Calibration of the liquid argon ionization response to low energy electronic and nuclear recoils with DarkSide-50

Agnes, P.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.104.082005

Title: Calibration of the liquid argon ionization response to low energy electronic and nuclear recoils with DarkSide-50

Journal Article · Fri Oct 08 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Phys.Rev.D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.082005· OSTI ID:1831829

Agnes, P.

DarkSide-50 has demonstrated the high potential of dual-phase liquid argon time projection chambers in exploring interactions of WIMPs in the $GeV / c^{2}$ mass range. The technique, based on the detection of the ionization signal amplified via electroluminescence in the gas phase, allows us to explore recoil energies down to the sub-keV range. We report here on the DarkSide-50 measurement of the ionization yield of electronic recoils down to $~ 180 {eV}_{er}$ , exploiting ${}^{37}{Ar}$ and ${}^{39}{Ar}$ decays, and extrapolated to a few ionization electrons with the Thomas-Imel box model. Moreover, we present a model-dependent determination of the ionization response to nuclear recoils down to $~ 500 {eV}_{nr}$ , the lowest ever achieved in liquid argon, using in situ neutron calibration sources and external datasets from neutron beam experiments.

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Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Organization:: DarkSide

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

OSTI ID:: 1831829

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-21-547-ND-PPD-SCD; arXiv:2107.08087; oai:inspirehep.net:1886981

Journal Information:: Phys.Rev.D, Vol. 104, Issue 8

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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