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1. Background discrimination with a Micromegas detector prototype and veto system for BabyIAXO

Author

K. Altenmüller, J. F. Castel, S. Cebrián, T. Dafni, D. Díez-Ibañez, A. Ezquerro, E. Ferrer-Ribas, J. Galan, J. Galindo, J. A. García, A. Giganon, C. Goblin, I. G. Irastorza, C. Loiseau, G. Luzón, X. F. Navick, C. Margalejo, H. Mirallas, L. Obis, A. Ortiz de Solórzano, T. Papaevangelou, O. Pérez, A. Quintana, J. Ruz, and J. K. Vogel

Subjects
axions, rare event search, TPC (time projection chamber), background discrimination, x-ray detector, ultra low background, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

In this paper we present measurements performed with a Micromegas X-ray detector setup. The detector is a prototype in the context of the BabyIAXO helioscope, which is under construction to search for an emission of the hypothetical axion particle from the Sun. An important component of such a helioscope is a low background X-ray detector with a high efficiency in the 1–10 keV energy range. The goal of the measurement was to study techniques for background discrimination. In addition to common techniques we used a multi-layer veto system designed to tag cosmic-ray induced neutron background. Over an effective time of 52 days, a background level of 8.6 × 10−7 counts keV−1 cm−2 s−1 was reached in a laboratory at above ground level. This is the lowest background level achieved at surface level. In this paper we present the experimental setup, show simulations of the neutron-induced background, and demonstrate the process to identify background signals in the data. Finally, prospects to reach lower background levels down to 10–7 counts keV−1 cm−2 s−1 are discussed.

Published
2024
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2. Search for Dark Matter Axions with CAST-CAPP

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C. M. Adair, K. Altenmüller, V. Anastassopoulos, S. Arguedas Cuendis, J. Baier, K. Barth, A. Belov, D. Bozicevic, H. Bräuninger, G. Cantatore, F. Caspers, J. F. Castel, S. A. Çetin, W. Chung, H. Choi, J. Choi, T. Dafni, M. Davenport, A. Dermenev, K. Desch, B. Döbrich, H. Fischer, W. Funk, J. Galan, A. Gardikiotis, S. Gninenko, J. Golm, M. D. Hasinoff, D. H. H. Hoffmann, D. Díez Ibáñez, I. G. Irastorza, K. Jakovčić, J. Kaminski, M. Karuza, C. Krieger, Ç. Kutlu, B. Lakić, J. M. Laurent, J. Lee, S. Lee, G. Luzón, C. Malbrunot, C. Margalejo, M. Maroudas, L. Miceli, H. Mirallas, L. Obis, A. Özbey, K. Özbozduman, M. J. Pivovaroff, M. Rosu, J. Ruz, E. Ruiz-Chóliz, S. Schmidt, M. Schumann, Y. K. Semertzidis, S. K. Solanki, L. Stewart, I. Tsagris, T. Vafeiadis, J. K. Vogel, M. Vretenar, S. Youn, and K. Zioutas

Subjects
Science
Abstract

Haloscopes aim at detecting axions by converting them into photons using high-quality resonant cavities, where the cavity resonance should be tuned with the unknown axion mass. Here, the authors improve exclusion limits using four phase-matched resonant cavities and a fast frequency scanning technique.

Published
2022
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3. First results of the CAST-RADES haloscope search for axions at 34.67 μeV

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A. Álvarez Melcón, S. Arguedas Cuendis, J. Baier, K. Barth, H. Bräuninger, S. Calatroni, G. Cantatore, F. Caspers, J. F. Castel, S. A. Cetin, C. Cogollos, T. Dafni, M. Davenport, A. Dermenev, K. Desch, A. Díaz-Morcillo, B. Döbrich, H. Fischer, W. Funk, J. D. Gallego, J. M. García Barceló, A. Gardikiotis, J. G. Garza, B. Gimeno, S. Gninenko, J. Golm, M. D. Hasinoff, D. H. H. Hoffmann, I. G. Irastorza, K. Jakovčić, J. Kaminski, M. Karuza, B. Lakić, J. M. Laurent, A. J. Lozano-Guerrero, G. Luzón, C. Malbrunot, M. Maroudas, J. Miralda-Escudé, H. Mirallas, L. Miceli, P. Navarro, A. Ozbey, K. Özbozduman, C. Peña Garay, M. J. Pivovaroff, J. Redondo, J. Ruz, E. Ruiz Chóliz, S. Schmidt, M. Schumann, Y. K. Semertzidis, S. K. Solanki, L. Stewart, I. Tsagris, T. Vafeiadis, J. K. Vogel, E. Widmann, W. Wuensch, and K. Zioutas

Subjects
Dark matter, Dark Matter and Double Beta Decay (experiments), Exotics, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract We present results of the Relic Axion Dark-Matter Exploratory Setup (RADES), a detector which is part of the CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST), searching for axion dark matter in the 34.67 μeV mass range. A radio frequency cavity consisting of 5 sub-cavities coupled by inductive irises took physics data inside the CAST dipole magnet for the first time using this filter-like haloscope geometry. An exclusion limit with a 95% credibility level on the axion-photon coupling constant of g aγ ≳ 4 × 10 −13 GeV −1 over a mass range of 34.6738 μeV < m a < 34.6771 μeV is set. This constitutes a significant improvement over the current strongest limit set by CAST at this mass and is at the same time one of the most sensitive direct searches for an axion dark matter candidate above the mass of 25 μeV. The results also demonstrate the feasibility of exploring a wider mass range around the value probed by CAST-RADES in this work using similar coherent resonant cavities.

Published
2021
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4. Background assessment for the TREX dark matter experiment

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J. Castel, S. Cebrián, I. Coarasa, T. Dafni, J. Galán, F. J. Iguaz, I. G. Irastorza, G. Luzón, H. Mirallas, A. Ortiz de Solórzano, and E. Ruiz-Chóliz

Subjects
Astrophysics, QB460-466, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract

Abstract TREX-DM is conceived to look for low-mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using a gas Time Projection Chamber equipped with Micromegas readout planes at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory. The detector can hold in the active volume $$\sim 20~l$$ ∼20l of pressurized gas up to 10 bar, corresponding to 0.30 kg of Ar or 0.16 kg of Ne. The Micromegas are read with a self-triggered acquisition, being thresholds below 0.4 keV (electron equivalent) at reach. A low background level in the lowest energy region is another essential requirement. To assess the expected background, all the relevant sources have been considered, including the measured fluxes of gamma radiation, muons and neutrons at the Canfranc Laboratory, together with the activity of most of the components used in the detector and ancillary systems, obtained in a complete assay program. The background contributions have been simulated by means of a dedicated application based on Geant4 and a custom-made code for the detector response. The background model developed for the detector presently installed in Canfranc points to levels from 1 to 10 counts $$\hbox {keV}^{-1}\ \hbox {kg}^{-1}\ \hbox {day}^{-1}$$ keV-1kg-1day-1 in the region of interest, making TREX-DM competitive in the search for low-mass WIMPs. A roadmap to further decrease it down to 0.1 counts $$\hbox {keV}^{-1}\ \hbox {kg}^{-1}\ \hbox {day}^{-1}$$ keV-1kg-1day-1 is underway.

Published
2019
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5. Search for chameleons with CAST

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V. Anastassopoulos, M. Arik, S. Aune, K. Barth, A. Belov, H. Bräuninger, G. Cantatore, J.M. Carmona, S.A. Cetin, F. Christensen, J.I. Collar, T. Dafni, M. Davenport, K. Desch, A. Dermenev, C. Eleftheriadis, G. Fanourakis, E. Ferrer-Ribas, P. Friedrich, J. Galán, J.A. García, A. Gardikiotis, J.G. Garza, E.N. Gazis, T. Geralis, I. Giomataris, C. Hailey, F. Haug, M.D. Hasinoff, D.H.H. Hoffmann, F.J. Iguaz, I.G. Irastorza, J. Jacoby, A. Jakobsen, K. Jakovčić, J. Kaminski, M. Karuza, M. Kavuk, M. Krčmar, C. Krieger, A. Krüger, B. Lakić, J.M. Laurent, A. Liolios, A. Ljubičić, G. Luzón, S. Neff, I. Ortega, T. Papaevangelou, M.J. Pivovaroff, G. Raffelt, H. Riege, M. Rosu, J. Ruz, I. Savvidis, S.K. Solanki, T. Vafeiadis, J.A. Villar, J.K. Vogel, S.C. Yildiz, K. Zioutas, P. Brax, I. Lavrentyev, and A. Upadhye

Subjects
Chameleon, CAST, SDD, X-ray, Tachocline, Dark energy, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

In this work we present a search for (solar) chameleons with the CERN Axion Solar Telescope (CAST). This novel experimental technique, in the field of dark energy research, exploits both the chameleon coupling to matter (βm) and to photons (βγ) via the Primakoff effect. By reducing the X-ray detection energy threshold used for axions from 1 keV to 400 eV CAST became sensitive to the converted solar chameleon spectrum which peaks around 600 eV. Even though we have not observed any excess above background, we can provide a 95% C.L. limit for the coupling strength of chameleons to photons of βγ≲1011 for 1

Published
2015
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6. Present Status and Future Perspectives of the NEXT Experiment

Author

J. J. Gómez Cadenas, V. Álvarez, F. I. G. Borges, S. Cárcel, J. Castel, S. Cebrián, A. Cervera, C. A. N. Conde, T. Dafni, T. H. V. T. Dias, J. Díaz, M. Egorov, R. Esteve, P. Evtoukhovitch, L. M. P. Fernandes, P. Ferrario, A. L. Ferreira, E. D. C. Freitas, V. M. Gehman, A. Gil, A. Goldschmidt, H. Gómez, D. González-Díaz, R. M. Gutiérrez, J. Hauptman, J. A. Hernando Morata, D. C. Herrera, F. J. Iguaz, I. G. Irastorza, M. A. Jinete, L. Labarga, A. Laing, I. Liubarsky, J. A. M. Lopes, D. Lorca, M. Losada, G. Luzón, A. Marí, J. Martín-Albo, A. Martínez, T. Miller, A. Moiseenko, F. Monrabal, M. Monserrate, C. M. B. Monteiro, F. J. Mora, L. M. Moutinho, J. Muñoz Vidal, H. Natal da Luz, G. Navarro, M. Nebot-Guinot, D. Nygren, C. A. B. Oliveira, R. Palma, Javier Pérez, J. L. Pérez-Aparicio, J. Renner, L. Ripoll, A. Rodríguez, J. Rodríguez, F. P. Santos, J. M. F. dos Santos, L. Seguí, L. Serra, D. Shuman, A. Simón, C. Sofka, M. Sorel, J. F. Toledo, A. Tomás, J. Torrent, Z. Tsamalaidze, J. F. C. A. Veloso, J. A. Villar, R. Webb, J. White, and N. Yahlali

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

NEXT is an experiment dedicated to neutrinoless double beta decay searches in xenon. The detector is a TPC, holding 100 kg of high-pressure xenon enriched in the 136Xe isotope. It is under construction in the Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc in Spain, and it will begin operations in 2015. The NEXT detector concept provides an energy resolutionbetter than 1% FWHM and a topological signal that can be used to reduce the background. Furthermore, the NEXT technology can be extrapolated to a 1 ton-scale experiment.

Published
2014
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7. THE CASE FOR A DIRECTIONAL DARK MATTER DETECTOR AND THE STATUS OF CURRENT EXPERIMENTAL EFFORTS.

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S. AHLEN, N. AFSHORDI, J. B. R. BATTAT, J. BILLARD, N. BOZORGNIA, S. BURGOS, T. CALDWELL, J. M. CARMONA, S. CEBRIAN, P. COLAS, T. DAFNI, E. DAW, D. DUJMIC, A. DUSHKIN, W. FEDUS, E. FERRER, D. FINKBEINER, P. H. FISHER, J. FORBES, and T. FUSAYASU

Subjects
DARK matter, INTERSTELLAR medium, DETECTORS, SENSITIVITY theory (Mathematics), CONTROL theory (Engineering)
Abstract

We present the case for a dark matter detector with directional sensitivity. This document was developed at the 2009 CYGNUS workshop on directional dark matter detection, and contains contributions from theorists and experimental groups in the field. We describe the need for a dark matter detector with directional sensitivity; each directional dark matter experiment presents their project's status; and we close with a feasibility study for scaling up to a one ton directional detector, which would cost around $150M. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2010
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13. The IAXO Helioscope.

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E Ferrer Ribas, E Armengaud, F T. Avignone, M Betz, P Brax, P Brun, G Cantatore, J M. Carmona, G P Carosi, F Caspers, S Caspi, S A Cetin, D Chelouche, F E Christensen, A Dael, T Dafni, M Davenport, A V Derbin, K Desch, and A Diago

Published
2015
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16. Low Background Micromegas in CAST.

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J G Garza, S Aune, F Aznar, D Calvet, J F Castel, F E Christensen, T Dafni, M Davenport, T Decker, E Ferrer-Ribas, J Galán, J A García, I Giomataris, R M Hill, F J Iguaz, I G Irastorza, A C Jakobsen, D Jourde, H Mirallas, and I Ortega

Published
2015
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