The WARP programme for dark matter search with a double phase argon detector is presented. In such a detector both excitation and ionization produced by an impinging particle are evaluated by the contemporary measurement of primary scintillation and secondary (proportional) light signal, this latter being produced by extracting and accelerating ionization electrons in the gas phase. The proposed technique, verified on a 2.3 liters prototype, could be used to efficiently discriminate nuclear recoils, induced by WIMP's interactions, and measure their energy spectrum. An overview of the 2.3 liters results and of the proposed 100 liters detector is shown.
WARP: A WIMP double phase argon detector / Brunetti, R.; Calligarich, E.; Cambiaghi, M.; Vecchi, C. D.; Dolfini, R.; Grandi, L.; Menegolli, A.; Montanari, C.; Prata, M.; Rappoldi, A.; Raselli, G. L.; Roncadelli, M.; Rossella, M.; Rubbia, C.; Vignoli, C.; Carbonara, F.; Cocco, A.; Ereditato, A.; Fiorillo, Giuliana; Mangano, G.; Santorelli, R.; Cavanna, F.; Ferrari, N.; Palamara, O.; Grandi, L.. - ELETTRONICO. - (2005), pp. 348-354. (Intervento presentato al convegno 5th International Workshop on the Identification of Dark Matter tenutosi a Edimburgo nel 2005) [10.1142/9789812701848_0051].
WARP: A WIMP double phase argon detector
FIORILLO, GIULIANA;G. Mangano;
2005
Abstract
The WARP programme for dark matter search with a double phase argon detector is presented. In such a detector both excitation and ionization produced by an impinging particle are evaluated by the contemporary measurement of primary scintillation and secondary (proportional) light signal, this latter being produced by extracting and accelerating ionization electrons in the gas phase. The proposed technique, verified on a 2.3 liters prototype, could be used to efficiently discriminate nuclear recoils, induced by WIMP's interactions, and measure their energy spectrum. An overview of the 2.3 liters results and of the proposed 100 liters detector is shown.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
