DARWIN: Towards the ultimate dark matter detector

J. Aalbers; F. Agostini; M. Alfonsi; F. D. Amaro; C. Amsler; E. Aprile; L. Arazi; F. Arneodo; P. Barrow; L. Baudis; M. L. Benabderrahmane; T. Berger; B. Beskers; A. Breskin; P. A. Breur; A. Brown; E. Brown; S. Bruenner; G. Bruno; R. Budnik; L. Butikofer; J. Calven; J. M.R. Cardoso; D. Cichon; D. Coderre; A. P. Colijn; J. Conrad; J. P. Cussonneau; M. P. Decowski; S. Diglio; G. Drexlin; E. Duchovni; E. Erdal; G. Eurin; A. Ferella; A. Fieguth; W. Fulgione; A. Gallo Rosso; P. Di Gangi; A. Di Giovanni; M. Galloway; M. Garbini; C. Geis; F. Glueck; L. Grandi; Z. Greene; C. Grignon; C. Hasterok; V. Hannen; E. Hogenbirk; J. Howlett; D. Hilk; C. Hils; A. James; B. Kaminsky; S. Kazama; B. Kilminster; A. Kish; L. M. Krauss; H. Landsman; R. F. Lang; Q. Lin; F. L. Linde; S. Lindemann; M. Lindner; J. A.M. Lopes; Marrodan T. Undagoitia; J. Masbou; F. V. Massoli; D. Mayani; M. Messina; K. Micheneau; A. Molinario; K. D. Mora; E. Morteau; M. Murra; J. Naganoma; J. L. Newstead; K. Ni; U. Oberlack; P. Pakarha; B. Pelssers; P. De Perio; R. Persiani; F. Piastra; M. C. Piro; G. Plante; L. Rauch; S. Reichard; A. Rizzo; N. Rupp; J. M.F. Dos Santos; G. Sartorelli; M. Scheibelhut; S. Schindler; M. Schumann; J. Schreiner; L. Scotto Lavina; M. Selvi; P. Shagin; M. C. Silva; H. Simgen; P. Sissol; M. Von Sivers; D. Thers; J. Thurn; A. Tiseni; R. Trotta; C. D. Tunnell; K. Valerius; M. A. Vargas; H. Wang; Y. Wei; C. Weinheimer; T. Wester; J. Wulf; Y. Zhang; T. Zhu; K. Zuber

doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2016/11/017

DARWIN: Towards the ultimate dark matter detector

J. Aalbers, F. Agostini, M. Alfonsi, F. D. Amaro, C. Amsler, E. Aprile, L. Arazi, F. Arneodo, P. Barrow, L. Baudis, M. L. Benabderrahmane, T. Berger, B. Beskers, A. Breskin, P. A. Breur, A. Brown, E. Brown, S. Bruenner, G. Bruno, R. BudnikL. Butikofer, J. Calven, J. M.R. Cardoso, D. Cichon, D. Coderre, A. P. Colijn, J. Conrad, J. P. Cussonneau, M. P. Decowski, S. Diglio, G. Drexlin, E. Duchovni, E. Erdal, G. Eurin, A. Ferella, A. Fieguth, W. Fulgione, A. Gallo Rosso, P. Di Gangi, A. Di Giovanni, M. Galloway, M. Garbini, C. Geis, F. Glueck, L. Grandi, Z. Greene, C. Grignon, C. Hasterok, V. Hannen, E. Hogenbirk, J. Howlett, D. Hilk, C. Hils, A. James, B. Kaminsky, S. Kazama, B. Kilminster, A. Kish, L. M. Krauss, H. Landsman, R. F. Lang, Q. Lin, F. L. Linde, S. Lindemann, M. Lindner, J. A.M. Lopes, Marrodan T. Undagoitia, J. Masbou, F. V. Massoli, D. Mayani, M. Messina, K. Micheneau, A. Molinario, K. D. Mora, E. Morteau, M. Murra, J. Naganoma, J. L. Newstead, K. Ni, U. Oberlack, P. Pakarha, B. Pelssers, P. De Perio, R. Persiani, F. Piastra, M. C. Piro, G. Plante, L. Rauch, S. Reichard, A. Rizzo, N. Rupp, J. M.F. Dos Santos, G. Sartorelli, M. Scheibelhut, S. Schindler, M. Schumann, J. Schreiner, L. Scotto Lavina, M. Selvi, P. Shagin, M. C. Silva, H. Simgen, P. Sissol, M. Von Sivers, D. Thers, J. Thurn, A. Tiseni, R. Trotta, C. D. Tunnell, K. Valerius, M. A. Vargas, H. Wang, Y. Wei, C. Weinheimer, T. Wester, J. Wulf, Y. Zhang, T. Zhu, K. Zuber

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DARk matter Wimp search with liquid xenoN (DARWIN²) will be an experiment for the direct detection of dark matter using a multi-ton liquid xenon time projection chamber at its core. Its primary goal will be to explore the experimentally accessible parameter space for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) in a wide mass-range, until neutrino interactions with the target become an irreducible background. The prompt scintillation light and the charge signals induced by particle interactions in the xenon will be observed by VUV sensitive, ultra-low background photosensors. Besides its excellent sensitivity to WIMPs above a mass of 5 GeV/c², such a detector with its large mass, low-energy threshold and ultra-low background level will also be sensitive to other rare interactions. It will search for solar axions, galactic axion-like particles and the neutrinoless double-beta decay of ¹³⁶Xe, as well as measure the low-energy solar neutrino flux with <1% precision, observe coherent neutrino-nucleus interactions, and detect galactic supernovae. We present the concept of the DARWIN detector and discuss its physics reach, the main sources of backgrounds and the ongoing detector design and R&D efforts.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	17
Journal	Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Volume	2016
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/11/017
State	Published - Nov 8 2016

Keywords

Dark matter detectors
Double beta decay
Neutrino detectors
Solar and atmospheric neutrinos

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Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Aalbers, J., Agostini, F., Alfonsi, M., Amaro, F. D., Amsler, C., Aprile, E., Arazi, L., Arneodo, F., Barrow, P., Baudis, L., Benabderrahmane, M. L., Berger, T., Beskers, B., Breskin, A., Breur, P. A., Brown, A., Brown, E., Bruenner, S., Bruno, G., ... Zuber, K. (2016). DARWIN: Towards the ultimate dark matter detector. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2016(11), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/11/017

Aalbers, J, Agostini, F, Alfonsi, M, Amaro, FD, Amsler, C, Aprile, E, Arazi, L, Arneodo, F, Barrow, P, Baudis, L, Benabderrahmane, ML, Berger, T, Beskers, B, Breskin, A, Breur, PA, Brown, A, Brown, E, Bruenner, S, Bruno, G, Budnik, R, Butikofer, L, Calven, J, Cardoso, JMR, Cichon, D, Coderre, D, Colijn, AP, Conrad, J, Cussonneau, JP, Decowski, MP, Diglio, S, Drexlin, G, Duchovni, E, Erdal, E, Eurin, G, Ferella, A, Fieguth, A, Fulgione, W, Gallo Rosso, A, Di Gangi, P, Di Giovanni, A, Galloway, M, Garbini, M, Geis, C, Glueck, F, Grandi, L, Greene, Z, Grignon, C, Hasterok, C, Hannen, V, Hogenbirk, E, Howlett, J, Hilk, D, Hils, C, James, A, Kaminsky, B, Kazama, S, Kilminster, B, Kish, A, Krauss, LM, Landsman, H, Lang, RF, Lin, Q, Linde, FL, Lindemann, S, Lindner, M, Lopes, JAM, Undagoitia, MT, Masbou, J, Massoli, FV, Mayani, D, Messina, M, Micheneau, K, Molinario, A, Mora, KD, Morteau, E, Murra, M, Naganoma, J, Newstead, JL, Ni, K, Oberlack, U, Pakarha, P, Pelssers, B, De Perio, P, Persiani, R, Piastra, F, Piro, MC, Plante, G, Rauch, L, Reichard, S, Rizzo, A, Rupp, N, Dos Santos, JMF, Sartorelli, G, Scheibelhut, M, Schindler, S, Schumann, M, Schreiner, J, Lavina, LS, Selvi, M, Shagin, P, Silva, MC, Simgen, H, Sissol, P, Von Sivers, M, Thers, D, Thurn, J, Tiseni, A, Trotta, R, Tunnell, CD, Valerius, K, Vargas, MA, Wang, H, Wei, Y, Weinheimer, C, Wester, T, Wulf, J, Zhang, Y, Zhu, T & Zuber, K 2016, 'DARWIN: Towards the ultimate dark matter detector', Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, vol. 2016, no. 11, 17. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2016/11/017

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AU - Butikofer, L.

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AU - Cardoso, J. M.R.

AU - Cichon, D.

AU - Coderre, D.

AU - Colijn, A. P.

AU - Conrad, J.

AU - Cussonneau, J. P.

AU - Decowski, M. P.

AU - Diglio, S.

AU - Drexlin, G.

AU - Duchovni, E.

AU - Erdal, E.

AU - Eurin, G.

AU - Ferella, A.

AU - Fieguth, A.

AU - Fulgione, W.

AU - Gallo Rosso, A.

AU - Di Gangi, P.

AU - Di Giovanni, A.

AU - Galloway, M.

AU - Garbini, M.

AU - Geis, C.

AU - Glueck, F.

AU - Grandi, L.

AU - Greene, Z.

AU - Grignon, C.

AU - Hasterok, C.

AU - Hannen, V.

AU - Hogenbirk, E.

AU - Howlett, J.

AU - Hilk, D.

AU - Hils, C.

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AU - Lin, Q.

AU - Linde, F. L.

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AU - Lindner, M.

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AU - Mayani, D.

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AU - Pelssers, B.

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AU - Persiani, R.

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AU - Piro, M. C.

AU - Plante, G.

AU - Rauch, L.

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AU - Rizzo, A.

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AU - Scheibelhut, M.

AU - Schindler, S.

AU - Schumann, M.

AU - Schreiner, J.

AU - Lavina, L. Scotto

AU - Selvi, M.

AU - Shagin, P.

AU - Silva, M. C.

AU - Simgen, H.

AU - Sissol, P.

AU - Von Sivers, M.

AU - Thers, D.

AU - Thurn, J.

AU - Tiseni, A.

AU - Trotta, R.

AU - Tunnell, C. D.

AU - Valerius, K.

AU - Vargas, M. A.

AU - Wang, H.

AU - Wei, Y.

AU - Weinheimer, C.

AU - Wester, T.

AU - Wulf, J.

AU - Zhang, Y.

AU - Zhu, T.

AU - Zuber, K.

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