Dark Matter and Rare-Event Searches with XENON1T/XENONnT

使用 XENON1T/XENONnT 进行暗物质和稀有事件搜索

• 批准号: 1913105
• 负责人: Luca Grandi
• 金额: $ 41.88万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-08-01 至 2022-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1913105&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dark; Matter; Rare; Event; Searches

What is the nature of Dark Matter? This is one of the most intriguing open questions of modern science and answering it is of fundamental importance to cosmology, astrophysics, and particle physics. Over the last three decades, to solve this puzzle, physicists all around the world have been building specialized low-background instruments capable of detecting the potential interactions of Dark Matter (DM) particles with ordinary matter. While these searches constrained the features of DM and its coupling rate with regular matter, the question remains unanswered. This award supports the University of Chicago group to continue its involvement in the XENON program, a direct search for DM. The XENON1T detector has been operating at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory in central Italy since Spring 2016. It features a 2-tonne Liquid Xenon (LXe) target, instrumented as a two-phase Time Projection Chamber (TPC), capable of detecting possible interactions of DM particles with ordinary matter. XENON1T/nT will probe the Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) paradigm, either detecting them or further constraining their features, as well as a variety of other DM candidates. In parallel, this program aims to further develop noble-liquids TPC technology, broadly used in particle physics for dark matter and neutrino searches.This award will support the continuation of a partnerships with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Chicago (a local minority-dominated public school), the Great Lakes Planetarium Association and the Space Explorer Program. The program uses the mystery of dark matter to engage students, educators, and the broader public in cutting edge science. It recognizes that high school teachers are the experts in communication and dissemination and best qualified to find creative ways to integrate the PI's research into their teaching. The program targets teachers and planetarium staff and will have a deep and broad impact on hundreds of Under Represented Minority (URM) students, and thousands of Planetarium visitors. A part of the program will plug into the Space Explorer Program, a summer camp for high school URM students interested in astronomy and science.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

暗物质的本质是什么？这是现代科学中最有趣的公开问题之一，回答它对宇宙学、天体物理学和粒子物理学具有根本的重要性。在过去的三十年里，为了解决这个难题，世界各地的物理学家一直在建造专门的低背景仪器，能够检测暗物质（DM）粒子与普通物质的潜在相互作用。虽然这些搜索限制了DM的特征及其与常规物质的耦合率，但这个问题仍然没有答案。该奖项支持芝加哥大学集团继续参与XENON计划，直接寻找DM。XENON 1 T探测器自2016年春季以来一直在意大利中部的Gran Sasso国家实验室运行。它有一个2吨重的液体氙（LXe）靶，作为一个两相时间投影室（TPC），能够检测DM粒子与普通物质可能的相互作用。XENON 1 T/nT将探测弱相互作用大质量粒子（WIMPs）范式，要么检测它们，要么进一步限制它们的特征，以及各种其他DM候选项。与此同时，该计划旨在进一步开发广泛用于粒子物理学中暗物质和中微子搜索的贵液体TPC技术。该奖项将支持与马丁·路德·金博士的持续合作。芝加哥高中（当地少数民族占主导地位的公立学校），五大湖天文馆协会和太空探索者计划。该计划利用暗物质的神秘性吸引学生，教育工作者和更广泛的公众参与尖端科学。它承认，高中教师是沟通和传播方面的专家，最有资格找到创造性的方法将PI的研究融入他们的教学。该计划针对教师和天文馆工作人员，将对数百名代表不足的少数民族（URM）学生和数千名天文馆游客产生深刻而广泛的影响。该计划的一部分将插入太空探索者计划，这是一个为对天文学和科学感兴趣的URM高中学生举办的夏令营。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

XENON1T dark matter data analysis: Signal reconstruction, calibration, and event selection

• DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.100.052014
• 发表时间: 2019-06
• 期刊: Physical Review D
• 影响因子: 5
• 作者: E. Aprile;J. Aalbers;J. Aalbers;F. Agostini;M. Alfonsi;L. Althueser;F. Amaro;V. C. Antochi;F. Arneodo;L. Baudis;B. Bauermeister;L. Bellagamba;M. Benabderrahmane;T. Berger;P. Breur;A. Brown;E. Brown;S. Bruenner;G. Bruno;R. Budnik;C. Capelli;J. Cardoso;D. Cichon;D. Coderre;A. Colijn;J. Conrad;J. Cussonneau;M. Decowski;P. Perio;P. Gangi;A. Giovanni;S. Diglio;A. Elykov;G. Eurin;J. Fei;A. Ferella;A. Fieguth;W. Fulgione;A. G. Rosso;M. Galloway;F. Gao;M. Garbini;L. Grandi;Z. Greene;C. Hasterok;E. Hogenbirk;J. Howlett;M. Iacovacci;R. Itay;F. Joerg;S. Kazama;A. Kish;G. Koltman;A. Kopec;H. Landsman;R. Lang;L. Levinson;Q. Lin;S. Lindemann;M. Lindner;F. Lombardi;J. Lopes;E. L. Fune;C. Macolino;J. Mahlstedt;A. Manfredini;A. Manfredini;F. Marignetti;T. Undagoitia;J. Masbou;D. Masson;S. Mastroianni;M. Messina;K. Micheneau;K. Miller;A. Molinario;K. Morå;Y. Mosbacher;M. Murra;J. Naganoma;K. Ni;U. Oberlack;K. Odgers;B. Pelssers;R. Peres;R. Peres;F. Piastra;J. Pienaar;V. Pizzella;G. Plante;R. Podviianiuk;H. Qiu;D. Garc'ia;S. Reichard;B. Riedel;A. Rizzo;A. Rocchetti;N. Rupp;J. Santos;G. Sartorelli;N. Šarčević;M. Scheibelhut;S. Schindler;J. Schreiner;D. Schulte;M. Schumann;L. Lavina;M. Selvi;P. Shagin;E. Shockley;M. Silva;H. Simgen;C. Therreau;D. Thers;F. Toschi;G. Trinchero;C. Tunnell;N. Upole;M. Vargas;O. Wack;Haichen Wang;Zhou Wang;Y. Wei;C. Weinheimer;D. Wenz;C. Wittweg;J. Wulf;J. Ye;Yuan Zhang;T. Zhu;J. Zopounidis

Search for inelastic scattering of WIMP dark matter in XENON1T

• DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.103.063028
• 发表时间: 2020-11
• 期刊: Physical Review D
• 影响因子: 5
• 作者: X. C. E. Aprile;J. Aalbers;F. Agostini;M. Alfonsi;L. Althueser;F. Amaro;S. Andaloro;E. Angelino;J. Angevaare;V. C. Antochi;F. Arneodo;L. Baudis;B. Bauermeister;L. Bellagamba;M. Benabderrahmane;A. Brown;E. Brown;S. Bruenner;G. Bruno;R. Budnik;C. Capelli;J. Cardoso;D. Cichon;B. Cimmino;M. Clark;D. Coderre;A. Colijn;J. Conrad;J. Cuenca;J. Cussonneau;M. Decowski;A. Depoian;P. Gangi;A. Giovanni;R. D. Stefano;S. Diglio;A. Elykov;A. Ferella;W. Fulgione;P. Gaemers;R. Gaior;M. Galloway;F. Gao;L. Grandi;C. Hils;K. Hiraide;L. Hoetzsch;J. Howlett;M. Iacovacci;Y. Itow;F. Joerg;N. Kato;S. Kazama;M. Kobayashi;G. Koltman;A. Kopec;H. Landsman;R. Lang;L. Levinson;S. Liang;Q. Lin;S. Lindemann;M. Lindner;F. Lombardi;J. Long;J. Lopes;Y. Ma;C. Macolino;J. Mahlstedt;A. Mancuso;L. Manenti;A. Manfredini;F. Marignetti;T. Undagoitia;K. Martens;J. Masbou;D. Masson;S. Mastroianni;M. Messina;K. Miuchi;K. Mizukoshi;A. Molinario;K. Morra;S. Moriyama;Y. Mosbacher;M. Murra;J. Naganoma;K. Ni;U. Oberlack;K. Odgers;J. Palacio;B. Pelssers;R. Peres;J. Pienaar;M. Pierre;V. Pizzella;G. Plante;J. Qi;J. Qin;D. Garc'ia;S. Reichard;A. Rocchetti;N. Rupp;J. Santos;G. Sartorelli;N. vSarvcevi'c;M. Scheibelhut;J. Schreiner;D. Schulte;H. Eissing;M. Schumann;L. Lavina;M. Selvi;F. Semeria;P. Shagin;E. Shockley;M. Silva;H. Simgen;A. Takeda;C. Therreau;D. Thers;F. Toschi;G. Trinchero;C. Tunnell;K. Valerius;M. Vargas;G. Volta;Y. Wei;C. Weinheimer;M. Weiss;D. Wenz;C. Wittweg;T. Wolf;Z. Xu;M. Yamashita;J. Ye;G. Zavattini;Y. Zhang;T. Zhu;J. Zopounidis

An approximate likelihood for nuclear recoil searches with XENON1T data

使用 XENON1T 数据进行核反冲搜索的近似可能性

• DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10913-w
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: The European Physical Journal C
• 作者: Aprile, E.;Abe, K.;Agostini, F.;Ahmed Maouloud, S.;Alfonsi, M.;Althueser, L.;Andrieu, B.;Angelino, E.;Angevaare, J. R.;Antochi, V. C.
• 通讯作者: Antochi, V. C.

The XENON1T data acquisition system

• DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/14/07/p07016
• 发表时间: 2019-06
• 期刊: Journal of Instrumentation
• 影响因子: 1.3
• 作者: E. Aprile;J. Aalbers;J. Aalbers;F. Agostini;M. Alfonsi;L. Althueser;F. Amaro;V. C. Antochi;F. Arneodo;D. Barge;L. Baudis;B. Bauermeister;L. Bellagamba;M. Benabderrahmane;T. Berger;P. Breur;A. Brown;E. Brown;S. Bruenner;G. Bruno;R. Budnik;L. Bütikofer;C. Capelli;J. Cardoso;D. Cichon;D. Coderre;A. Colijn;J. Conrad;J. Cussonneau;M. P. Decowski;P. Perio;P. Gangi;A. Giovanni;S. Diglio;A. Elykov;G. Eurin;J. Fei;A. Ferella;A. Fieguth;W. Fulgione;P. Gaemers;A. G. Rosso;M. Galloway;F. Gao;M. Garbini;L. Grandi;Z. Greene;C. Hasterok;E. Hogenbirk;J. Howlett;M. Iacovacci;R. Itay;F. Joerg;S. Kazama;A. Kish;M. Kobayashi;G. Koltman;A. Kopec;H. Landsman;R. Lang;L. Levinson;Q. Lin;S. Lindemann;M. Lindner;F. Lombardi;F. Lombardi;J. Lopes;E. L. Fune;C. Macolino;J. Mahlstedt;A. Manfredini;A. Manfredini;F. Marignetti;T. Undagoitia;J. Masbou;D. Masson;S. Mastroianni;M. Messina;K. Micheneau;K. Miller;A. Molinario;K. Morå;Y. Mosbacher;M. Murra;J. Naganoma;K. Ni;U. Oberlack;K. Odgers;B. Pelssers;R. Peres;R. Peres;F. Piastra;J. Pienaar;V. Pizzella;G. Plante;R. Podviianiuk;H. Qiu;D. Garc'ia;S. Reichard;B. Riedel;A. Rocchetti;N. Rupp;J. Santos;G. Sartorelli;N. Šarčević;M. Scheibelhut;S. Schindler;J. Schreiner;D. Schulte;M. Schumann;L. Lavina;M. Selvi;P. Shagin;E. Shockley;M. Silva;H. Simgen;C. Therreau;D. Thers;F. Toschi;G. Trinchero;C. Tunnell;N. Upole;M. Vargas;G. Volta;O. Wack;H. Wang;Y. Wei;C. Weinheimer;D. Wenz;C. Wittweg;J. Wulf;J. Ye;Yuan Zhang;T. Zhu;J. Zopounidis;M. Pieracci;C. Tintori

Emission of single and few electrons in XENON1T and limits on light dark matter

• DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.106.022001
• 发表时间: 2022-07-05
• 期刊: PHYSICAL REVIEW D
• 影响因子: 5
• 作者: Aprile, E.;Abe, K.;Zopounidis, J. P.
• 通讯作者: Zopounidis, J. P.