The Recoil Directionality (ReD) Experiment. Issue 1 (1st November 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: 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;
• Is Part Of: Journal of physics. Volume 2374 Issue 1(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-11-01
• Subjects: Physics -- Congresses; 530.5
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2374/1/012162
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-6588

Abstract

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.