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Simulation of argon response and light detection in the DarkSide-50 dual phase TPC

Journal Article · · Journal of Instrumentation
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A Geant4-based Monte Carlo package named G4DS has been developed to simulate the response of DarkSide-50, an experiment operating since 2013 at LNGS, designed to detect WIMP interactions in liquid argon. In the process of WIMP searches, DarkSide-50 has achieved two fundamental milestones: the rejection of electron recoil background with a power of ~107, using the pulse shape discrimination technique, and the measurement of the residual 39Ar contamination in underground argon, ~3 orders of magnitude lower with respect to atmospheric argon. These results rely on the accurate simulation of the detector response to the liquid argon scintillation, its ionization, and electron-ion recombination processes. This work provides a complete overview of the DarkSide Monte Carlo and of its performance, with a particular focus on PARIS, the custom-made liquid argon response model.
Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
Contributing Organization:
DarkSide Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1395489
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1422307
OSTI ID: 22655964
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB--17-391-AE-CD-E-PPD; arXiv:1707.05630; 1610452
Journal Information:
Journal of Instrumentation, Journal Name: Journal of Instrumentation Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 12; ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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