Current status of the dark matter experiment DarkSide-50

L. Marini; L. Pagani; P. Agnes; T. Alexander; A. Alton; K. Arisaka; H. O. Back; B. Baldin; K. Biery; G. Bonfini; M. Bossa; A. Brigatti; J. Brodsky; F. Budano; L. Cadonati; F. Calaprice; N. Canci; A. Candela; H. Cao; M. Cariello; P. Cavalcante; A. Chavarria; A. Chepurnov; A. G. Cocco; D. D'Angelo; M. D'Incecco; S. Davini; M. De Deo; A. Derbin; A. Devoto; F. Di Eusanio; G. Di Pietro; E. Edkins; A. Empl; A. Fan; G. Fiorillo; K. Fomenko; G. Forster; D. Franco; F. Gabriele; C. Galbiati; A. Goretti; L. Grandi; M. Gromov; M. Y. Guan; Y. Guardincerri; B. Hackett; K. Herner; P. Humble; E. V. Hungerford; Al Ianni; An Ianni; C. Jollet; K. Keeter; C. Kendziora; S. Kidner; V. Kobychev; G. Koh; D. Korablev; G. Korga; A. Kurlej; P. X. Li; P. Lombardi; C. Love; L. Ludhova; S. Luitz; Y. Q. Ma; I. Machulin; A. Mandarano; S. Mari; J. Maricic; C. J. Martoff; A. Meregaglia; E. Meroni; P. D. Meyers; R. Milincic; D. Montanari; M. Montuschi; M. E. Monzani; P. Mosteiro; B. Mount; V. Muratova; P. Musico; A. Nelson; S. Odrowski; M. Okounkova; M. Orsini; F. Ortica; M. Pallavicini; E. Pantic; L. Papp; S. Parmeggiano; R. Parsells; K. Pelczar; N. Pelliccia; S. Perasso; A. Pocar; S. Pordes; D. Pugachev; H. Qian; K. Randle; G. Ranucci; A. Razeto; B. Reinhold; A. Renshaw; A. Romani; B. Rossi; N. Rossi; S. D. Rountree; D. Sablone; P. Saggese; R. Saldanha; W. Sands; S. Sangiorgio; E. Segreto; D. Semenov; E. Shields; M. Skorokhvatov; O. Smirnov; A. Sotnikov; C. Stanford; Y. Suvorov; R. Tartaglia; J. Tatarowicz; G. Testera; A. Tonazzo; E. Unzhakov; R. B. Vogelaar; M. Wada; S. Walker; H. Wang; Y. Wang; A. Watson; S. Westerdale; M. Wojcik; A. Wright; X. Xiang; J. Xu; C. G. Yang; J. Yoo; S. Zavatarelli; A. Zec; C. Zhu; G. Zuzel; DarkSide Collaboration

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Current status of the dark matter experiment DarkSide-50

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Current status of the dark matter experiment DarkSide-50

L. Marini, L. Pagani, P. Agnes, T. Alexander, A. Alton, K. Arisaka, H. O. Back, B. Baldin, K. Biery, G. Bonfini, …

Il nuovo cimento della Società italiana di fisica. Sezione C, Geophysics and space physics, v 39(1), 247

01 Jan 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1393/ncc/i2016-16247-4

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DarkSide-50 is a dark matter direct search experiment at LNGS, searching for rare nuclear recoils possibly induced by WIMPs. It has two nested vetoes and a dual phase liquid argon TPC as dark matter detector. Key features of this experiment are the use of underground argon as radio-pure target and of muon and neutron active vetoes to suppress the background. The first data-taking campaign was running from November 2013 to April 2015 with an atmospheric argon target and a reduced efficiency neutron veto due to internal contamination. However, an upper limit on the WIMP-nucleon cross section of 6.1x10(-44) cm(2) at 90% CL was obtained for a WIMP mass of 100 GeV/c(2) and an exposure of (1422 +/- 67) kg.d. At present DarkSide-50 started a 3 years run, intended to be background-free because the neutron veto was successfully recovered and underground argon replaced the atmospheric one. Additionally calibration campaigns for both the TPC and the neutron veto were completed. Thanks to the good performance of the background rejection, the results obtained so far suggest the scalability of DarkSide-50 to a ton-scale detector, which will play a key role into the dark matter search scenario.

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Title: Current status of the dark matter experiment DarkSide-50
Creators: L. Marini - University of Genoa
L. Pagani - University of Genoa
P. Agnes - Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie
T. Alexander - Univ Massachusetts, Dept Phys, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
A. Alton - Augustana Coll, Dept Phys & Astron, Sioux Falls, SD 57197 USA
K. Arisaka - Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Phys & Astron, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
H. O. Back - Princeton University
B. Baldin - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
K. Biery - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
G. Bonfini - Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi, AQ, Italy
M. Bossa - Gran Sasso Sci Inst, I-67100 Laquila, Italy
A. Brigatti - University of Milan
J. Brodsky - Princeton University
F. Budano - Univ Tre Roma, Dept Phys, I-00146 Rome, Italy
L. Cadonati - Univ Massachusetts, Dept Phys, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
F. Calaprice - Princeton University
N. Canci - Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Phys & Astron, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
A. Candela - Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi, AQ, Italy
H. Cao - Princeton University
M. Cariello - University of Genoa
P. Cavalcante - Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi, AQ, Italy
A. Chavarria - University of Chicago
A. Chepurnov - Lomonosov Moscow State Univ, Skobeltsyn Inst Nucl Phys, Moscow 119991, Russia
A. G. Cocco - University of Naples Federico II
D. D'Angelo - University of Milan
M. D'Incecco - Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi, AQ, Italy
S. Davini - University of Houston
M. De Deo - Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi, AQ, Italy
A. Derbin - St Petersburg Nucl Phys Inst, Gatchina 188350, Russia
A. Devoto - University of Cagliari
F. Di Eusanio - Princeton University
G. Di Pietro - University of Milan
E. Edkins - University of Hawaii System
A. Empl - University of Houston
A. Fan - Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Phys & Astron, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
G. Fiorillo - University of Naples Federico II
K. Fomenko - Joint Inst Nucl Res, Dubna 141980, Russia
G. Forster - Univ Massachusetts, Dept Phys, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
D. Franco - Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie
F. Gabriele - Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi, AQ, Italy
C. Galbiati - Princeton University
A. Goretti - Princeton University
L. Grandi - University of Chicago
M. Gromov - Lomonosov Moscow State Univ, Skobeltsyn Inst Nucl Phys, Moscow 119991, Russia
M. Y. Guan - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
Y. Guardincerri - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
B. Hackett - University of Hawaii System
K. Herner - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
P. Humble - Pacific Northwest Natl Lab, Richland, WA 99352 USA
E. V. Hungerford - University of Houston
Al Ianni - Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi, AQ, Italy
An Ianni - Princeton University
C. Jollet - Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
K. Keeter - Black Hills State University
C. Kendziora - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
S. Kidner - Virginia Tech
V. Kobychev - Natl Acad Sci Ukraine, Inst Nucl Res, UA-03680 Kiev, Ukraine
G. Koh - Princeton University
D. Korablev - Joint Inst Nucl Res, Dubna 141980, Russia
G. Korga - University of Houston
A. Kurlej - Univ Massachusetts, Dept Phys, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
P. X. Li - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
P. Lombardi - University of Milan
C. Love - Temple University
L. Ludhova - University of Milan
S. Luitz - Menlo School
Y. Q. Ma - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
I. Machulin - Kurchatov Institute
A. Mandarano - Univ Tre Roma, Dept Phys, I-00146 Rome, Italy
S. Mari - Univ Tre Roma, Dept Phys, I-00146 Rome, Italy
J. Maricic - University of Hawaii System
C. J. Martoff - Temple University
A. Meregaglia - Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien
E. Meroni - University of Milan
P. D. Meyers - Princeton University
R. Milincic - University of Hawaii System
D. Montanari - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
M. Montuschi - Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi, AQ, Italy
M. E. Monzani - Menlo School
P. Mosteiro - Princeton University
B. Mount - Black Hills State University
V. Muratova - St Petersburg Nucl Phys Inst, Gatchina 188350, Russia
P. Musico - University of Genoa
A. Nelson - Princeton University
S. Odrowski - Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi, AQ, Italy
M. Okounkova - Princeton University
M. Orsini - Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi, AQ, Italy
F. Ortica - University of Perugia
M. Pallavicini - University of Genoa
E. Pantic - Univ Calif Davis, Dept Phys, Davis, CA 95616 USA
L. Papp - Virginia Tech
S. Parmeggiano - University of Milan
R. Parsells - Princeton University
K. Pelczar - Jagiellonian University
N. Pelliccia - University of Perugia
S. Perasso - Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie
A. Pocar - Univ Massachusetts, Dept Phys, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
S. Pordes - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
D. Pugachev - Kurchatov Institute
H. Qian - Princeton University
K. Randle - Univ Massachusetts, Dept Phys, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
G. Ranucci - University of Milan
A. Razeto - Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi, AQ, Italy
B. Reinhold - University of Hawaii System
A. Renshaw - Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Phys & Astron, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
A. Romani - University of Perugia
B. Rossi - University of Naples Federico II
N. Rossi - Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi, AQ, Italy
S. D. Rountree - Virginia Tech
D. Sablone - University of Houston
P. Saggese - Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi, AQ, Italy
R. Saldanha - University of Chicago
W. Sands - Princeton University
S. Sangiorgio - Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, 7000 East Ave, Livermore, CA 94550 USA
E. Segreto - Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi, AQ, Italy
D. Semenov - St Petersburg Nucl Phys Inst, Gatchina 188350, Russia
E. Shields - Princeton University
M. Skorokhvatov - Kurchatov Institute
O. Smirnov - Joint Inst Nucl Res, Dubna 141980, Russia
A. Sotnikov - Joint Inst Nucl Res, Dubna 141980, Russia
C. Stanford - Princeton University
Y. Suvorov - Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Phys & Astron, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
R. Tartaglia - Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, I-67010 Assergi, AQ, Italy
J. Tatarowicz - Temple University
G. Testera - University of Genoa
A. Tonazzo - Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie
E. Unzhakov - St Petersburg Nucl Phys Inst, Gatchina 188350, Russia
R. B. Vogelaar - Virginia Tech
M. Wada - Princeton University
S. Walker - University of Naples Federico II
H. Wang - Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Phys & Astron, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
Y. Wang - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
A. Watson - Temple University
S. Westerdale - Princeton University
M. Wojcik - Jagiellonian University
A. Wright - Princeton University
X. Xiang - Princeton University
J. Xu - Princeton University
C. G. Yang - Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
J. Yoo - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
S. Zavatarelli - University of Genoa
A. Zec - Univ Massachusetts, Dept Phys, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
C. Zhu - Princeton University
G. Zuzel - Jagiellonian University
DarkSide Collaboration
Publication Details: Il nuovo cimento della Società italiana di fisica. Sezione C, Geophysics and space physics, v 39(1), 247
Publisher: Soc Italiana Fisica
Number of pages: 5
Resource Type: Journal article
Language: English
Academic Unit: Physics
Web of Science ID: WOS:000383393400045
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84979978338
Other Identifier: 991021862793104721

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