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1. Electromagnetic backgrounds and potassium-42 activity in the DEAP-3600 dark matter detector

Author

Ajaj, R, Araujo, GR, Batygov, M, Beltran, B, Bina, CE, Boulay, MG, Broerman, B, Bueno, JF, Burghardt, PM, Butcher, A, Cai, B, Cárdenas-Montes, M, Cavuoti, S, Chen, M, Chen, Y, Cleveland, BT, Dering, K, Duncan, FA, Dunford, M, Erlandson, A, Fatemighomi, N, Fiorillo, G, Flower, A, Ford, RJ, Gagnon, R, Gallacher, D, García Abia, P, Garg, S, Giampa, P, Goeldi, D, Golovko, VV, Gorel, P, Graham, K, Grant, DR, Hallin, AL, Hamstra, M, Harvey, PJ, Hearns, C, Joy, A, Jillings, CJ, Kamaev, O, Kaur, G, Kemp, A, Kochanek, I, Kuźniak, M, Langrock, S, La Zia, F, Lehnert, B, Li, X, Litvinov, O, Lock, J, Longo, G, Majewski, P, McDonald, AB, McElroy, T, McGinn, T, McLaughlin, JB, Mehdiyev, R, Mielnichuk, C, Monroe, J, Nadeau, P, Nantais, C, Ng, C, Noble, AJ, Ouellet, C, Pasuthip, P, Peeters, SJM, Pesudo, V, Piro, MC, Pollmann, TR, Rand, ET, Rethmeier, C, Retière, F, Sanchez García, E, Santorelli, R, Seeburn, N, Skensved, P, Smith, B, Smith, NJT, Sonley, T, Stainforth, R, Stone, C, Strickland, V, Sur, B, Vázquez-Jáuregui, E, Veloce, L, Viel, S, Walding, J, Waqar, M, Ward, M, Westerdale, S, Willis, J, and Zuñiga-Reyes, A

Subjects
nucl-ex, astro-ph.IM
Abstract

The DEAP-3600 experiment is searching for weakly interacting massive particles dark matter with a 3.3 ×103 kg single phase liquid argon (LAr) target, located 2.1 km underground at SNOLAB. The experimental signature of dark matter interactions is kilo electron volt-scale Ar40 nuclear recoils producing 128 nm LAr scintillation photons observed by photomultiplier tubes. The largest backgrounds in DEAP-3600 are electronic recoils (ERs) induced by β and γ rays originating from internal and external radioactivity in the detector material. A background model of the ER interactions in DEAP-3600 was developed and is described in this work. The model is based on several components which are expected from radioisotopes in the LAr, from ex situ material assay measurements, and from dedicated independent in situ analyses. This prior information is used in a Bayesian fit of the ER components to a 247.2 d dataset to model the radioactivity in the surrounding detector materials. Pulse-shape discrimination separates ER and NR events. However, detailed knowledge of the ER background and activity of detector components sets valuable constraints on NR backgrounds including neutrons and alphas. In addition, the activity of Ar42 in LAr in DEAP-3600 is determined by measuring the daughter decay of K42. This cosmogenically activated trace isotope is a relevant background at higher energies for other rare event searches using atmospheric argon, e.g., DarkSide-20k, GERDA, or LEGEND. The specific activity of Ar42 in the atmosphere is found to be 40.4±5.9 μBq/kg of argon.

Published
2019

2. In-situ characterization of the Hamamatsu R5912-HQE photomultiplier tubes used in the DEAP-3600 experiment

Author

Amaudruz, P-A, Batygov, M, Beltran, B, Bina, CE, Bishop, D, Bonatt, J, Boorman, G, Boulay, MG, Broerman, B, Bromwich, T, Bueno, JF, Butcher, A, Cai, B, Chan, S, Chen, M, Chouinard, R, Churchwell, S, Cleveland, BT, Cranshaw, D, Dering, K, Dittmeier, S, Duncan, FA, Dunford, M, Erlandson, A, Fatemighomi, N, Ford, RJ, Gagnon, R, Giampa, P, Golovko, VV, Gorel, P, Gornea, R, Grace, E, Graham, K, Grant, DR, Gulyev, E, Hall, A, Hallin, AL, Hamstra, M, Harvey, PJ, Hearns, C, Jillings, CJ, Kamaev, O, Kemp, A, Kuźniak, M, Langrock, S, La Zia, F, Lehnert, B, Li, O, Lidgard, JJ, Liimatainen, P, Lim, C, Lindner, T, Linn, Y, Liu, S, Mathew, R, McDonald, AB, McElroy, T, McFarlane, K, McLaughlin, J, Mead, S, Mehdiyev, R, Mielnichuk, C, Monroe, J, Muir, A, Nadeau, P, Nantais, C, Ng, C, Noble, AJ, O’Dwyer, E, Ohlmann, C, Olchanski, K, Olsen, KS, Ouellet, C, Pasuthip, P, Peeters, SJM, Pollmann, TR, Rand, ET, Rau, W, Rethmeier, C, Retière, F, Seeburn, N, Shaw, B, Singhrao, K, Skensved, P, Smith, B, Smith, NJT, Sonley, T, Stainforth, R, Stone, C, Strickland, V, Sur, B, Tang, J, Taylor, J, Veloce, L, Vázquez-Jáuregui, E, Walding, J, Ward, M, Westerdale, S, White, R, and Woolsey, E

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, PMT, Hamamatsu R5912-HQE, Single photoelectron charge distribution, Afterpulsing, Late and double pulsing, Dark noise, Dark matter detection, physics.ins-det, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Other Physical Sciences, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Nuclear and plasma physics
Abstract

The Hamamatsu R5912-HQE photomultiplier-tube (PMT) is a novel high-quantum efficiency PMT. It is currently used in the DEAP-3600 dark matter detector and is of significant interest for future dark matter and neutrino experiments where high signal yields are needed. We report on the methods developed for in-situ characterization and monitoring of DEAP's 255 R5912-HQE PMTs. This includes a detailed discussion of typical measured single-photoelectron charge distributions, correlated noise (afterpulsing), dark noise, double, and late pulsing characteristics. The characterization is performed during the detector commissioning phase using laser light injected through a light diffusing sphere and during normal detector operation using LED light injected through optical fibres.

Published
2019

3. In-situ characterization of the Hamamatsu R5912-HQE photomultiplier tubes used in the DEAP-3600 experiment

Author

Amaudruz, PA, Batygov, M, Beltran, B, Bina, CE, Bishop, D, Bonatt, J, Boorman, G, Boulay, MG, Broerman, B, Bromwich, T, Bueno, JF, Butcher, A, Cai, B, Chan, S, Chen, M, Chouinard, R, Churchwell, S, Cleveland, BT, Cranshaw, D, Dering, K, Dittmeier, S, Duncan, FA, Dunford, M, Erlandson, A, Fatemighomi, N, Ford, RJ, Gagnon, R, Giampa, P, Golovko, VV, Gorel, P, Gornea, R, Grace, E, Graham, K, Grant, DR, Gulyev, E, Hall, A, Hallin, AL, Hamstra, M, Harvey, PJ, Hearns, C, Jillings, CJ, Kamaev, O, Kemp, A, Kuźniak, M, Langrock, S, La Zia, F, Lehnert, B, Li, O, Lidgard, JJ, Liimatainen, P, Lim, C, Lindner, T, Linn, Y, Liu, S, Mathew, R, McDonald, AB, McElroy, T, McFarlane, K, McLaughlin, J, Mead, S, Mehdiyev, R, Mielnichuk, C, Monroe, J, Muir, A, Nadeau, P, Nantais, C, Ng, C, Noble, AJ, O'Dwyer, E, Ohlmann, C, Olchanski, K, Olsen, KS, Ouellet, C, Pasuthip, P, Peeters, SJM, Pollmann, TR, Rand, ET, Rau, W, Rethmeier, C, Retière, F, Seeburn, N, Shaw, B, Singhrao, K, Skensved, P, Smith, B, Smith, NJT, Sonley, T, Stainforth, R, Stone, C, Strickland, V, Sur, B, Tang, J, Taylor, J, Veloce, L, Vázquez-Jáuregui, E, Walding, J, Ward, M, Westerdale, S, White, R, and Woolsey, E

Subjects
PMT, Hamamatsu R5912-HQE, Single photoelectron charge distribution, Afterpulsing, Late and double pulsing, Dark noise, Dark matter detection, physics.ins-det, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Other Physical Sciences
Abstract

The Hamamatsu R5912-HQE photomultiplier-tube (PMT) is a novel high-quantum efficiency PMT. It is currently used in the DEAP-3600 dark matter detector and is of significant interest for future dark matter and neutrino experiments where high signal yields are needed. We report on the methods developed for in-situ characterization and monitoring of DEAP's 255 R5912-HQE PMTs. This includes a detailed discussion of typical measured single-photoelectron charge distributions, correlated noise (afterpulsing), dark noise, double, and late pulsing characteristics. The characterization is performed during the detector commissioning phase using laser light injected through a light diffusing sphere and during normal detector operation using LED light injected through optical fibres.

Published
2019

4. Design and construction of the DEAP-3600 dark matter detector

Author

Amaudruz, P-A, Baldwin, M, Batygov, M, Beltran, B, Bina, CE, Bishop, D, Bonatt, J, Boorman, G, Boulay, MG, Broerman, B, Bromwich, T, Bueno, JF, Burghardt, PM, Butcher, A, Cai, B, Chan, S, Chen, M, Chouinard, R, Churchwell, S, Cleveland, BT, Cranshaw, D, Dering, K, DiGioseffo, J, Dittmeier, S, Duncan, FA, Dunford, M, Erlandson, A, Fatemighomi, N, Florian, S, Flower, A, Ford, RJ, Gagnon, R, Giampa, P, Golovko, VV, Gorel, P, Gornea, R, Grace, E, Graham, K, Grant, DR, Gulyev, E, Hall, A, Hallin, AL, Hamstra, M, Harvey, PJ, Hearns, C, Jillings, CJ, Kamaev, O, Kemp, A, Kuźniak, M, Langrock, S, La Zia, F, Lehnert, B, Li, O, Lidgard, JJ, Liimatainen, P, Lim, C, Lindner, T, Linn, Y, Liu, S, Majewski, P, Mathew, R, McDonald, AB, McElroy, T, McFarlane, K, McGinn, T, McLaughlin, JB, Mead, S, Mehdiyev, R, Mielnichuk, C, Monroe, J, Muir, A, Nadeau, P, Nantais, C, Ng, C, Noble, AJ, O’Dwyer, E, Ohlmann, C, Olchanski, K, Olsen, KS, Ouellet, C, Pasuthip, P, Peeters, SJM, Pollmann, TR, Rand, ET, Rau, W, Rethmeier, C, Retière, F, Seeburn, N, Shaw, B, Singhrao, K, Skensved, P, Smith, B, Smith, NJT, Sonley, T, Soukup, J, Stainforth, R, Stone, C, Strickland, V, Sur, B, and Tang, J

Subjects
Nuclear and Plasma Physics, Particle and High Energy Physics, Physical Sciences, Dark matter, WIMP, Liquid Argon, DEAP, SNOLAB, Low background, astro-ph.IM, hep-ex, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics, Astronomical sciences, Particle and high energy physics
Abstract

The Dark matter Experiment using Argon Pulse-shape discrimination (DEAP) has been designed for a direct detection search for particle dark matter using a single-phase liquid argon target. The projected cross section sensitivity for DEAP-3600 to the spin-independent scattering of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) on nucleons is 10−46cm2 for a 100 GeV/c2 WIMP mass with a fiducial exposure of 3 tonne-years. This paper describes the physical properties and construction of the DEAP-3600 detector.

Published
2019

5. Design and construction of the DEAP-3600 dark matter detector

Author

Amaudruz, PA, Baldwin, M, Batygov, M, Beltran, B, Bina, CE, Bishop, D, Bonatt, J, Boorman, G, Boulay, MG, Broerman, B, Bromwich, T, Bueno, JF, Burghardt, PM, Butcher, A, Cai, B, Chan, S, Chen, M, Chouinard, R, Churchwell, S, Cleveland, BT, Cranshaw, D, Dering, K, DiGioseffo, J, Dittmeier, S, Duncan, FA, Dunford, M, Erlandson, A, Fatemighomi, N, Florian, S, Flower, A, Ford, RJ, Gagnon, R, Giampa, P, Golovko, VV, Gorel, P, Gornea, R, Grace, E, Graham, K, Grant, DR, Gulyev, E, Hall, A, Hallin, AL, Hamstra, M, Harvey, PJ, Hearns, C, Jillings, CJ, Kamaev, O, Kemp, A, Kuźniak, M, Langrock, S, La Zia, F, Lehnert, B, Li, O, Lidgard, JJ, Liimatainen, P, Lim, C, Lindner, T, Linn, Y, Liu, S, Majewski, P, Mathew, R, McDonald, AB, McElroy, T, McFarlane, K, McGinn, T, McLaughlin, JB, Mead, S, Mehdiyev, R, Mielnichuk, C, Monroe, J, Muir, A, Nadeau, P, Nantais, C, Ng, C, Noble, AJ, O'Dwyer, E, Ohlmann, C, Olchanski, K, Olsen, KS, Ouellet, C, Pasuthip, P, Peeters, SJM, Pollmann, TR, Rand, ET, Rau, W, Rethmeier, C, Retière, F, Seeburn, N, Shaw, B, Singhrao, K, Skensved, P, Smith, B, Smith, NJT, Sonley, T, Soukup, J, Stainforth, R, Stone, C, Strickland, V, Sur, B, and Tang, J

Subjects
Dark matter, WIMP, Liquid Argon, DEAP, SNOLAB, Low background, astro-ph.IM, hep-ex, Astronomical and Space Sciences, Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics, Nuclear & Particles Physics
Abstract

The Dark matter Experiment using Argon Pulse-shape discrimination (DEAP) has been designed for a direct detection search for particle dark matter using a single-phase liquid argon target. The projected cross section sensitivity for DEAP-3600 to the spin-independent scattering of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) on nucleons is 10−46cm2 for a 100 GeV/c2 WIMP mass with a fiducial exposure of 3 tonne-years. This paper describes the physical properties and construction of the DEAP-3600 detector.

Published
2019

6. Search for neutron-Antineutron oscillations at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory

Author

Aharmim, B, Ahmed, SN, Anthony, AE, Barros, N, Beier, EW, Bellerive, A, Beltran, B, Bergevin, M, Biller, SD, Boudjemline, K, Boulay, MG, Cai, B, Chan, YD, Chauhan, D, Chen, M, Cleveland, BT, Cox, GA, Dai, X, Deng, H, Detwiler, JA, Doe, PJ, Doucas, G, Drouin, PL, Duncan, FA, Dunford, M, Earle, ED, Elliott, SR, Evans, HC, Ewan, GT, Farine, J, Fergani, H, Fleurot, F, Ford, RJ, Formaggio, JA, Gagnon, N, Goon, JT, Graham, K, Guillian, E, Habib, S, Hahn, RL, Hallin, AL, Hallman, ED, Harvey, PJ, Hazama, R, Heintzelman, WJ, Heise, J, Helmer, RL, Hime, A, Howard, C, Huang, M, Jagam, P, Jamieson, B, Jelley, NA, Jerkins, M, Keeter, KJ, Klein, JR, Kormos, LL, Kos, M, Krüger, A, Kraus, C, Krauss, CB, Kutter, T, Kyba, CCM, Lange, R, Law, J, Lawson, IT, Lesko, KT, Leslie, JR, Levine, I, Loach, JC, Maclellan, R, Majerus, S, Mak, HB, Maneira, J, Martin, RD, McCauley, N, McDonald, AB, McGee, SR, Miller, ML, Monreal, B, Monroe, J, Nickel, BG, Noble, AJ, O'Keeffe, HM, Oblath, NS, Okada, CE, Ollerhead, RW, Orebi Gann, GD, Oser, SM, Ott, RA, Peeters, SJM, Poon, AWP, Prior, G, Reitzner, SD, Rielage, K, Robertson, BC, Robertson, RGH, Schwendener, MH, Secrest, JA, and Seibert, SR

Subjects
hep-ex, nucl-ex, physics.ins-det
Abstract

Tests on B-L symmetry breaking models are important probes to search for new physics. One proposed model with Δ(B-L)=2 involves the oscillations of a neutron to an antineutron. In this paper, a new limit on this process is derived for the data acquired from all three operational phases of the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory experiment. The search concentrated on oscillations occurring within the deuteron, and 23 events were observed against a background expectation of 30.5 events. These translated to a lower limit on the nuclear lifetime of 1.48×1031 yr at 90% C.L. when no restriction was placed on the signal likelihood space (unbounded). Alternatively, a lower limit on the nuclear lifetime was found to be 1.18×1031 yr at 90% C.L. when the signal was forced into a positive likelihood space (bounded). Values for the free oscillation time derived from various models are also provided in this article. This is the first search for neutron-Antineutron oscillation with the deuteron as a target.

Published
2017

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