Hunting the Dark Matter with DEAP/CLEAN

Journal Article · Wed Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3327779· OSTI ID:21371657

Giuliani, F ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131 (United States)

The potential of the DEAP/CLEAN program for direct Dark Matter detection to test various dark matter models is illustrated. The scintillation pulse of a noble liquid like Argon or Neon has two well distinguished time constants allowing a very reliable correlation between pulse shape and type of event. This pulse shape discrimination already provides the power of rejecting a background10{sup 8}-10{sup 9} times larger than the signal. MiniCLEAN, a 500 kg LAr detector, is currently under construction, and a 3.6 ton detector, DEAP-3600, under development.

• OSTI ID: 21371657
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1200, Issue 1; Conference: SUSY09: 17. international conference on supersymmetry and the unification of fundamental interactions, Boston, MA (United States), 5-10 Jun 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3327779; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ARGON
CORRELATIONS
LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
NEON
NONLUMINOUS MATTER
PARTICLE IDENTIFICATION
POSTULATED PARTICLES
PULSE SHAPERS
PULSES
SIGNALS
SOLAR NEUTRINOS
WEAK INTERACTIONS
BASIC INTERACTIONS
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
FERMIONS
FLUIDS
GASES
INTERACTIONS
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MATTER
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NEUTRINOS
NONMETALS
PULSE CIRCUITS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATIONS
RARE GASES
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SIGNAL CONDITIONERS
SOLAR PARTICLES
SOLAR RADIATION
STELLAR RADIATION