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Searches for direct interactions of cold dark matter.

2014/15/B/ST2/02561

Keywords:

Structure of the Universe dark matter direct searches for cold dark matter DARKSIDE experiment maximization of the DARKSIDE sensitivity mitigation of background generated by natural radioactivity low-energy two-phase argon TPC mass spectrometry ultra-low background techniques.

Descriptors:

  • ST2_2: Particle physics
  • ST2_1: Fundamental interactions and fields

Panel:

ST2 - Fundamental constituents of matter: particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas and optical physics

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej

woj. małopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Marcin Wójcik 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: OPUS 8 - announced on 2014-09-15

Amount awarded: 1 190 558 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2015-08-05

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2018-12-04

Project duration:: 40 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Komputery i podzespoły komputerowe. (8 000 PLN)
  2. Podzespoły próżniowe i kriogeniczne niezbędne do budowy systemu uzyskiwania zimnego gazu oraz przeprowadzenia badań emanacji radonu z zimnych powierzchni. (26 874 PLN)
  3. Ultraniskotłowe detektory cząstek alfa. (29 618 PLN)
  4. System gazowo-próżniowy do analizy radonu w zubożonym argonie. (1 027 PLN)
  5. Gettery. (30 000 PLN)
  6. Systemy akwizycji danych detektorów radonowych. (75 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (11)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (1)
  1. Review of high-sensitivity Radon studies
    Authors:
    M. Wojcik, G. Zuzel, H. Simgen
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Modern Physics A (rok: 2017, tom: 32, strony: 1743004), Wydawca: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1142/S0217751X17430047 - link to the publication
  2. Low-Mass Dark Matter Search with the DarkSide-50 Experiment
    Authors:
    P. Agnes et al., DARKSIDE Collaboration and M. Wójcik
    Academic press:
    PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (rok: 2018, tom: 121, strony: 81307), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.081307 - link to the publication
  3. Constraints on Sub-GeV Dark-Matter-Electron Scattering from the DarkSide-50 Experiment
    Authors:
    P. Agnes et al., DARKSIDE Collaboration and M. Wójcik
    Academic press:
    PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (rok: 2018, tom: 121, strony: 111303), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.111303 - link to the publication
  4. DarkSide-20k: A 20 tonne two-phase LAr TPC for direct dark matter detection at LNGS
    Authors:
    C.E. Aalseth et al., DARKSIDE Collaboration and M. Wójcik
    Academic press:
    EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL PLUS (rok: 2018, tom: 133, strony: 131), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1140/epjp/i2018-11973-4 - link to the publication
  5. Simulation of argon response and light detection in the DarkSide-50 dual phase TPC
    Authors:
    P. Agnes et al., DARKSIDE Collaboration and M. Wójcik
    Academic press:
    Journal of Instrumentation (rok: 2017, tom: 12, strony: P10015), Wydawca: IOPScience
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/12/10/P10015 - link to the publication
  6. DarkSide-50 532-day dark matter search with low-radioactivity argon
    Authors:
    P. Agnes et al., DARKSIDE Collaboration and M. Wójcik
    Academic press:
    PHYSICAL REVIEW D (rok: 2018, tom: 98, strony: 102006), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.98.102006 - link to the publication
  7. CALIS - A CALibration Insertion System for the DarkSide-50 dark matter search experiment
    Authors:
    P. Agnes et al., DARKSIDE Collaboration and M. Wójcik
    Academic press:
    Journal of Instrumentation (rok: 2017, tom: 12, strony: T12004), Wydawca: IOPScience
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/12/12/T12004 - link to the publication
  8. Measurement of the ion fraction and mobility of 218Po produced in 222Rn decays in liquid argon
    Authors:
    P. Agnes et al., DARKSIDE Collaboration and M. Wójcik
    Academic press:
    Journal of Instrumentation (rok: 2019, tom: 14, strony: P11-18), Wydawca: IOPScience
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/14/11/P11018 - link to the publication
  9. Effect of low electric fields on alpha scintillation light yield in liquid argon
    Authors:
    P. Agnes et al., DARKSIDE Collaboration and M. Wójcik
    Academic press:
    Journal of Instrumentation (rok: 2017, tom: 12, strony: P01021), Wydawca: IOPScience
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/12/01/P01021 - link to the publication
  10. The electronics, trigger and data acquisition system for the liquid argon time projection chamber of the DarkSide-50 search for dark matter
    Authors:
    P. Agnes et al., DARKSIDE Collaboration and M. Wójcik
    Academic press:
    Journal of Instrumentation (rok: 2017, tom: 12, strony: P12011), Wydawca: IOPScience
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/12/12/P12011 - link to the publication
  11. Electroluminescence pulse shape and electron diffusion in liquid argon measured in a dual-phase TPC
    Authors:
    P. Agnes et al., DARKSIDE Collaboration and M. Wójcik
    Academic press:
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT (rok: 2018, tom: 904, strony: 23-34), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.nima.2018.06.077 - link to the publication
  1. The DarkSide Experiment: Present Status and Future
    Authors:
    G. Zuzel for the DarkSide Collaboration
    Conference:
    The 2nd International Conference on Particle Physics and Astrophysics (rok: 2017, ), Wydawca: IOPScience
    Data:
    konferencja 10-14.10.2016
    Status:
    Published

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