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Title: Constraints on directionality effect of nuclear recoils in a liquid argon time projection chamber

Journal Article · · European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online)
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  1. Gran Sasso Science Institute, L’Aquila (Italy); DarkSide-20k Collaboration. et al.
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The direct search for dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) is performed by detecting nuclear recoils produced in a target material from the WIMP elastic scattering. The experimental identification of the direction of the WIMP-induced nuclear recoils is a crucial asset in this field, as it enables unmistakable modulation signatures for dark matter. The Recoil Directionality (ReD) experiment was designed to probe for such directional sensitivity in argon dual-phase time projection chambers (TPC), that are widely considered for current and future direct dark matter searches. The TPC of ReD was irradiated with neutrons at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud. Data were taken with nuclear recoils of known directions and kinetic energy of 72 keV, which is within the range of interest for WIMP-induced signals in argon. The direction-dependent liquid argon charge recombination model by Cataudella et al. was adopted and a likelihood statistical analysis was performed, which gave no indications of significant dependence of the detector response to the recoil direction. The aspect ratio R of the initial ionization cloud is $R < 1.072$ with 90 % confidence level.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Contributing Organization:
DarkSide-20k Collaboration
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359; AC05-76RL01830; PHY-0919363; PHY-1004054; PHY-1004072; PHY-1242585; PHY-1314483; PHY- 1314507; PHY-1211308; PHY-1314501; PHY-1455351; PHY-1606912; MRI-1429544
OSTI ID:
1996951
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-23-396-ND; arXiv:2307.15454; oai:inspirehep.net:2683274; TRN: US2405174
Journal Information:
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online), Vol. 84, Issue 1; ISSN 1434-6052
Publisher:
Springer NatureCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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