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

Authors :: Amaudruz, P.-A.
Baldwin, M.
Batygov, M.
Beltran, B.
Bina, C.E.
Bishop, D.
Bonatt, J.
Boorman, G.
Boulay, M.G.
Broerman, B.
Bromwich, T.
Bueno, J.F.
Burghardt, P.M.
Butcher, A.
Cai, B.
Chan, S.
Chen, M.
Chouinard, R.
Churchwell, S.
Cleveland, B.T.
Source :: Astroparticle Physics. Mar2019, Vol. 108, p1-23. 23p.
Publication Year :: 2019
Abstract: 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 − 46 cm 2 for a 100 GeV/ c 2 WIMP mass with a fiducial exposure of 3 tonne-years. This paper describes the physical properties and construction of the DEAP-3600 detector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]