Conveners
Session 10: Background Modeling and Measurements
- Maria Martinez
Dr
Barbara Wang
(University of California, Berkeley)
20/03/2015, 13:40
Contributed
Presentation
The Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) will search for the neutrinoless double-beta (0νββ) decay of 130Te using an array of 988 high-resolution TeO2 bolometers. 0νββ decay is a long sought-after second-order weak process in which a nucleus (A,Z) transitions to a nucleus (A,Z+2) through the emission of two electrons. Searching for this decay is currently the only...
Dr
Changbo Fu
(Shanghai Jiaotong University)
20/03/2015, 14:00
Invited
Presentation
Understanding, controlling and reducing experimental background is crucial in dark matter searching experiments. In this report, we review various radiation sources shown in the PandaX experiment[1,2], as well as the strategies of controlling and reducing them. These background sources include cosmic ray, Radon, the passively shielding materials, the vessels holding the Xe, the detector...
Dr
Clara Cuesta
(University of Washington)
20/03/2015, 14:20
Contributed
Presentation
ANAIS (Annual modulation with NaI Scintillators) is a project aiming to set up at the new facilities of the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC), a large scale NaI(Tl) experiment in order to explore the DAMA/LIBRA annual modulation positive result using the same target and technique. Two 12.5 kg each NaI(Tl) crystals provided by Alpha Spectra are currently taking data at the LSC (ANAIS-25)...
Dr
Silvia Scorza
(KIT)
20/03/2015, 14:40
Contributed
Presentation
Protection from and rejection of backgrounds is a key issue for the EDELWEISS-III direct dark matter detection experiment which aims at exploring the 10^-9 - 10^-10 pb cross section region for spin-independent WIMP-nucleon interactions. The experiment is situated in the low radioactivity environment of the Modane Underground Laboratory and consists of 36 advanced FID germanium detectors...
Dr
Raymond Bunker
(South Dakota School of Mines & Technology)
20/03/2015, 15:00
Contributed
Presentation
The advanced phases of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) attempt to directly detect galactic dark matter via keV-scale nuclear recoils in semiconductor detectors located deep underground. I will review the detection technique and the backgrounds observed in the current 9 kg experimental phase, SuperCDMS Soudan. I will then provide an overview of the next-generation SuperCDMS...
