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Searching For Dark Matter With PICASSO

NázevTitle
Searching For Dark Matter With PICASSOSearching For Dark Matter With PICASSO
Druh výsledkuResult type
Příspěvek ve sborníkuProceedings paper
AutořiAuthors
S. Archambault, E. Behnke, M. Besnier, P. Bhattacharjee, S. Pospíšil, I. Štekl
DOIDOI
10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.018
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
In: 13th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2013. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., 2015. Physics Procedia. vol. 61. ISSN 1875-3892.
JazykLanguage
eng
WoSWoS
000380402900015
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-84995654495
RIVRIV
ProjektProject
Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.

AbstraktAbstract

The Project In CAnada to Search for Supersymmetric Objects (PICASSO) at SNOLAB searches forWeakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) interactions with F-19. It is particularly sensitive to spin-dependent particle interactions. It uses a droplet technique, based on the principle of a bubble chamber, in which phase transitions in superheated liquids can be triggered by WIMP induced nuclear recoils. The detection process allows a highly efficient suppression of backgrounds from cosmic muons, gamma rays and electrons. Recent results and progress are presented and future plans to scale this technique to large masses with the PICO collaboration are briefly discussed. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.

The Project In CAnada to Search for Supersymmetric Objects (PICASSO) at SNOLAB searches forWeakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) interactions with F-19. It is particularly sensitive to spin-dependent particle interactions. It uses a droplet technique, based on the principle of a bubble chamber, in which phase transitions in superheated liquids can be triggered by WIMP induced nuclear recoils. The detection process allows a highly efficient suppression of backgrounds from cosmic muons, gamma rays and electrons. Recent results and progress are presented and future plans to scale this technique to large masses with the PICO collaboration are briefly discussed. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.