Simulation of argon response and light detection in the DarkSide-50 dual phase TPC

P. Agnes; I. F.M. Albuquerque; T. Alexander; A. K. Alton; D. M. Asner; H. O. Back; K. Biery; V. Bocci; G. Bonfini; W. Bonivento; M. Bossa; B. Bottino; F. Budano; S. Bussino; M. Cadeddu; M. Cadoni; F. Calaprice; N. Canci; A. Candela; M. Caravati; M. Cariello; M. Carlini; S. Catalanotti; V. Cataudella; P. Cavalcante; A. Chepurnov; C. Cicalò; A. G. Cocco; G. Covone; D. D'Angelo; M. D'Incecco; S. Davini; A. De Candia; S. De Cecco; M. De Deo; G. De Filippis; M. De Vincenzi; A. V. Derbin; G. De Rosa; A. Devoto; F. Di Eusanio; G. Di Pietro; C. Dionisi; E. Edkins; A. Empl; A. Fan; G. Fiorillo; K. Fomenko; D. Franco; F. Gabriele; C. Galbiati; S. Giagu; C. Giganti; G. K. Giovanetti; A. M. Goretti; F. Granato; M. Gromov; M. Guan; Y. Guardincerri; B. R. Hackett; K. Herner; D. Hughes; P. Humble; E. V. Hungerford; An Ianni; I. James; T. N. Johnson; K. Keeter; C. L. Kendziora; G. Koh; D. Korablev; G. Korga; A. Kubankin; X. Li; M. Lissia; B. Loer; G. Longo; Y. Ma; A. A. Machado; I. N. Machulin; A. Mandarano; S. M. Mari; J. Maricic; C. J. Martoff; P. D. Meyers; R. Milincic; A. Monte; B. J. Mount; V. N. Muratova; P. Musico; J. Napolitano; A. Navrer Agasson; A. Oleinik; M. Orsini; F. Ortica; L. Pagani; M. Pallavicini; E. Pantic; K. Pelczar; N. Pelliccia; A. Pocar; S. Pordes; D. A. Pugachev; H. Qian; K. Randle; M. Razeti; A. Razeto; B. Reinhold; A. L. Renshaw; M. Rescigno; Q. Riffard; A. Romani; B. Rossi; N. Rossi; D. Sablone; W. Sands; S. Sanfilippo; C. Savarese; B. Schlitzer; E. Segreto; D. A. Semenov; P. N. Singh; M. D. Skorokhvatov; O. Smirnov; A. Sotnikov; C. Stanford; Y. Suvorov; R. Tartaglia; G. Testera; A. Tonazzo; P. Trinchese; E. V. Unzhakov; M. Verducci; A. Vishneva; B. Vogelaar; M. Wada; S. Walker; H. Wang; Y. Wang; A. W. Watson; S. Westerdale; J. Wilhelmi; M. M. Wojcik; X. Xiang; X. Xiao; C. Yang; Z. Ye; C. Zhu; G. Zuzel

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/12/10/P10015

Simulation of argon response and light detection in the DarkSide-50 dual phase TPC

P. Agnes, I. F.M. Albuquerque, T. Alexander, A. K. Alton, D. M. Asner, H. O. Back, K. Biery, V. Bocci, G. Bonfini, W. Bonivento, M. Bossa, B. Bottino, F. Budano, S. Bussino, M. Cadeddu, M. Cadoni, F. Calaprice, N. Canci, A. Candela, M. CaravatiM. Cariello, M. Carlini, S. Catalanotti, V. Cataudella, P. Cavalcante, A. Chepurnov, C. Cicalò, A. G. Cocco, G. Covone, D. D'Angelo, M. D'Incecco, S. Davini, A. De Candia, S. De Cecco, M. De Deo, G. De Filippis, M. De Vincenzi, A. V. Derbin, G. De Rosa, A. Devoto, F. Di Eusanio, G. Di Pietro, C. Dionisi, E. Edkins, A. Empl, A. Fan, G. Fiorillo, K. Fomenko, D. Franco, F. Gabriele, C. Galbiati, S. Giagu, C. Giganti, G. K. Giovanetti, A. M. Goretti, F. Granato, M. Gromov, M. Guan, Y. Guardincerri, B. R. Hackett, K. Herner, D. Hughes, P. Humble, E. V. Hungerford, An Ianni, I. James, T. N. Johnson, K. Keeter, C. L. Kendziora, G. Koh, D. Korablev, G. Korga, A. Kubankin, X. Li, M. Lissia, B. Loer, G. Longo, Y. Ma, A. A. Machado, I. N. Machulin, A. Mandarano, S. M. Mari, J. Maricic, C. J. Martoff, P. D. Meyers, R. Milincic, A. Monte, B. J. Mount, V. N. Muratova, P. Musico, J. Napolitano, A. Navrer Agasson, A. Oleinik, M. Orsini, F. Ortica, L. Pagani, M. Pallavicini, E. Pantic, K. Pelczar, N. Pelliccia, A. Pocar, S. Pordes, D. A. Pugachev, H. Qian, K. Randle, M. Razeti, A. Razeto, B. Reinhold, A. L. Renshaw, M. Rescigno, Q. Riffard, A. Romani, B. Rossi, N. Rossi, D. Sablone, W. Sands, S. Sanfilippo, C. Savarese, B. Schlitzer, E. Segreto, D. A. Semenov, P. N. Singh, M. D. Skorokhvatov, O. Smirnov, A. Sotnikov, C. Stanford, Y. Suvorov, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, A. Tonazzo, P. Trinchese, E. V. Unzhakov, M. Verducci, A. Vishneva, B. Vogelaar, M. Wada, S. Walker, H. Wang, Y. Wang, A. W. Watson, S. Westerdale, J. Wilhelmi, M. M. Wojcik, X. Xiang, X. Xiao, C. Yang, Z. Ye, C. Zhu, G. Zuzel

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A Geant4-based Monte Carlo package named G4DS has been developed to simulate the response of DarkSide-50, an experiment operating since 2013 at LNGS, designed to detect WIMP interactions in liquid argon. In the process of WIMP searches, DarkSide-50 has achieved two fundamental milestones: the rejection of electron recoil background with a power of ∼10⁷, using the pulse shape discrimination technique, and the measurement of the residual ³⁹Ar contamination in underground argon, ∼3 orders of magnitude lower with respect to atmospheric argon. These results rely on the accurate simulation of the detector response to the liquid argon scintillation, its ionization, and electron-ion recombination processes. This work provides a complete overview of the DarkSide Monte Carlo and of its performance, with a particular focus on PARIS, the custom-made liquid argon response model.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	P10015
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	12
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/12/10/P10015
State	Published - Oct 23 2017

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Mathematical Physics

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Dark Matter detectors (WIMPs, axions, etc.)
Detector modelling and simulations I (interaction of radiation with matter, interaction of photons with matter, interaction of hadrons with matter, etc)
Ionization and excitation processes
Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization, double-phase)

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Agnes, P., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Alexander, T., Alton, A. K., Asner, D. M., Back, H. O., Biery, K., Bocci, V., Bonfini, G., Bonivento, W., Bossa, M., Bottino, B., Budano, F., Bussino, S., Cadeddu, M., Cadoni, M., Calaprice, F., Canci, N., Candela, A., ... Zuzel, G. (2017). Simulation of argon response and light detection in the DarkSide-50 dual phase TPC. Journal of Instrumentation, 12(10), [P10015]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/12/10/P10015

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note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the US NSF (Grants PHY-0919363, PHY-1004072, PHY-1004054, PHY-1242585, PHY-1314483, PHY-1314507 and associated collaborative grants; grants PHY-1211308 and PHY-1455351), the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), the US DOE (Contract Nos. DE-FG02-91ER40671 and DE-AC02-07CH11359), the Russian RSF (Grant No 16-12-10369), and the Polish NCN (Grant UMO-2014/15/B/ST2/02561). We thank the staff of the Fermilab Particle Physics, Scientific and Core Computing Divisions for their support. We acknowledge the financial support from the UnivEarthS Labex program of Sorbonne Paris Cit{\'e} (ANR-10-LABX-0023 and ANR-11-IDEX-0005-02), from S{\~a}o Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) grant (2016/09084-0), and from Foundation for Polish Science (grant No. TEAM/2016-2/17). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab.",

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T1 - Simulation of argon response and light detection in the DarkSide-50 dual phase TPC

AU - Agnes, P.

AU - Albuquerque, I. F.M.

AU - Alexander, T.

AU - Alton, A. K.

AU - Asner, D. M.

AU - Back, H. O.

AU - Biery, K.

AU - Bocci, V.

AU - Bonfini, G.

AU - Bonivento, W.

AU - Bossa, M.

AU - Bottino, B.

AU - Budano, F.

AU - Bussino, S.

AU - Cadeddu, M.

AU - Cadoni, M.

AU - Calaprice, F.

AU - Canci, N.

AU - Candela, A.

AU - Caravati, M.

AU - Cariello, M.

AU - Carlini, M.

AU - Catalanotti, S.

AU - Cataudella, V.

AU - Cavalcante, P.

AU - Chepurnov, A.

AU - Cicalò, C.

AU - Cocco, A. G.

AU - Covone, G.

AU - D'Angelo, D.

AU - D'Incecco, M.

AU - Davini, S.

AU - De Candia, A.

AU - De Cecco, S.

AU - De Deo, M.

AU - De Filippis, G.

AU - De Vincenzi, M.

AU - Derbin, A. V.

AU - De Rosa, G.

AU - Devoto, A.

AU - Di Eusanio, F.

AU - Di Pietro, G.

AU - Dionisi, C.

AU - Edkins, E.

AU - Empl, A.

AU - Fan, A.

AU - Fiorillo, G.

AU - Fomenko, K.

AU - Franco, D.

AU - Gabriele, F.

AU - Galbiati, C.

AU - Giagu, S.

AU - Giganti, C.

AU - Giovanetti, G. K.

AU - Goretti, A. M.

AU - Granato, F.

AU - Gromov, M.

AU - Guan, M.

AU - Guardincerri, Y.

AU - Hackett, B. R.

AU - Herner, K.

AU - Hughes, D.

AU - Humble, P.

AU - Hungerford, E. V.

AU - Ianni, An

AU - James, I.

AU - Johnson, T. N.

AU - Keeter, K.

AU - Kendziora, C. L.

AU - Koh, G.

AU - Korablev, D.

AU - Korga, G.

AU - Kubankin, A.

AU - Li, X.

AU - Lissia, M.

AU - Loer, B.

AU - Longo, G.

AU - Ma, Y.

AU - Machado, A. A.

AU - Machulin, I. N.

AU - Mandarano, A.

AU - Mari, S. M.

AU - Maricic, J.

AU - Martoff, C. J.

AU - Meyers, P. D.

AU - Milincic, R.

AU - Monte, A.

AU - Mount, B. J.

AU - Muratova, V. N.

AU - Musico, P.

AU - Napolitano, J.

AU - Agasson, A. Navrer

AU - Oleinik, A.

AU - Orsini, M.

AU - Ortica, F.

AU - Pagani, L.

AU - Pallavicini, M.

AU - Pantic, E.

AU - Pelczar, K.

AU - Pelliccia, N.

AU - Pocar, A.

AU - Pordes, S.

AU - Pugachev, D. A.

AU - Qian, H.

AU - Randle, K.

AU - Razeti, M.

AU - Razeto, A.

AU - Reinhold, B.

AU - Renshaw, A. L.

AU - Rescigno, M.

AU - Riffard, Q.

AU - Romani, A.

AU - Rossi, B.

AU - Rossi, N.

AU - Sablone, D.

AU - Sands, W.

AU - Sanfilippo, S.

AU - Savarese, C.

AU - Schlitzer, B.

AU - Segreto, E.

AU - Semenov, D. A.

AU - Singh, P. N.

AU - Skorokhvatov, M. D.

AU - Smirnov, O.

AU - Sotnikov, A.

AU - Stanford, C.

AU - Suvorov, Y.

AU - Tartaglia, R.

AU - Testera, G.

AU - Tonazzo, A.

AU - Trinchese, P.

AU - Unzhakov, E. V.

AU - Verducci, M.

AU - Vishneva, A.

AU - Vogelaar, B.

AU - Wada, M.

AU - Walker, S.

AU - Wang, H.

AU - Wang, Y.

AU - Watson, A. W.

AU - Westerdale, S.

AU - Wilhelmi, J.

AU - Wojcik, M. M.

AU - Xiang, X.

AU - Xiao, X.

AU - Yang, C.

AU - Ye, Z.

AU - Zhu, C.

AU - Zuzel, G.

N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by the US NSF (Grants PHY-0919363, PHY-1004072, PHY-1004054, PHY-1242585, PHY-1314483, PHY-1314507 and associated collaborative grants; grants PHY-1211308 and PHY-1455351), the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), the US DOE (Contract Nos. DE-FG02-91ER40671 and DE-AC02-07CH11359), the Russian RSF (Grant No 16-12-10369), and the Polish NCN (Grant UMO-2014/15/B/ST2/02561). We thank the staff of the Fermilab Particle Physics, Scientific and Core Computing Divisions for their support. We acknowledge the financial support from the UnivEarthS Labex program of Sorbonne Paris Cité (ANR-10-LABX-0023 and ANR-11-IDEX-0005-02), from São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) grant (2016/09084-0), and from Foundation for Polish Science (grant No. TEAM/2016-2/17). Publisher Copyright: © 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab.

PY - 2017/10/23

Y1 - 2017/10/23

N2 - A Geant4-based Monte Carlo package named G4DS has been developed to simulate the response of DarkSide-50, an experiment operating since 2013 at LNGS, designed to detect WIMP interactions in liquid argon. In the process of WIMP searches, DarkSide-50 has achieved two fundamental milestones: the rejection of electron recoil background with a power of ∼107, using the pulse shape discrimination technique, and the measurement of the residual 39Ar contamination in underground argon, ∼3 orders of magnitude lower with respect to atmospheric argon. These results rely on the accurate simulation of the detector response to the liquid argon scintillation, its ionization, and electron-ion recombination processes. This work provides a complete overview of the DarkSide Monte Carlo and of its performance, with a particular focus on PARIS, the custom-made liquid argon response model.

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KW - Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization, double-phase)

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Simulation of argon response and light detection in the DarkSide-50 dual phase TPC

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