1. Dark Matter Searches with the ANTARES Neutrino Telescope
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A. Calzas, G. V. Russo, V. Roca-Blay, C. Ferdi, Elie Aslanides, E.-M. Clarke, A. Romeyer, H. Peek, C. Hoffmann, J.-F. Rollin, V. Lyashuk, Gisela Anton, T. Stolarczyk, M. Battaglieri, V. Niess, P. Keller, M. Ardid, F. Réthoré, F. Jouvenot, R. Bruyn, E. A. De Wolf, C. De Marzo, Antoine Kouchner, F. Mazéas, V. Bertin, J. Hoessl, E. Heine, P. Amram, J.-C. Languillat, Y. Le Guen, J.-L. Michel, E. Salusti, J. Jeffrey Carr, A. Usik, J.J. Destelle, De D.Zornoza, J. Boulesteix, A. Rostovtsev, A. Kruijer, M.C. Bouwhuis, S. Ferry, M. Billault, Alessia Capone, P.M. Kooijman, F. Burgio, F. Feinstein, D. Lo Presti, D. Zaborov, H. Le Provost, G. de Vries, J. Croquette, P. Piattelli, G. Venekamp, U. Katz, S. Loucatos, C. Racca, G. Giacomelli, J. E. McMillan, S. Saouter, P. Goret, I. Sokalski, Patrick Lamare, J.-F. Drougou, L. Laubier, V. Valente, J.J. Hernández-Rey, F. Louis, P. Coyle, Y. Benhammou, J.M. Gallone, G. Raia, T. Legou, A. Milovanovic, B. Dinkelspiler, S. Favard, E. V. Korolkova, M. Anghinolfi, Chantal Compère, L Lo Nigro, M. Romita, V. Popa, F. Sukowski, V. A. Kudryavtsev, A. Massol, M. Danilov, Philippe Charvis, Lester D.R. Thompson, S. Anvar, Yvonne Becherini, F. Bugeon, S. Cuneo, C. Petta, Fabrizio Ameli, H. Alleyne, J.J. Engelen, L. Caponetto, M. Ripani, E. Carmona, C. Olivetto, P. Vernin, F.E. Ardellier-Desages, S. L. Cartwright, Timo Karg, C. L. Naumann, B. Vallage, E. Migneco, Y. Sacquin, A. Bersani, K. Yearby, Anne Deschamps, J. Beltramelli, Alain Mazure, B. Hartmann, J. Hogenbirk, M. Godo, S. Cecchini, Sandra Zavatarelli, P.K.A. de Witt Huberts, M. Taiuti, E. Kok, G. Riccobene, R. van Wijk, T. Montaruli, Diego Real, M. Jaquet, J. Brunner, Yann Hello, O. Suvorova, Thierry Pradier, J.-P. Morel, G. Damy, D. Stubert, G. Herrouin, H. Zaccone, L. Moscoso, M. Circella, Annarita Margiotta, Maurizio Spurio, V. Zakharov, F. Cafagna, A.J. Heijboer, S. Karkar, W. Kretschmer, Alexander Kappes, J. J. Aubert, C. Millot, M. de Jong, P. Lagier, R. Blaes, P. Valdy, J.-P. Pineau, S. M. Bradbury, R. Masullo, Riccardo Papaleo, Roberto Bellotti, J. Zúñiga, M. Marcelin, J. P. Schuller, Mario Musumeci, A. Le Van Suu, R. De Vita, E. Vladimirsky, Gerardus Nooren, N. Randazzo, F. Druillole, D. Morgan, Elizabeth Winstanley, Jean Virieux, P. Payre, Gregory David Hallewell, H. J. Rose, Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille, D. Festy, J. A. Aguilar, J.-L. Fuda, Van Rens, G. Vaudaine, R. van Dantzig, I. Varlamov, C. Maron, Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Antares Collaboration
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Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Particle physics ,WIMP ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Dark matter ,Bubble Chamber ,neutrino telescopes ,Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,01 natural sciences ,7. Clean energy ,0103 physical sciences ,Bubble chamber ,Dark Matter ,010306 general physics ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Cherenkov radiation ,Physics ,[SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,Geyser detector ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Astronomy ,Supersymmetry ,[SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM] ,Neutrino detector ,FISICA APLICADA ,Weakly interacting massive particles ,High Energy Physics::Experiment ,Neutrino - Abstract
[EN] The MOSCAB experiment (Materia OSCura A Bolle) uses the Geyser technique for dark matter search. The results of the first 0.5 kg mass prototype detector using superheated C3F8 liquid were very encouraging, achieving a 5 keV nuclear recoil threshold with high insensitivity to gamma radiation. Additionally, the technique seems to be easily scalable to higher masses for both in terms of complexity and costs, resulting in a very competitive technique for direct dark matter search, especially for the spin dependent case. Here, we report as well in the construction and commissioning of the big detector of 40 kg at the Milano-Bicocca University. The detector, the calibration tests and the evaluation of the background will be presented. Once demonstrated the functionality of the detector, it will be operated at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory in 2015., We acknowledge the financial support of the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) and Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO), Grants FPA2012-37528-C02-02, and Consolider MultiDark CSD2009-00064, and of the Generalitat Valenciana, Grants ACOMP/2014/153 and PrometeoII/2014/079.
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- 2014
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