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

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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…