The ArDM project: a Dark Matter Direct Detection Experiment based on Liquid Argon

Abstract

The Dark Matter part of the universe presumably consists of WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles). The ArDM project aims at measuring signals induced by WIMPs in a liquid argon detector. A 1-ton prototype is currently developed with the goal of demonstrating the feasibility of such a direct detection experiment with large target mass. The technical design of the detector aims at ind ependently measuring the scintillation light and the ionization charge originating from an interaction of a WIMP with an argon nucleus. The principle of the experiment and the conceptual design of the detector are described.

4 pages, 1 figure, Invited talk at 2nd Workshop On TeV Particle Astrophysics, 28-31 August 2006, Madison, WI, USA

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