Update on the MiniCLEAN Dark Matter Experiment
The direct search for dark matter is entering a period of increased sensitivity to the hypothetical Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP). One such technology that is being examined is a scintillation only noble liquid experiment, MiniCLEAN. MiniCLEAN utilizes over 500 kg of liquid cryogen to d...
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| author | Rielage, K. Akashi-Ronquest, M. Bodmer, M. Bourque, R. Butcher, A. Caldwell, T. Chen, Y. Coakley, K. Flores, E. Gastler, D. Giuliani, F. Gold, M. Grace, E. Griego, J. Guiseppe, V. Henning, R. Hime, A. Kachulis, C. Kearns, E. Klein, J.R. Latorre, A. Lawson, I. Linden, S. Lopez, F. McKinsey, D.N. MacMullin, S. Mastbaum, A. Mei, D.-M. Monroe, J. Nikkel, J.A. Oertel, J. Orebi Gann, G.D. Palladino, K. Perumpilly, G. Rodriguez, L. Schnee, R. Seibert, S. Walding, J. Wang, B. Wang, J. Zhang, C. Buck, Benjamin R. Formaggio, Joseph A Kelsey, James E Guerrero, Natalia M. |
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| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Rielage, K. Akashi-Ronquest, M. Bodmer, M. Bourque, R. Butcher, A. Caldwell, T. Chen, Y. Coakley, K. Flores, E. Gastler, D. Giuliani, F. Gold, M. Grace, E. Griego, J. Guiseppe, V. Henning, R. Hime, A. Kachulis, C. Kearns, E. Klein, J.R. Latorre, A. Lawson, I. Linden, S. Lopez, F. McKinsey, D.N. MacMullin, S. Mastbaum, A. Mei, D.-M. Monroe, J. Nikkel, J.A. Oertel, J. Orebi Gann, G.D. Palladino, K. Perumpilly, G. Rodriguez, L. Schnee, R. Seibert, S. Walding, J. Wang, B. Wang, J. Zhang, C. Buck, Benjamin R. Formaggio, Joseph A Kelsey, James E Guerrero, Natalia M. |
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| description | The direct search for dark matter is entering a period of increased sensitivity to the hypothetical Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP). One such technology that is being examined is a scintillation only noble liquid experiment, MiniCLEAN. MiniCLEAN utilizes over 500 kg of liquid cryogen to detect nuclear recoils from WIMP dark matter and serves as a demonstration for a future detector of order 50 to 100 tonnes. The liquid cryogen is interchangeable between argon and neon to study the A2 dependence of the potential signal and examine backgrounds. MiniCLEAN utilizes a unique modular design with spherical geometry to maximize the light yield using cold photomultiplier tubes in a single-phase detector. Pulse shape discrimination techniques are used to separate nuclear recoil signals from electron recoil backgrounds. MiniCLEAN will be spiked with additional 39Ar to demonstrate the effective reach of the pulse shape discrimination capability. Assembly of the experiment is underway at SNOLAB and an update on the project is given. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1082442022-09-27T23:57:44Z Update on the MiniCLEAN Dark Matter Experiment Rielage, K. Akashi-Ronquest, M. Bodmer, M. Bourque, R. Butcher, A. Caldwell, T. Chen, Y. Coakley, K. Flores, E. Gastler, D. Giuliani, F. Gold, M. Grace, E. Griego, J. Guiseppe, V. Henning, R. Hime, A. Kachulis, C. Kearns, E. Klein, J.R. Latorre, A. Lawson, I. Linden, S. Lopez, F. McKinsey, D.N. MacMullin, S. Mastbaum, A. Mei, D.-M. Monroe, J. Nikkel, J.A. Oertel, J. Orebi Gann, G.D. Palladino, K. Perumpilly, G. Rodriguez, L. Schnee, R. Seibert, S. Walding, J. Wang, B. Wang, J. Zhang, C. Buck, Benjamin R. Formaggio, Joseph A Kelsey, James E Guerrero, Natalia M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Buck, Benjamin R. Formaggio, Joseph A Kelsey, James E Guerrero, Natalia M. The direct search for dark matter is entering a period of increased sensitivity to the hypothetical Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP). One such technology that is being examined is a scintillation only noble liquid experiment, MiniCLEAN. MiniCLEAN utilizes over 500 kg of liquid cryogen to detect nuclear recoils from WIMP dark matter and serves as a demonstration for a future detector of order 50 to 100 tonnes. The liquid cryogen is interchangeable between argon and neon to study the A2 dependence of the potential signal and examine backgrounds. MiniCLEAN utilizes a unique modular design with spherical geometry to maximize the light yield using cold photomultiplier tubes in a single-phase detector. Pulse shape discrimination techniques are used to separate nuclear recoil signals from electron recoil backgrounds. MiniCLEAN will be spiked with additional 39Ar to demonstrate the effective reach of the pulse shape discrimination capability. Assembly of the experiment is underway at SNOLAB and an update on the project is given. Los Alamos National Laboratory United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science National Science Foundation (U.S.) National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.) 2017-04-19T14:32:27Z 2017-04-19T14:32:27Z 2015-03 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1875-3892 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108244 Rielage, K.; Akashi-Ronquest, M.; Bodmer, M.; Bourque, R.; Buck, B.; Butcher, A.; Caldwell, T. et al. “Update on the MiniCLEAN Dark Matter Experiment.” Physics Procedia 61 (2015): 144–152. © Elsevier B.V. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3757-9883 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.024 Physics Procedia Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ application/pdf Elsevier Elsevier |
| spellingShingle | Rielage, K. Akashi-Ronquest, M. Bodmer, M. Bourque, R. Butcher, A. Caldwell, T. Chen, Y. Coakley, K. Flores, E. Gastler, D. Giuliani, F. Gold, M. Grace, E. Griego, J. Guiseppe, V. Henning, R. Hime, A. Kachulis, C. Kearns, E. Klein, J.R. Latorre, A. Lawson, I. Linden, S. Lopez, F. McKinsey, D.N. MacMullin, S. Mastbaum, A. Mei, D.-M. Monroe, J. Nikkel, J.A. Oertel, J. Orebi Gann, G.D. Palladino, K. Perumpilly, G. Rodriguez, L. Schnee, R. Seibert, S. Walding, J. Wang, B. Wang, J. Zhang, C. Buck, Benjamin R. Formaggio, Joseph A Kelsey, James E Guerrero, Natalia M. Update on the MiniCLEAN Dark Matter Experiment |
| title | Update on the MiniCLEAN Dark Matter Experiment |
| title_full | Update on the MiniCLEAN Dark Matter Experiment |
| title_fullStr | Update on the MiniCLEAN Dark Matter Experiment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Update on the MiniCLEAN Dark Matter Experiment |
| title_short | Update on the MiniCLEAN Dark Matter Experiment |
| title_sort | update on the miniclean dark matter experiment |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108244 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3757-9883 |
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