COSINE-100U: Upgrading the COSINE-100 Experiment for Enhanced Sensitivity to Low-Mass Dark Matter Detection
| Autor: | Lee, D. H., Cho, J. Y., Ha, C., Jeon, E. J., Kim, H. J., Kim, J., Kim, K. W., Kim, S. H., Kim, S. K., Kim, W. K., Kim, Y. D., Ko, Y. J., Lee, H., Lee, H. S., Lee, I. S., Lee, J., Lee, S. H., Lee, S. M., Maruyama, R. H., Park, J. C., Park, K. S., Park, K., Park, S. D., Seo, K. M., Son, M. K., Yu, G. H. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| Popis: | An upgrade of the COSINE-100 experiment, COSINE-100U, has been prepared for installation at Yemilab, a new underground laboratory in Korea, following 6.4 years of operation at the Yangyang Underground Laboratory. The COSINE-100 experiment aimed to investigate the annual modulation signals reported by the DAMA/LIBRA but observed a null result, revealing a more than 3$\sigma$ discrepancy. COSINE-100U seeks to explore new parameter spaces for dark matter detection using NaI(Tl) detectors. All eight NaI(Tl) crystals, with a total mass of 99.1 kg, have been upgraded to improve light collection efficiency, significantly enhancing dark matter detection sensitivity. This paper describes the detector upgrades, performance improvements, and the enhanced sensitivity to low-mass dark matter detection in the COSINE-100U experiment. Comment: 14 pages, 17 figures |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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