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Conference: Tipp 2014 - Third International Conference on Technology and Instrumentation in Particle Physics
Submitted by: IZRAELEVITCH, Federico
Submitted on: 26 February 2014 16:32
Title: A dark matter search using CCDs
Abstract content DAMIC is a novel dark matter search experiment that has a unique sensitivity to hypothetic dark matter particles with masses below 10 GeV. Due to the CCD's low electronic readout noise (R.M.S. ~ 3 eV), this instrument is able to reach a detection threshold of 60 eV, suitable for the search in the low mass range. The excellent energy response and high spatial resolution of a CCD image allow a powerful background characterization. Early DAMIC runs determined the world's best cross-section limits for WIMPs with masses below 4 GeV. Here we report on DAMIC100, a fully funded dark matter search detector with a target mass of 100 grams of silicon that will be installed at Snolab during the Summer of 2014. We also discuss the challenges associated with the scale-up of the experiment, the calibration efforts for low energy nuclear recoils in silicon, and the prospects for the first physics results after a one year run.
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Primary Authors: IZRAELEVITCH, Federico (Fermilab) fogo@fnal.gov
Co-authors: DAMIC COLLABORATION, (dark Matter In Ccds) (Fermilab) estrada@fnal.gov
Abstract presenters: IZRAELEVITCH, Federico
Track classification: Experiments: 2d) Dark Matter Detectors
Presentation type: Oral
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