DARWIN: dark matter WIMP search with noble liquids

Abstract

DARWIN (dark matter wimp search with noble liquids) is a design study for a next-generation, multi-ton dark matter detector in Europe. Liquid argon and/or liquid xenon are the target media for the direct detection of dark matter candidates in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). Light and charge signals created by particle interactions in the active detector volume are observed via the time projection chamber technique. DARWIN is to probe the spin-independent, WIMP-nucleon cross section down 1e-48 cm2 and to measure WIMP-induced nuclear recoil spectra with high-statistics, should they be discovered by an existing or near-future experiment. After a brief introduction, I will describe the project, selected R&D topics, expected backgrounds and the physics reach.

4 pages, 2 figures; contribution to the TAUP 2011 proceedings

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• Dark Matter Candidates from Particle Physics and Methods of Detection
• First Dark Matter Results from the XENON100 Experiment
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