Status of low mass WIMP detector TREX-DM

Castel, J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Cebrián, S. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Dafni, T. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Galán, J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; García Irastorza, I. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Luzón, G. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Mirallas, H. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Ortiz De Solórzano, A. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Peiró, A. ; Ruiz-Chóliz, E. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: TREX-DM (TPC Rare Event eXperiment for Dark Matter) is a high-pressure Micromegas-based TPC designed to host a few hundreds of grams of light nuclei (argon or neon) with energy thresholds potentially at the level of 0.4 keVee or below. Preliminary background studies suggest that the levels expected are of the order of 1-10 counts keV-1 kg-1 d-1, making TREX-DM competitive in the search for low mass WIMPs (<10 GeV). The experiment has been approved by the LSC (Laboratorio Subterrneo de Canfranc) and the last months have been devoted to its installation underground. Here we will report on the first commissioning phase.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1312/1/012010

Año: 2019

Publicado en: Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1312 (2019), 012010 1-6
ISSN: 1742-6588

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.227 - Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (Q3)

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Proy. investigación HCA (Dpto. Física Teórica)
Área (Departamento): Área Física Atóm.Molec.y Nucl. (Dpto. Física Teórica)