Araudruz, P A, Baldwin, M, Batygov, M, Beltran, B, Bina, C E, Bishop, D, Boorman, G, Boulay, M G, Broerman, B, Bromwich, T, Churchwell, S, Peeters, S J M, White, R and others, (2019) Design and construction of the DEAP-3600 dark matter detector. Astroparticle Physics, 108. pp. 1-23. ISSN 0927-6505

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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 10−46cm2 for a 100 GeV/c2 WIMP mass with a fiducial exposure of 3 tonne-years. This paper describes the physical properties and construction of the DEAP-3600 detector.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	dark matter, WIMP, liquid argon, DEAP, SNOLAB, low back-ground
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Mathematics School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Research Centres and Groups:	Experimental Particle Physics Research Group
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Related URLs:	Organisation
Depositing User:	Richard Chambers
Date Deposited:	20 Nov 2018 12:18
Last Modified:	22 Jan 2019 13:12
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/79189

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