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author Alloni, D.
Benato, G.
Carniti, P.
Cataldo, M.
Chen, L.
Clemenza, M.
Consonni, M.
Croci, G.
Dafinei, I.
Danevich, F. A.
Di Martino, D.
Di Stefano, E.
Iachellini, N. Ferreiro
Ferroni, F.
Filippini, F.
Ghislandi, S.
Giachero, A.
Gironi, L.
Gorla, P.
Gotti, C.
Helis, D. L.
Kasperovych, D. V.
Kobychev, V. V.
Marcucci, G.
Melchiorre, A.
Menegolli, A.
Nisi, S.
Musa, M.
Pagnanini, L.
Pattavina, L.
Pessina, G.
Pirro, S.
Polischuk, O. G.
Pozzi, S.
Prata, M. C.
Puiu, A.
Quitadamo, S.
Riccardi, M. P.
Rossella, M.
Rossini, R.
Saliu, F.
Salvini, A.
Scherban, A. P.
Solopikhin, D. A.
Tretyak, V. I.
Trotta, D.
Yuan, H.
author_facet Alloni, D.
Benato, G.
Carniti, P.
Cataldo, M.
Chen, L.
Clemenza, M.
Consonni, M.
Croci, G.
Dafinei, I.
Danevich, F. A.
Di Martino, D.
Di Stefano, E.
Iachellini, N. Ferreiro
Ferroni, F.
Filippini, F.
Ghislandi, S.
Giachero, A.
Gironi, L.
Gorla, P.
Gotti, C.
Helis, D. L.
Kasperovych, D. V.
Kobychev, V. V.
Marcucci, G.
Melchiorre, A.
Menegolli, A.
Nisi, S.
Musa, M.
Pagnanini, L.
Pattavina, L.
Pessina, G.
Pirro, S.
Polischuk, O. G.
Pozzi, S.
Prata, M. C.
Puiu, A.
Quitadamo, S.
Riccardi, M. P.
Rossella, M.
Rossini, R.
Saliu, F.
Salvini, A.
Scherban, A. P.
Solopikhin, D. A.
Tretyak, V. I.
Trotta, D.
Yuan, H.
contents The RES-NOVA project is an experimental initiative aimed at detecting neutrinos from the next galactic supernova using PbWO$_{4}$ cryogenic detectors, operated at low temperatures in a low-background environment. By utilizing archaeological lead (Pb) as the target material, RES-NOVA leverages its high radiopurity, large nuclear mass, and the natural abundance of $^{207}$Pb, making it well-suited for exploring both spin-independent and spin-dependent Dark Matter (DM) interactions via nuclear scattering. This work presents a background model developed for the RES-NOVA technology demonstrator and evaluates its implications for Dark Matter detection. Detailed calculations of nuclear matrix elements, combined with the unique properties of archaeological Pb, demonstrate RES-NOVA's potential as a complementary tool to existing direct detection experiments for studying Dark Matter interactions. The experiment will conduct DM searches over a broad mass range spanning 4 orders of magnitude, from sub-GeV/$c^2$ to TeV/$c^2$. In the most optimistic scenario, RES-NOVA is expected to probe DM-nucleon cross-sections down to 1$\times 10^{-43}$ cm$^2$ and 2$\times 10^{-46}$ cm$^2$ for candidates with masses of 2 GeV/$c^2$ and 20 GeV/$c^2$, respectively.
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spellingShingle A new dark matter direct search based on archaeological Pb
Alloni, D.
Benato, G.
Carniti, P.
Cataldo, M.
Chen, L.
Clemenza, M.
Consonni, M.
Croci, G.
Dafinei, I.
Danevich, F. A.
Di Martino, D.
Di Stefano, E.
Iachellini, N. Ferreiro
Ferroni, F.
Filippini, F.
Ghislandi, S.
Giachero, A.
Gironi, L.
Gorla, P.
Gotti, C.
Helis, D. L.
Kasperovych, D. V.
Kobychev, V. V.
Marcucci, G.
Melchiorre, A.
Menegolli, A.
Nisi, S.
Musa, M.
Pagnanini, L.
Pattavina, L.
Pessina, G.
Pirro, S.
Polischuk, O. G.
Pozzi, S.
Prata, M. C.
Puiu, A.
Quitadamo, S.
Riccardi, M. P.
Rossella, M.
Rossini, R.
Saliu, F.
Salvini, A.
Scherban, A. P.
Solopikhin, D. A.
Tretyak, V. I.
Trotta, D.
Yuan, H.
Instrumentation and Detectors
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
The RES-NOVA project is an experimental initiative aimed at detecting neutrinos from the next galactic supernova using PbWO$_{4}$ cryogenic detectors, operated at low temperatures in a low-background environment. By utilizing archaeological lead (Pb) as the target material, RES-NOVA leverages its high radiopurity, large nuclear mass, and the natural abundance of $^{207}$Pb, making it well-suited for exploring both spin-independent and spin-dependent Dark Matter (DM) interactions via nuclear scattering. This work presents a background model developed for the RES-NOVA technology demonstrator and evaluates its implications for Dark Matter detection. Detailed calculations of nuclear matrix elements, combined with the unique properties of archaeological Pb, demonstrate RES-NOVA's potential as a complementary tool to existing direct detection experiments for studying Dark Matter interactions. The experiment will conduct DM searches over a broad mass range spanning 4 orders of magnitude, from sub-GeV/$c^2$ to TeV/$c^2$. In the most optimistic scenario, RES-NOVA is expected to probe DM-nucleon cross-sections down to 1$\times 10^{-43}$ cm$^2$ and 2$\times 10^{-46}$ cm$^2$ for candidates with masses of 2 GeV/$c^2$ and 20 GeV/$c^2$, respectively.
title A new dark matter direct search based on archaeological Pb
topic Instrumentation and Detectors
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12409