Searching for Dark Matter with PICASSO
- Archambault, S.
- Behnke, E.
- Besnier, M.
- Bhattacharjee, P.
- Dai, X.
- Das, M.
- Davour, A.
- Debris, F.
- Dhungana, N.
- Farine, J.
- Fines-Neuschild, M.
- Gagnebin, S.
- Giroux, G.
- Grace, E.
- Jackson, C.M.
- Kamaha, A.
- Krauss, C.
- Kumaratunga, S.
- Lafrenière, M.
- Laurin, M.
- Lawson, I.
- Lessard, L.
- Levine, I.
- Levy, C.
- Marlisov, D.
- Martin, J.-P.
- Mitra, P.
- Noble, A.J.
- Piro, M.-C.
- Plante, A.
- Podviyanuk, R.
- Pospisil, S.
- Scallon, O.
- Seth, S.
- Starinski, N.
- Stekl, I.
- Wichoski, U.
- Xie, T.
- Zacek, V.
Publication date
December 2015
DOI Publisher
The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. ISSN
1875-3892Abstract
AbstractThe Project In CAnada to Search for Supersymmetric Objects (PICASSO) at SNOLAB searches for Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) interactions with 19F. It is particularly sensitive to spin-dependent particle interactions. It uses a droplet technique, based on the principle of a bubble chamber, in which phase transitions in superheated liquids can be triggered by WIMP induced nuclear recoils. The detection process allows a highly efficient suppression of backgrounds from cosmic muons, γ rays and electrons. Recent results and progress are presented and future plans to scale this technique to large masses with the PICO collaboration are briefly discussed
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