1. A study of events with photoelectric emission in the DarkSide-50 liquid argon Time Projection Chamber
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P. Agnes, I.F.M. Albuquerque, T. Alexander, A.K. Alton, M. Ave, H.O. Back, G. Batignani, K. Biery, V. Bocci, W.M. Bonivento, B. Bottino, S. Bussino, M. Cadeddu, M. Cadoni, F. Calaprice, A. Caminata, N. Canci, M. Caravati, N. Cargioli, M. Cariello, M. Carlini, M. Carpinelli, S. Catalanotti, V. Cataudella, P. Cavalcante, S. Cavuoti, A. Chepurnov, C. Cicalò, A.G. Cocco, G. Covone, D. D’Angelo, S. Davini, A. De Candia, S. De Cecco, G. De Filippis, G. De Rosa, A.V. Derbin, A. Devoto, M. D’Incecco, C. Dionisi, F. Dordei, M. Downing, D. D’Urso, G. Fiorillo, D. Franco, F. Gabriele, C. Galbiati, C. Ghiano, C. Giganti, G.K. Giovanetti, O. Gorchakov, A.M. Goretti, A. Grobov, M. Gromov, M. Guan, Y. Guardincerri, M. Gulino, B.R. Hackett, K. Herner, B. Hosseini, F. Hubaut, E.V. Hungerford, An. Ianni, V. Ippolito, K. Keeter, C.L. Kendziora, I. Kochanek, D. Korablev, G. Korga, A. Kubankin, M. Kuss, M. La Commara, M. Lai, X. Li, M. Lissia, G. Longo, I.N. Machulin, L.P. Mapelli, S.M. Mari, J. Maricic, C.J. Martoff, A. Messina, P.D. Meyers, R. Milincic, M. Morrocchi, V.N. Muratova, P. Musico, A. Navrer Agasson, A.O. Nozdrina, A. Oleinik, F. Ortica, L. Pagani, M. Pallavicini, L. Pandola, E. Pantic, E. Paoloni, K. Pelczar, N. Pelliccia, E. Picciau, A. Pocar, S. Pordes, S.S. Poudel, P. Pralavorio, F. Ragusa, M. Razeti, A. Razeto, A.L. Renshaw, M. Rescigno, J. Rode, A. Romani, D. Sablone, O. Samoylov, W. Sands, S. Sanfilippo, C. Savarese, B. Schlitzer, D.A. Semenov, A. Shchagin, A. Sheshukov, M.D. Skorokhvatov, O. Smirnov, A. Sotnikov, S. Stracka, Y. Suvorov, R. Tartaglia, G. Testera, A. Tonazzo, E.V. Unzhakov, A. Vishneva, R.B. Vogelaar, M. Wada, H. Wang, Y. Wang, S. Westerdale, Ma.M. Wojcik, X. Xiao, C. Yang, G. Zuzel, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE (UMR_7585)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 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), DarkSide-50, Agnes, P., Albuquerque, I. F. M., Alexander, T., Alton, A. K., Ave, M., Back, H. O., Batignani, G., Biery, K., Bocci, V., Bonivento, W. M., Bottino, B., Bussino, S., Cadeddu, M., Cadoni, M., Calaprice, F., Caminata, A., Canci, N., Caravati, M., Cargioli, N., Cariello, M., Carlini, M., Carpinelli, M., Catalanotti, S., Cataudella, V., Cavalcante, P., Cavuoti, S., Chepurnov, A., Cical??, C., Cocco, A. G., Covone, G., D???angelo, D., Davini, S., De Candia, A., De Cecco, S., De Filippis, G., De Rosa, G., Derbin, A. V., Devoto, A., D???incecco, M., Dionisi, C., Dordei, F., Downing, M., D???urso, D., Fiorillo, G., Franco, D., Gabriele, F., Galbiati, C., Ghiano, C., Giganti, C., Giovanetti, G. K., Gorchakov, O., Goretti, A. M., Grobov, A., Gromov, M., Guan, M., Guardincerri, Y., Gulino, M., Hackett, B. R., Herner, K., Hosseini, B., Hubaut, F., Hungerford, E. V., Ianni, An., Ippolito, V., Keeter, K., Kendziora, C. L., Kochanek, I., Korablev, D., Korga, G., Kubankin, A., Kuss, M., La Commara, M., Lai, M., Li, X., Lissia, M., Longo, G., Machulin, I. N., Mapelli, L. P., Mari, S. M., Maricic, J., Martoff, C. J., Messina, A., Meyers, P. D., Milincic, R., Morrocchi, M., Muratova, V. N., Musico, P., Navrer Agasson, A., Nozdrina, A. O., Oleinik, A., Ortica, F., Pagani, L., Pallavicini, M., Pandola, L., Pantic, E., Paoloni, E., Pelczar, K., Pelliccia, N., Picciau, E., Pocar, A., Pordes, S., Poudel, S. S., Pralavorio, P., Ragusa, F., Razeti, M., Razeto, A., Renshaw, A. L., Rescigno, M., Rode, J., Romani, A., Sablone, D., Samoylov, O., Sands, W., Sanfilippo, S., Savarese, C., Schlitzer, B., Semenov, D. A., Shchagin, A., Sheshukov, A., Skorokhvatov, M. D., Smirnov, O., Sotnikov, A., Stracka, S., Suvorov, Y., Tartaglia, R., Testera, G., Tonazzo, A., Unzhakov, E. V., Vishneva, A., Vogelaar, R. B., Wada, M., Wang, H., Wang, Y., Westerdale, S., Wojcik, Ma. M., Xiao, X., Yang, C., Zuzel, G., Cicalò, C., D’Angelo, D., D’Incecco, M., D’Urso, D., Agasson, A. Navrer, Agnes, P, Albuquerque, I, Alexander, T, Alton, A, Ave, M, Back, H, Batignani, G, Biery, K, Bocci, V, Bonivento, W, Bottino, B, Bussino, S, Cadeddu, M, Cadoni, M, Calaprice, F, Caminata, A, Canci, N, Caravati, M, Cargioli, N, Cariello, M, Carlini, M, Carpinelli, M, Catalanotti, S, Cataudella, V, Cavalcante, P, Cavuoti, S, Chepurnov, A, Cicalo, C, Cocco, A, Covone, G, D'Angelo, D, Davini, S, De Candia, A, De Cecco, S, De Filippis, G, De Rosa, G, Derbin, A, Devoto, A, D'Incecco, M, Dionisi, C, Dordei, F, Downing, M, D'Urso, D, Fiorillo, G, Franco, D, Gabriele, F, Galbiati, C, Ghiano, C, Giganti, C, Giovanetti, G, Gorchakov, O, Goretti, A, Grobov, A, Gromov, M, Guan, M, Guardincerri, Y, Gulino, M, Hackett, B, Herner, K, Hosseini, B, Hubaut, F, Hungerford, E, Ianni, A, Ippolito, V, Keeter, K, Kendziora, C, Kochanek, I, Korablev, D, Korga, G, Kubankin, A, Kuss, M, La Commara, M, Lai, M, Li, X, Lissia, M, Longo, G, Machulin, I, Mapelli, L, Mari, S, Maricic, J, Martoff, C, Messina, A, Meyers, P, Milincic, R, Morrocchi, M, Muratova, V, Musico, P, Agasson, A, Nozdrina, A, Oleinik, A, Ortica, F, Pagani, L, Pallavicini, M, Pandola, L, Pantic, E, Paoloni, E, Pelczar, K, Pelliccia, N, Picciau, E, Pocar, A, Pordes, S, Poudel, S, Pralavorio, P, Ragusa, F, Razeti, M, Razeto, A, Renshaw, A, Rescigno, M, Rode, J, Romani, A, Sablone, D, Samoylov, O, Sands, W, Sanfilippo, S, Savarese, C, Schlitzer, B, Semenov, D, Shchagin, A, Sheshukov, A, Skorokhvatov, M, Smirnov, O, Sotnikov, A, Stracka, S, Suvorov, Y, Tartaglia, R, Testera, G, Tonazzo, A, Unzhakov, E, Vishneva, A, Vogelaar, R, Wada, M, Wang, H, Wang, Y, Westerdale, S, Wojcik, M, Xiao, X, Yang, C, and Zuzel, G
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dark matter: interaction ,Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors ,Dark matter Liquid argon Underground argon ,Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,photoelectron: emission ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det) ,dark matter: detector ,electrode ,time projection chamber: liquid argon ,sensitivity ,dark matter ,liquid argon ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,efficiency: quantum ,High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,Underground argon ,Dark matter ,[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex] ,upgrade ,Liquid argon ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det] ,underground argon ,photoelectron: yield - Abstract
Finding unequivocal evidence of dark matter interactions in a particle detector is a major objective of physics research. Liquid argon time projection chambers offer a path to probe Weakly Interacting Massive Particles scattering cross sections on nucleus down to the so-called neutrino floor, in a mass range from few GeV's to hundredths of TeV's. Based on the successful operation of the DarkSide-50 detector at LNGS, a new and more sensitive experiment, DarkSide-20k, has been designed and is now under construction. A thorough understanding of the DarkSide-50 detector response and, therefore, of all kind of observed events, is essential for an optimal design of the new experiment. In this paper, we report on a particular set of events, which were not used for dark matter searches. Namely, standard two-pulse scintillation-ionization signals accompanied by a small amplitude third pulse, originating from single or few electrons, in a time window of less than a maximum drift time. We compare our findings to those of a recent paper of the LUX Collaboration (D.S.Akerib et al. Phys.Rev.D 102, 092004). Indeed, both experiments observe events related to photoionization of the cathode. From the measured rate of these events, we estimate for the first time the quantum efficiency of the tetraphenyl butadiene deposited on the DarkSide-50 cathode at wavelengths around 128 nm, in liquid argon. Also, both experiments observe events likely related to photoionization of impurities in the liquid. The probability of photoelectron emission per unit length turns out to be one order of magnitude smaller in DarkSide-50 than in LUX. This result, together with the much larger measured electron lifetime, coherently hints toward a lower concentration of contaminants in DarkSide-50 than in LUX., 10 pages, 8 figures, 1 table
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