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TREX-DM:用于低质量WIMP检测的低背景Micromegas TPC

TREX-DM: a low background Micromegas-based TPC for low mass WIMP detection

F. J. Iguaz, J. G. Garza, F. Aznar, J. F. Castel, S. Cebrian, T. Dafni, J. A. Garcia, H. Gomez, D. Gonzalez-Diaz, I. G. Irastorza, A. Lagraba, G. Luzon, A. Peiro, A. Rodriguez

摘要:

暗物质实验最近将其探测技术集中在低质量WIMP上,这需要使用轻元素和低能量阈值。在这种情况下,我们提出了TREX-DM实验,低背景Micromegas为基础的TPC低质量WIMP检测。其主要目标是操作一个有源探测质量$\sim$ 0.300公斤,具有低于0.4 keVee的能量阈值,并完全由先前选择的放射纯材料制成。本文介绍了实际的设置,在Ar+2\%iC $_4$ H $_{10}$在1.2巴的调试的第一个结果,以及未来的更新,为可能的物理运行在Canfranc地下实验室在2016年。第一个背景模型也提出了,基于Geant 4模拟和μ子/电子歧视的方法。在保守的情况下,TREX-DM可能对DAMA/LIBRA和其他正WIMPs信号的暗示敏感,但有一些空间可以通过中子/电子鉴别方法或使用其他轻质气体进行改进。

英文摘要:

Dark Matter experiments are recently focusing their detection techniques in low-mass WIMPs, which requires the use of light elements and low energy threshold. In this context, we present the TREX-DM experiment, a low background Micromegas-based TPC for low-mass WIMP detection. Its main goal is the operation of an active detection mass $\sim$0.300 kg, with an energy threshold below 0.4 keVee and fully built with previously selected radiopure materials. This article describes the actual setup, the first results of the comissioning in Ar+2\%iC$_4$H$_{10}$ at 1.2 bar and the future updates for a possible physics run at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory in 2016. A first background model is also presented, based on Geant4 simulations and a muon/electron discrimination method. In a conservative scenario, TREX-DM could be sensitive to DAMA/LIBRA and other hints of positive WIMPs signals, with some space for improvement with a neutron/electron discrimination method or the use of other light gases.

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