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most citedLow Threshold Results and Limits from the DRIFT Directional Dark Matter Detector

67 citations · 186 across the 21 of their papers we have counts for

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23 papers

hep-ex2026

Measurement of the muon flux at SNOLAB using the DEAP-3600 experiment

DEAP Collaboration, P. Adhikari, M. Alpízar-Venegas +116

A direct measurement of the muon flux at SNOLAB is performed using the DEAP-3600 experiment, located 2 km underground at SNOLAB near Sudbury, Canada. Primarily designed for the dir…

hep-ex2026

First evidence of neutrino absorption on argon using B solar neutrinos in DEAP-3600

P. Adhikari, P. -A. Amaudruz, D. J. Auty +113

We report experimental evidence for electron neutrino charged-current interactions (neutrino absorption, CC ) from B solar neutrinos on Ar using an exposure of ($…

physics.ins-det2026

The Darkside-20k Data Acquisition System

Fabio Acerbi, Pushparaj Adhikari, Paolo Agnes +289

DarkSide-20k is a WIMP search experiment using liquid argon as a target, designed to perform a background-free search for dark matter with unprecedented sensitivity, and is current…

hep-ex2026

Dark Matter Search with the DEAP-3600 Detector using the Profile Likelihood Ratio Method

DEAP Collaboration, P. Adhikari, R. Ajaj +122

We present here a search for WIMP dark matter using 790.8 live-days of data collected with 3269 kg of liquid argon (1266 kg fiducial) by the DEAP-3600 detector at SNOLAB, using the…

hep-ex2025★ 1 cited

Sensitivity to low-mass WIMPs with an improved liquid argon ionization response model within the DarkSide programme

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +294

Dark matter detection experiments using liquid argon rely on a precise characterization of the ionization response to nuclear recoils, especially in the keV energy range relevant f…

physics.ins-det2025

Production, Quality Assurance and Quality Control of the SiPM Tiles for the DarkSide-20k Time Projection Chamber

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +301

The DarkSide-20k dark matter direct detection experiment will employ a 21 m^2 silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) array, instrumenting a dual-phase 50 tonnes liquid argon Time Projectio…

physics.ins-det2025★ 2 cited

Position Reconstruction in the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Search Experiment

The DEAP Collaboration, P. Adhikari, R. Ajaj +162

In the DEAP-3600 dark matter search experiment, precise reconstruction of the positions of scattering events in liquid argon is key for background rejection and defining a fiducial…

physics.ins-det2025★ 1 cited

Flow and thermal modelling of the argon volume in the DarkSide-20k TPC

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +300

The DarkSide-20k dark matter experiment, currently under construction at LNGS, features a dual-phase time projection chamber (TPC) with a ~50 t argon target from an underground wel…

nucl-ex2025★ 4 cited

Direct Measurement of the Ar Half-life from 3.4 Years of Data with the DEAP-3600 Detector

DEAP Collaboration, P. Adhikari, R. Ajaj +114

The half-life of Ar is measured using the DEAP-3600 detector located 2 km underground at SNOLAB. Between 2016 and 2020, DEAP-3600 used a target mass of (3269 24) kg of…

physics.ins-det2024

Quality Assurance and Quality Control of the SiPM production for the DarkSide-20k dark matter experiment

F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari, P. Agnes +289

DarkSide-20k is a novel liquid argon dark matter detector currently under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nuclear…

physics.ins-det2024★ 4 cited

Benchmarking the design of the cryogenics system for the underground argon in DarkSide-20k

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +315

DarkSide-20k (DS-20k) is a dark matter detection experiment under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy. It utilises ~100 t of low radioactivity a…

physics.ins-det2024

Temperature-Dependent Photoluminescence of PEDOT:PSS for use as Transparent Electrodes in the DarkSide-20k Time Projection Chamber

Nicholas Swidinsky, Emma Ellingwood, Jonathan Hucker +7

Dual-phase time-projection chambers (TPCs) filled with noble elements are used for particle detection, with many focusing on rare-event searches. These detectors measure two signal…

hep-ex2024★ 21 cited

DarkSide-20k sensitivity to light dark matter particles

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +310

The dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber is presently one of the leading technologies to search for dark matter particles with masses below 10 GeV/c. This was demons…

physics.ins-det2024★ 2 cited

Relative Measurement and Extrapolation of the Scintillation Quenching Factor of -Particles in Liquid Argon using DEAP-3600 Data

DEAP Collaboration, P. Adhikari, M. Alpízar-Venegas +101

The knowledge of scintillation quenching of -particles plays a paramount role in understanding -induced backgrounds and improving the sensitivity of liquid argon-based direct…

physics.ins-det2024★ 2 cited

A new hybrid gadolinium nanoparticles-loaded polymeric material for neutron detection in rare event searches

20k Collaboration, F. Acerbi, P. Adhikari +311

Experiments aimed at direct searches for WIMP dark matter require highly effective reduction of backgrounds and control of any residual radioactive contamination. In particular, ne…

physics.ins-det2023

Directionality of nuclear recoils in a liquid argon time projection chamber

20k Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. Ahmad +264

The direct search for dark matter in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) is performed by detecting nuclear recoils (NR) produced in a target material from the W…

physics.ins-det2023★ 14 cited

Precision Measurement of the Specific Activity of Ar in Atmospheric Argon with the DEAP-3600 Detector

P. Adhikari, R. Ajaj, M. Alpízar-Venegas +147

The specific activity of the beta decay of Ar in atmospheric argon is measured using the DEAP-3600 detector. DEAP-3600, located 2 km underground at SNOLAB, uses a total of (…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 9 cited

New Concept for Electron Beam-Dump Experiment Utilizing Directional WIMP Detector

D. P. Snowden-Ifft, J. L. Harton, N. Ma +1

Light dark matter in the context of dark sector theories is an attractive candidate for the dark matter thought to make up the bulk of the mass of our universe. We explore here the…

physics.ins-det2017★ 7 cited

Measurement of directional range components of nuclear recoil tracks in a fiducialised dark matter detector

J. B. R. Battat, E. J. Daw, A. C. Ezeribe +16

We present results from the first measurement of axial range components of fiducialized neutron induced nuclear recoil tracks using the DRIFT directional dark matter detector. Nucl…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 67 cited

Low Threshold Results and Limits from the DRIFT Directional Dark Matter Detector

J. B. R. Battat, A. C. Ezeribe, J. -L. Gauvreau +18

We present results from a 54.7 live-day shielded run of the DRIFT-IId detector, the world's most sensitive, directional, dark matter detector. Several improvements were made relati…

physics.ins-det2016★ 21 cited

First measurement of nuclear recoil head-tail sense in a fiducialised WIMP dark matter detector

J. B. R. Battat, E. Daw, A. C. Ezeribe +17

Recent computational results suggest that directional dark matter detectors have potential to probe for WIMP dark matter particles below the neutrino floor. The DRIFT-IId detector…

physics.ins-det2015★ 20 cited

Reducing DRIFT Backgrounds with a Submicron Aluminized-Mylar Cathode

James B. R. Battat, Ed Daw, Alexei Dorofeev +22

Background events in the DRIFT-IId dark matter detector, mimicking potential WIMP signals, are predominantly caused by alpha decays on the central cathode in which the alpha partic…

hep-ex2014★ 11 cited

First background-free limit from a directional dark matter experiment: results from a fully fiducialised DRIFT detector

J. B. R. Battat, J. Brack, E. Daw +28

The addition of O2 to gas mixtures in time projection chambers containing CS2 has recently been shown to produce multiple negative ions that travel at slightly different velocities…