The DarkSide veto: muon and neutron detectors

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; L. Marini; 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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The DarkSide veto: muon and neutron detectors

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The DarkSide veto: muon and neutron detectors

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

Il nuovo cimento della Società italiana di fisica. Sezione C, Geophysics and space physics, v 38(1), 35

01 Jan 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1393/ncc/i2015-15035-0

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The existence of dark matter is known because of its gravitational effects, and although its nature remains undisclosed, there is a growing indication that the galactic halo could be permeated by weakly interactive massive particles (WIMPs) with mass of the order of 100 GeV. Direct observation of WIMP-nuclear collisions in a laboratory detector plays a key role in dark matter searches. However, it also poses significant challenges, as the expected signals are low in energy and very rare. DarkSide is a project for direct observation of WIMPs in a liquid argon time-projection chamber specifically designed to overtake the difficulties of these challenges. A limiting background for all dark matter detectors is the production in their active volumes of nuclear recoils from the elastic scattering of radiogenic and cosmogenic neutrons. To rule out this background, DarkSide-50 is surrounded by a water tank serving as a Cherenkov detector for muons, and a boron-doped liquid scintillator acting as an active, high-efficiency neutron detector.

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Title: The DarkSide veto: muon and neutron detectors
Creators: L. Pagani - University of Genoa
P. Agnes - Univ Paris Diderot, APC, Sorbonne Paris Cite, F-75205 Paris, France
T. Alexander - Univ Massachusetts, Dept Phys, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
A. Alton - Augustana Coll, Dept Phys & Astron, Sioux Falls, SD 57197 USA
K. Arisaka - Calif State Univ 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 Rome Tre, Dept Phys, I-00146 Rome, Italy
L. Cadonati - Univ Massachusetts, Dept Phys, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
F. Calaprice - Princeton University
N. Canci - Calif State Univ 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 University
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 - Calif State Univ 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 - Univ Paris Diderot, APC, Sorbonne Paris Cite, F-75205 Paris, France
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 University
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 NW 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 - Université de Strasbourg
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 Rome Tre, Dept Phys, I-00146 Rome, Italy
S. Mari - Univ Rome Tre, Dept Phys, I-00146 Rome, Italy
J. Maricic - University of Hawaii System
L. Marini - Univ Rome Tre, Dept Phys, I-00146 Rome, Italy
C. J. Martoff - Temple University
A. Meregaglia - Université de Strasbourg
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 - Univ Paris Diderot, APC, Sorbonne Paris Cite, F-75205 Paris, France
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 - Calif State Univ 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, 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 - Calif State Univ 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 - Univ Paris Diderot, APC, Sorbonne Paris Cite, F-75205 Paris, France
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 - Calif State Univ 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 38(1), 35
Publisher: Soc Italiana Fisica
Number of pages: 5
Resource Type: Journal article
Language: English
Academic Unit: Physics
Web of Science ID: WOS:000372727000035
Other Identifier: 991021862768304721

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