European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (May 2023)
Measurement of isotopic separation of argon with the prototype of the cryogenic distillation plant Aria for dark matter searches
- E. Aaron,
- P. Agnes,
- I. Ahmad,
- S. Albergo,
- I. F. M. Albuquerque,
- T. Alexander,
- A. K. Alton,
- P. Amaudruz,
- M. Atzori Corona,
- M. Ave,
- I. Ch. Avetisov,
- O. Azzolini,
- H. O. Back,
- Z. Balmforth,
- A. Barrado,
- P. Barrillon,
- A. Basco,
- G. Batignani,
- V. Bocci,
- W. M. Bonivento,
- B. Bottino,
- M. G. Boulay,
- J. Busto,
- M. Cadeddu,
- A. Caminata,
- N. Canci,
- A. Capra,
- S. Caprioli,
- M. Caravati,
- N. Cargioli,
- M. Carlini,
- P. Castello,
- P. Cavalcante,
- S. Cavuoti,
- S. Cebrian,
- J. M. Cela Ruiz,
- S. Chashin,
- A. Chepurnov,
- E. Chyhyrynets,
- L. Cifarelli,
- D. Cintas,
- M. Citterio,
- B. Cleveland,
- V. Cocco,
- E. Conde Vilda,
- L. Consiglio,
- S. Copello,
- G. Covone,
- M. Czubak,
- M. D’Aniello,
- S. D’Auria,
- M. D. Da Rocha Rolo,
- S. Davini,
- S. De Cecco,
- G. De Guido,
- D. De Gruttola,
- S. De Pasquale,
- G. De Rosa,
- G. Dellacasa,
- A. V. Derbin,
- A. Devoto,
- F. Di Capua,
- L. Di Noto,
- P. Di Stefano,
- G. Dolganov,
- F. Dordei,
- E. Ellingwood,
- T. Erjavec,
- S. Farenzena,
- M. Fernandez Diaz,
- G. Fiorillo,
- P. Franchini,
- D. Franco,
- N. Funicello,
- F. Gabriele,
- D. Gahan,
- C. Galbiati,
- G. Gallina,
- G. Gallus,
- M. Garbini,
- P. Garcia Abia,
- A. Gendotti,
- C. Ghiano,
- C. Giganti,
- G. K. Giovanetti,
- V. Goicoechea Casanueva,
- A. Gola,
- G. Grauso,
- G. Grilli di Cortona,
- A. Grobov,
- M. Gromov,
- M. Guan,
- M. Guerzoni,
- M. Gulino,
- C. Guo,
- B. R. Hackett,
- A. L. Hallin,
- A. Hamer,
- M. Haranczyk,
- T. Hessel,
- S. Hill,
- S. Horikawa,
- F. Hubaut,
- J. Hucker,
- T. Hugues,
- An. Ianni,
- V. Ippolito,
- C. Jillings,
- S. Jois,
- P. Kachru,
- A. A. Kemp,
- C. L. Kendziora,
- M. Kimura,
- I. Kochanek,
- K. Kondo,
- G. Korga,
- S. Koulosousas,
- A. Kubankin,
- M. Kuss,
- M. Kuźniak,
- M. La Commara,
- M. Lai,
- N. Lami,
- E. Le Guirriec,
- E. Leason,
- A. Leoni,
- L. Lidey,
- F. Lippi,
- M. Lissia,
- L. Luzzi,
- O. Lychagina,
- N. Maccioni,
- O. Macfadyen,
- I. N. Machulin,
- S. Manecki,
- I. Manthos,
- L. Mapelli,
- A. Margotti,
- S. M. Mari,
- C. Mariani,
- J. Maricic,
- A. Marini,
- M. Martínez,
- C. J. Martoff,
- M. Mascia,
- A. Masoni,
- G. Matteucci,
- K. Mavrokoridis,
- C. Maxia,
- A. B. McDonald,
- A. Messina,
- R. Milincic,
- A. Mitra,
- A. Moharana,
- S. Moioli,
- J. Monroe,
- E. Moretti,
- M. Morrocchi,
- T. Mróz,
- V. N. Muratova,
- C. Muscas,
- P. Musico,
- R. Nania,
- M. Nessi,
- K. Nikolopoulos,
- J. Nowak,
- K. Olchansky,
- A. Oleinik,
- V. Oleynikov,
- P. Organtini,
- A. Ortiz de Solórzano,
- L. Pagani,
- M. Pallavicini,
- L. Pandola,
- E. Pantic,
- E. Paoloni,
- G. Paternoster,
- P. A. Pegoraro,
- K. Pelczar,
- L. A. Pellegrini,
- C. Pellegrino,
- V. Pesudo,
- S. Piacentini,
- L. Pietrofaccia,
- N. Pino,
- A. Pocar,
- D. M. Poehlmann,
- S. Pordes,
- P. Pralavorio,
- D. Price,
- F. Ragusa,
- Y. Ramachers,
- M. Razeti,
- A. L. Renshaw,
- M. Rescigno,
- F. Retiere,
- L. P. Rignanese,
- C. Ripoli,
- A. Rivetti,
- A. Roberts,
- C. Roberts,
- J. Rode,
- G. Rogers,
- L. Romero,
- M. Rossi,
- A. Rubbia,
- M. A. Sabia,
- G. M. Sabiu,
- P. Salomone,
- E. Sandford,
- S. Sanfilippo,
- D. Santone,
- R. Santorelli,
- C. Savarese,
- E. Scapparone,
- G. Schillaci,
- F. Schukman,
- G. Scioli,
- M. Simeone,
- P. Skensved,
- M. D. Skorokhvatov,
- O. Smirnov,
- T. Smirnova,
- B. Smith,
- F. Spadoni,
- M. Spangenberg,
- R. Stefanizzi,
- A. Steri,
- V. Stornelli,
- S. Stracka,
- M. Stringer,
- S. Sulis,
- A. Sung,
- Y. Suvorov,
- A. M. Szelc,
- R. Tartaglia,
- A. Taylor,
- J. Taylor,
- S. Tedesco,
- G. Testera,
- K. Thieme,
- T. N. Thorpe,
- A. Tonazzo,
- A. Tricomi,
- E. V. Unzhakov,
- T. Vallivilayil John,
- M. Van Uffelen,
- T. Viant,
- S. Viel,
- R. B. Vogelaar,
- J. Vossebeld,
- M. Wada,
- M. B. Walczak,
- H. Wang,
- Y. Wang,
- S. Westerdale,
- L. Williams,
- I. Wingerter-Seez,
- R. Wojaczyński,
- Ma. M. Wojcik,
- T. Wright,
- Y. Xie,
- C. Yang,
- A. Zabihi,
- P. Zakhary,
- A. Zani,
- A. Zichichi,
- G. Zuzel,
- M. P. Zykova,
- DarkSide-20k Collaboration
Affiliations
- E. Aaron
- Department of Physics, University of California
- P. Agnes
- Gran Sasso Science Institute
- I. Ahmad
- AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- S. Albergo
- INFN Catania
- I. F. M. Albuquerque
- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo
- T. Alexander
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- A. K. Alton
- Physics Department, Augustana University
- P. Amaudruz
- TRIUMF
- M. Atzori Corona
- INFN Cagliari
- M. Ave
- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo
- I. Ch. Avetisov
- Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology
- O. Azzolini
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro
- H. O. Back
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Z. Balmforth
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London
- A. Barrado
- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
- P. Barrillon
- Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM
- A. Basco
- INFN Napoli
- G. Batignani
- INFN Pisa
- V. Bocci
- INFN Sezione di Roma
- W. M. Bonivento
- INFN Cagliari
- B. Bottino
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Genova
- M. G. Boulay
- Department of Physics, Carleton University
- J. Busto
- Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM
- M. Cadeddu
- INFN Cagliari
- A. Caminata
- INFN Genova
- N. Canci
- INFN Napoli
- A. Capra
- TRIUMF
- S. Caprioli
- INFN Genova
- M. Caravati
- INFN Cagliari
- N. Cargioli
- INFN Cagliari
- M. Carlini
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- P. Castello
- INFN Cagliari
- P. Cavalcante
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- S. Cavuoti
- INFN Napoli
- S. Cebrian
- Centro de Astropartículas y Física de Altas Energías, Universidad de Zaragoza
- J. M. Cela Ruiz
- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
- S. Chashin
- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
- A. Chepurnov
- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
- E. Chyhyrynets
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro
- L. Cifarelli
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Università degli Studi di Bologna
- D. Cintas
- Centro de Astropartículas y Física de Altas Energías, Universidad de Zaragoza
- M. Citterio
- INFN Milano
- B. Cleveland
- SNOLAB
- V. Cocco
- INFN Cagliari
- E. Conde Vilda
- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
- L. Consiglio
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- S. Copello
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Genova
- G. Covone
- INFN Napoli
- M. Czubak
- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University
- M. D’Aniello
- Department of Strutture per l’Ingegneria e l’Architettura, Università degli Studi “Federico II” di Napoli
- S. D’Auria
- INFN Milano
- M. D. Da Rocha Rolo
- INFN Torino
- S. Davini
- INFN Genova
- S. De Cecco
- INFN Sezione di Roma
- G. De Guido
- Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering Department “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano
- D. De Gruttola
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Salerno
- S. De Pasquale
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Salerno
- G. De Rosa
- INFN Napoli
- G. Dellacasa
- INFN Torino
- A. V. Derbin
- Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
- A. Devoto
- INFN Cagliari
- F. Di Capua
- INFN Napoli
- L. Di Noto
- INFN Genova
- P. Di Stefano
- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen’s University
- G. Dolganov
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute
- F. Dordei
- INFN Cagliari
- E. Ellingwood
- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen’s University
- T. Erjavec
- Department of Physics, University of California
- S. Farenzena
- CarboSulcis S.p.A.-Miniera Monte Sinni
- M. Fernandez Diaz
- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
- G. Fiorillo
- INFN Napoli
- P. Franchini
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London
- D. Franco
- APC, Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie
- N. Funicello
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Salerno
- F. Gabriele
- INFN Cagliari
- D. Gahan
- INFN Cagliari
- C. Galbiati
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- G. Gallina
- Physics Department, Princeton University
- G. Gallus
- INFN Cagliari
- M. Garbini
- INFN Bologna
- P. Garcia Abia
- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
- A. Gendotti
- Institute for Particle Physics, ETH Zürich
- C. Ghiano
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- C. Giganti
- LPNHE, CNRS/IN2P3, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot
- G. K. Giovanetti
- Williams College, Physics Department
- V. Goicoechea Casanueva
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai’i
- A. Gola
- Fondazione Bruno Kessler
- G. Grauso
- INFN Napoli
- G. Grilli di Cortona
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati
- A. Grobov
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute
- M. Gromov
- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
- M. Guan
- Institute of High Energy Physics
- M. Guerzoni
- INFN Bologna
- M. Gulino
- Engineering and Architecture Faculty, Università di Enna Kore
- C. Guo
- Institute of High Energy Physics
- B. R. Hackett
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- A. L. Hallin
- Department of Physics, University of Alberta
- A. Hamer
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London
- M. Haranczyk
- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University
- T. Hessel
- APC, Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie
- S. Hill
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London
- S. Horikawa
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- F. Hubaut
- Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM
- J. Hucker
- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen’s University
- T. Hugues
- APC, Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie
- An. Ianni
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- V. Ippolito
- INFN Sezione di Roma
- C. Jillings
- SNOLAB
- S. Jois
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London
- P. Kachru
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- A. A. Kemp
- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen’s University
- C. L. Kendziora
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- M. Kimura
- AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- I. Kochanek
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- K. Kondo
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- G. Korga
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London
- S. Koulosousas
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London
- A. Kubankin
- Radiation Physics Laboratory, Belgorod National Research University
- M. Kuss
- INFN Pisa
- M. Kuźniak
- AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- M. La Commara
- INFN Napoli
- M. Lai
- INFN Cagliari
- N. Lami
- CarboSulcis S.p.A.-Miniera Monte Sinni
- E. Le Guirriec
- Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM
- E. Leason
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London
- A. Leoni
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- L. Lidey
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- F. Lippi
- CarboSulcis S.p.A.-Miniera Monte Sinni
- M. Lissia
- INFN Cagliari
- L. Luzzi
- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
- O. Lychagina
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- N. Maccioni
- CarboSulcis S.p.A.-Miniera Monte Sinni
- O. Macfadyen
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London
- I. N. Machulin
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute
- S. Manecki
- SNOLAB
- I. Manthos
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham
- L. Mapelli
- Physics Department, Princeton University
- A. Margotti
- INFN Bologna
- S. M. Mari
- INFN Roma Tre
- C. Mariani
- Virginia Tech
- J. Maricic
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai’i
- A. Marini
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Genova
- M. Martínez
- Centro de Astropartículas y Física de Altas Energías, Universidad de Zaragoza
- C. J. Martoff
- Physics Department, Temple University
- M. Mascia
- Department of Mechanical, Chemical, and Materials Engineering, Università degli Studi
- A. Masoni
- INFN Cagliari
- G. Matteucci
- INFN Napoli
- K. Mavrokoridis
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, The Oliver Lodge Laboratory
- C. Maxia
- CarboSulcis S.p.A.-Miniera Monte Sinni
- A. B. McDonald
- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen’s University
- A. Messina
- INFN Sezione di Roma
- R. Milincic
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai’i
- A. Mitra
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick
- A. Moharana
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- S. Moioli
- Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering Department “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano
- J. Monroe
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London
- E. Moretti
- Fondazione Bruno Kessler
- M. Morrocchi
- INFN Pisa
- T. Mróz
- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University
- V. N. Muratova
- Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
- C. Muscas
- INFN Cagliari
- P. Musico
- INFN Genova
- R. Nania
- INFN Bologna
- M. Nessi
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- K. Nikolopoulos
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham
- J. Nowak
- Physics Department, Lancaster University
- K. Olchansky
- TRIUMF
- A. Oleinik
- Radiation Physics Laboratory, Belgorod National Research University
- V. Oleynikov
- Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics
- P. Organtini
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- A. Ortiz de Solórzano
- Centro de Astropartículas y Física de Altas Energías, Universidad de Zaragoza
- L. Pagani
- Department of Physics, University of California
- M. Pallavicini
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Genova
- L. Pandola
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud
- E. Pantic
- Department of Physics, University of California
- E. Paoloni
- INFN Pisa
- G. Paternoster
- Fondazione Bruno Kessler
- P. A. Pegoraro
- INFN Cagliari
- K. Pelczar
- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University
- L. A. Pellegrini
- Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering Department “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano
- C. Pellegrino
- INFN Bologna
- V. Pesudo
- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
- S. Piacentini
- INFN Sezione di Roma
- L. Pietrofaccia
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- N. Pino
- INFN Catania
- A. Pocar
- Amherst Center for Fundamental Interactions and Physics Department, University of Massachusetts
- D. M. Poehlmann
- Department of Physics, University of California
- S. Pordes
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- P. Pralavorio
- Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM
- D. Price
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester
- F. Ragusa
- INFN Milano
- Y. Ramachers
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick
- M. Razeti
- INFN Cagliari
- A. L. Renshaw
- Department of Physics, University of Houston
- M. Rescigno
- INFN Sezione di Roma
- F. Retiere
- TRIUMF
- L. P. Rignanese
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Università degli Studi di Bologna
- C. Ripoli
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Salerno
- A. Rivetti
- INFN Torino
- A. Roberts
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, The Oliver Lodge Laboratory
- C. Roberts
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, The Oliver Lodge Laboratory
- J. Rode
- LPNHE, CNRS/IN2P3, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Diderot
- G. Rogers
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham
- L. Romero
- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
- M. Rossi
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Genova
- A. Rubbia
- Institute for Particle Physics, ETH Zürich
- M. A. Sabia
- INFN Sezione di Roma
- G. M. Sabiu
- CarboSulcis S.p.A.-Miniera Monte Sinni
- P. Salomone
- INFN Sezione di Roma
- E. Sandford
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester
- S. Sanfilippo
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud
- D. Santone
- Department of Physics, Royal Holloway University of London
- R. Santorelli
- CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
- C. Savarese
- Physics Department, Princeton University
- E. Scapparone
- INFN Bologna
- G. Schillaci
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud
- F. Schukman
- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen’s University
- G. Scioli
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Università degli Studi di Bologna
- M. Simeone
- INFN Napoli
- P. Skensved
- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen’s University
- M. D. Skorokhvatov
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute
- O. Smirnov
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- T. Smirnova
- National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute
- B. Smith
- TRIUMF
- F. Spadoni
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- M. Spangenberg
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick
- R. Stefanizzi
- INFN Cagliari
- A. Steri
- INFN Cagliari
- V. Stornelli
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- S. Stracka
- INFN Pisa
- M. Stringer
- Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen’s University
- S. Sulis
- INFN Cagliari
- A. Sung
- Physics Department, Princeton University
- Y. Suvorov
- INFN Napoli
- A. M. Szelc
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh
- R. Tartaglia
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- A. Taylor
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, The Oliver Lodge Laboratory
- J. Taylor
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, The Oliver Lodge Laboratory
- S. Tedesco
- INFN Torino
- G. Testera
- INFN Genova
- K. Thieme
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawai’i
- T. N. Thorpe
- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California
- A. Tonazzo
- APC, Université de Paris, CNRS, Astroparticule et Cosmologie
- A. Tricomi
- INFN Catania
- E. V. Unzhakov
- Saint Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
- T. Vallivilayil John
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- M. Van Uffelen
- Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM
- T. Viant
- Institute for Particle Physics, ETH Zürich
- S. Viel
- Department of Physics, Carleton University
- R. B. Vogelaar
- Virginia Tech
- J. Vossebeld
- Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, The Oliver Lodge Laboratory
- M. Wada
- Physics Department, Università degli Studi di Cagliari
- M. B. Walczak
- AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- H. Wang
- Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California
- Y. Wang
- Institute of High Energy Physics
- S. Westerdale
- Physics Department, Princeton University
- L. Williams
- Department of Physics and Engineering, Fort Lewis College
- I. Wingerter-Seez
- Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS/IN2P3, CPPM
- R. Wojaczyński
- AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- Ma. M. Wojcik
- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University
- T. Wright
- Virginia Tech
- Y. Xie
- Institute of High Energy Physics
- C. Yang
- Institute of High Energy Physics
- A. Zabihi
- AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- P. Zakhary
- AstroCeNT, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- A. Zani
- INFN Milano
- A. Zichichi
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Università degli Studi di Bologna
- G. Zuzel
- M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University
- M. P. Zykova
- Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology
- DarkSide-20k Collaboration
- CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11430-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 83,
no. 5
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
Abstract The Aria cryogenic distillation plant, located in Sardinia, Italy, is a key component of the DarkSide-20k experimental program for WIMP dark matter searches at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy. Aria is designed to purify the argon, extracted from underground wells in Colorado, USA, and used as the DarkSide-20k target material, to detector-grade quality. In this paper, we report the first measurement of argon isotopic separation by distillation with the 26 m tall Aria prototype. We discuss the measurement of the operating parameters of the column and the observation of the simultaneous separation of the three stable argon isotopes: $${}^{36}\hbox {Ar}$$ 36 Ar , $${}^{38}\textrm{Ar}$$ 38 Ar , and $${}^{40}\textrm{Ar}$$ 40 Ar . We also provide a detailed comparison of the experimental results with commercial process simulation software. This measurement of isotopic separation of argon is a significant achievement for the project, building on the success of the initial demonstration of isotopic separation of nitrogen using the same equipment in 2019.
