Computational and Experimental Efforts to Develop a Dual-Phase Argon Time Projection Chamber Detector Optimized to Search for Low-Mass Dark Matter

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Declan Smith
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Time Projection Chamber ◽  
Dual Phase ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
Time Projection

scholarly journals Directional Dark Matter Searches with CYGNO

Particles ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-353
Author(s):  
Fernando Domingues Amaro ◽  
Elisabetta Baracchini ◽  
Luigi Benussi ◽  
Stefano Bianco ◽  
Cesidio Capoccia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Atmospheric Pressure ◽  
Time Projection Chamber ◽  
Negative Ion ◽  
Cmos Camera ◽  
Resolution Time ◽  
3D Tracking ◽  
Ion Drift ◽  
Optical Readout ◽  
Time Projection

The CYGNO project aims at developing a high resolution Time Projection Chamber with optical readout for directional dark matter searches and solar neutrino spectroscopy. Peculiar CYGNO’s features are the 3D tracking capability provided by the combination of photomultipliers and scientific CMOS camera signals, combined with a helium-fluorine-based gas mixture at atmospheric pressure amplified by gas electron multipliers structures. In this paper, the performances achieved with CYGNO prototypes and the prospects for the upcoming underground installation at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso of a 50-L detector in fall 2021 will be discussed, together with the plans for a 1-m3 experiment. The synergy with the ERC consolidator, grant project INITIUM, aimed at realising negative ion drift operation within the CYGNO 3D optical approach, will be further illustrated.

scholarly journals Measurement of the directional sensitivity of Dark Matter Time Projection Chamber detectors

2017 ◽  
Vol 95 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cosmin Deaconu ◽  
Michael Leyton ◽  
Ross Corliss ◽  
Gabriela Druitt ◽  
Richard Eggleston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dark Matter ◽  
Time Projection Chamber ◽  
Directional Sensitivity ◽  
Time Projection
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