ArDM: first results from underground commissioning
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2013-09
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The Argon Dark Matter experiment is a ton-scale double phase argon Time Projection Chamber designed for direct Dark Matter searches. It combines the detection of scintillation light together with the ionisation charge in order to discriminate the background (electron recoils) from the WIMP signals (nuclear recoils). After a successful operation on surface at CERN, the detector was recently installed in the underground Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc, and the commissioning phase is ongoing. We describe the status of the installation and present first results from data collected underground with the detector filled with gas argon at room temperature.
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8 (9)
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IOP Publishing
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Noble-liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization two-phase); Dark Matter detectors (WIMPs, axions, etc.); Cryogenic detectors; Time projection Chambers (TPC)
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03503 - Rubbia, André / Rubbia, André