Background determination for the LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment

Physical Review D American Physical Society (APS) 108:1 (2023) 012010

Authors:

J Aalbers, DS Akerib, AK Al Musalhi, F Alder, SK Alsum, CS Amarasinghe, A Ames, TJ Anderson, N Angelides, HM Araújo, JE Armstrong, M Arthurs, A Baker, J Bang, JW Bargemann, A Baxter, K Beattie, P Beltrame, EP Bernard, A Bhatti, A Biekert, TP Biesiadzinski, HJ Birch, GM Blockinger, B Boxer, CAJ Brew, P Brás, S Burdin, M Buuck, R Cabrita, MC Carmona-Benitez, C Chan, A Chawla, H Chen, APS Chiang, NI Chott, MV Converse, A Cottle, G Cox, O Creaner, CE Dahl, A David, S Dey, L de Viveiros, C Ding, JEY Dobson, E Druszkiewicz, SR Eriksen, A Fan, NM Fearon, S Fiorucci, H Flaecher, ED Fraser, T Fruth, RJ Gaitskell, J Genovesi, C Ghag, R Gibbons, MGD Gilchriese, S Gokhale, J Green, MGD van der Grinten, CB Gwilliam, CR Hall, S Han, E Hartigan-O’Connor, SJ Haselschwardt, SA Hertel, G Heuermann, M Horn, DQ Huang, D Hunt, CM Ignarra, RG Jacobsen, O Jahangir, RS James, J Johnson, AC Kaboth, AC Kamaha, D Khaitan, I Khurana, R Kirk, D Kodroff, L Korley, EV Korolkova, H Kraus, S Kravitz, L Kreczko, B Krikler, VA Kudryavtsev, EA Leason, J Lee, DS Leonard, KT Lesko, C Levy, J Lin, A Lindote, R Linehan, WH Lippincott, X Liu, MI Lopes, E Lopez Asamar, B López Paredes, W Lorenzon, C Lu, S Luitz, PA Majewski, A Manalaysay, RL Mannino, N Marangou, ME McCarthy, DN McKinsey, J McLaughlin, EH Miller, E Mizrachi, A Monte, ME Monzani, JD Morales Mendoza, E Morrison, BJ Mount, M Murdy, A St. J. Murphy, D Naim, A Naylor, C Nedlik, HN Nelson, F Neves, A Nguyen, JA Nikoleyczik, I Olcina, KC Oliver-Mallory, J Orpwood, KJ Palladino, J Palmer, N Parveen, SJ Patton, B Penning, G Pereira, E Perry, T Pershing, A Piepke, D Porzio, S Poudel, Y Qie, J Reichenbacher, CA Rhyne, Q Riffard, GRC Rischbieter, HS Riyat, R Rosero, P Rossiter, T Rushton, D Santone, ABMR Sazzad, RW Schnee, S Shaw, T Shutt, JJ Silk, C Silva, G Sinev, R Smith, M Solmaz, VN Solovov, P Sorensen, J Soria, I Stancu, A Stevens, K Stifter, B Suerfu, TJ Sumner, N Swanson, M Szydagis, R Taylor, WC Taylor, DJ Temples, PA Terman, DR Tiedt, M Timalsina, Z Tong, DR Tovey, J Tranter, M Trask, M Tripathi, DR Tronstad, W Turner, U Utku, AC Vaitkus, A Wang, JJ Wang, W Wang, Y Wang, JR Watson, RC Webb, TJ Whitis, M Williams, FLH Wolfs, S Woodford, D Woodward, CJ Wright, Q Xia, X Xiang, J Xu, M Yeh

Results on sub-GeV dark matter from a 10 eV threshold CRESST-III silicon detector

Physical Review D American Physical Society (APS) 107:12 (2023) 122003

Authors:

G Angloher, S Banik, G Benato, A Bento, A Bertolini, R Breier, C Bucci, J Burkhart, L Canonica, A D’Addabbo, S Di Lorenzo, L Einfalt, A Erb, FV Feilitzsch, N Ferreiro Iachellini, S Fichtinger, D Fuchs, A Fuss, A Garai, VM Ghete, S Gerster, P Gorla, PV Guillaumon, S Gupta, D Hauff, M Ješkovský, J Jochum, M Kaznacheeva, A Kinast, H Kluck, H Kraus, A Langenkämper, M Mancuso, L Marini, L Meyer, V Mokina, A Nilima, M Olmi, T Ortmann, C Pagliarone, L Pattavina, F Petricca, W Potzel, P Povinec, F Pröbst, F Pucci, F Reindl, J Rothe, K Schäffner, J Schieck, D Schmiedmayer, S Schönert, C Schwertner, M Stahlberg, L Stodolsky, C Strandhagen, R Strauss, I Usherov, F Wagner, M Willers, V Zema

Sensitivity projections for a dual-phase argon TPC optimized for light dark matter searches through the ionization channel

Physical Review D American Physical Society (APS) 107:11 (2023) 112006

Authors:

P Agnes, I Ahmad, S Albergo, IFM Albuquerque, T Alexander, AK Alton, P Amaudruz, M Atzori Corona, DJ Auty, M Ave, I Ch Avetisov, RI Avetisov, O Azzolini, HO Back, Z Balmforth, V Barbarian, A Barrado Olmedo, P Barrillon, A Basco, G Batignani, E Berzin, A Bondar, WM Bonivento, E Borisova, B Bottino, MG Boulay, G Buccino, S Bussino, J Busto, A Buzulutskov, M Cadeddu, M Cadoni, A Caminata, N Canci, A Capra, S Caprioli, M Caravati, M Cárdenas-Montes, N Cargioli, M Carlini, P Castello, V Cataudella, P Cavalcante, S Cavuoti, S Cebrian, JM Cela Ruiz, S Chashin, A Chepurnov, E Chyhyrynets, C Cicalò, L Cifarelli, D Cintas, V Cocco, E Conde Vilda, L Consiglio, S Copello, G Covone, S Cross, M Czubak, M D’Aniello, S D’Auria, MD Da Rocha Rolo, O Dadoun, M Daniel, S Davini, A De Candia, S De Cecco, A De Falco, G De Filippis, D De Gruttola, S De Pasquale, G De Rosa, G Dellacasa, AV Derbin, A Devoto, F Di Capua, L Di Noto, P Di Stefano, C Dionisi, G Dolganov, F Dordei, L Doria, T Erjavec, M Fernandez Diaz, G Fiorillo, A Franceschi, P Franchini, D Franco, E Frolov, N Funicello, F Gabriele, D Gahan, C Galbiati, G Gallina, G Gallus, M Garbini, P Garcia Abia, A Gendotti, C Ghiano, RA Giampaolo, C Giganti, MA Giorgi, GK Giovanetti, V Goicoechea Casanueva, A Gola, D Gorman, R Graciani Diaz, G Grauso, G Grilli di Cortona, A Grobov, M Gromov, M Guan, M Guerzoni, M Gulino, C Guo, BR Hackett, JB Hall, AL Hallin, A Hamer, H Helton, M Haranczyk, T Hessel, S Hill, S Horikawa, F Hubaut, T Hugues, EV Hungerford, An Ianni, V Ippolito, C Jillings, P Kachru, AA Kemp, CL Kendziora, G Keppel, AV Khomyakov, M Kimura, I Kochanek, K Kondo, G Korga, S Koulosousas, A Kubankin, M Kuss, M Kuźniak, M La Commara, M Lai, E Le Guirriec, E Leason, X Li, L Lidey, J Lipp, M Lissia, G Longo, L Luzzi, O Macfadyen, IN Machulin, I Manthos, L Mapelli, A Margotti, SM Mari, C Mariani, J Maricic, A Marini, M Martínez, CJ Martoff, A Masoni, K Mavrokoridis, A Mazzi, AB McDonald, A Messina, R Milincic, A Moggi, A Moharana, J Monroe, M Morrocchi, EN Mozhevitina, T Mróz, VN Muratova, C Muscas, P Musico, R Nania, T Napolitano, M Nessi, G Nieradka, K Nikolopoulos, I Nikulin, J Nowak, K Olchansky, A Oleinik, V Oleynikov, P Organtini, A Ortiz de Solórzano, L Pagani, M Pallavicini, L Pandola, E Pantic, E Paoloni, G Paternoster, PA Pegoraro, K Pelczar, C Pellegrino, F Perotti, V Pesudo, S Piacentini, F Pietropaolo, N Pino, C Pira, A Pocar, DM Poehlmann, S Pordes, P Pralavorio, D Price, F Raffaelli, F Ragusa, Y Ramachers, A Ramirez, M Razeti, A Razeto, AL Renshaw, M Rescigno, F Resnati, F Retiere, LP Rignanese, C Ripoli, A Rivetti, A Roberts, C Roberts, J Rode, G Rogers, L Romero, M Rossi, A Rubbia, S Sadashivajois, TR Saffold, O Samoylov, E Sandford, S Sanfilippo, D Santone, R Santorelli, C Savarese, E Scapparone, G Scioli, DA Semenov, A Shchagin, A Sheshukov, M Simeone, P Skensved, MD Skorokhvatov, O Smirnov, T Smirnova, B Smith, A Sokolov, M Spangenberg, R Stefanizzi, A Steri, S Stracka, V Strickland, M Stringer, S Sulis, A Sung, Y Suvorov, AM Szelc, C Türkoğlu, R Tartaglia, A Taylor, J Taylor, S Tedesco, G Testera, K Thieme, TN Thorpe, A Tonazzo, S Torres-Lara, A Tricomi, EV Unzhakov, T Vallivilayil John, M Van Uffelen, T Viant, S Viel, A Vishneva, RB Vogelaar, J Vossebeld, M Wada, MB Walczak, Y Wang, S Westerdale, RJ Wheadon, L Williams, I Wingerter-Seez, R Wojaczyński, Ma M Wojcik, Ma Wojcik, T Wright, Y Xie, C Yang, A Zabihi, P Zakhary, A Zani, A Zichichi, G Zuzel, MP Zykova

Measurement of isotopic separation of argon with the prototype of the cryogenic distillation plant Aria for dark matter searches

The European Physical Journal C SpringerOpen 83:5 (2023) 453

Authors:

E Aaron, P Agnes, I Ahmad, S Albergo, IFM Albuquerque, T Alexander, AK Alton, P Amaudruz, M Atzori Corona, M Ave, I Ch Avetisov, O Azzolini, HO Back, Z Balmforth, A Barrado, P Barrillon, A Basco, G Batignani, V Bocci, WM Bonivento, B Bottino, MG Boulay, J Busto, M Cadeddu, A Caminata, N Canci, A Capra, S Caprioli, M Caravati, N Cargioli, M Carlini, P Castello, P Cavalcante, S Cavuoti, S Cebrian, JM Cela Ruiz, S Chashin, A Chepurnov, E Chyhyrynets, L Cifarelli, D Cintas, M Citterio, B Cleveland, V Cocco, E Conde Vilda, L Consiglio, S Copello, G Covone, M Czubak, M D’Aniello

Abstract:

The Aria cryogenic distillation plant, located in Sardinia, Italy, is a key component of the DarkSide-20k experimental program for WIMP dark matter searches at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy. Aria is designed to purify the argon, extracted from underground wells in Colorado, USA, and used as the DarkSide-20k target material, to detector-grade quality. In this paper, we report the first measurement of argon isotopic separation by distillation with the 26 m tall Aria prototype. We discuss the measurement of the operating parameters of the column and the observation of the simultaneous separation of the three stable argon isotopes: 36Ar , 38Ar , and 40Ar . We also provide a detailed comparison of the experimental results with commercial process simulation software. This measurement of isotopic separation of argon is a significant achievement for the project, building on the success of the initial demonstration of isotopic separation of nitrogen using the same equipment in 2019

Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Photoluminescent Properties of Red-Emitting CaAl4O7:Cr3+ Nanocrystalline Phosphor

Inorganics MDPI 11:5 (2023) 205

Authors:

Leonid Vasylechko, Vitalii Stadnik, Vasyl Hreb, Yaroslav Zhydachevskyy, Andriy Luchechko, Vitaliy Mykhaylyk, Hans Kraus, Andrzej Suchocki