Abstract
TREX-DM (TPC Rare Event eXperiment for Dark Matter) is a high-pressure Micromegas-based TPC designed to host a few hundreds of grams of light nuclei (argon or neon) with energy thresholds potentially at the level of 0.4 keVee or below. Preliminary background studies suggest that the levels expected are of the order of 1–10 counts keV−1 kg−1 d−1, making TREX-DM competitive in the search for low mass WIMPs (<10 GeV). The experiment has been approved by the LSC (Laboratorio Subterrneo de Canfranc) and the last months have been devoted to its installation underground. Here we will report on the first commissioning phase.
Highlights
IOP PublishingIOP Conf. Series: Journal of Physics: Conf. Series 1312 (2019) 012010 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1312/1/012010 J. Castel1,2, S. Cebrian1,2, T. Dafni1,2, J. Galan1,2, I.G. Irastorza1,2, G. Luzon1,2, H. Mirallasa,1,2, A. Ortiz de Solorzano1,2, A. Peiro1, E. Ruiz-Choliz1,2
Dark Matter experiments are focusing their detection techniques in low-mass weakly interactive massive particles (WIMPs) (
TREX-DM (TPC Rare Event eXperiment for Dark Matter) is a high-pressure Micromegas-based TPC designed to host a few hundreds of grams of light nuclei with energy thresholds potentially at the level of 0.4 keVee or below
Summary
IOP Conf. Series: Journal of Physics: Conf. Series 1312 (2019) 012010 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1312/1/012010 J. Castel1,2, S. Cebrian1,2, T. Dafni1,2, J. Galan1,2, I.G. Irastorza1,2, G. Luzon1,2, H. Mirallasa,1,2, A. Ortiz de Solorzano1,2, A. Peiro1, E. Ruiz-Choliz1,2
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