Results from the XENON10 Dark Matter search experiment at Gran Sasso Laboratories

Journal Article · Tue Nov 20 04:00:00 EST 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2823764· OSTI ID:21039312

Ferella, Alfredo Davide ^[1]

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1. RWTH Aachen University, Physics Department, Sommerfeldstr. 14, 52074 Aachen (Germany)

One of the most appealing questions in astroparticle physics concerns the nature of the Dark Matter (DM) particles and their possible interaction with ordinary matter. In order to find a solution to such problem, a double phase liquid-gas Xenon Time Projection Chamber has been proposed and built as a suitable detector for the direct detection of DM in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). The possibility of simultaneously measuring the scintillation and the ionization signals, and a 3D event localization feature, represent a powerful background discrimination method. During the Autumn-Winter 2006-2007 a prototype of 15 kg sensitive mass of Liquid Xenon (XENON10) has been successfully run at the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory. The technique and the results of the XENON10 detector are presented.

• OSTI ID: 21039312
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 957; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
IONIZATION
NONLUMINOUS MATTER
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SCINTILLATIONS
TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS
XENON