TY  - JOUR
PB  - SciPost Foundation
DO  - 10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.12.069
TI  - The DarkSide-20k TPC and underground argon cryogenic system
PY  - 2023/07/05
UR  - https://scipost.org/SciPostPhysProc.12.069
JF  - SciPost Physics Proceedings
JA  - SciPost Phys. Proc.
VL  - 
IS  - 12
SP  - 069
A1  - Thorpe, Thomas N.
AB  - DarkSide-20k (DS-20k) will exploit the physical and chemical properties of liquid argon (LAr) housed within a large dual-phase time project chamber (TPC) in its direct search for dark matter. The TPC will utilize a compact, integrated design with many novel features to enable the 20t fiducial volume of underground argon. Underground Argon (UAr) is sourced from underground CO$_2$ wells and depleted in the radioactive isotope $^{39}$Ar, greatly enhancing the experimental sensitivity to dark matter interactions. Sourcing and transporting the $\mathcal{O}$(100t) of UAr for (DS-20k) is costly, and a dedicated single-closed-loop cryogenic system has been designed, constructed, and tested to handle the valuable UAr. We present an overview of the (DS-20k) TPC design and the first results from the UAr cryogenic system.
ER  -

@Article{10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.12.069,
	title={{The DarkSide-20k TPC and underground argon cryogenic system}},
	author={Thomas N. Thorpe on behalf of the DS-20k collaboration},
	journal={SciPost Phys. Proc.},
	pages={069},
	year={2023},
	publisher={SciPost},
	doi={10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.12.069},
	url={https://scipost.org/10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.12.069},
}