Author:
Sanfilippo S,Agnes P,Albergo S,Albuquerque I,Arba M,Ave M,Boiano A,Bonivento W M,Bottino B,Bussino S,Cadeddu M,Caminata A,Canci N,Cappello G,Caravati M,Cariello M,Castellano S,Catalanotti S,Cataudella V,Cereseto R,Cesarano R,Cicalò C,Covone G,de Candia A,De Filippis G,De Rosa G,Davini S,Dionisi C,Dolganov G,Fiorillo G,Franco D,Giovanetti G K,Galbiati C,Gulino M,Ippolito V,Kemmerich N,Kochanek I,Korga G,Kuss M,La Commara M,La Delfa L,Leyton M,Li X,Lissia M,Mari S M,Martoff C J,Masone V,Matteucci G,Musico P,Oleynikov V,Pallavicini M,Pandola L,Razeto A,Rescigno M,Rode J,Rossi N,Sablone D,Scapparone E,Sosa A,Suvorov Y,Testera G,Tricomi A,Tuveri M,Wada M,Wang H,Wang Y
Abstract
Directional sensitivity to nuclear recoils would provide a smoking gun for a possible discovery of dark matter in the form of WIMPs (Weakly Interacting Massive Particles). A hint of directional dependence of the response of a dual-phase argon Time Projection Chamber (TPC) was found in the SCENE experiment. Given the potential importance of such a capability in the framework of dark matter searches, a new dedicated experiment, ReD (Recoil Directionality), was designed by the Global Argon Dark Matter Collaboration, in order to scrutinize this hint. Prior to the irradiation with a neutron beam, the ReD TPC underwent a long campaign of characterization and optimization: some selected results are presented in this contribution.
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy