First results from a dark matter search with liquid argon at 87 K in the Gran Sasso underground laboratory

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 495-507

  Benetti, P ^a   Acciarri, R ^f   Adamo, F ^b   Baibussinov, B ^g   Baldo Ceolin, M ^g   Belluco, M ^a   Calaprice, F ^d   Calligarich, E ^a   Cambiaghi, M ^a   Carbonara, F ^b   Cavanna, F ^f   Centro, S ^g   Cocco, A G ^b   Di Pompeo, F ^f   Ferrari, N ^c   Fiorillo, G ^b   Galbiati, C ^d   Gallo, V ^b   Grandi, L ^a   Ianni, A ^c   Mangano, G ^b   Meng, G ^g   Montanari, C ^a   Palamara, O ^c   Pandola, L ^c   Pietropaolo, F ^g   Raselli, G L ^a   Rossella, M ^a   Rubbia, C ^a   Szelc, A M ^e   Ventura, S ^g   Vignoli, C ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Liquid argon; WIMP

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIQUID FUELS; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; SCINTILLATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DARK MATTER; LIQUID ARGON; NATURAL ARGON; WEAKLY INTERACTING MASSIVE PARTICLES (WIMP);

ARGON;

EID: 37349112167     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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