WIMP Argon Programme explained

The WIMP Argon Programme (WARP) is an experiment at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy, for the research of cold dark matter.^[1] It aims to detect nuclear recoils in liquid argon induced by weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) through scintillation light; the apparatus can also detect ionization so to exclude interactions of photons and electrons. The experiment is a recognized CERN experiment (RE15).^{[2] [3]}

Collaboration members

Università degli Studi di Pavia e INFNP.Benetti, E.Calligarich, M.Cambiaghi, C.Montanari(+), A.Rappoldi, G.L.Raselli, M.Roncadelli, M.Rossella, C.Vignoli

Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (INFN-LNGS)M. Antonello, O.Palamara, L.Pandola, C.Rubbia(*), E.Segreto, A.Szelc

Università degli Studi dell'Aquila e INFNR.Acciarri, M. Antonello, N. Canci, F.Cavanna, F.Di Pompeo(++), L.Grandi(++)

(++ also at INFN-LNGS)

Università degli Studi di Napoli e INFNF.Carbonara, A.Cocco, G.Fiorillo, G.Mangano

Princeton University Department of PhysicsF.Calaprice, C.Galbiati, B.Loer, R.Saldanha

Università degli Studi di Padova e INFNB.Baibussinov, S.Centro, M.B.Ceolin, G.Meng, F.Pietropaolo,S.Ventura

External links

• WARP: Wimp Argon Programme, on the LNGS website.

Notes and References

1. Acciarri . R . Antonello . M . Baibussinov . B . Benetti . P . Calaprice . F . Calligarich . E . Cambiaghi . M . Canci . N . Cao . C . Carbonara . F . Cavanna . F . Centro . S . Ceolin . M B . Chavarria . A . Cocco . A . Pompeo . F Di . Fiorillo . G . Galbiati . C . Grandi . L . Loer . B . Mangano . G . Menegolli . A . Meng . G . Montanari . C . Palamara . O . Pandola . L . Pietropaolo . F . Raselli . G L . Roncadelli . M . Rossella . M . Rubbia . C . Saldanha . R . Segreto . E . Szelc . A M . Ventura . S . Vignoli . C . The WArP experiment . Journal of Physics: Conference Series . IOP Publishing . 203 . 2010-01-01 . 1 . 1742-6596 . 10.1088/1742-6596/203/1/012006 . 012006. 2010JPhCS.203a2006A . free .
2. Web site: Recognized Experiments at CERN . The CERN Scientific Committees . CERN . 20 January 2020.
3. Web site: RE15/WARP: A double phase argon programme for dark matter detection. The CERN Experimental Programme . CERN . 20 January 2020.