DarkSide-50 532-day Dark Matter Search with Low-Radioactivity Argon
P. Agnes
,
I.F.M. Albuquerque
,
T. Alexander
,
A.K. Alton
,
G.R. Araujo
,
M. Ave
,
H.O. Back
,
B. Baldin
,
G. Batignani
,
K. Biery
,
V. Bocci
,
G. Bonfini
,
W. Bonivento
,
B. Bottino
,
F. Budano
,
S. Bussino
,
M. Cadeddu
,
M. Cadoni
,
F. Calaprice
,
A. Caminata
,
N. Canci
,
A. Candela
,
M. Caravati
,
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
,
M. d'Incecco
,
D. d'Urso
,
S. Davini
,
A. de Candia
,
S. de Cecco
,
M. de Deo
,
G. de Filippis
,
G. de Rosa
,
M. de Vincenzi
,
A.V. Derbin
,
A. Devoto
,
F. Di Eusanio
,
G. Di Pietro
,
C. Dionisi
,
M. Downing
,
E. Edkins
,
A. Empl
,
A. Fan
,
G. Fiorillo
,
R.S. Fitzpatrick
,
K. Fomenko
,
D. Franco
(1)
,
F. Gabriele
,
C. Galbiati
,
C. Ghiano
,
S. Giagu
,
C. Giganti
(2)
,
G.K. Giovanetti
,
O. Gorchakov
,
A.M. Goretti
,
F. Granato
,
M. Gromov
,
M. Guan
,
Y. Guardincerri
,
M. Gulino
,
B.R. Hackett
,
K. Herner
,
B. Hosseini
,
D. Hughes
,
P. Humble
,
E.V. Hungerford
,
An. Ianni
,
V. Ippolito
,
I. James
,
T.N. Johnson
,
K. Keeter
,
C.L. Kendziora
,
I. Kochanek
,
G. Koh
,
D. Korablev
,
G. Korga
,
A. Kubankin
,
M. Kuss
,
M. La Commara
,
M. Lai
,
X. Li
,
M. Lissia
,
G. Longo
,
Y. Ma
,
A.A. Machado
,
I.N. Machulin
,
A. Mandarano
,
L. Mapelli
,
S.M. Mari
,
J. Maricic
,
C.J. Martoff
,
A. Messina
,
P.D. Meyers
,
R. Milincic
,
A. Monte
,
M. Morrocchi
,
B.J. Mount
,
V.N. Muratova
,
P. Musico
,
A. Navrer Agasson
(2)
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A.O. Nozdrina
,
A. Oleinik
,
M. Orsini
,
F. Ortica
,
L. Pagani
,
M. Pallavicini
,
L. Pandola
,
E. Pantic
,
E. Paoloni
,
K. Pelczar
,
N. Pelliccia
,
A. Pocar
,
S. Pordes
,
S.S. Poudel
,
D.A. Pugachev
,
H. Qian
,
F. Ragusa
,
M. Razeti
,
A. Razeto
,
B. Reinhold
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A.L. Renshaw
,
M. Rescigno
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Q. Riffard
(1)
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A. Romani
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B. Rossi
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N. Rossi
,
D. Sablone
,
O. Samoylov
,
W. Sands
,
S. Sanfilippo
,
C. Savarese
,
B. Schlitzer
,
E. Segreto
,
D.A. Semenov
,
A. Shchagin
,
A. Sheshukov
,
P.N. Singh
,
M.D. Skorokhvatov
,
O. Smirnov
,
A. Sotnikov
,
C. Stanford
,
S. Stracka
,
Y. Suvorov
,
R. Tartaglia
,
G. Testera
,
A. Tonazzo
(1)
,
P. Trinchese
,
E.V. Unzhakov
,
M. Verducci
,
A. Vishneva
,
B. Vogelaar
,
M. Wada
,
T.J. Waldrop
,
H. Wang
,
Y. Wang
,
A.W. Watson
,
S. Westerdale
,
M.M. Wojcik
,
X. Xiang
,
X. Xiao
,
C. Yang
,
Z. Ye
,
C. Zhu
,
G. Zuzel
P. Agnes
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I.F.M. Albuquerque
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T. Alexander
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A.K. Alton
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G.R. Araujo
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M. Ave
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H.O. Back
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B. Baldin
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G. Batignani
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K. Biery
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V. Bocci
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G. Bonfini
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W. Bonivento
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B. Bottino
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S. Bussino
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M. Cadeddu
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M. Cadoni
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F. Calaprice
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A. Caminata
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N. Canci
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A. Candela
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M. Caravati
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M. Cariello
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M. Carlini
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M. Carpinelli
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S. Catalanotti
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V. Cataudella
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P. Cavalcante
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S. Cavuoti
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A. Chepurnov
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C. Cicalò
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A.G. Cocco
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G. Covone
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D. d'Angelo
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M. d'Incecco
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D. d'Urso
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S. Davini
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A. de Candia
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S. de Cecco
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M. de Deo
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G. de Filippis
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G. de Rosa
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M. de Vincenzi
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A.V. Derbin
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A. Devoto
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F. Di Eusanio
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G. Di Pietro
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C. Dionisi
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M. Downing
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E. Edkins
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A. Empl
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A. Fan
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G. Fiorillo
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R.S. Fitzpatrick
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F. Gabriele
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C. Galbiati
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C. Ghiano
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S. Giagu
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G.K. Giovanetti
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O. Gorchakov
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A.M. Goretti
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F. Granato
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M. Gromov
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M. Guan
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Y. Guardincerri
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M. Gulino
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B.R. Hackett
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K. Herner
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B. Hosseini
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D. Hughes
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P. Humble
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E.V. Hungerford
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An. Ianni
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V. Ippolito
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I. James
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T.N. Johnson
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K. Keeter
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C.L. Kendziora
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I. Kochanek
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G. Koh
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D. Korablev
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G. Korga
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A. Kubankin
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M. Kuss
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M. La Commara
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M. Lai
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X. Li
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M. Lissia
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G. Longo
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Y. Ma
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A.A. Machado
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I.N. Machulin
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A. Mandarano
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L. Mapelli
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S.M. Mari
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J. Maricic
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C.J. Martoff
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A. Messina
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P.D. Meyers
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R. Milincic
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A. Monte
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M. Morrocchi
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B.J. Mount
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V.N. Muratova
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P. Musico
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A.O. Nozdrina
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A. Oleinik
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F. Ortica
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L. Pandola
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S.S. Poudel
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F. Ragusa
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M. Razeti
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A. Razeto
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A.L. Renshaw
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M. Rescigno
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A. Romani
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B. Rossi
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N. Rossi
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D. Sablone
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B. Schlitzer
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A. Sheshukov
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P.N. Singh
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M.D. Skorokhvatov
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O. Smirnov
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A. Sotnikov
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C. Stanford
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S. Stracka
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Y. Suvorov
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R. Tartaglia
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G. Testera
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P. Trinchese
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E.V. Unzhakov
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T.J. Waldrop
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S. Westerdale
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M.M. Wojcik
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Abstract
The DarkSide-50 direct-detection dark matter experiment is a dual-phase argon time projection chamber operating at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. This paper reports on the blind analysis of a (16 660±270) kg d exposure using a target of low-radioactivity argon extracted from underground sources. We find no events in the dark matter selection box and set a 90% C.L. upper limit on the dark matter–nucleon spin-independent cross section of 1.14×10-44 cm2 (3.78×10-44 cm2, 3.43×10-43 cm2) for a WIMP mass of 100 GeV/c2 (1 TeV/c2, 10 TeV/c2).