DAMIC at SNOLAB
Abstract
We introduce the fully-depleted charge-coupled device (CCD) as a particle detector. We demonstrate its low energy threshold operation, capable of detecting ionizing energy depositions in a single pixel down to 50 eVee. We present results of energy calibrations from 0.3 keVee to 60 keVee, showing that the CCD is a fully active detector with uniform energy response throughout the silicon target, good resolution (Fano ~0.16), and remarkable linear response to electron energy depositions. We show the capability of the CCD to localize the depth of particle interactions within the silicon target. We discuss the mode of operation and unique imaging capabilities of the CCD, and how they may be exploited to characterize and suppress backgrounds. We present the first results from the deployment of 250 μm thick CCDs in SNOLAB, a prototype for the upcoming DAMIC100. DAMIC100 will have a target mass of 0.1 kg and should be able to directly test the CDMS-Si signal within a year of operation.
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- Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Kavli Inst. for Cosmological Physics (KICP) and Enrico Fermi Inst.
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Univ. Nacional Autonama de Mexico (Mexico)
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (CNEA), Rio Negro (Argentina). Centro Atomico Bariloche (CAB)
- Univ. of Zurich (Switzerland)
- Univ. Nacional de Asuncion (Paraguay)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1213681
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NSF PHY-1125897
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics Procedia
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 61; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1875-3892
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; DAMIC; dark matter direct detection; low-mass WIMPs; low-threshold detectors; charge-coupled devices
Citation Formats
Chavarria, Alvaro E., Tiffenberg, Javier, Aguilar-Arevalo, Alexis, Amidei, Dan, Bertou, Xavier, Cancelo, Gustavo, D’Olivo, Juan Carlos, Estrada, Juan, Moroni, Guillermo Fernandez, Izraelevitch, Federico, Kilminster, Ben, Langisetty, Yashmanth, Liao, Junhui, Molina, Jorge, Privitera, Paolo, Salazar, Carolina, Sarkis, Youssef, Scarpine, Vic, Schwarz, Tom, Haro, Miguel Sofo, Trillaud, Frederic, and Zhou, Jing. DAMIC at SNOLAB. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.006.
Chavarria, Alvaro E., Tiffenberg, Javier, Aguilar-Arevalo, Alexis, Amidei, Dan, Bertou, Xavier, Cancelo, Gustavo, D’Olivo, Juan Carlos, Estrada, Juan, Moroni, Guillermo Fernandez, Izraelevitch, Federico, Kilminster, Ben, Langisetty, Yashmanth, Liao, Junhui, Molina, Jorge, Privitera, Paolo, Salazar, Carolina, Sarkis, Youssef, Scarpine, Vic, Schwarz, Tom, Haro, Miguel Sofo, Trillaud, Frederic, & Zhou, Jing. DAMIC at SNOLAB. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.006
Chavarria, Alvaro E., Tiffenberg, Javier, Aguilar-Arevalo, Alexis, Amidei, Dan, Bertou, Xavier, Cancelo, Gustavo, D’Olivo, Juan Carlos, Estrada, Juan, Moroni, Guillermo Fernandez, Izraelevitch, Federico, Kilminster, Ben, Langisetty, Yashmanth, Liao, Junhui, Molina, Jorge, Privitera, Paolo, Salazar, Carolina, Sarkis, Youssef, Scarpine, Vic, Schwarz, Tom, Haro, Miguel Sofo, Trillaud, Frederic, and Zhou, Jing. Tue .
"DAMIC at SNOLAB". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.006. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1213681.
@article{osti_1213681,
title = {DAMIC at SNOLAB},
author = {Chavarria, Alvaro E. and Tiffenberg, Javier and Aguilar-Arevalo, Alexis and Amidei, Dan and Bertou, Xavier and Cancelo, Gustavo and D’Olivo, Juan Carlos and Estrada, Juan and Moroni, Guillermo Fernandez and Izraelevitch, Federico and Kilminster, Ben and Langisetty, Yashmanth and Liao, Junhui and Molina, Jorge and Privitera, Paolo and Salazar, Carolina and Sarkis, Youssef and Scarpine, Vic and Schwarz, Tom and Haro, Miguel Sofo and Trillaud, Frederic and Zhou, Jing},
abstractNote = {We introduce the fully-depleted charge-coupled device (CCD) as a particle detector. We demonstrate its low energy threshold operation, capable of detecting ionizing energy depositions in a single pixel down to 50 eVee. We present results of energy calibrations from 0.3 keVee to 60 keVee, showing that the CCD is a fully active detector with uniform energy response throughout the silicon target, good resolution (Fano ~0.16), and remarkable linear response to electron energy depositions. We show the capability of the CCD to localize the depth of particle interactions within the silicon target. We discuss the mode of operation and unique imaging capabilities of the CCD, and how they may be exploited to characterize and suppress backgrounds. We present the first results from the deployment of 250 μm thick CCDs in SNOLAB, a prototype for the upcoming DAMIC100. DAMIC100 will have a target mass of 0.1 kg and should be able to directly test the CDMS-Si signal within a year of operation.},
doi = {10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.006},
journal = {Physics Procedia},
number = C,
volume = 61,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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