European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (Jul 2018)
Discovery potential for directional Dark Matter detection with nuclear emulsions
- N. Agafonova,
- A. Aleksandrov,
- A. Anokhina,
- T. Asada,
- V. V. Ashikhmin,
- I. Bodnarchuk,
- A. Buonaura,
- M. Chernyavskii,
- A. Chukanov,
- N. D’Ambrosio,
- G. De Lellis,
- A. Di Crescenzo,
- N. Di Marco,
- S. Dmitrievski,
- R. I. Enikeev,
- R. A. Fini,
- G. Galati,
- V. Gentile,
- S. Gorbunov,
- Y. Gornushkin,
- A. M. Guler,
- H. Ichiki,
- T. Katsuragawa,
- N. Konovalova,
- K. Kuge,
- A. Lauria,
- K. Y. Lee,
- L. Lista,
- A. S. Malgin,
- A. Managadze,
- P. Monacelli,
- M. C. Montesi,
- T. Naka,
- N. Okateva,
- B. D. Park,
- D. Podgrudkov,
- N. Polukhina,
- F. Pupilli,
- T. Roganova,
- A. Rogozhnikov,
- G. Rosa,
- O. G. Ryazhskaya,
- O. Sato,
- I. R. Shakiryanova,
- T. Shchedrina,
- C. Sirignano,
- J. Y. Sohn,
- A. Sotnikov,
- N. Starkov,
- P. Strolin,
- V. Tioukov,
- A. Umemoto,
- A. Ustyuzhanin,
- C. S. Yoon,
- M. Yoshimoto,
- S. Vasina
Affiliations
- N. Agafonova
- INR RAS-Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- A. Aleksandrov
- INFN Sezione di Napoli
- A. Anokhina
- INP MSU-Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics of Moscow State University
- T. Asada
- Nagoya University and KM Institute
- V. V. Ashikhmin
- INR RAS-Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- I. Bodnarchuk
- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- A. Buonaura
- INFN Sezione di Napoli
- M. Chernyavskii
- LPI-Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- A. Chukanov
- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- N. D’Ambrosio
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- G. De Lellis
- INFN Sezione di Napoli
- A. Di Crescenzo
- INFN Sezione di Napoli
- N. Di Marco
- INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
- S. Dmitrievski
- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- R. I. Enikeev
- INR RAS-Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- R. A. Fini
- INFN Sezione di Bari
- G. Galati
- INFN Sezione di Napoli
- V. Gentile
- Gran Sasso Science Institute
- S. Gorbunov
- LPI-Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Y. Gornushkin
- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- A. M. Guler
- METU-Middle East Technical University
- H. Ichiki
- Nagoya University and KM Institute
- T. Katsuragawa
- Nagoya University and KM Institute
- N. Konovalova
- LPI-Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- K. Kuge
- Chiba University
- A. Lauria
- INFN Sezione di Napoli
- K. Y. Lee
- RINS and Department of Physics Education, Gyeongsang National University
- L. Lista
- INFN Sezione di Napoli
- A. S. Malgin
- INR RAS-Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- A. Managadze
- INP MSU-Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics of Moscow State University
- P. Monacelli
- INFN Sezione di Roma
- M. C. Montesi
- INFN Sezione di Napoli
- T. Naka
- Nagoya University and KM Institute
- N. Okateva
- LPI-Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- B. D. Park
- RINS and Department of Physics Education, Gyeongsang National University
- D. Podgrudkov
- INP MSU-Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics of Moscow State University
- N. Polukhina
- LPI-Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- F. Pupilli
- INFN Sezione di Padova
- T. Roganova
- INP MSU-Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics of Moscow State University
- A. Rogozhnikov
- Yandex School of Data Analysis
- G. Rosa
- INFN Sezione di Roma
- O. G. Ryazhskaya
- INR RAS-Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- O. Sato
- Nagoya University and KM Institute
- I. R. Shakiryanova
- INR RAS-Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- T. Shchedrina
- LPI-Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- C. Sirignano
- INFN Sezione di Padova
- J. Y. Sohn
- RINS and Department of Physics Education, Gyeongsang National University
- A. Sotnikov
- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- N. Starkov
- LPI-Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- P. Strolin
- INFN Sezione di Napoli
- V. Tioukov
- INFN Sezione di Napoli
- A. Umemoto
- Nagoya University and KM Institute
- A. Ustyuzhanin
- Yandex School of Data Analysis
- C. S. Yoon
- RINS and Department of Physics Education, Gyeongsang National University
- M. Yoshimoto
- Nagoya University and KM Institute
- S. Vasina
- JINR-Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6060-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 78,
no. 7
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Abstract Direct Dark Matter searches are nowadays one of the most fervid research topics with many experimental efforts devoted to the search for nuclear recoils induced by the scattering of Weakly Interactive Massive Particles (WIMPs). Detectors able to reconstruct the direction of the nucleus recoiling against the scattering WIMP are opening a new frontier to possibly extend Dark Matter searches beyond the neutrino background. Exploiting directionality would also prove the galactic origin of Dark Matter with an unambiguous signal-to-background separation. Indeed, the angular distribution of recoiled nuclei is centered around the direction of the Cygnus constellation, while the background distribution is expected to be isotropic. Current directional experiments are based on gas TPC whose sensitivity is limited by the small achievable detector mass. In this paper we present the discovery potential of a directional experiment based on the use of a solid target made of newly developed nuclear emulsions and of optical read-out systems reaching unprecedented nanometric resolution.
