Constraints on directionality effect of nuclear recoils in a liquid argon time projection chamber

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Agnes, P. ; Ahmad, I. ; Albergo, S. ; Albuquerque, I. F. M. ; Alexander, T. ; Alton, A. K. ; Amaudruz, P. ; Corona, M. Atzori ; Ave, M. ; Avetisov, I. Ch. ; Azzolini, O. ; Back, H. O. ; Balmforth, Z. ; Barrado-Olmedo, A. ; Barrillon, P. ; Basco, A. ; Batignani, G. ; Bocci, V. ; Bonivento, W. M. ; Bottino, B. ; Boulay, M. G. ; Busto, J. ; Cadeddu, M. ; Caminata, A. ; Canci, N. ; Cappello, G. ; Capra, A. ; Caprioli, S. ; Caravati, M. ; Cargioli, N. ; Carlini, M. ; Castello, P. ; Cataudella, V. ; Cavalcante, P. ; Cavuoti, S. ; Cebrian, S. ; Ruiz, J. M. Cela ; Chashin, S. ; Chepurnov, A. ; Chyhyrynets, E. ; Cifarelli, L. ; Cintas, D. ; Citterio, M. ; Cleveland, B. ; Cocco, V. ; Vilda, E. Conde ; Consiglio, L. ; Copello, S. ; Covone, G. ; Czubak, M. ; D'Aniello, M. ; D'Auria, S. ; Da Rocha Rolo, M. D. ; Davini, S. ; de Candia, A. ; De Cecco, S. ; De Gruttola, D. ; De Filippis, G. ; Dell'Aquila, D. ; De Pasquale, S. ; De Rosa, G. ; Dellacasa, G. ; Derbin, A. V. ; Devoto, A. ; Di Capua, F. ; Di Noto, L. ; Dionisi, C. ; Di Stefano, P. ; Dolganov, G. ; Dordei, F. ; Elersich, A. ; Ellingwood, E. ; Erjavec, T. ; Diaz, M. Fernande ; Fiorillo, G. ; Franchini, P. ; Franco, D. ; Funicello, N. ; Gabriele, F. ; Gahan, D. ; Galbiati, C. ; Gallina, G. ; Gallus, G. ; Garbini, M. ; Abia, P. Garcia ; Gendotti, A. ; Ghiano, C. ; Giganti, C. ; Giovanetti, G. K. ; Casanueva, V. Goicoechea ; Gola, A. ; Grauso, G. ; di Cortona, G. Grilli ; Grobov, A. ; Gromov, M. ; Guan, M. ; Guerzoni, M. ; Gulino, M. ; Guo, C. ; Hackett, B. R. ; Hallin, A. L. ; Hamer, A. ; Haranczyk, M. ; Hessel, T. ; Hill, S. ; Horikawa, S. ; Hubaut, F. ; Hucker, J. ; Hugues, T. ; Ianni, An. ; Ippolito, V. ; Jillings, C. ; Jois, S. ; Kachru, P. ; Kemmerich, N. ; Kemp, A. A. ; Kendziora, C. L. ; Kimura, M. ; Kochanek, I. ; Kondo, K. ; Korga, G. ; Koulosousas, S. ; Kubankin, A. ; Kuss, M. ; Kuzniak, M. ; La Commara, M. ; Lai, M. ; Le Guirriec, E. ; Leason, E. ; Leoni, A. ; Li, X. ; Lidey, L. ; Lissia, M. ; Luzzi, L. ; Lychagina, O. ; Macfadyen, O. ; Machulin, I. N. ; Manecki, S. ; Manthos, I. ; Mapelli, L. ; Margotti, A. ; Mari, S. M. ; Mariani, C. ; Maricic, J. ; Marini, A. ; Martinez, M. ; Martoff, C. J. ; Matteucci, G. ; Mavrokoridis, K. ; McDonald, A. B. ; Messina, A. ; Milincic, R. ; Mitra, A. ; Moharana, A. ; Monroe, J. ; Moretti, E. ; Morrocchi, M. ; Mroz, T. ; Muratova, V. N. ; Muscas, C. ; Musico, P. ; Nania, R. ; Nessi, M. ; Nieradka, G. ; Nikolopoulos, K. ; Nowak, J. ; Olchansky, K. ; Oleinik, A. ; Oleynikov, V. ; Organtini, P. ; de Solorzano, A. Ortiz ; Pagani, L. ; Pallavicini, M. ; Pandola, L. ; Pantic, E. ; Paoloni, E. ; Paternoster, G. ; Pegoraro, P. A. ; Pelczar, K. ; Pesudo, V. ; Piacentini, S. ; Pino, N. ; Pocar, A. ; Poehlmann, D. M. ; Pordes, S. ; Pralavorio, P. ; Price, D. ; Ragusa, F. ; Ramachers, Y. ; Razeti, M. ; Renshaw, A. L. ; Rescigno, M. ; Retiere, F. ; Rignanese, L. P. ; Ripoli, C. ; Rivetti, A. ; Roberts, A. ; Roberts, C. ; Rode, J. ; Rogers, G. ; Romero, L. ; Rossi, M. ; Rubbia, A. ; Sabia, M. A. ; Salomone, P. ; Sandford, E. ; Sanfilippo, S. ; Santone, D. ; Santorelli, R. ; Savarese, C. ; Scapparone, E. ; Schillaci, G. ; Schuckman, F. G. ; Scioli, G. ; Simeone, M. ; Skensved, P. ; Skorokhvatov, M. D. ; Smirnov, O. ; Smirnova, T. ; Smith, B. ; Sosa, A. ; Spadoni, F. ; Spangenberg, M. ; Stefanizzi, R. ; Steri, A. ; Stornelli, V. ; Stracka, S. ; Stringer, M. ; Sulis, S. ; Sung, A. ; Suvorov, Y. ; Szelc, A. M. ; Tartaglia, R. ; Taylor, A. ; Taylor, J. ; Tedesco, S. ; Testera, G. ; Thieme, K. ; Thorpe, T. N. ; Tonazzo, A. ; Tricomi, A. ; Unzhakov, E. V. ; John, T. Vallivilayil ; Van Uffelen, M. ; Viant, T. ; Viel, S. ; Vogelaar, R. B. ; Vossebeld, J. ; Wada, M. ; Walczak, M. B. ; Wang, H. ; Wang, Y. ; Westerdale, S. ; Williams, L. ; Wingerter-Seez, I. ; Wojaczynski, R. ; Wojcik, Ma. M. ; Wright, T. ; Xie, Y. ; Yang, C. ; Zabihi, A. ; Zakhary, P. ; Zani, A. ; Zichichi, A. ; Zuzel, G. ; Zykova, M. P.

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C; v. 84, n. 1, p. 18-pg., 2024-01-10.

Abstract

The direct search for dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) is performed by detecting nuclear recoils produced in a target material from the WIMP elastic scattering. The experimental identification of the direction of the WIMP-induced nuclear recoils is a crucial asset in this field, as it enables unmistakable modulation signatures for dark matter. The Recoil Directionality (ReD) experiment was designed to probe for such directional sensitivity in argon dual-phase time projection chambers (TPC), that are widely considered for current and future direct dark matter searches. The TPC of ReD was irradiated with neutrons at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud. Data were taken with nuclear recoils of known directions and kinetic energy of 72 keV, which is within the range of interest for WIMP-induced signals in argon. The direction-dependent liquid argon charge recombination model by Cataudella et al. was adopted and a likelihood statistical analysis was performed, which gave no indications of significant dependence of the detector response to the recoil direction. The aspect ratio R of the initial ionization cloud is R<1.072\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$R < 1.072$$\end{document} with 90 % confidence level. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 18/01534-2 - Nuclear recoil energy in dark matter interactions
• Grantee: Argel Nasir Sosa Nuñez
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 17/26238-4 - Direct dark matter detection within the Darkside program
• Grantee: Maximo David Ave Pernas
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
• FAPESP's process: 21/11489-7 - Dark matter searches
• Grantee: Ivone Freire da Mota e Albuquerque
• Support Opportunities: Special Projects