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). The dark matter detector is a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber with a (46.4±0.7)kg active mass, operated inside a 30 t organic liquid scintillator neutron veto, which is in turn installed at the center of a 1 kt water Cherenkov veto for the residual flux of cosmic rays. We report here the null results of a dark matter search for a (1422±67)kgd exposure with an atmospheric argon fill. This is the most sensitive dark matter search performed with an argon target, corresponding to a 90% CL upper limit on the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross section of 6.1×10^-44cm² for a WIMP mass of 100Gev/c².

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	456-466
Number of pages	11
Journal	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume	743
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.03.012
State	Published - Apr 9 2015

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Keywords

Dark matter
Liquid scintillators
Low-background detectors
Noble liquid detectors
WIMP

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Agnes, P., Alexander, T., Alton, A., Arisaka, K., Back, H. O., Baldin, B., Biery, K., Bonfini, G., Bossa, M., Brigatti, A., Brodsky, J., Budano, F., Cadonati, L., Calaprice, F., Canci, N., Candela, A., Cao, H., Cariello, M., Cavalcante, P., ... Zuzel, G. (2015). First results from the DarkSide-50 dark matter experiment at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 743, 456-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.03.012

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AU - Agnes, P.

AU - Alexander, T.

AU - Alton, A.

AU - Arisaka, K.

AU - Back, H. O.

AU - Baldin, B.

AU - Biery, K.

AU - Bonfini, G.

AU - Bossa, M.

AU - Brigatti, A.

AU - Brodsky, J.

AU - Budano, F.

AU - Cadonati, L.

AU - Calaprice, F.

AU - Canci, N.

AU - Candela, A.

AU - Cao, H.

AU - Cariello, M.

AU - Cavalcante, P.

AU - Chavarria, A.

AU - Chepurnov, A.

AU - Cocco, A. G.

AU - Crippa, L.

AU - D'Angelo, D.

AU - D'Incecco, M.

AU - Davini, S.

AU - De Deo, M.

AU - Derbin, A.

AU - Devoto, A.

AU - Di Eusanio, F.

AU - Di Pietro, G.

AU - Edkins, E.

AU - Empl, A.

AU - Fan, A.

AU - Fiorillo, G.

AU - Fomenko, K.

AU - Forster, G.

AU - Franco, D.

AU - Gabriele, F.

AU - Galbiati, C.

AU - Goretti, A.

AU - Grandi, L.

AU - Gromov, M.

AU - Guan, M. Y.

AU - Guardincerri, Y.

AU - Hackett, B.

AU - Herner, K.

AU - Hungerford, E. V.

AU - Ianni, Al

AU - Ianni, An

AU - Jollet, C.

AU - Keeter, K.

AU - Kendziora, C.

AU - Kidner, S.

AU - Kobychev, V.

AU - Koh, G.

AU - Korablev, D.

AU - Korga, G.

AU - Kurlej, A.

AU - Li, P. X.

AU - Loer, B.

AU - Lombardi, P.

AU - Love, C.

AU - Ludhova, L.

AU - Luitz, S.

AU - Ma, Y. Q.

AU - Machulin, I.

AU - Mandarano, A.

AU - Mari, S.

AU - Maricic, J.

AU - Marini, L.

AU - Martoff, C. J.

AU - Meregaglia, A.

AU - Meroni, E.

AU - Meyers, P. D.

AU - Milincic, R.

AU - Montanari, D.

AU - Monte, A.

AU - Montuschi, M.

AU - Monzani, M. E.

AU - Mosteiro, P.

AU - Mount, B.

AU - Muratova, V.

AU - Musico, P.

AU - Nelson, A.

AU - Odrowski, S.

AU - Okounkova, M.

AU - Orsini, M.

AU - Ortica, F.

AU - Pagani, L.

AU - Pallavicini, M.

AU - Pantic, E.

AU - Papp, L.

AU - Parmeggiano, S.

AU - Parsells, R.

AU - Pelczar, K.

AU - Pelliccia, N.

AU - Perasso, S.

AU - Pocar, A.

AU - Pordes, S.

AU - Pugachev, D.

AU - Qian, H.

AU - Randle, K.

AU - Ranucci, G.

AU - Razeto, A.

AU - Reinhold, B.

AU - Renshaw, A.

AU - Romani, A.

AU - Rossi, B.

AU - Rossi, N.

AU - Rountree, S. D.

AU - Sablone, D.

AU - Saggese, P.

AU - Saldanha, R.

AU - Sands, W.

AU - Sangiorgio, S.

AU - Segreto, E.

AU - Semenov, D.

AU - Shields, E.

AU - Skorokhvatov, M.

AU - Smirnov, O.

AU - Sotnikov, A.

AU - Stanford, C.

AU - Suvorov, Y.

AU - Tartaglia, R.

AU - Tatarowicz, J.

AU - Testera, G.

AU - Tonazzo, A.

AU - Unzhakov, E.

AU - Vogelaar, R. B.

AU - Wada, M.

AU - Walker, S.

AU - Wang, H.

AU - Wang, Y.

AU - Watson, A.

AU - Westerdale, S.

AU - Wojcik, M.

AU - Wright, A.

AU - Xiang, X.

AU - Xu, J.

AU - Yang, C. G.

AU - Yoo, J.

AU - Zavatarelli, S.

AU - Zec, A.

AU - Zhu, C.

AU - Zuzel, G.

N1 - Funding Information: We thank Christopher Condon, Robert Klemmer, Matthew Komor, and Michael Souza for their technical contributions to DarkSide. We thank Matthias Laubenstein of LNGS for his numerous radiopurity measurements of DarkSide-50 components. We acknowledge support from the National Science Foundation (US, Grants PHY-0919363 , PHY-1004072 , PHY-1211308 , and associated collaborative Grants), DOE (US, Contract Nos. DE-FG02-91ER40671 and DE-AC02-07CH11359 ), the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (Italy), and the NCN (Poland, Grant UMO-2012/05/E/ST2/02333 ). This work was supported in part by the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago through grant National Science Foundation PHY-1125897 and an endowment from the Kavli Foundation and its founder Fred Kavli. Publisher Copyright: © 2015 The Authors.

PY - 2015/4/9

Y1 - 2015/4/9

N2 - We report the first results of DarkSide-50, a direct search for dark matter operating in the underground Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) and searching for the rare nuclear recoils possibly induced by weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). The dark matter detector is a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber with a (46.4±0.7)kg active mass, operated inside a 30 t organic liquid scintillator neutron veto, which is in turn installed at the center of a 1 kt water Cherenkov veto for the residual flux of cosmic rays. We report here the null results of a dark matter search for a (1422±67)kgd exposure with an atmospheric argon fill. This is the most sensitive dark matter search performed with an argon target, corresponding to a 90% CL upper limit on the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross section of 6.1×10-44cm2 for a WIMP mass of 100Gev/c2.

AB - We report the first results of DarkSide-50, a direct search for dark matter operating in the underground Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) and searching for the rare nuclear recoils possibly induced by weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). The dark matter detector is a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber with a (46.4±0.7)kg active mass, operated inside a 30 t organic liquid scintillator neutron veto, which is in turn installed at the center of a 1 kt water Cherenkov veto for the residual flux of cosmic rays. We report here the null results of a dark matter search for a (1422±67)kgd exposure with an atmospheric argon fill. This is the most sensitive dark matter search performed with an argon target, corresponding to a 90% CL upper limit on the WIMP-nucleon spin-independent cross section of 6.1×10-44cm2 for a WIMP mass of 100Gev/c2.

KW - Dark matter

KW - Liquid scintillators

KW - Low-background detectors

KW - Noble liquid detectors

KW - WIMP

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