The Electronics and Data Acquisition System of the DarkSide Dark Matter Search

It is generally inferred from astronomical measurements that Dark Matter (DM) comprises approximately 27\% of the energy-density of the universe. If DM is a subatomic particle, a possible candidate is a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP), and the DarkSide-50 (DS) experiment is a direct searc...

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Main Authors Agnes, P, Alexander, T, Alton, A, Back, H O, Baldin, B, Bonfini, G, Budano, F, Canci, N, Cao, H, Cariello, M, Cavalcante, P, Chavarria, A, Chepurnov, A, Crippa, L, D'Incecco, M, De Deo, M, Derbin, A, F Di Eusanio, Edkins, E, Empl, A, Fan, A, Fiorillo, G, ster, G, Franco, D, Galbiati, C, Grandi, L, Gromov, M, Guan, M Y, Guardincerri, Y, Herner, K, Ianni, An, Jollet, C, Keeter, K, Kendziora, C, Kidner, S, Koh, G, Korga, G, Kurlej, A, Li, P X, Lombardi, P, Love, C, Ludhova, L, Luitz, S, Ma, Y Q, Machulin, I, Mandarano, A, Mari, S M, Maricic, J, Marini, L, Martoff, J, Meroni, E, Milincic, R, Montuschi, M, Monzani, M E, Mosteiro, P, Mount, B, Musico, P, Nelson, A, Odrowski, S, Okounkoa, M, Ortica, F, Pagani, L, Pallavicini, M, Parsells, Bob, Pelczar, K, Pocar, A, Pugachev, D, Randle, K, Ranucci, G, Razeto, A, Renshaw, A, Romani, A, Rossi, N, Rountree, S D, Sablone, D, Saggese, P, Saldanha, R, Segreto, E, Shields, E, Skorokhvatov, M, Smirnov, O, Sotnikov, A, Suvorov, Tartaglia, R, Tatarowicz, J, Testera, G, Tonazzo, A, Unzhakov, E, Vogelaar, R B, Wada, M, Walker, S E, Wang, H, Watson, A, Westerdale, S, Wright, A, J Xu, Yang, C G, Zavatarelli, S, Zec, A, Zhu, C
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LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 22.01.2015
Subjects
Argon
Collisions
Dark matter
Electronic systems
Ionization
Radiation counters
Scintillation counters
Universe
Weakly interacting massive particles
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Summary:It is generally inferred from astronomical measurements that Dark Matter (DM) comprises approximately 27\% of the energy-density of the universe. If DM is a subatomic particle, a possible candidate is a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP), and the DarkSide-50 (DS) experiment is a direct search for evidence of WIMP-nuclear collisions. DS is located underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy, and consists of three active, embedded components; an outer water veto (CTF), a liquid scintillator veto (LSV), and a liquid argon (LAr) time projection chamber (TPC). This paper describes the data acquisition and electronic systems of the DS detectors, designed to detect the residual ionization from such collisions.
ISSN:2331-8422