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Direct Search for Dark Matter with DarkSide
7TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LARGE TPCS FOR LOW-ENERGY RARE EVENT DETECTION, v 650(1), p12006
16 Nov 2015
Abstract
The DarkSide experiment is designed for the direct detection of Dark Matter with a double phase liquid Argon TPC operating underground at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. The TPC is placed inside a 30 tons liquid organic scintillator sphere, acting as a neutron veto, which is in turn installed inside a 1 kt water Cherenkov detector. The current detector is running since November 2013 with a 50 kg atmospheric Argon fill and we report here the first null results of a Dark Matter search for a (1422 +/- 67) kg.d exposure. This result correspond to a 90% CL upper limit on the WIMP-nucleon cross section of 6.1 x10(-44) cm(2) (for a WIMP mass of 100 GeV/c(2)) and it's currently the most sensitive limit obtained with an Argon target.
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- Title
- Direct Search for Dark Matter with DarkSide
- Creators
- P. Agnes - Délégation Paris 7T. Alexander - University of Massachusetts AmherstA. Alton - Augustana UniversityK. Arisaka - University of California, Los AngelesH. Back - Princeton UniversityB. Baldin - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryK. Biery - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryG. Bonfini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran SassoM. Bossa - Gran Sasso Science InstituteA. Brigatti - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di MilanoJ. Brodsky - Princeton UniversityF. Budano - Roma Tre UniversityL. Cadonati - University of Massachusetts AmherstF. Calaprice - Princeton UniversityN. Canci - Princeton UniversityA. Candela - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran SassoH. Cao - Princeton UniversityM. Carielloll - University of GenoaP. Cavalcante - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran SassoA. Chavarria - University of ChicagoA. Chepurnov - Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityA. G. Cocco - University of Naples Federico IIL. Crippa - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di MilanoD. D'Angelo - University of MilanM. D'Incecco - Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi, AQ, ItalyS. Davini - University of HoustonM. De Deo - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran SassoA. Derbin - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteA. Devoto - University of CagliariF. Di Eusanio - Princeton UniversityG. Di Pietro - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di MilanoE. Edkins - University of Hawaii SystemA. Emp - University of HoustonA. Fan - University of Naples Federico IIG. Fiorillo - University of Naples Federico IIK. Fomenko - Joint Institute for Nuclear ResearchG. Forster - University of Massachusetts AmherstD. Franco - Délégation Paris 7F. Gabriele - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran SassoC. Galbiati - Princeton UniversityA. Goretti - Princeton UniversityL. Grandi - University of ChicagoM. Gromov - Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityM. Y. Guan - Institute of High Energy PhysicsY. Guardincerri - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryB. Hackett - University of Hawaii SystemK. Herner - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryE. Hungerford - University of HoustonAl Ianni - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran SassoAn Ianni - Princeton UniversityC. Jollet - Université de StrasbourgK. Keeter - Black Hills State UniversityC. Kendziora - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryS. Kidner - Virginia TechV. Kobychev - National Academy of Sciences of UkraineG. Koh - Princeton UniversityD. Korablev - Joint Institute for Nuclear ResearchG. Korga - University of HoustonA. Kurlej - University of Massachusetts AmherstP. X. Li - Institute of High Energy PhysicsB. Loer - Princeton UniversityP. Lombardi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di MilanoC. Love - Temple UniversityL. Ludhova - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di MilanoS. Luitz - Temple UniversityY. Q. Ma - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100049, Peoples R ChinaI. Machulin - Kurchatov InstituteA. Mandaranol - Univ Rome Tre, Dept Phys, I-00146 Rome, ItalyS. Maxim - Univ Rome Tre, Dept Phys, I-00146 Rome, ItalyJ. Maricic - University of Hawaii SystemL. Marinith - Univ Rome Tre, Dept Phys, I-00146 Rome, ItalyC. J. Martof - Temple UniversityA. Meregaglia - Université de StrasbourgE. Meroni - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di MilanoP. D. Meyers - Princeton UniversityR. Milincic - University of Hawaii SystemD. Montanari - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryM. Montuschi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran SassoM. E. Monzani - SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryP. Mosteiro - Princeton UniversityB. Mount - Black Hills State UniversityV. Muratova - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteP. Musicoll - University of GenoaA. Nelson - Princeton UniversityS. Odrowski - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran SassoM. Okounkova - Princeton UniversityM. Orsini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran SassoF. Ortica - University of PerugiaL. Paganill - University of GenoaM. Pallavicinill - University of GenoaE. Pantic - University of California, Los AngelesL. Papp - Virginia TechS. Parmeggiano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di MilanoR. Parsells - Princeton UniversityK. Pelczar - Jagiellonian UniversityN. Pelliccia - University of PerugiaS. Perassol - Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cite, APC, F-75205 Paris, FranceA. Pocar - University of Massachusetts AmherstS. Pordes - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryD. Pugachev - Kurchatov InstituteH. Qian - Princeton UniversityK. Randle - University of Massachusetts AmherstG. Ranucci - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di MilanoA. Razeto - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran SassoB. Reinhold - University of Hawaii SystemA. Renshaw - University of California, Los AngelesA. Romani - University of PerugiaB. Rossi - Princeton UniversityN. Rossi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran SassoS. D. Rountree - Virginia TechD. Sablone - University of HoustonP. Saggese - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran SassoR. Saldanhal - University of ChicagoW. Sands - Princeton UniversityS. Sangiorgio - Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryE. Segreto - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran SassoD. Semenov - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteE. Shields - Princeton UniversityM. Skorokhvatov - Kurchatov InstituteO. Smirnov - Joint Institute for Nuclear ResearchA. Sotnikov - Joint Institute for Nuclear ResearchC. Stanford - Princeton UniversityY. Suvorov - University of California, Los AngelesR. Tartaglia - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran SassoJ. Tatarowicz - Temple UniversityG. Testerall - University of GenoaA. Tonazzol - Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cite, APC, F-75205 Paris, FranceE. Unzhakov - Petersburg Nuclear Physics InstituteR. B. Vogelaar - Virginia TechM. Wada - Princeton UniversityS. Walker - University of Naples Federico IIH. Wang - University of California, Los AngelesY. Wang - Institute of High Energy PhysicsA. Watson - Temple UniversityS. Westerdale - Princeton UniversityM. Wojcik - Jagiellonian UniversityA. Wright - Princeton UniversityX. Xiang - Princeton UniversityJ. Xu - Princeton UniversityC. G. Yang - Institute of High Energy PhysicsJ. Yoo - Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryS. Zavatarellill - University of GenoaA. Zec - University of Massachusetts AmherstC. Zhu - Princeton UniversityG. Zuze - Jagiellonian UniversityIOP
- Publication Details
- 7TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LARGE TPCS FOR LOW-ENERGY RARE EVENT DETECTION, v 650(1), p12006
- Series
- Journal of Physics Conference Series
- Publisher
- Iop Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 7
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000368140400006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84957812608
- Other Identifier
- 991021862768504721
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