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DarkSide-50液氩时间投影室中光电发射事件的研究

A study of events with photoelectric emission in the DarkSide-50 liquid argon Time Projection Chamber

50 Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque, T. Alexander, A. K. Alton, M. Ave, H. O. Back, G. Batignani, K. Biery, V. Bocci, W. M. Bonivento, B. Bottino, … 展开作者

50 Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque, T. Alexander, A. K. Alton, M. Ave, H. O. Back, G. Batignani, K. Biery, V. Bocci, W. M. Bonivento, B. Bottino, S. Bussino, M. Cadeddu, M. Cadoni, F. Calaprice, A. Caminata, N. Canci, M. Caravati, M. Cariello, M. Carlini, M. Carpinelli, S. Catalanotti, V. Cataudella, P. Cavalcante, S. Cavuoti, A. Chepurnov, C. Cicalo, A. G. Cocco, G. Covone, D. D'Angelo, S. Davini, A. De Candia, S. De Cecco, G. De Filippis, G. De Rosa, A. V. Derbin, A. Devoto, M. D'Incecco, C. Dionisi, F. Dordei, M. Downing, D. D'Urso, G. Fiorillo, D. Franco, F. Gabriele, C. Galbiati, C. Ghiano, C. Giganti, G. K. Giovanetti, O. Gorchakov, A. M. Goretti, A. Grobov, M. Gromov, M. Guan, Y. Guardincerri, M. Gulino, B. R. Hackett, K. Herner, B. Hosseini, F. Hubaut, E. V. Hungerford, An. Ianni, V. Ippolito, K. Keeter, C. L. Kendziora, I. Kochanek, D. Korablev, G. Korga, A. Kubankin, M. Kuss, M. La Commara, M. Lai, X. Li, M. Lissia, G. Longo, I. N. Machulin, L. P. Mapelli, S. M. Mari, J. Maricic, C. J. Martoff, A. Messina, P. D. Meyers, R. Milincic, M. Morrocchi, V. N. Muratova, P. Musico, A. Navrer Agasson, A. O. Nozdrina, A. Oleinik, F. Ortica, L. Pagani, M. Pallavicini, L. Pandola, E. Pantic, E. Paoloni, K. Pelczar, N. Pelliccia, E. Picciau, A. Pocar, S. Pordes, S. S. Poudel, P. Pralavorio, F. Ragusa, M. Razeti, A. Razeto, A. L. Renshaw, M. Rescigno, J. Rode, A. Romani, D. Sablone, O. Samoylov, W. Sands, S. Sanfilippo, C. Savarese, B. Schlitzer, D. A. Semenov, A. Shchagin, A. Sheshukov, M. D. Skorokhvatov, O. Smirnov, A. Sotnikov, S. Stracka, Y. Suvorov, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, A. Tonazzo, E. V. Unzhakov, A. Vishneva, R. B. Vogelaar, M. Wada, H. Wang, Y. Wang, S. Westerdale, Ma. M. Wojcik, X. Xiao, C. Yang, G. Zuzel

摘要:

在粒子探测器中寻找暗物质相互作用的明确证据是物理学研究的一个主要目标。液态氩时间投影室提供了一条探测弱相互作用大质量粒子在原子核上散射截面的路径,直到所谓的中微子层,质量范围从几个GeV到几个TeV。在LNGS DarkSide-50探测器成功运行的基础上,设计了一个新的、更灵敏的实验DarkSide-20 k,目前正在建造中。对DarkSide-50探测器响应的透彻理解,以及因此对所有类型的观测事件的透彻理解,对于新实验的最佳设计至关重要。在本文中,我们报告了一组特殊的事件,这是不用于暗物质搜索。也就是说,在小于最大漂移时间的时间窗口中,标准的两脉冲闪烁-电离信号伴随有源自单个或几个电子的小幅度第三脉冲。我们将我们的研究结果与LUX合作组织最近的一篇论文(D. S. Akerib et al. Phys.Rev.D 102,092004)进行了比较。事实上,这两个实验都观察到与阴极光电离有关的事件。从这些事件的测量速率,我们估计的第一次沉积在黑暗面-50阴极上的四苯基丁二烯的量子效率在128 nm左右的波长,在液态氩。此外,两个实验都观察到可能与液体中杂质的光电离有关的事件。每单位长度的光电子发射的概率原来是一个数量级小的DarkSide-50比在LUX。这一结果,加上更大的测量电子寿命,一致地暗示在黑暗面-50比在LUX的污染物浓度较低。

英文摘要:

Finding unequivocal evidence of dark matter interactions in a particle detector is a major objective of physics research. Liquid argon time projection chambers offer a path to probe Weakly Interacting Massive Particles scattering cross sections on nucleus down to the so-called neutrino floor, in a mass range from few GeV's to hundredths of TeV's. Based on the successful operation of the DarkSide-50 detector at LNGS, a new and more sensitive experiment, DarkSide-20k, has been designed and is now under construction. A thorough understanding of the DarkSide-50 detector response and, therefore, of all kind of observed events, is essential for an optimal design of the new experiment. In this paper, we report on a particular set of events, which were not used for dark matter searches. Namely, standard two-pulse scintillation-ionization signals accompanied by a small amplitude third pulse, originating from single or few electrons, in a time window of less than a maximum drift time. We compare our findings to those of a recent paper of the LUX Collaboration (D.S.Akerib et al. Phys.Rev.D 102, 092004). Indeed, both experiments observe events related to photoionization of the cathode. From the measured rate of these events, we estimate for the first time the quantum efficiency of the tetraphenyl butadiene deposited on the DarkSide-50 cathode at wavelengths around 128 nm, in liquid argon. Also, both experiments observe events likely related to photoionization of impurities in the liquid. The probability of photoelectron emission per unit length turns out to be one order of magnitude smaller in DarkSide-50 than in LUX. This result, together with the much larger measured electron lifetime, coherently hints toward a lower concentration of contaminants in DarkSide-50 than in LUX.

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