Direct Search with Noble Liquids

Marc Schumann Physik Institut, Universität Zürich

Recontres de Moriond 2012, Cosmology Session, La Thuile, March 2012 [email protected] www.physik.uzh.ch/groups/groupbaudis// M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 2 Baryonic Matter

Dark Matter?

Dark Energy????

M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 3 Dark Matter Search

Direct Detection

Indirect Production Detection @Collider

M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 4 Direct WIMP Search

WIMP

Elastic Scattering of WIMPs off target nuclei WIMP  nuclear recoil v ~ 230 km/s ER ~ O(10 keV)

Recoil Energy:

WIMP Expectations Event Rate: CMSSM: Trotta et al. CMSSM+LHC: Buchmueller et al. Result: Tiny Rates 1 event/kg/yr

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M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 11 Outline

Motivation: Dark Matter ✓

Noble Liquid Detectors: Concepts

Noble Liquid Detectors: Experiments

M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 12 Noble Liquid Targets

Target LXe LAr LNe

Atomic Number 54 18 10 Atomic mass 131.3 40.0 20.2 Boiling Point Tb [K] 165.0 87.3 27.1 Liq. Density @ Tb [g/cm³] 2.94 1.40 1.21

Fraction in Atmosphere 0.09 9340 18.2 Price $$$$ $ $$

Scintillator    Ionizer    W (E to generate e-ion pair) [eV] 15.6 23.6 Wph (,) [eV] 17.9 / 21.6 27.1 / 24.4

Experiments ~5 ~5 ½ [stopped, running, in preparation]

M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 13 Why ?

● large abundance → modest price → can think about gigantic detectors

● relatively compact detectors →exploit self shielding

● cryogenics @ –180°C (above LN2) Argon ● scalability to larger detectors

● excellent background discrimination m = 100 GeV/c² even when only measuring light  = 4 x 10 – 4 3 cm²

● well established technology

BUT: - low threshold possible???

- very high background from Ar39 (~1 Bq/kg)

- need to „shift“ light

ArDM M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 14 Why Xenon?

● scintillation light in VUV (178nm)

● high mass number A~131 SI: high WIMP rate @ low theshold

● high Z=54, high ~3 kg/l: self shielding, compact detector

● 50% odd isotopes

● no long lived Xe isotopes Argon Kr-85 can be removed to ppt Xenon ● "easy" cryogenics @ –100°C m = 100 GeV/c² – 4 3 ● scalability to larger detectors  = 4 x 10 cm²

● good background discrimination when measuring light and charge

BUT: - very expensive

- only fair signal/background discrimination compared to Ar

M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 15 Scintillation and Ionization

● energy deposition produces Astropart. Phys 35, 573 (2011) electron-ion pairs and excited atom states; both processes can lead to scintillation

● anti-correlation between charge and light  improvement of energy resolution possible

● E-field dependence (field quenching)

● response depends on particle type and energy

E excitation + ionization

PRB 76, 014115 (2007) atom Xe* Xe+ + e-- motion +Xe +Xe

Xe*2 Xe+2 +e--

2Xe + h Xe** + Xe scintillation ionization light electrons

M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 16 Nuclear Recoil Energy Scale

● WIMPs interact with target nucleus arXiv:1203.0849  nuclear recoil (nr) scintillation LAr ( and 's produce electronic recoils)

● absolute measurement is difficult  measure relative to 5 7 Co (122keV)

● relative scintillation efficiency Leff:

measurement principle: PRL 107, 131302 (2011) D LXe e t s h n ie ld n  LXe

M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 17 Backgrounds

Experimental Sensitivity

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● neutrons from cosmic ray muons

● alphas irrelevant for noble liquids Electronic Recoils Nuclear Recoils (gamma, beta) (neutron, WIMPs) M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 18 Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS)

XENON100 DarkSide XENON1T

LNGS: 1.4km rock (3700 mwe)

Other laboratories: Boulby (UK), LSM (F), Canfranc (E), Soudan (US), CRESST Sanford (US), SNOLab (CA), Kamioka (JP), Jinping (CN), ... XENON100 Background Suppression

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WIMPs interact only once → single scatter selection require some position resolution Scintillation Pulse Shape WIMPs interact with target nuclei → nuclear recoils exploit different dE/dx from Charge/Light Ratio signal and background

M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 21 Pulse Shape Discrimination

C. Regenfus (ArDM) Singlet and triplet excimer states have characteristic lifetimes:

Ar: 5 ns, 1.6 µs Xe: 4 ns, 22 ns

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ZEPLIN-III XENON100 ~99.99% rejection @ 50% acceptance ~99.5% rejection @ 50% acceptance

M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 23 Detector Concepts

Single Phase Detector

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Single Phase Detector

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Single Phase Detector

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Single Phase Detector

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Single Phase Detector

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proper vertex reconstruction needs huge number of very high light yield photons

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M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 36 The WIMP Landscape - today

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M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 37 A bit more information...

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some results are missing! M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 38 A bit more information...

Recent CoGeNT news:

J. Collar @ TAUP old „signal“

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90% signal acceptance for bulk events

Kopp, Schwetz,some Zupan, results arXiv:1110.2721 are missing! Kelso, Hooper, Buckley, arXiv:1110.5338 M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 39 The WIMP Landscape - today

XENON10 Note: many experiments are not shown!

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M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 40 ZEPLIN III

12kg LXe target 5.1 kg fiducial mass

● LXe dual phase detector

● was operated at Boulby mine (UK)

● science run 2011: arXiv:1110.4769 1344 kg x days raw exposure 8 events observed in the ROI (7-29 keVr) → compatible with background expectation

● ZEPLIN program has come to an end

M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 41 XENON100

Quick Facts ● 62 kg LXe target ● Dual phase TPC ● active LXe veto ● 242 PMTs ● running @ LNGS (IT)

PRL 107, 131302 (2011)

Last science run: PRL 107, 131302 (2011)

4800 kg x d raw exposure 1471 kg x d acpt. corrected (100 GeV/c²)

3 events observed → fully compatible with background lowest published → best WIMP limit over large mass range background of all running DM experiments PRD 83, 082001 (2011)

M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 42 XENON100

Quick Facts ● 62 kg LXe target ● Dual phase TPC ● active LXe veto ● 242 PMTs ● running @ LNGS (IT)

PRL 107, 131302 (2011)

Last science run: PRL 107, 131302 (2011)

4800 kg x d raw exposure 1471 kg x d acpt. corrected (100 GeV/c²)

3 events observed → fully compatible with background lowest published → best WIMP limit over large mass range background of all running DM experiments PRD 83, 082001 (2011)

M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 43 XENON100

Quick Facts ● 62 kg LXe target ● Dual phase TPC ● active LXe veto ● 242 PMTs ● running @ LNGS (IT)

PRL 107, 131302 (2011)

Current Science Run

● decreased background ● lower threshold ● more than 2x of 2010 dark matter data (and still taking data) lowest published ● much more calibration data background of all running DM → data analysis is almost done experiments → expect new results very soon PRD 83, 082001 (2011)

M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 44 The WIMP Landscape

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20 ● single phase LXe detector

● 800kg total, 100kg fiducial mass

● 60% of surface covered with 642 hexagonal PMTs

● very high LY (~7x higher than Xe100)

● located in Kamioka (JP)

● running since end of 2010; ultra low Kr85 background

● higher Rn background reported at TAUP2011; study on S1 PSD published (92% rej @ 50% acc)

M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 47 XMASS

20 ● single phase LXe detector

● 800kg total, 100kg fiducial mass

● 60% of surface covered with 642 hexagonal PMTs

● very high LY (~7x higher than Xe100)

● located in Kamioka (JP)

● running since end of 2010; ultra low Kr85 background

● higher Rn background reported at TAUP2011; study on S1 PSD published (92% rej @ 50% acc)

first results will be announced at the Japanese Physical Society meeting, March 23, 2012 → expect results from 1 year exposure

M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 48 LUX DarkSide

● dual-phase LXe TPC @ Sanford Lab (US) ● dual-phase LAr TPC @ LNGS (IT)

● 350 kg LXe, 100 kg fiducial mass ● DarkSide-10 (10 kg prototype) currently installed at LNGS ● low background Ti cryostat, water shield → testbench for larger detectors ● LY 2x higher than Xe100 ● DarkSide-50 (50 kg) ● currently being operated above ground, → commissioning by end of 2012 move UG scheduled for end of April ● use Ar depleted in Ar39 (x0.01?) ● underground science starts fall 2012, ● scintillator neutron-veto and water aim for 300 days exposure Figs. from E. Bernard muon veto (Borexino CTF) Figs. from L. Grandi

S1 data!

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M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 51 DEAP-3600 and MiniClean

Figs. from A. Hime

● single phase LAr ● 3.6t total, 1t fiducial mass ● excessive R&D on PSD ● single phase LAr and LNe ● in acrylic vessel @ SNOLab (CA) ● 500 kg total, 150 kg fiducial mass ● first filling expected end of 2013 ● Rn-free assembly ● operation with Ar 39 depleted Ar (x0.04) ● installation at SNOLab (CA) ● Goal: run for 3 years: 2013-2017 ● expected to run end of 2012-2014

M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 52 The Beauty of 2 Targets

MiniCLEAN will be able to operate with LAr and LNe

Note: due to the smaller Mass number A, the sensitivity of LNe is ~10x lower than for LAr

M. Schumann (U Zürich) – Liquid Noble Gas Detectors 53 XENON1T

● dual phase LXe TPC

1.05m ● 2.4t LXe ("1m³ detector") 1t fiducial mass 1.9m ● 0.95m 100x lower background than Xe100 (self shielding, low radioactivity components) Low Radioactivity Photon Detectors ● Timeline: 2010 – 2015

(3”, Total ~270) ● start construction at LNGS this year Low rad. Cryostat

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