DARWIN: towards the ultimate dark matter detector

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 Partic...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2016-06
Main Authors: Aalbers, J, Agostini, F, Alfonsi, M, Amsler, C, Aprile, E, Arazi, L, Barrow, P, Baudis, L, Benabderrahmane, M L, Berger, T, Beskers, B, Breur, P A, Brown, A, Brown, E, Bruenner, S, Budnik, R, Buetikofer, L, Calven, J, Cardoso, J M R, Cichon, D, Coderre, D, Colijn, A P, Conrad, J, Cussonneau, J P, Decowski, M P, Diglio, S, Drexlin, G, Duchovni, E, Erdal, E, Eurin, G, Ferella, A, Fieguth, A, Fulgione, W, A Gallo Rosso, P Di Gangi, A Di Giovanni, Garbini, M, Geis, C, Glueck, F, Grandi, L, Greene, Z, Hasterok, C, Hannen, V, Hogenbirk, E, Howlett, J, Hilk, D, Hils, C, James, A, Kaminsky, B, Kilminster, B, Kish, A, Krauss, L M, Lang, R F, Lin, Q, Linde, F L, Lindemann, S, Lindner, M, Lopes, J A M, Undagoitia, T Marrodan, Masbou, J, Massoli, F V, Mayani, D, Micheneau, K, Molinario, A, Mora, K D, Murra, M, Naganoma, J, Newstead, J L, K Ni, Oberlack, U, Pakarha, P, de Perio, P, Persiani, R, Piastra, F, Piro, M C, Plante, G, Rauch, L, Reichard, S, Rizzo, A, J M F Dos Santos, Sartorelli, G, Schumann, M, Schreiner, J, L Scotto Lavina, Selvi, M, Shagin, P, Silva, M C, Simgen, H, M von Sivers, Thurn, J, Tiseni, A, Tunnell, C D, Vargas, M A, Wang, H, Wei, Y, Weinheimer, C, Wester, T, Zhang, Y, Zhu, T, Zuber, K
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Language:English
Subjects:
Beta decay
Beta rays
Dark matter
Energy measurement
Particle decay
Particle interactions
Particle physics
R&D
Radiation counters
Research & development
Sensors
Solar neutrinos
Supernovae
Weakly interacting massive particles
Xenon
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Summary: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
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1606.07001