主頁 > Design and construction of a new detector to measure ultra-low radioactive-isotope contamination of argon |
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Report number | arXiv:2001.08106 |
Title | Design and construction of a new detector to measure ultra-low radioactive-isotope contamination of argon |
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Aalseth, C.E. (PNL, Richland) ; Abdelhakim, S. (Orsay, IPN) ; Acerbi, F. (Fond. Bruno Kessler, Povo ; TIFPA-INFN, Trento) ; Agnes, P. (Houston U.) ; Ajaj, R. (Carleton U.) ; Albuquerque, I.F.M. (Sao Paulo U.) ; Alexander, T. (PNL, Richland) ; Alici, A. (U. Bologna, DIFA ; INFN, Bologna) ; Alton, A.K. (Augustana Coll., Sioux Falls) ; Amaudruz, P. (TRIUMF) ; Ameli, F. (INFN, Rome) ; Anstey, J. (Carleton U.) ; Antonioli, P. (INFN, Bologna) ; Arba, M. (INFN, Cagliari) ; Arcelli, S. (U. Bologna, DIFA ; INFN, Bologna) ; Ardito, R. (Milan Polytechnic ; INFN, Milan) ; Arnquist, I.J. (PNL, Richland) ; Arpaia, P. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Asner, D.M. (Brookhaven) ; Asunskis, A. (Black Hills State U.) ; Ave, M. (Sao Paulo U.) ; Back, H.O. (PNL, Richland) ; Barrado Olmedo, A. (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Batignani, G. (INFN, Pisa ; Pisa U.) ; Bisogni, M.G. (INFN, Pisa ; Pisa U.) ; Bocci, V. (INFN, Rome) ; Bondar, A. (Novosibirsk, IYF ; Novosibirsk State U.) ; Bonfini, G. (Gran Sasso) ; Bonivento, W. (INFN, Cagliari) ; Borisova, E. (Novosibirsk, IYF ; Novosibirsk State U.) ; Bottino, B. (Genoa U. ; INFN, Genoa) ; Boulay, M.G. (Carleton U.) ; Bunker, R. (PNL, Richland) ; Bussino, S. (INFN, Rome3 ; Rome III U.) ; Buzulutskov, A. (Novosibirsk, IYF ; Novosibirsk State U.) ; Cadeddu, M. (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Cadoni, M. (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Caminata, A. (INFN, Genoa) ; Canci, N. (Houston U. ; Gran Sasso) ; Candela, A. (Gran Sasso) ; Cantini, C. (Zurich, ETH) ; Caravati, M. (INFN, Cagliari) ; Cariello, M. (INFN, Genoa) ; Carnesecchi, F. (U. Bologna, DIFA ; INFN, Bologna ; Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome) ; Carpinelli, M. (Vienna U. ; INFN, LNS) ; Castellani, A. (Milan Polytechnic ; INFN, Milan) ; Castello, P. (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Catalanotti, S. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Cataudella, V. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Cavalcante, P. (Virginia Tech. ; Gran Sasso) ; Cavazza, D. (INFN, Bologna) ; Cavuoti, S. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Cebrian, S. (Zaragoza U.) ; Cela Ruiz, J.M. (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Celano, B. (INFN, Naples) ; Cereseto, R. (INFN, Genoa) ; Cheng, W. (INFN, Turin ; Turin Polytechnic) ; Chepurnov, A. (SINP, Moscow) ; Cicalò, C. (INFN, Cagliari) ; Cifarelli, L. (U. Bologna, DIFA ; INFN, Bologna) ; Citterio, M. (INFN, Milan) ; Cocco, A.G. (INFN, Naples) ; Cocco, V. (INFN, Cagliari) ; Colocci, M. (U. Bologna, DIFA ; INFN, Bologna) ; Consiglio, L. (GSSI, Aquila) ; Cossio, F. (INFN, Turin ; Turin Polytechnic) ; Covone, G. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Crivelli, P. (Zurich, ETH) ; D'Antone, I. (INFN, Bologna) ; D'Incecco, M. (Gran Sasso) ; D'Urso, D. (Vienna U. ; INFN, LNS) ; Da Rocha Rolo, M.D. (INFN, Turin) ; Dadoun, O. (Paris U., VI-VII) ; Daniel, M. (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Davini, S. (INFN, Genoa) ; De Candia, A. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; De Cecco, S. (INFN, Rome ; Rome U.) ; De Deo, M. (Gran Sasso) ; De Falco, A. (INFN, Cagliari ; Cagliari U.) ; De Filippis, G. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; De Gruttola, D. (INFN, Salerno) ; De Guido, G. (Milan Polytechnic ; INFN, Milan) ; De Rosa, G. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Dellacasa, G. (INFN, Turin) ; Demontis, P. (Vienna U. ; INFN, LNS ; Europa Metalli LMI, Florence) ; DePaquale, S. (INFN, Salerno) ; Derbin, A.V. (St. Petersburg, INP) ; Devoto, A. (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Di Eusanio, F. (Princeton U. ; Gran Sasso) ; Di Noto, L. (Genoa U. ; INFN, Genoa) ; Di Pietro, G. (Gran Sasso ; INFN, Milan) ; Di Stefano, P. (Queen's U., Kingston) ; Dionisi, C. (INFN, Rome ; Rome U.) ; Dolganov, G. (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow) ; Dordei, F. (INFN, Cagliari) ; Downing, M. (Massachusetts U., Amherst) ; Edalatfar, F. (TRIUMF) ; Empl, A. (Houston U.) ; Fernandez Diaz, M. (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Ferri, A. (Fond. Bruno Kessler, Povo ; TIFPA-INFN, Trento) ; Filip, C. (INCDTIM, Cluj Napoca) ; Fiorillo, G. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Fomenko, K. (Dubna, JINR) ; Franceschi, A. (Frascati) ; Franco, D. (APC, Paris) ; Froudakis, G.E. (Crete U.) ; Gabriele, F. (Gran Sasso) ; Gabrieli, A. (Vienna U. ; INFN, LNS) ; Galbiati, C. (Princeton U. ; GSSI, Aquila) ; Garcia Abia, P. (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Gascón Fora, D. (Barcelona, IFAE) ; Gendotti, A. (Zurich, ETH) ; Ghiano, C. (Gran Sasso) ; Ghisi, A. (Milan Polytechnic ; INFN, Milan) ; Giagu, S. (INFN, Rome ; Rome U.) ; Giampa, P. (TRIUMF) ; Giampaolo, R.A. (INFN, Turin ; Turin Polytechnic) ; Giganti, C. (Paris U., VI-VII) ; Giorgi, M.A. (Pisa U. ; INFN, Pisa) ; Giovanetti, G.K. (Princeton U.) ; Gligan, M.L. (INCDTIM, Cluj Napoca) ; Gola, A. (Fond. Bruno Kessler, Povo ; TIFPA-INFN, Trento) ; Gorchakov, O. (Dubna, JINR) ; Grab, M. (Jagiellonian U.) ; Graciani Diaz, R. (Barcelona, IFAE) ; Granato, F. (Temple U.) ; Grassi, M. (INFN, Pisa) ; Grate, J.W. (PNL, Richland) ; Grigoriev, G.Y. (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow) ; Grobov, A. (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow ; Moscow Phys. Eng. Inst.) ; Gromov, M. (SINP, Moscow) ; Guan, M. (Beijing, Inst. High Energy Phys.) ; Guerra, M.B.B. (Black Hills State U.) ; Guerzoni, M. (INFN, Bologna) ; Gulino, M. (Libera U. Kore ; INFN, LNS) ; Haaland, R.K. (Fort Lewis Coll.) ; Hackett, B.R. (Hawaii U.) ; Hallin, A. (Alberta U.) ; Harrop, B. (Princeton U.) ; Hoppe, E.W. (PNL, Richland) ; Horikawa, S. (GSSI, Aquila ; Gran Sasso) ; Hosseini, B. (INFN, Cagliari) ; Hubaut, F. (Marseille, CPPM) ; Humble, P. (PNL, Richland) ; Hungerford, E.V. (Houston U.) ; Ianni, An. (Princeton U. ; Gran Sasso) ; Ilyasov, A. (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow ; Moscow Phys. Eng. Inst.) ; Ippolito, V. (INFN, Rome) ; Jillings, C. (Laurentian U. ; SNOLAB, Lively) ; Keeter, K. (Black Hills State U.) ; Kendziora, C.L. (Fermilab) ; Kim, S. (Temple U.) ; Kochanek, I. (Gran Sasso) ; Kondo, K. (GSSI, Aquila) ; Kopp, G. (Princeton U.) ; Korablev, D. (Dubna, JINR) ; Korga, G. (Houston U. ; Gran Sasso) ; Kubankin, A. (Belgorod State U.) ; Kugathasan, R. (INFN, Turin ; Turin Polytechnic) ; Kuss, M. (INFN, Pisa) ; Kuźniak, M. (Carleton U. ; Warsaw, Copernicus Astron. Ctr.) ; La Commara, M. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; La Delfa, L. (INFN, Cagliari) ; Lai, M. (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Langrock, S. (Laurentian U.) ; Lebois, M. (Orsay, IPN) ; Lehnert, B. (Alberta U.) ; Levashko, N. (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow ; Moscow Phys. Eng. Inst.) ; Li, X. (Princeton U.) ; Liqiang, Q. (Orsay, IPN) ; Lissia, M. (INFN, Cagliari) ; Lodi, G.U. (Milan Polytechnic ; INFN, Milan) ; Longo, G. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; López Manzano, R. (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Lussana, R. (Milan Polytechnic ; INFN, Milan) ; Luzzi, L. (Milan Polytechnic ; INFN, Milan) ; Machado, A.A. (Campinas State U.) ; Machulin, I.N. (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow ; Moscow Phys. Eng. Inst.) ; Mandarano, A. (GSSI, Aquila ; Gran Sasso) ; Mapelli, L. (Princeton U.) ; Marcante, M. (Trento U. ; TIFPA-INFN, Trento ; Fond. Bruno Kessler, Povo) ; Margotti, A. (INFN, Bologna) ; Mari, S.M. (INFN, Rome3 ; Rome III U.) ; Mariani, M. (Milan Polytechnic ; INFN, Milan) ; Maricic, J. (Hawaii U.) ; Marinelli, M. (Genoa U. ; INFN, Genoa) ; Marras, D. (INFN, Cagliari) ; Martínez, M. (Zaragoza U. ; ARAID, Zaragoza) ; Martínez Morales, J.J. (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Martinez Rojas, A.D. (INFN, Turin ; Turin Polytechnic) ; Martoff, C.J. (Temple U.) ; Mascia, M. (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Mason, J. (Carleton U.) ; Masoni, A. (INFN, Cagliari) ; Mazzi, A. (Fond. Bruno Kessler, Povo ; TIFPA-INFN, Trento) ; McDonald, A.B. (Queen's U., Kingston) ; Messina, A. (INFN, Rome ; Rome U.) ; Meyers, P.D. (Princeton U.) ; Miletic, T. (Hawaii U.) ; Milincic, R. (Hawaii U.) ; Moggi, A. (INFN, Pisa) ; Moioli, S. (Milan Polytechnic ; INFN, Milan) ; Monroe, J. (Royal Holloway, U. of London) ; Morrocchi, M. (INFN, Pisa) ; Mroz, T. (Jagiellonian U.) ; Mu, W. (Zurich, ETH) ; Muratova, V.N. (St. Petersburg, INP) ; Murphy, S. (Zurich, ETH) ; Muscas, C. (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Musico, P. (INFN, Genoa) ; Nania, R. (INFN, Bologna) ; Napolitano, T. (Frascati) ; Navrer Agasson, A. (Paris U., VI-VII) ; Nessi, M. (CERN) ; Nikulin, I. (Belgorod State U.) ; Oleinik, A. (Belgorod State U.) ; Oleynikov, V. (Novosibirsk, IYF ; Novosibirsk State U.) ; Orsini, M. (Gran Sasso) ; Ortica, F. (U. Perugia (main) ; INFN, Perugia) ; Pagani, L. (UC, Davis) ; Pallavicini, M. (Genoa U. ; INFN, Genoa) ; Palmas, S. (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Pandola, L. (INFN, LNS) ; Pantic, E. (UC, Davis) ; Paoloni, E. (INFN, Pisa ; Pisa U.) ; Paternoster, G. (Fond. Bruno Kessler, Povo ; TIFPA-INFN, Trento) ; Pavletcov, V. (SINP, Moscow) ; Pazzona, F. (Vienna U. ; INFN, LNS) ; Peeters, S. (Sussex U.) ; Pegoraro, P.A. (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Pelczar, K. (Gran Sasso) ; Pellegrini, L.A. (Milan Polytechnic ; INFN, Milan) ; Pellegrino, C. (INFN, Bologna ; Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome) ; Pelliccia, N. (U. Perugia (main) ; INFN, Perugia) ; Perotti, F. (Milan Polytechnic ; INFN, Milan) ; Pesudo, V. (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Picciau, E. (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Piemonte, C. (Fond. Bruno Kessler, Povo ; TIFPA-INFN, Trento) ; Pietropaolo, F. (CERN) ; Pocar, A. (Massachusetts U., Amherst) ; Pollman, T. (Munich U.) ; Portaluppi, D. (Milan Polytechnic ; INFN, Milan) ; Poudel, S.S. (Houston U.) ; Pralavorio, P. (Marseille, CPPM) ; Price, D. (Manchester U.) ; Radics, B. (Zurich, ETH) ; Raffaelli, F. (INFN, Pisa) ; Ragusa, F. (Milan U. ; INFN, Milan) ; Razeti, M. (INFN, Cagliari) ; Razeto, A. (Gran Sasso) ; Regazzoni, V. (Trento U. ; TIFPA-INFN, Trento ; Fond. Bruno Kessler, Povo) ; Regenfus, C. (Zurich, ETH) ; Renshaw, A.L. (Houston U.) ; Rescia, S. (Brookhaven) ; Rescigno, M. (INFN, Rome) ; Retiere, F. (TRIUMF) ; Rignanese, L.P. (U. Bologna, DIFA ; INFN, Bologna ; Enrico Fermi Ctr., Rome) ; Rivetti, A. (INFN, Turin) ; Romani, A. (U. Perugia (main) ; INFN, Perugia) ; Romero, L. (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Rossi, N. (INFN, Rome ; Gran Sasso) ; Rubbia, A. (Zurich, ETH) ; Sablone, D. (Temple U. ; Gran Sasso) ; Sala, P. (CERN) ; Salatino, P. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Samoylov, O. (Dubna, JINR) ; Sánchez García, E. (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Sanfilippo, S. (Rome III U. ; INFN, Rome3) ; Sant, M. (Vienna U. ; INFN, LNS) ; Santone, D. (Royal Holloway, U. of London) ; Santorelli, R. (Madrid, CIEMAT) ; Savarese, C. (Princeton U.) ; Scapparone, E. (INFN, Bologna) ; Schlitzer, B. (UC, Davis) ; Scioli, G. (U. Bologna, DIFA ; INFN, Bologna) ; Segreto, E. (Campinas State U.) ; Seifert, A. (PNL, Richland) ; Semenov, D.A. (St. Petersburg, INP) ; Shchagin, A. (Belgorod State U.) ; Sheshukov, A. (Dubna, JINR) ; Siddhanta, S. (INFN, Cagliari) ; Simeone, M. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples) ; Singh, P.N. (Houston U.) ; Skensved, P. (Queen's U., Kingston) ; Skorokhvatov, M.D. (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow ; Moscow Phys. Eng. Inst.) ; Smirnov, O. (Dubna, JINR) ; Sobrero, G. (INFN, Genoa) ; Sokolov, A. (Novosibirsk, IYF ; Novosibirsk State U.) ; Sotnikov, A. (Dubna, JINR) ; Stainforth, R. (Carleton U.) ; Steri, A. (INFN, Cagliari) ; Stracka, S. (INFN, Pisa) ; Strickland, V. (Carleton U.) ; Suffritti, G.B. (Vienna U. ; INFN, LNS ; Europa Metalli LMI, Florence) ; Sulis, S. (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Suvorov, Y. (Naples U. ; INFN, Naples ; Kurchatov Inst., Moscow) ; Szelc, A.M. (Manchester U.) ; Tartaglia, R. (Gran Sasso) ; Testera, G. (INFN, Genoa) ; Thorpe, T. (GSSI, Aquila ; Gran Sasso) ; Tonazzo, A. (APC, Paris) ; Tosi, A. (Milan Polytechnic ; INFN, Milan) ; Tuveri, M. (INFN, Cagliari) ; Unzhakov, E.V. (St. Petersburg, INP) ; Usai, G. (INFN, Cagliari ; Cagliari U.) ; Vacca, A. (Cagliari U. ; INFN, Cagliari) ; Vázquez-Jáuregui, E. (Mexico U.) ; Verducci, M. (INFN, Rome ; Rome U.) ; Viant, T. (Zurich, ETH) ; Viel, S. (Carleton U.) ; Villa, F. (Milan Polytechnic ; INFN, Milan) ; Vishneva, A. (Dubna, JINR) ; Vogelaar, R.B. (Virginia Tech.) ; Wada, M. (INFN, Cagliari ; Warsaw, Copernicus Astron. Ctr.) ; Wahl, J. (PNL, Richland) ; Walding, J.J. (Royal Holloway, U. of London) ; Wang, H. (UCLA) ; Wang, Y. (UCLA) ; Westerdale, S. (Carleton U.) ; Wheadon, R.J. (INFN, Turin) ; Williams, R. (PNL, Richland) ; Wilson, J. (Orsay, IPN) ; Wojcik, Marcin (Jagiellonian U.) ; Wojcik, Mariusz (Lodz, Tech. U.) ; Wu, S. (Zurich, ETH) ; Xiao, X. (UCLA) ; Yang, C. (Beijing, Inst. High Energy Phys.) ; Ye, Z. (Houston U.) ; Zuffa, M. (INFN, Bologna) ; Zuzel, G. (Jagiellonian U.) |
Publication | 2020-02-26 |
Imprint | 2020-01-22 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Note | 8 figures |
In: | JINST 15 (2020) P02024 |
DOI | 10.1088/1748-0221/15/02/P02024 |
Subject category | physics.ins-det ; Detectors and Experimental Techniques ; astro-ph.IM ; Astrophysics and Astronomy |
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment | DARKSIDE |
Abstract | Large liquid argon detectors offer one of the best avenues for the detection of galactic weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) via their scattering on atomic nuclei. The liquid argon target allows exquisite discrimination between nuclear and electron recoil signals via pulse-shape discrimination of the scintillation signals. Atmospheric argon (AAr), however, has a naturally occurring radioactive isotope, $^{39}$Ar, a $\beta$ emitter of cosmogenic origin. For large detectors, the atmospheric $^{39}$Ar activity poses pile-up concerns. The use of argon extracted from underground wells, deprived of $^{39}$Ar, is key to the physics potential of these experiments. The DarkSide-20k dark matter search experiment will operate a dual-phase time projection chamber with 50 tonnes of radio-pure underground argon (UAr), that was shown to be depleted of $^{39}$Ar with respect to AAr by a factor larger than 1400. Assessing the $^{39}$Ar content of the UAr during extraction is crucial for the success of DarkSide-20k, as well as for future experiments of the Global Argon Dark Matter Collaboration (GADMC). This will be carried out by the DArT in ArDM experiment, a small chamber made with extremely radio-pure materials that will be placed at the centre of the ArDM detector, in the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC) in Spain. The ArDM LAr volume acts as an active veto for background radioactivity, mostly $\gamma$-rays from the ArDM detector materials and the surrounding rock. This article describes the DArT in ArDM project, including the chamber design and construction, and reviews the background required to achieve the expected performance of the detector. |
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