Open AccessFirst measurements with a NaI(Tl) crystal for the SABRE experiment
Author(s) -
Alberto Mariani,
M. Antonello,
E. Barberio,
Ti. Baroncelli,
J. Benziger,
L.J. Bignell,
I. Bolognino,
F. Calaprice,
S. Copello,
D. D’Angelo,
Giulia D'imperio,
I. Dafinei,
G. Di Carlo,
M. Diemoz,
A. Di Giacinto,
A. Di Lüdovico,
W. Dix,
Alan R. Duffy,
E. W. Hoppe,
A. Ianni,
S. Krishnan,
G. J. Lane,
I. Mahmood,
P. McGee,
Jeremy Mould,
F. Nuti,
D. Orlandi,
V. Pettinacci,
L. Pietrofaccia,
S. Rahatlou,
A. E. Stuchbery,
B. Suerfu,
C. Tomei,
P. Urquijo,
C. Vignoli,
M. Wada,
A. Wallner,
Anthony G. Williams,
Madeleine J. Zurowski
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012021
Subject(s) - scintillator , dark matter , physics , crystal (programming language) , nuclear physics , optics , astrophysics , detector , computer science , programming language
SABRE is a dark matter direct detection experiment aiming to measure the annual modulation of the dark matter interaction rate in NaI(Tl) crystals. SABRE focuses on the achievement of an ultra-low background rate operating high-purity NaI(Tl) crystals in a liquid scintillator veto for active background rejection. Moreover, twin experiments will be located in both Northern and Southern hemispheres (Italy and Australia) to disentangle any possible contribution from seasonal or site-related effects. In this article the results of the first measurements with a NaI(Tl) crystal for the SABRE experiment performed at LNGS are presented.