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| Author(s): |
Canci, N.
[1]
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Collaboration, DarkSide-50
Total Authors: 2
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Houston, Dept Phys, Houston, TX 77204 - USA
Total Affiliations: 1
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Journal of Instrumentation; v. 15, n. 3 MAR 2020. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 0 |
| Abstract | |
DarkSide is a staged experimental project based on radiopure argon aiming at direct dark matter detection. The DarkSide-50 (DS-50) detector is currently operating underground at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory. DS-50 detector is a dual-phase, 50 kg, liquid argon time-projection-chamber readout by 38 cryogenic PMTs (Hamamatsu R11065), surrounded by an active liquid scintillator veto and contained in a water Cherenkov detector acting as a muon veto. DS-50 has been operating continuously since 2013, first with atmospheric argon and subsequently filled in 2015 with argon from an underground source, allowing a reduction of the Ar-39 isotope by more than a factor 1000. Features of the DS-50 detector are described, long term operations and stability are reported and its performances in scintillation light detection discussed. Results on dark matter searches obtained with DarkSide-50 detector are briefly reported. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 16/09084-0 - Dark matter direct detection and the DarkSide experiment |
| Grantee: | Ivone Freire da Mota e Albuquerque |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |