The DarkSide direct dark matter search with liquid argon

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Abstract

The DarkSide-50 direct dark matter detector is a liquid argon time projection chamber (TPC) surrounded by a liquid scintillator neutron veto (LSV) and a water Cerenkov muon veto (WCV). Located under 3800 m.w.e. at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy, it is the only direct dark matter experiment currently operating background free. The atmospheric argon target was replaced with argon from underground sources in April, 2015. The level of 39Ar, a β emitter present in atmospheric argon (AAr), has been shown to have been reduced by a factor of (1.4 ± 0.2) x 103. The combined spin-independent WIMP exclusion limit of 2.0 x 10-44 cm2 (mχ = 100 GeV/c2) is currently the best limit on a liquid argon target.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCETUP* 2016 - Workshop on Neutrino Physics and Unification, Near Detector Physics and Dark Matter
EditorsBarbara Szczerbinska, Kaladi Babu, Baha Balantekin, Louis Strigari, Sanjib Mishra, Pearl Sandick, Stuart Raby, Jason Kumar
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780735415881
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 3 2017
EventWorkshop on Neutrino Physics and Unification, Near Detector Physics and Dark Matter, CETUP* 2016 - Lead/Deadwood, United States
Duration: Jun 6 2016Jul 15 2016

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1900
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Other

OtherWorkshop on Neutrino Physics and Unification, Near Detector Physics and Dark Matter, CETUP* 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLead/Deadwood
Period6/6/167/15/16

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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