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most citedLow-Mass Dark Matter Search with the DarkSide-50 Experiment

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13 papers

astro-ph.CO2018★ 274 cited

DarkSide-50 532-day Dark Matter Search with Low-Radioactivity Argon

The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +172

The DarkSide-50 direct-detection dark matter experiment is a dual-phase argon time projection chamber operating at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. This paper reports on the bl…

astro-ph.CO2018★ 253 cited

Constraints on Sub-GeV Dark Matter-Electron Scattering from the DarkSide-50 Experiment

The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +193

We present new constraints on sub-GeV dark matter particles scattering off electrons in argon based on an analysis of ionization signal data from the DarkSide-50 detector.

astro-ph.HE2018★ 443 cited

Low-Mass Dark Matter Search with the DarkSide-50 Experiment

The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +192

We present the results of a search for dark matter WIMPs in the mass range below 20 GeV/c^2 using a target of low-radioactivity argon. The data were obtained using the DarkSide-50…

physics.ins-det2018★ 24 cited

Electroluminescence pulse shape and electron diffusion in liquid argon measured in a dual-phase TPC

P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque, T. Alexander +163

We report the measurement of the longitudinal diffusion constant in liquid argon with the DarkSide-50 dual-phase time projection chamber. The measurement is performed at drift elec…

physics.ins-det2017★ 15 cited

The Electronics, Trigger and Data Acquisition System for the Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber of the DarkSide-50 Search for Dark Matter

DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +177

The DarkSide-50 experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso is a search for dark matter using a dual phase time projection chamber with 50 kg of low radioactivity argon a…

physics.ins-det2017★ 38 cited

Simulation of argon response and light detection in the DarkSide-50 dual phase TPC

The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque +147

A Geant4-based Monte Carlo package named G4DS has been developed to simulate the response of DarkSide-50, an experiment operating since 2013 at LNGS, designed to detect WIMP intera…

physics.ins-det2016★ 11 cited

Effect of Low Electric Fields on Alpha Scintillation Light Yield in Liquid Argon

P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque, T. Alexander +158

Measurements were made of scintillation light yield of alpha particles from the Rn decay chain within the DarkSide-50 liquid argon time projection chamber. The light yield…

physics.ins-det2016★ 11 cited

CALIS - a CALibration Insertion System for the DarkSide-50 dark matter search experiment

P. Agnes, I. F. M. Albuquerque, T. Alexander +162

This paper describes the design, fabrication, commissioning and use of a CALibration source Insertion System (CALIS) in the DarkSide-50 direct dark matter search experiment. CALIS…

physics.ins-det2016★ 10 cited

The Electronics and Data Acquisition System for the DarkSide-50 Veto Detectors

P. Agnes, L. Agostino, I. F. M. Albuquerque +155

DarkSide-50 is a detector for dark matter candidates in the form of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). It utilizes a liquid argon time projection chamber (LAr TPC) for t…

physics.ins-det2015★ 49 cited

The veto system of the DarkSide-50 experiment

The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, L. Agostino +158

Nuclear recoil events produced by neutron scatters form one of the most important classes of background in WIMP direct detection experiments, as they may produce nuclear recoils th…

astro-ph.CO2015★ 186 cited

Results from the first use of low radioactivity argon in a dark matter search

The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, L. Agostino +158

Liquid argon is a bright scintillator with potent particle identification properties, making it an attractive target for direct-detection dark matter searches. The DarkSide-50 dark…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 2 cited

The Electronics and Data Acquisition System of the DarkSide Dark Matter Search

The DarkSide Collaboration, P. Agnes, T. Alexander +143

It is generally inferred from astronomical measurements that Dark Matter (DM) comprises approximately 27\% of the energy-density of the universe. If DM is a subatomic particle, a p…

astro-ph.CO2014★ 285 cited

First Results from the DarkSide-50 Dark Matter Experiment at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso

P. Agnes, T. Alexander, A. Alton +143

We report the first results of DarkSide-50, a direct search for dark matter operating in the underground Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) and searching for the rare nucle…