DAMIC at SNOLAB

Chavarria, Alvaro E.; Tiffenberg, Javier; Aguilar-Arevalo, Alexis; Amidei, Dan; Bertou, Xavier; Cancelo, Gustavo; D’Olivo, Juan Carlos; Estrada, Juan; Moroni, Guillermo Fernandez; Izraelevitch, Federico; Kilminster, Ben; Langisetty, Yashmanth; Liao, Junhui; Molina, Jorge; Privitera, Paolo; Salazar, Carolina; Sarkis, Youssef; Scarpine, Vic; Schwarz, Tom; Haro, Miguel Sofo; Trillaud, Frederic; Zhou, Jing

doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.006

Title: DAMIC at SNOLAB

Journal Article · Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physics Procedia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.006· OSTI ID:1213681

Chavarria, Alvaro E. ^[1]; Tiffenberg, Javier ^[2]; Aguilar-Arevalo, Alexis ^[3]; Amidei, Dan ^[4]; Bertou, Xavier ^[5]; Cancelo, Gustavo ^[2]; D’Olivo, Juan Carlos ^[3]; Estrada, Juan ^[2]; Moroni, Guillermo Fernandez ^[2]; Izraelevitch, Federico ^[2]; Kilminster, Ben ^[6]; Langisetty, Yashmanth ^[4]; Liao, Junhui ^[6]; Molina, Jorge ^[7]; Privitera, Paolo ^[1]; Salazar, Carolina ^[3]; Sarkis, Youssef ^[3]; Scarpine, Vic ^[2]; Schwarz, Tom ^[4]; Haro, Miguel Sofo ^[5] more »

Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Kavli Inst. for Cosmological Physics (KICP) and Enrico Fermi Inst.
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Univ. Nacional Autonama de Mexico (Mexico)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (CNEA), Rio Negro (Argentina). Centro Atomico Bariloche (CAB)
Univ. of Zurich (Switzerland)
Univ. Nacional de Asuncion (Paraguay)

We introduce the fully-depleted charge-coupled device (CCD) as a particle detector. We demonstrate its low energy threshold operation, capable of detecting ionizing energy depositions in a single pixel down to 50 eV_ee. We present results of energy calibrations from 0.3 keV_ee to 60 ke_Vee, showing that the CCD is a fully active detector with uniform energy response throughout the silicon target, good resolution (Fano ~0.16), and remarkable linear response to electron energy depositions. We show the capability of the CCD to localize the depth of particle interactions within the silicon target. We discuss the mode of operation and unique imaging capabilities of the CCD, and how they may be exploited to characterize and suppress backgrounds. We present the first results from the deployment of 250 μm thick CCDs in SNOLAB, a prototype for the upcoming DAMIC100. DAMIC100 will have a target mass of 0.1 kg and should be able to directly test the CDMS-Si signal within a year of operation.

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Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: NSF PHY-1125897

OSTI ID:: 1213681

Journal Information:: Physics Procedia, Vol. 61, Issue C; ISSN 1875-3892

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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