We present the results of a search for dark matter weakly interacting massive particles
(WIMPs) in the mass range below 20 GeV/c 2 using a target of low-radioactivity argon with a …

The DarkSide-50 direct-detection dark matter experiment is a dual-phase argon time
projection chamber operating at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. This paper reports on …

Core-collapse supernovae (SNe) are violent explosions of very massive stars at the end of
their lives, triggered by the gravitational collapse of the stellar cores [1]. The characteristic …

Dark matter lighter than 10 GeV/c 2 encompasses a promising range of candidates. A
conceptual design for a new detector, DarkSide-LowMass, is presented, based on the …

Proportional electroluminescence (EL) in noble gases has long been used in two-phase
detectors for dark matter search, to record ionization signals induced by particle scattering in …

A double-phase argon Time Projection Chamber (TPC), with an active mass of 185 g, has
been designed and constructed for the Recoil Directionality (ReD) experiment. The aim of …

Measurements of electron drift properties in liquid and gaseous xenon are reported. The
electrons are generated by the photoelectric effect in a semi-transparent gold photocathode …

We further study the effect of neutral bremsstrahlung (NBrS) in two-phase argon
electroluminescence (EL), revealed recently in Buzulutskov et al.(2018). The absolute EL …

Proportional electroluminescence (EL) in noble gases is a physical process routinely used
in two-phase (liquid–gas) detectors for low-energy astroparticle-physics experiments. In this …

Finding unequivocal evidence of dark matter interactions in a particle detector is a major
goal of research in physics. Liquid argon time projection chambers offer a path to probe …