European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (Apr 2019)
The SABRE project and the SABRE Proof-of-Principle
- M. Antonello,
- E. Barberio,
- T. Baroncelli,
- J. Benziger,
- L. J. Bignell,
- I. Bolognino,
- F. Calaprice,
- S. Copello,
- D. D’Angelo,
- G. D’Imperio,
- I. Dafinei,
- G. Di Carlo,
- M. Diemoz,
- A. Di Ludovico,
- W. Dix,
- A. R. Duffy,
- F. Froborg,
- G. K. Giovanetti,
- E. Hoppe,
- A. Ianni,
- L. Ioannucci,
- S. Krishnan,
- G. J. Lane,
- I. Mahmood,
- A. Mariani,
- M. Mastrodicasa,
- P. Montini,
- J. Mould,
- F. Nuti,
- D. Orlandi,
- M. Paris,
- V. Pettinacci,
- L. Pietrofaccia,
- D. Prokopovic,
- S. Rahatlou,
- N. Rossi,
- A. Sarbutt,
- E. Shields,
- M. J. Souza,
- A. E. Stuchbery,
- B. Suerfu,
- C. Tomei,
- V. Toso,
- P. Urquijo,
- C. Vignoli,
- M. Wada,
- A. Wallner,
- A. G. Williams,
- J. Xu
Affiliations
- M. Antonello
- INFN, Sezione di Milano
- E. Barberio
- School of Physics, The University of Melbourne
- T. Baroncelli
- School of Physics, The University of Melbourne
- J. Benziger
- Chemical Engineering Department, Princeton University
- L. J. Bignell
- Department of Nuclear Physics, The Australian National University
- I. Bolognino
- INFN, Sezione di Milano
- F. Calaprice
- Physics Department, Princeton University
- S. Copello
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- D. D’Angelo
- INFN, Sezione di Milano
- G. D’Imperio
- INFN, Sezione di Roma
- I. Dafinei
- INFN, Sezione di Roma
- G. Di Carlo
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- M. Diemoz
- INFN, Sezione di Roma
- A. Di Ludovico
- Physics Department, Princeton University
- W. Dix
- School of Physics, The University of Melbourne
- A. R. Duffy
- ARC Centre of Excellence for All-Sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO)
- F. Froborg
- High Energy Physics, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London
- G. K. Giovanetti
- Physics Department, Princeton University
- E. Hoppe
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- A. Ianni
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- L. Ioannucci
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- S. Krishnan
- Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
- G. J. Lane
- Department of Nuclear Physics, The Australian National University
- I. Mahmood
- School of Physics, The University of Melbourne
- A. Mariani
- INFN, Gran Sasso Science Institute
- M. Mastrodicasa
- INFN, Sezione di Roma
- P. Montini
- INFN, Sezione di Roma
- J. Mould
- ARC Centre of Excellence for All-Sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO)
- F. Nuti
- School of Physics, The University of Melbourne
- D. Orlandi
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- M. Paris
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- V. Pettinacci
- INFN, Sezione di Roma
- L. Pietrofaccia
- Physics Department, Princeton University
- D. Prokopovic
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization
- S. Rahatlou
- INFN, Sezione di Roma
- N. Rossi
- INFN, Sezione di Roma
- A. Sarbutt
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization
- E. Shields
- Physics Department, Princeton University
- M. J. Souza
- Physics Department, Princeton University
- A. E. Stuchbery
- Department of Nuclear Physics, The Australian National University
- B. Suerfu
- Physics Department, Princeton University
- C. Tomei
- INFN, Sezione di Roma
- V. Toso
- INFN, Sezione di Milano
- P. Urquijo
- School of Physics, The University of Melbourne
- C. Vignoli
- INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- M. Wada
- Physics Department, Princeton University
- A. Wallner
- Department of Nuclear Physics, The Australian National University
- A. G. Williams
- The University of Adelaide
- J. Xu
- Physics Department, Princeton University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6860-y
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 79,
no. 4
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Abstract SABRE aims to directly measure the annual modulation of the dark matter interaction rate with NaI(Tl) crystals. A modulation compatible with the standard hypothesis, in which our Galaxy is immersed in a dark matter halo, has been measured by the DAMA experiment in the same target material. Other direct detection experiments, using different target materials, seem to exclude the interpretation of such modulation in the simplest scenario of WIMP-nucleon elastic scattering. The SABRE experiment aims to carry out an independent search with sufficient sensitivity to confirm or refute the DAMA claim. The goal of the SABRE experiment is to achieve the lowest background rate for a NaI(Tl) experiment (order of 0.1 cpd/kg/keVee in the energy region of interest for dark matter). This challenging goal could be achievable by operating high-purity crystals inside a liquid scintillator veto for active background rejection. In addition, twin detectors will be located in the northern and southern hemispheres to identify possible contributions to the modulation from seasonal or site-related effects. The SABRE project includes an initial Proof-of-Principle phase at LNGS (Italy), to assess the radio-purity of the crystals and the efficiency of the liquid scintillator veto. This paper describes the general concept of SABRE and the expected sensitivity to WIMP annual modulation.
