The XENON100 dark matter experiment

E. Aprile; K. Arisaka; F. Arneodo; A. Askin; L. Baudis; A. Behrens; E. Brown; J. M.R. Cardoso; B. Choi; D. Cline; S. Fattori; A. D. Ferella; K. L. Giboni; A. Kish; C. W. Lam; R. F. Lang; K. E. Lim; J. A.M. Lopes; T. Marrodán Undagoitia; Y. Mei; A. J. Melgarejo Fernandez; K. Ni; U. Oberlack; S. E.A. Orrigo; E. Pantic; G. Plante; A. C.C. Ribeiro; R. Santorelli; J. M.F. Dos Santos; M. Schumann; P. Shagin; A. Teymourian; E. Tziaferi; H. Wang; M. Yamashita

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The XENON100 dark matter experiment

E. Aprile, K. Arisaka, F. Arneodo, A. Askin, L. Baudis, A. Behrens, E. Brown, J. M.R. Cardoso, B. Choi, D. Cline, S. Fattori, A. D. Ferella, K. L. Giboni, A. Kish, C. W. Lam, R. F. Lang, K. E. Lim, J. A.M. Lopes, T. Marrodán Undagoitia, Y. MeiA. J. Melgarejo Fernandez, K. Ni, U. Oberlack, S. E.A. Orrigo, E. Pantic, G. Plante, A. C.C. Ribeiro, R. Santorelli, J. M.F. Dos Santos, M. Schumann, P. Shagin, A. Teymourian, E. Tziaferi, H. Wang, M. Yamashita

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The XENON100 dark matter experiment uses liquid xenon (LXe) in a time projection chamber (TPC) to search for xenon nuclear recoils resulting from the scattering of dark matter Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). In this paper we present a detailed description of the detector design and present performance results, as established during the commissioning phase and during the first science runs. The active target of XENON100 contains 62 kg of LXe, surrounded by an LXe veto of 99 kg, both instrumented with photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) operating inside the liquid or in xenon gas. The LXe target and veto are contained in a low-radioactivity stainless steel vessel, embedded in a passive radiation shield and is installed underground at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), Italy. The experiment has recently published results from a 100 live-days dark matter search. The ultimate design goal of XENON100 is to achieve a spin-independent WIMP-nucleon scattering cross section sensitivity of σ = 2 × 10 ^-45 cm ² for a 100 GeV/c ² WIMP.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	573-590
Number of pages	18
Journal	Astroparticle Physics
Volume	35
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.01.003
State	Published - Apr 2012

Keywords

Dark matter
Direct detection
Liquid noble gas detector
XENON

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Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Aprile, E., Arisaka, K., Arneodo, F., Askin, A., Baudis, L., Behrens, A., Brown, E., Cardoso, J. M. R., Choi, B., Cline, D., Fattori, S., Ferella, A. D., Giboni, K. L., Kish, A., Lam, C. W., Lang, R. F., Lim, K. E., Lopes, J. A. M., Marrodán Undagoitia, T., ... Yamashita, M. (2012). The XENON100 dark matter experiment. Astroparticle Physics, 35(9), 573-590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.01.003

Aprile, E, Arisaka, K, Arneodo, F, Askin, A, Baudis, L, Behrens, A, Brown, E, Cardoso, JMR, Choi, B, Cline, D, Fattori, S, Ferella, AD, Giboni, KL, Kish, A, Lam, CW, Lang, RF, Lim, KE, Lopes, JAM, Marrodán Undagoitia, T, Mei, Y, Melgarejo Fernandez, AJ, Ni, K, Oberlack, U, Orrigo, SEA, Pantic, E, Plante, G, Ribeiro, ACC, Santorelli, R, Dos Santos, JMF, Schumann, M, Shagin, P, Teymourian, A, Tziaferi, E, Wang, H & Yamashita, M 2012, 'The XENON100 dark matter experiment', Astroparticle Physics, vol. 35, no. 9, pp. 573-590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.01.003

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