Light yield in DarkSide-10: A prototype two-phase argon TPC for dark matter searches

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 44-51

  Alexander, T ^d   Alton, D ^a   Arisaka, K ^w   Back, H O ^m   Beltrame, P ^w   Benziger, J ^l   Bonfini, G ⁱ   Brigatti, A ^s   Brodsky, J ^m   Cadonati, L ^y   Calaprice, F ^m   Candela, A ⁱ   Cao, H ^m   Cavalcante, P ⁱ   Chavarria, A ^m   Chepurnov, A ^j   Cline, D ^w   Cocco, A G ^t   Condon, C ^m   D'Angelo, D ^s   Davini, S ^x   De Haas, E ^m   Derbin, A ⁿ   Di Pietro, G ^s   Dratchnev, I ⁿ   Durben, D ^b   Empl, A ^x   Etenko, A ^k   Fan, A ^w   Fiorillo, G ^t   Fomenko, K ⁱ   Gabriele, F ^m   Galbiati, C ^m   Gazzana, S ⁱ   Ghag, C ^q   Ghiano, C ⁱ   Goretti, A ^m   Grandi, L ^m,p   Gromov, M ^l   Guan, M ^e   Guo, C ^e   Guray, G ^m   Hungerford, E V ^x   Ianni, Al ⁱ   Ianni, An ^m   Kayunov, A ⁿ   Keeter, K ^b   Kendziora, C ^d   Kidner, S ^z   Kobychev, V ^f   Koh, G ^m   Korablev, D ^h   Korga, G ^x   Shields, E ^m   Li, P ^e   Loer, B ^d   Lombardi, P ^s   Love, C ^o   Ludhova, L ^s   Lukyanchenko, L ^l   Lund, A ^y   Lung, K ^w   Ma, Y ^e   Machulin, I ^k   Maricic, J ^c   Martoff, C J ^o   Meng, Y ^w   Meroni, E ^s   Meyers, P D ^m   Mohayai, T ^m   Montanari, D ^d   Montuschi, M ⁱ   Mosteiro, P ^m   Mount, B ^b   Muratova, V ⁿ   Nelson, A ^m   Nemtzow, A ^y   Nurakhov, N ^k   Orsini, M ⁱ   Ortica, F ^u   Pallavicini, M ^r   Pantic, E ^w   Parmeggiano, S ^s   Parsells, R ^m   Pelliccia, N ^u   Perasso, L ^r   Perfetto, F ^t   Pinsky, L ^x   Pocar, A ^y   Pordes, S ^d   Ranucci, G ^s   Razeto, A ⁱ   Romani, A ^u   Rossi, N ^i,m   Saggese, P ⁱ   Saldanha, R ⁱ   Salvo, C ^r   Sands, W ^m   Seigar, M ^v   Semenov, D ⁿ   Skorokhvatov, M ^k   Smirnov, O ^h   Sotnikov, A ^h   Sukhotin, S ^k   Suvorov, Y ^w   Tartaglia, R ⁱ   Tatarowicz, J ^o   Testera, G ^r   Teymourian, A ^w   Thompson, J ^b   Unzhakov, E ⁿ   Vogelaar, R B ^z   Wang, H ^w   Westerdale, S ^m   Wojcik, M ^g   Wright, A ^m   Xu, J ^m   Yang, C ^e   Zavatarelli, S ^r   Zehfus, M ^b   Zhong, W ^e   Zuzel, G ^g   more..

^a AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^f INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Ukraine)

^g JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^h JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^j MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^k KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^l Princeton University   (United States)

^m PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^o Temple University   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^r INFM   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^t UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^u UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^v University of Massachusetts ^*  (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^x University of Houston   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^z VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Argon Time projection chamber; Dark matter; Light yield; Photoelectron yield

Indexed keywords

DARK MATTER; DARK MATTER SEARCHES; GRAN SASSO NATIONAL LABORATORY; LIGHT YIELD; PHOTOELECTRON YIELD; PULSE SHAPE DISCRIMINATION; SCINTILLATION LIGHT YIELD; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS;

LIQUEFIED GASES; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 84884582913     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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