Orateur
Daniel McKinsey
(Yale University)
Description
This talk reviews the MiniCLEAN dark matter detector's technology and
status, where CLEAN stands for Cryogenic Low Energy Astrophysics with Noble
gases. MiniCLEAN uses single phase argon or neon as detection medium and
relies on pulse-shape discrimination to remove electronic recoil
backgrounds. The anticipated sensitivity of the 150 kg of argon in its
fiducial volume to the spin-independent WIMP-nuclear scattering
cross-section is 10^-45cm^2. MiniCLEAN is currently under construction and
will be deployed underground at SNOLAB. It is part of the larger DEAP/CLEAN
effort that ultimately proposes to construct a 50 ton scale detector that
will also measure the solar pp neutrino flux.
Author
Reyco Henning
(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Co-auteur
Daniel McKinsey
(Yale University)
