ArDM: a ton-scale liquid Argon experiment for direct detection of Dark Matter in the Universe
- 1 May 2006
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
- Vol. 39 (1), 129-132
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/39/1/028
Abstract
The ArDM project aims at developing and operating large noble liquid detectors to search for direct evidence of Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) as Dark Matter in the Universe. The initial goal is to design, assemble and operate a ≈1 ton liquid Argon prototype to demonstrate the feasibility of a ton-scale experiment with the required performance to efficiently detect and sufficiently discriminate backgrounds for a successful WIMP detection. Our design addresses the possibility to detect independently ionization and scintillation signals. In this paper, we describe this goal and the conceptual design of the detector.Keywords
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