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RESEARCH PRODUCT
DARWIN: Towards the ultimate dark matter detector
J. AalbersF. AgostiniM. AlfonsiD. AmaroC. AmslerE. AprileL. AraziF. ArneodoP. BarrowL. BaudisM. L. BenabderrahmaneThierry BergerB. BeskersA. BreskinA. BreurA. BrownE. BrownS. BruennerG. BrunoR. BudnikL. BütikoferJ. CalvénJ. M. R. CardosoD. CichonD. CoderreA. P. ColijnJ. ConradJean-pierre CussonneauP. DecowskiSara DiglioG. DrexlinE. DuchovniE. ErdalG. EurinA. FerellaA. FieguthW. FulgioneAndrea Gallo RossoP. GangiA. GiovanniM. GallowayM. GarbiniC. GeisF. GlueckL. GrandiZ. GreeneC. GrignonC. HasterokV. HannenE. HogenbirkJ. HowlettD. HilkC. HilsA. JamesB. KaminskyS. KazamaB. KilminsterA. KishM. KraussH. LandsmanR. F. LangQ. LinL. LindeS. LindemannM. LindnerJ. A. M. LopesT. Marrodan UndagoitiaJulien MasbouF. V. MassoliD. MayaniM. MessinaK. MicheneauA. MolinarioK. MoråE. MorteauM. MurraJ. NaganomaJ. L. NewsteadK. NiU. OberlackP. PakarhaB. PelssersP. PerioR. PersianiF. PiastraC. PiroG. PlanteL. RauchS. ReichardA. RizzoN. RuppJ. M. F. Dos SantosG. SartorelliM. ScheibelhutS. SchindlerM. SchumannJ. SchreinerL. Scotto LavinaM. SelviP. ShaginC. SilvaH. SimgenP. SissolM. SiversDominique ThersJ. ThurnA. TiseniR. TrottaC. D. TunnellK. ValeriusM. A. VargasH. WangY. WeiC. WeinheimerT. WesterJ. WulfY. ZhangT. ZhuK. ZuberF. D. AmaroP. A. BreurL. BuetikoferJ. CalvenM. P. DecowskiP. Di GangiA. Di GiovanniL. M. KraussF. L. LindeK. D. MoraM. C. PiroM. C. SilvaM. Siverssubject
Physics - Instrumentation and DetectorsPhysics::Instrumentation and Detectorsdouble beta decay7. Clean energy01 natural sciencesHigh Energy Physics - ExperimentPhysics Particles & FieldsNeutrino detectorHigh Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)XenonWIMPPHOTOMULTIPLIERAXIONSphysics.ins-detsolar and atmospheric neutrinosPhysicsDark matter detectorTime projection chamberdark matter detectorsPhysicsSolar and atmospheric neutrinoInstrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)Nuclear & Particles PhysicsNeutrino detectorSOLAR NEUTRINOSGASPhysical SciencesNeutrinoAstrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for AstrophysicsGRAN SASSODark matter detectors; Double beta decay; Neutrino detectors; Solar and atmospheric neutrinosDark matterchemistry.chemical_elementFOS: Physical sciencesAstronomy & AstrophysicsLIQUID-XENON DETECTOR0202 Atomic Molecular Nuclear Particle And Plasma PhysicsSettore FIS/05 - Astronomia e AstrofisicaSEARCH0103 physical sciencesIsotopes of xenonZEPLIN-III[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]010306 general physicsAxionInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)Science & Technology010308 nuclear & particles physicshep-exAstronomyAstronomy and Astrophysics0201 Astronomical And Space ScienceschemistryHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentSCINTILLATIONneutrino detectorsastro-ph.IMdescription
DARk matter WImp search with liquid xenoN (DARWIN) will be an experiment for the direct detection of dark matter using a multi-ton liquid xenon time projection chamber at its core. Its primary goal will be to explore the experimentally accessible parameter space for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) in a wide mass-range, until neutrino interactions with the target become an irreducible background. The prompt scintillation light and the charge signals induced by particle interactions in the xenon will be observed by VUV sensitive, ultra-low background photosensors. Besides its excellent sensitivity to WIMPs above a mass of 5 GeV/c2, such a detector with its large mass, low-energy threshold and ultra-low background level will also be sensitive to other rare interactions. It will search for solar axions, galactic axion-like particles and the neutrinoless double-beta decay of 136-Xe, as well as measure the low-energy solar neutrino flux with <1% precision, observe coherent neutrino-nucleus interactions, and detect galactic supernovae. We present the concept of the DARWIN detector and discuss its physics reach, the main sources of backgrounds and the ongoing detector design and R&D efforts.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-22 | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics |