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author Pandola, L.
Agnes, P.
Ahmad, I.
Albergo, S.
Albuquerque, I.
Corona, M. Atzori
Ave, M.
Bottino, B.
Cadeddu, M.
Caminata, A.
Canci, N.
Caravati, M.
Consiglio, L.
Davini, S.
De Napoli, M.
Dias, L. K. S.
Dolganov, G.
Fiorillo, G.
Franco, D.
Gulino, M.
Hessel, T.
Kemmerich, N.
Kimura, M.
Kuźniak, M.
La Commara, M.
Machts, J.
Matteucci, G.
Santos, E. Moura
Nikoloudaki, E.
Oleynikov, V.
Varona, R. Perez
Pino, N.
Puglia, S. M. R.
Rescigno, M.
Sablone, D.
Costa, B. Sales
Sanfilippo, S.
Sunny, C.
Suvorov, Y.
Tartaglia, R.
Testera, G.
Tricomi, A.
Wada, M.
Wang, Y.
Wojaczyński, R.
Zakhary, P.
author_facet Pandola, L.
Agnes, P.
Ahmad, I.
Albergo, S.
Albuquerque, I.
Corona, M. Atzori
Ave, M.
Bottino, B.
Cadeddu, M.
Caminata, A.
Canci, N.
Caravati, M.
Consiglio, L.
Davini, S.
De Napoli, M.
Dias, L. K. S.
Dolganov, G.
Fiorillo, G.
Franco, D.
Gulino, M.
Hessel, T.
Kemmerich, N.
Kimura, M.
Kuźniak, M.
La Commara, M.
Machts, J.
Matteucci, G.
Santos, E. Moura
Nikoloudaki, E.
Oleynikov, V.
Varona, R. Perez
Pino, N.
Puglia, S. M. R.
Rescigno, M.
Sablone, D.
Costa, B. Sales
Sanfilippo, S.
Sunny, C.
Suvorov, Y.
Tartaglia, R.
Testera, G.
Tricomi, A.
Wada, M.
Wang, Y.
Wojaczyński, R.
Zakhary, P.
contents The ReD experiment measured the ionization yield Qy of argon for nuclear recoils in the 2-10 keV range using a dual-phase Time Projection Chamber irradiated with neutrons from a Cf-252 fission source. The measurement extends coverage below 7 keV, confirms consistency with previous data above 7 keV, and indicates a higher Qy at lower energies. These results are relevant for argon-based experiments searching for dark matter in the form of low-mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, which are very sensitive to the modeling of the detector response in this energy range.
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spellingShingle Characterization of argon recoils at the keV scale with ReD and ReD+
Pandola, L.
Agnes, P.
Ahmad, I.
Albergo, S.
Albuquerque, I.
Corona, M. Atzori
Ave, M.
Bottino, B.
Cadeddu, M.
Caminata, A.
Canci, N.
Caravati, M.
Consiglio, L.
Davini, S.
De Napoli, M.
Dias, L. K. S.
Dolganov, G.
Fiorillo, G.
Franco, D.
Gulino, M.
Hessel, T.
Kemmerich, N.
Kimura, M.
Kuźniak, M.
La Commara, M.
Machts, J.
Matteucci, G.
Santos, E. Moura
Nikoloudaki, E.
Oleynikov, V.
Varona, R. Perez
Pino, N.
Puglia, S. M. R.
Rescigno, M.
Sablone, D.
Costa, B. Sales
Sanfilippo, S.
Sunny, C.
Suvorov, Y.
Tartaglia, R.
Testera, G.
Tricomi, A.
Wada, M.
Wang, Y.
Wojaczyński, R.
Zakhary, P.
High Energy Physics - Experiment
The ReD experiment measured the ionization yield Qy of argon for nuclear recoils in the 2-10 keV range using a dual-phase Time Projection Chamber irradiated with neutrons from a Cf-252 fission source. The measurement extends coverage below 7 keV, confirms consistency with previous data above 7 keV, and indicates a higher Qy at lower energies. These results are relevant for argon-based experiments searching for dark matter in the form of low-mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles, which are very sensitive to the modeling of the detector response in this energy range.
title Characterization of argon recoils at the keV scale with ReD and ReD+
topic High Energy Physics - Experiment
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.14538