DarkSide-20k sensitivity to light dark matter particles
The dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber is presently one of the leading technologies to search for dark matter particles with masses below 10 GeV c−2. This was demonstrated by the DarkSide-50 experiment with approximately 50 kg of low-radioactivity liquid argon as target material. The next generation experiment DarkSide-20k, currently under construction, will use 1,000 times more argon and is expected to start operation in 2027. Based on the DarkSide-50 experience, here we assess the DarkSide-20k sensitivity to models predicting light dark matter particles, including Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) and sub-GeV c−2 particles interacting with electrons in argon atoms. With one year of data, a sensitivity improvement to dark matter interaction cross-sections by at least one order of magnitude with respect to DarkSide-50 is expected for all these models. A sensitivity to WIMP–nucleon interaction cross-sections below 1 × 10−42 cm2 is achievable for WIMP masses above 800 MeV c−2. With 10 years exposure, the neutrino fog can be reached for WIMP masses around 5 GeV c−2. The DarkSide-20k collaboration reports the sensitivity of its detector, currently under construction, to models predicting light dark matter particles. This includes Weakly Interacting Massive Particles and particles interacting with bound electrons of argon atoms.
Authors
- C.L. Kendziora
- G. Galiński (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0223-3265)
- J. H. Vossebeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8178-8503)
- G. Rogers
- A. Sung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4000-3172)
- S. Moioli
- M. Harańczyk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3841-4108)
- G. Plante (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4381-674X)
- P. Franchini
- Tao Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2286-9009)
- T. Viant
- F. Perotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1734-2691)
- H. Frandini Gatti
- B. Bottino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3017-2167)
- L. Consiglio
- A. Capra
- Azam Zabihi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1322-9587)
- O. Smirnov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5238-0442)
- M. Cadeddu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3974-1995)
- A. Grobov
- C. Sunny (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4214-872X)
- M. Kuss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1212-9998)
- E. Aprile (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-7098)
- P. Barrillon
- G. Fiorillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6916-6776)
- M. Caravati
- J. Monroe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8649-5486)
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- O. Azzolini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3951-0537)
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Institutions
- University of California, Riverside (US)
- University of Pisa (IT)
- Warsaw University of Technology (PL)
- Roma Tre University (IT)
- Belgorod National Research University (RU)
- Jagiellonian University (PL)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- TRIUMF (CA)
- University of Hawaii System (US)
- D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (RU)
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (US)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Fort Lewis College (US)
- Augustana University (US)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (IT)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of Cagliari (IT)
- Politecnico di Torino (IT)
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Royal Holloway University of London (GB)
- Lodz University of Technology (PL)
- University of Milan (IT)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Lomonosov Moscow State University (RU)
- Princeton University (US)
- Queen's University (CA)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Williams College (US)
- Fondazione Bruno Kessler (IT)
- Università degli Studi di Enna Kore (IT)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
- Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
- University of L'Aquila (IT)
- Savannah River National Laboratory (US)
- Kurchatov Institute (RU)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (IT)
- Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie (FR)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (RU)
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- University of Catania (IT)
- University of Warwick (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Institute of Physics (PL)
- Centre de physique des particules de Marseille (FR)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli (IT)
- Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova (IT)
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (RU)
- Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules (FR)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano (IT)
- Institute of High Energy Physics (CN)
- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center (PL)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna (IT)
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (IT)
- Snolab (CA)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa (IT)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (ES)
- University of Houston (US)
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (RU)
- Laurentian University (CA)
- Carleton University (CA)
- Lancaster University (GB)
- University of Naples Federico II (IT)
- Columbia University (US)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- University of Genoa (IT)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Temple University (US)
- Virginia Tech (US)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
- National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (RU)
- University of Bologna (IT)
- Politecnico di Milano (IT)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
- Polish Academy of Sciences (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Physics
- Published
- 2024-12-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-024-01896-z
- Citations
- 14
- Primary Topic
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.23
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Battelle
- Aix-Marseille Université
- Royal Society
- European Commission
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Ministerstwo Edukacji i Nauki
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
- Office of Science
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Science and Technology Facilities Council
- European Regional Development Fund
- Labex UnivEarthS
- Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
- Fermilab
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory