PICASSO, COUPP and PICO - Search for dark matter with bubble chambers

Amole, C.; Ardid, M.; Asner, D. M.; Baxter, D.; Behnke, E.; Bhattacharjee, P.; Borsodi, H.; Bou-Cabo, M.; Brice, S. J.; Broemmelsiek, D.; Clark, K.; Collar, J. I.; Cooper, P. S.; Crisler, M.; Dahl, C. E.; Das, M.; Debris, F.; Dhungana, N.; Farine, J.; Felis, I.; Filgas, R.; Fines-Neuschild, M.; Girard, F.; Giroux, G.; Hai, M.; Hall, J.; Harris, O.; Jackson, C. M.; Jin, M.; Krauss, C.; Lafrenière, M.; Laurin, M.; Lawson, I.; Levine, I.; Lippincott, W. H.; Mann, E.; Martin, J. P.; Maurya, D.; Mitra, P.; Neilson, R.; Noble, A. J.; Plante, A.; Podviyanuk, R.; Priya, S.; Robinson, A. E.; Ruschman, M.; Scallon, O.; Seth, S.; Sonnenschein, A.; Starinski, N.; Štekl, I.; Vázquez-Jáuregui, E.; Wells, J.; Wichoski, U.; Zacek, V.; Zhang, J.; Bravina, L.; Foka, Y.; Kabana, S.

doi:10.1051/epjconf/20159504020

Title: PICASSO, COUPP and PICO - Search for dark matter with bubble chambers

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The PICASSO and COUPP collaborations use superheated liquid detectors to search for cold dark matter through the direct detection of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). These experiments, located in the underground laboratory of SNOLAB, Canada, detect phase transitions triggered by nuclear recoils in the keV range induced by interactions with WIMPs. We present details of the construction and operation of these detectors as well as the results, obtained by several years of observations. We also introduce PICO, which is a joint effort of the two collaborations to build a second generation ton-scale bubble chamber with 250 liters of active liquid.

Authors:: Amole, C.; Ardid, M.; Asner, D. M.; Baxter, D.; Behnke, E.; Bhattacharjee, P.; Borsodi, H.; Bou-Cabo, M.; Brice, S. J.; Broemmelsiek, D.; Clark, K.; Collar, J. I.; Cooper, P. S.; Crisler, M.; Dahl, C. E.; Das, M.; Debris, F.; Dhungana, N.; Farine, J.; Felis, I. more »« less

Publication Date:: Fri May 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Org.:: PICO Collaboration

OSTI Identifier:: 1214446

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1223855

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-CONF-14-575-AE-E
Journal ID: ISSN 2100-014X; PII: epjconf_icnfp2014_04020

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830; AC02-07CH11359

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: EPJ Web of Conferences

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 95; Journal ID: ISSN 2100-014X

Publisher:: EDP Sciences

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

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                    Amole, C., Ardid, M., Asner, D. M., Baxter, D., Behnke, E., Bhattacharjee, P., Borsodi, H., Bou-Cabo, M., Brice, S. J., Broemmelsiek, D., Clark, K., Collar, J. I., Cooper, P. S., Crisler, M., Dahl, C. E., Das, M., Debris, F., Dhungana, N., Farine, J., Felis, I., Filgas, R., Fines-Neuschild, M., Girard, F., Giroux, G., Hai, M., Hall, J., Harris, O., Jackson, C. M., Jin, M., Krauss, C., Lafrenière, M., Laurin, M., Lawson, I., Levine, I., Lippincott, W. H., Mann, E., Martin, J. P., Maurya, D., Mitra, P., Neilson, R., Noble, A. J., Plante, A., Podviyanuk, R., Priya, S., Robinson, A. E., Ruschman, M., Scallon, O., Seth, S., Sonnenschein, A., Starinski, N., Štekl, I., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Wells, J., Wichoski, U., Zacek, V., Zhang, J., Bravina, L., Foka, Y., and Kabana, S. PICASSO, COUPP and PICO - Search for dark matter with bubble chambers.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Amole, C., Ardid, M., Asner, D. M., Baxter, D., Behnke, E., Bhattacharjee, P., Borsodi, H., Bou-Cabo, M., Brice, S. J., Broemmelsiek, D., Clark, K., Collar, J. I., Cooper, P. S., Crisler, M., Dahl, C. E., Das, M., Debris, F., Dhungana, N., Farine, J., Felis, I., Filgas, R., Fines-Neuschild, M., Girard, F., Giroux, G., Hai, M., Hall, J., Harris, O., Jackson, C. M., Jin, M., Krauss, C., Lafrenière, M., Laurin, M., Lawson, I., Levine, I., Lippincott, W. H., Mann, E., Martin, J. P., Maurya, D., Mitra, P., Neilson, R., Noble, A. J., Plante, A., Podviyanuk, R., Priya, S., Robinson, A. E., Ruschman, M., Scallon, O., Seth, S., Sonnenschein, A., Starinski, N., Štekl, I., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Wells, J., Wichoski, U., Zacek, V., Zhang, J., Bravina, L., Foka, Y., & Kabana, S. PICASSO, COUPP and PICO - Search for dark matter with bubble chambers.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20159504020

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                    Amole, C., Ardid, M., Asner, D. M., Baxter, D., Behnke, E., Bhattacharjee, P., Borsodi, H., Bou-Cabo, M., Brice, S. J., Broemmelsiek, D., Clark, K., Collar, J. I., Cooper, P. S., Crisler, M., Dahl, C. E., Das, M., Debris, F., Dhungana, N., Farine, J., Felis, I., Filgas, R., Fines-Neuschild, M., Girard, F., Giroux, G., Hai, M., Hall, J., Harris, O., Jackson, C. M., Jin, M., Krauss, C., Lafrenière, M., Laurin, M., Lawson, I., Levine, I., Lippincott, W. H., Mann, E., Martin, J. P., Maurya, D., Mitra, P., Neilson, R., Noble, A. J., Plante, A., Podviyanuk, R., Priya, S., Robinson, A. E., Ruschman, M., Scallon, O., Seth, S., Sonnenschein, A., Starinski, N., Štekl, I., Vázquez-Jáuregui, E., Wells, J., Wichoski, U., Zacek, V., Zhang, J., Bravina, L., Foka, Y., and Kabana, S. Fri .  
"PICASSO, COUPP and PICO - Search for dark matter with bubble chambers".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20159504020.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1214446.

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@article{osti_1214446,

  title        = {PICASSO, COUPP and PICO - Search for dark matter with bubble chambers},

  author       = {Amole, C. and Ardid, M. and Asner, D. M. and Baxter, D. and Behnke, E. and Bhattacharjee, P. and Borsodi, H. and Bou-Cabo, M. and Brice, S. J. and Broemmelsiek, D. and Clark, K. and Collar, J. I. and Cooper, P. S. and Crisler, M. and Dahl, C. E. and Das, M. and Debris, F. and Dhungana, N. and Farine, J. and Felis, I. and Filgas, R. and Fines-Neuschild, M. and Girard, F. and Giroux, G. and Hai, M. and Hall, J. and Harris, O. and Jackson, C. M. and Jin, M. and Krauss, C. and Lafrenière, M. and Laurin, M. and Lawson, I. and Levine, I. and Lippincott, W. H. and Mann, E. and Martin, J. P. and Maurya, D. and Mitra, P. and Neilson, R. and Noble, A. J. and Plante, A. and Podviyanuk, R. and Priya, S. and Robinson, A. E. and Ruschman, M. and Scallon, O. and Seth, S. and Sonnenschein, A. and Starinski, N. and Štekl, I. and Vázquez-Jáuregui, E. and Wells, J. and Wichoski, U. and Zacek, V. and Zhang, J. and Bravina, L. and Foka, Y. and Kabana, S.},

  abstractNote = {The PICASSO and COUPP collaborations use superheated liquid detectors to search for cold dark matter through the direct detection of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). These experiments, located in the underground laboratory of SNOLAB, Canada, detect phase transitions triggered by nuclear recoils in the keV range induced by interactions with WIMPs. We present details of the construction and operation of these detectors as well as the results, obtained by several years of observations. We also introduce PICO, which is a joint effort of the two collaborations to build a second generation ton-scale bubble chamber with 250 liters of active liquid.},

  doi          = {10.1051/epjconf/20159504020},

  journal      = {EPJ Web of Conferences},

  number       = ,

  volume       = 95,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri May 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Fri May 29 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

}

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