Session B7: Dark Matter: Direct Searches and Theory
10:45 AM–12:33 PM, Saturday, March 31, 2012
Room: Embassy D
Sponsoring Unit:
DAP
Chair: Heywood Tam, University of Florida
Abstract ID: BAPS.2012.APR.B7.2
Abstract: B7.00002 : Preliminary Analysis of Electroluminescence from DarkSide-10 Dark Matter Detector
10:57 AM–11:09 AM
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Author:
Christina Martin
(Temple University)
DarkSide-10 is the first, fully operational, liquid argon time projection (TPC) prototype detector for the DarkSide Collaboration. We employ a dual-phase argon TPC with the goal of achieving the highest possible discrimination of nuclear recoils from background radiation. The first studies from DarkSide-10 in an underground shielded environment will be reported here. Specifically a detailed analysis of the pulse shape and light yield of electroluminescence from extracted ionization charge drifting in the gas phase will be presented.
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