Status and future plans of the experiment PICASSO searching for Dark Matter

Journal Article · Fri Oct 12 04:00:00 EDT 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2805108· OSTI ID:21036006

Aubin, F; Auger, M; Azuelos, G; Genest, M -H; Giroux, G; Gornea, R; Leroy, C; Lessard, L; Martin, J P; Mercier, C; Piro, M -C; Starinski, N; Zacek, V ^[1]; Behnke, E; Feighery, W; Levine, I; Werf, N Vander ^[2]; Lizarraga, B Beltran; Clark, K; Dai, X ^[3]

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1. Departement de Physique, Universite de Montreal, H3C 3J7 (Canada)
2. Department of Chemistry, Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, Indiana, 46634 (United States)
3. Department of Physics, Queens University, Kingston, K7L 3NG (Canada)

The PICASSO (Project in Canada to Search for Supersymmetric Objects) is looking for non-baryonic cold dark matter via nuclear scattering in high-purity large-mass superheated droplets detectors. The collaboration has finished the Phase I of the experiment (3 detector modules, around 7 g of active mass, each). Currently the second phase of the experiment is being set up at SNOLAB in which 32-detector modules (of 4.5 l volume each) is being installed. Upon completion, the underground detection array will have a total of 2 kg of active mass. Expected performance and future plans are also discussed.

• OSTI ID: 21036006
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 942; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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STANDARD MODEL
SUPERSYMMETRY
UNDERGROUND