Simulation of argon response and light detection in the DarkSide-50 dual phase TPC
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2017-10-23Author
Agnes, PAlbuquerque, IFM
Alexander, T
Alton, AK
Asner, DM
Back, HO
Biery, K
Bocci, V
Bonfini, G
Bonivento, W
Bossa, M
Bottino, B
Budano, F
Bussino, S
Cadeddu, M
Cadoni, M
Calaprice, F
Canci, N
Candela, A
Caravati, M
Cariello, M
Carlini, M
Catalanotti, S
Cataudella, V
Cavalcante, P
Chepurnov, A
Cicalò, C
Cocco, AG
Covone, G
D'Angelo, D
D'Incecco, M
Davini, S
De Candia, A
De Cecco, S
De Deo, M
De Filippis, G
De Vincenzi, M
Derbin, AV
De Rosa, G
Devoto, A
Di Eusanio, F
Di Pietro, G
Dionisi, C
Edkins, E
Empl, A
Fan, A
Fiorillo, G
Fomenko, K
Franco, D
Gabriele, F
Galbiati, C
Giagu, S
Giganti, C
Giovanetti, GK
Goretti, AM
Granato, F
Gromov, M
Guan, M
Guardincerri, Y
Hackett, BR
Herner, K
Hughes, D
Humble, P
Hungerford, EV
Ianni, A
James, I
Johnson, TN
Keeter, K
Kendziora, CL
Koh, G
Korablev, D
Korga, G
Kubankin, A
Li, X
Lissia, M
Loer, B
Longo, G
Ma, Y
Machado, AA
Machulin, IN
Mandarano, A
Mari, SM
Maricic, J
Martoff, CJ
Meyers, PD
Milincic, R
Monte, A
Mount, BJ
Muratova, VN
Musico, P
Napolitano, J
Agasson, AN
Oleinik, A
Orsini, M
Ortica, F
Pagani, L
Pallavicini, M
Pantic, E
Pelczar, K
Pelliccia, N
Subject
Dark Matter detectors (WIMPs, axions, etc.)Detector modelling and simulations I (interaction of radiation with matter, interaction of photons with matter, interaction of hadrons with matter, etc)
Ionization and excitation processes
Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization, double-phase)
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10.1088/1748-0221/12/10/P10015Abstract
© 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab. A Geant4-based Monte Carlo package named G4DS has been developed to simulate the response of DarkSide-50, an experiment operating since 2013 at LNGS, designed to detect WIMP interactions in liquid argon. In the process of WIMP searches, DarkSide-50 has achieved two fundamental milestones: the rejection of electron recoil background with a power of ∼107, using the pulse shape discrimination technique, and the measurement of the residual 39Ar contamination in underground argon, ∼3 orders of magnitude lower with respect to atmospheric argon. These results rely on the accurate simulation of the detector response to the liquid argon scintillation, its ionization, and electron-ion recombination processes. This work provides a complete overview of the DarkSide Monte Carlo and of its performance, with a particular focus on PARIS, the custom-made liquid argon response model.Citation to related work
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