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The DarkSide-20k TPC and Underground Argon Cryogenic System
by T. N. Thorpe
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| Authors (as registered SciPost users): | Thomas Thorpe |
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| Preprint Link: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.00322v2 (pdf) |
| Date accepted: | 2023-04-28 |
| Date submitted: | 2022-11-22 13:19 |
| Submitted by: | Thorpe, Thomas |
| Submitted to: | SciPost Physics Proceedings |
| Proceedings issue: | 14th International Conference on Identification of Dark Matter (IDM2022) |
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| Academic field: | Physics |
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| Approach: | Experimental |
Abstract
DarkSide-20k (DS-20k) will exploit the physical and chemical properties of liquid argon 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 \SI{20}{t} 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 $\mathcal{O}$(\SI{100}{t}) 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.
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Published as SciPost Phys. Proc. 12, 069 (2023)