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

Collaboration
Dec 9, 2014
20 pages
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Report number:
  • FERMILAB-PUB-15-028-E
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Abstract: (arXiv)
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 possible candidate is a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP), and the DarkSide-50 (DS) experiment is a direct search for evidence of WIMP-nuclear collisions. DS is located underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) in Italy, and consists of three active, embedded components; an outer water veto (CTF), a liquid scintillator veto (LSV), and a liquid argon (LAr) time projection chamber (TPC). This paper describes the data acquisition and electronic systems of the DS detectors, designed to detect the residual ionization from such collisions.
  • dark matter
  • WIMP: dark matter
  • dark matter: detector
  • WIMP nucleus
  • Gran Sasso
  • detector: water
  • scintillation counter: liquid
  • liquid argon
  • time projection chamber
  • data acquisition