The DarkSide program at LNGS aims to perform background-free WIMP searches using two phase liquid argon time projection chambers, with the ultimate goal of covering all parameters down to the so-called neutrino floor. One of the distinct features of the program is the use of underground argon with has a reduced content of the radioactive Ar-39 compared to atmospheric argon. The DarkSide Collaboration is currently operating the DarkSide-50 experiment, the first such WIMP detector using underground argon. Operations with underground argon indicate a suppression of Ar-39 by a factor (1.4 +/- 0.2) x 10(3) relative to atmospheric argon. The new results obtained with DarkSide-50 and the plans for the next steps of the DarkSide program, the 20 t fiducial mass DarkSide-20k detector and the 200 t fiducial Argo, are reviewed in this proceedings.

The DarkSide awakens / Davini, S., Agnes, P., Agostino, L., Albuquerque, I.F.M., Alexander, T., Alton, A.K., Arisaka, K., Back, H., Baldin, B., Biery, K., Bonfini, G., Bossa, M., Bottino, B., Brigatti, A., Brodsky, J., Budano, F., Bussino, S., Cadeddu, M., Cadonati, L., Cadoni, M., et al.. - In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES. - ISSN 1742-6588. - 718:(2016). [10.1088/1742-6596/718/4/042016]

The DarkSide awakens

CATALANOTTI, SERGIO;COCCO, ALFREDO GIUSEPPE;COVONE, GIOVANNI;FIORILLO, GIULIANA;Suvorov, Y.;Walker, Susan Elizabeth;
2016

Abstract

The DarkSide program at LNGS aims to perform background-free WIMP searches using two phase liquid argon time projection chambers, with the ultimate goal of covering all parameters down to the so-called neutrino floor. One of the distinct features of the program is the use of underground argon with has a reduced content of the radioactive Ar-39 compared to atmospheric argon. The DarkSide Collaboration is currently operating the DarkSide-50 experiment, the first such WIMP detector using underground argon. Operations with underground argon indicate a suppression of Ar-39 by a factor (1.4 +/- 0.2) x 10(3) relative to atmospheric argon. The new results obtained with DarkSide-50 and the plans for the next steps of the DarkSide program, the 20 t fiducial mass DarkSide-20k detector and the 200 t fiducial Argo, are reviewed in this proceedings.
2016
The DarkSide awakens / Davini, S., Agnes, P., Agostino, L., Albuquerque, I.F.M., Alexander, T., Alton, A.K., Arisaka, K., Back, H., Baldin, B., Biery, K., Bonfini, G., Bossa, M., Bottino, B., Brigatti, A., Brodsky, J., Budano, F., Bussino, S., Cadeddu, M., Cadonati, L., Cadoni, M., et al.. - In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES. - ISSN 1742-6588. - 718:(2016). [10.1088/1742-6596/718/4/042016]
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