UZ Dark Matter
Searches at
Canfranc
María Luisa Sarsa
Universidad de Zaragoza
Laboratorio Subterráneo de Canfranc
Experimental
observations and
well founded
arguments
Hubble Space Telescope Image of Abell 2218
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
The Universe seems
to be mostly DARK
Experimental
observations and
well founded
arguments
Ω~1
Dark energy
73%
Baryonic Dark
Matter (3.5%)
Visible
(0.5%)
Non-Baryonic
Dark Matter 23 %
Weakly
Interacting
Massive Particles
WIMPs
Direct Detection of WIMPs
vmax d σ
ρχ
dN
W,local WIMP
3
elastic
= Nn
f(v) v d v
∫
vmin dT
dt dT
mW scattering
off target
nuclei
2
W
Mm
2
T=
v (1 - cosθ )
2
(M + mW )
Nuclear Recoil energy
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
9 Halo model
9 WIMP model
9 Detector properties
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Direct Detection of WIMPs
χ
Energy conversion into visible
signal is very different
depending on the detection
mechanism and particle type
CHARGE
+
+
+ - + -+
LIGHT
HEAT
Nuclear Recoil energy
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Conventional vs hybrid detection
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Direct Detection of WIMPs
ρ W,local
dN
= Nn
dt dT
mW
∫
vmax
vmin
dσ
3
f(v) v d v
dT
T = E/REF
Evts/ keV/ kg/ day/ pb
REF for nuclear recoils
9semiconductors
REF= 1.
~ 0.25-0.3
REF= 0.25
9scintillators ~
m = 100 GeV
0.05-0.5
Ge
9bolometers ~ 1.
Visible energy (keV)
(keVee)
w
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
General strategy for DD
• Very low energy threshold
• Very low background
– intrinsic and induced radioactivity: very low
– environmental: located in underground laboratories,
in a radiopure environment: active / passive
shieldings
– capabilities to discriminate the signal from the
background (hybrid detectors)
• Large detector mass (to increase the probability of
detection)
• Good stability and control of systematics
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Discriminating signal
from background
NUCLEAR VS. ELECTRONIC RECOILS
DISCRIMINATION
NEUTRONS REMAIN AS THE MAIN BACKGROUND
SOURCE
And then…
–Annual modulation in the signal
–Combination of several targets in the same
experimental set-up
–Tracking the nuclear recoil energy deposition:
directionality
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Annual modulation of the
signal
B + S + S cos[ω(t − t )]
α=60°
V๏=232 Km/s
Sun
0
m
0
Count rate difference from the average
(counts per day per kg per keV)
Earth
107731 Kg day
Vorb=30 Km/s
A = (0.0200+/-0.0032) counts per keV/kg/day
to= (140+/-22) d T= (1.00+/-0.01) y
Time (day)
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
General Strategy for
DM Direct Detection
To combine as much information as
available/possible to decouple
unknowns/uncertainties
– Different targets
– Different techniques of detection
– Different signatures
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Dark Matter Search
Program at
CANFRANC
1990-2006
2006June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
The Canfranc Underground
Laboratory
Under the spanish Pyrenees
In the old railway
Somport Tunnel
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
The Canfranc Underground
Laboratory
Since 1985, research has been
carried out about:
Direct WIMP search
√ Double beta decay
√ Other “rare” processes
√ Radiopurity measurements
√
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
The Canfranc Underground
Laboratory
1985 first visits to the Somport Tunnel
First Canfranc Underground Facility
1989, Mounting ββ/γ
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
The Canfranc Underground
Laboratory
~100 m2
~10 m2
2450 m.w.e.
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
The NEW Canfranc Underground
Laboratory Facilities
≈600 m2
≈100 m2
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
The NEW Canfranc Underground
Laboratory Facilities
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Site
Baksan (Russia)
Bern (Switzerland)
Boulby (UK)
Canfranc (Spain)
Frejus (France)
Gran Sasso (Italy)
Otto-Cosmo (Japan)
Rustrel (France)
Stanford (USA)
Soudan (USA)
SNO (Canada)
Expe rim ent
IGEX
ORPHEUS
NaI
NaIAD
ZEPLIN I
ZEPLIN II/III
ZEPLIN-MAX
DRIFT-I
DRIFT-10
COSME
IGEX
ANAIS
ROSEBUD
Saclay-NaI
EDELWEISS I
EDELWEISS II
Hdlberg/Mscw
HDMS
Genius
DAMA
LIBRA
Xenon
CRESST-I
CRESST-II
CUORICINO
CUORE
Elegants V
Elegants VI
SIMPLE
CDMS-1
CDMS-II
PICASSO
Tec hnique
Ionisation
SSD
Scintillator
Scintillator
Scintillator
Scintillator/Ionisation
Scintillator/Ionisation
TPC
TPC
Ionisation
Ionisation
Scintillator
Thermal
Scintillation
Thermal/Ionisation
Thermal/Ionisation
Ionisation
Ionisation
Ionisation
Scintillation
Scintillation
Scintillation
Thermal
Thermal/Scintillation
Thermal
Thermal
Scintillation
Scintillation
SDD
Thermal/Ionisation
Thermal/Ionisation
SDD
Target
3kg Ge
0.5kg Sn
5kg NaI
50kg NaI
5kg Lxe
30kg/7kg Xe
1000kg Xe
0.2kg CS2
2kg CS2
0.2kg Ge
2.1kg Ge
107kg NaI
Al2O3,Ge,CaWO4
10kg NaI
0.07kg Ge
1.3 kg Ge
2.7kg Ge
0.2kg Ge
100kg Ge
100kg NaI
250kg NaI
6kg Xe
1kg Al2O3
10kg CaWO 4
40kg TeO2
760kg TeO2
NaI
CaF2
Freon
0.1kg Si, 1kg Ge
0.3ks Si, 0.75kg Ge
1g Freon
Stat u s
Operational
Operational
Completed
Operational
Operational
Construction
Planned
Operational
Planned
Completed
Operational
Constrcution
Operational
Completed
Completed
Operational
Completed
Operational
Planned
Operational
Construction
Operational
Oprational
Construction
Construction
Planned
Operational
Operational
Operational
Completed
Construction
Operational
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
APPEC Peer Review Committee, C. Spiering
June 24th 2006
Ionization
COSME,
IGEX-DM
Ge
U. Zaragoza /
South Carolina /
PNNL / INR / ITEP
Collaboration
CANFRANC
EXPERIMENTS
WIMP
detection techniques
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
WIMP searches with Ge
• Ultrahigh purity material: very low
background levels
• Low energy threshold
• Reasonable quenching factor:
Evisible≅0.25 Erecoil
• Medium size, A~70
• For spin-independent coupling no
enrichment needed
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
COSME
Experiment
E. García, A. Morales, J. Morales, A. Ortiz de Solórzano, J. Puimedón,
C. Sáenz, A. Salinas, M. L. Sarsa, J. A. Villar
University of Zaragoza
F.T. Avignone III, .I. Collar
University of South Caroline, USA
R. L. Brodzinski, W.K. Hensley, H.S. Miley, J.H. Reeves
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
COSME
Counts//keV/kg/day
Counts
234 g natural Germanium
Search for WIMPs and solar
axions
Low energy threshold 1,6 keVee
June 24th 2006
PNL/ USC/ UZ
1990 - 1992
COSME 92 / COSME 98
130, 7 kgd / 72, 8 kgd
Phys. Rev. D 51 (1995) 1458
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
IGEX
Collaboration
S. Cebrián, E. García, D. González, I. G. Irastorza, A. Morales, J. Morales, A.
Ortiz de Solórzano, J. Puimedón, A. Salinas, M. L. Sarsa, J. A. Villar
University of Zaragoza
C. Aalseth, F.T. Avignone III, .I. Collar
University of South Caroline, USA
R. L. Brodzinski, W.K. Hensley, H.S. Miley, J.H. Reeves
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
A.A. Klimenko, S.B. Osetrov, A.A. Smolnikov, A.A. Vasenko, S.I. Vasiliev
Institute for Nuclear Research, INR, Baksan
I.V. Kirpichnikov
Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, ITEP, Moscow
V.S. Pogosov, A.S. Starostin, A.G. Tamanyan,
Yerevan Physics Institute
IGEX ββ
IGEX Collaboration searched for 76Ge double
beta decay with enriched detectors (86%)
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
IGEX-DM
IGEX-DM used one detector (2.1 kg)
An improved neutron shielding allowed
a significant reduction of background
at low energies
archaeological lead
side 60 cm
2.5 tons
Low activity lead
side 100 cm
10 tons
Plastic
scintillator
PVC bags
with N2
Cadmium layer
2 mm
Polyethylene /
borated water
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
RG-II
detector
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
IGEX-DM
1.0
0.9
0.8
counts/keV/kg/day
194 kg-days with 40 cm
neutron shielding
BACKGROUND
4-10 keV background: 0.22 c/keV/kg/day
10-20 keV background: 0.10 c/keV/kg/day
25-40 keV background: 0.04 c/keV/kg/day
82 kg-days with 80 cm
neutron shielding
0.7
0.6
0.5
4 keVee threshold
0.4
-6
10
0.3
IGEX-DM
(2000)
0.1
0.0
0
10
20
30
Energy (keV)
40
50
σn (nbarn)
0.2
-7
10
IGEX-DM
IGEX-DM
(2001&2002)
2001-2002
- -8
10
Astrop. Phys. 20 (2003) 247
Astrop. Phys. 21 (2004) 523
-9
Phys. Lett. B 532 (2002) 8
10 1
10
100
1000
Phys. Lett. B 489 (2000) 268
M (GeV)
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
June 24 2006
W
th
Light
Ionization
COSME,
IGEX-DM
Ge
U. Zaragoza /
South Carolina /
PNNL / INR / ITEP
Collaboration
DM32,
ANAIS
NaI
U. Zaragoza
CANFRANC
EXPERIMENTS
WIMP
detection techniques
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
WIMP searches with NaI
scintillators
• 100% nuclei with non-zero spin:
23Na
(J=3/2)
127I (J=5/2)
• Heavy+light nuclei, A=127 & 23
• Easy scale up to large mass
• Pulse shape discrimination (PSD) capability
• Small quenching factor (Q<10%) for I, and
medium for Na (Q~30-40%)
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
NaI Scintillators at Canfranc
14 detectors, used in previous experiments,
underground since 1988
PMT EMI9765
quartz window
stainless steel
vessel 0.5 mm
1.27 cm
7.62 cm
23.3 cm
crystal 10.7 kg
NaI (Tl)
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
20.32 cm
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
NaI32
Experiment
E. García, A. Morales, J. Morales, A. Ortiz de Solórzano, J.
Puimedón, C. Sáenz, A. Salinas, M. L. Sarsa, J. A. Villar
University of Zaragoza
NaI32 (3x10,7 kg NaI, LSC)
looking for the
modulation effect
annual
carried out in the Canfranc
Underground Laboratory
from 1993 to 1995
Mt=4614 kg.day
Phys. Lett. B 386 (1996) 458
Phys. Rev. D 56 (1997) 1856
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
ANAIS
experiment
J. Amaré, B. Beltrán, J. M. Carmona, S. Cebrián, E. García,
H. Gómez, I. G. Irastorza, G. Luzón, M. Martínez, J. Morales,
A. Ortiz de Solórzano, C. Pobes, J. Puimedón, A. Rodríguez, J. Ruz,
M. L. Sarsa, L. Torres, J. A. Villar
University of Zaragoza
ANAIS PROJECT
10 x 10.7 kg NaI dark matter search experiment looking
for annual
40 cm neutron shielding
modulation
Active vetos
To be installed at
the new Canfranc
Underground
Laboratory
20 cm lead
PVC box
2 mm Cd
10 cm Roman lead
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Vibration isolator
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
PROTOTYPE I
10.7 kg NaI
PSD discrimination to reject
PMT noise: lowering
threshold
2069.85 kg day
Nucl. Phys. B (PS) 114
(2003) 111
IMPROVED PROTOTYPE I
Understanding and
improvement of background
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Counts/keV/kg/day
IMPROVED PROTOTYPE I
Background from
PMT
PMT9302
PMT9765
OpticGuide
1460keV
10
2614keV
1
0.1
0
400
800
1200
1600
2000
2400
2800
Energy (keV)
EMI9302
210Pb
Counts/keV/kg/day
EMI9765
+ x-Rays Pb
10
PMT9302
PMT9765
OpticGuide
1
0
100
200
300
400
500
Energy (keV)
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
IMPROVED PROTOTYPE I
210Pb
+ x-Rays Pb
β 210Bi (Qβ=1161.5keV)
+ β 40K (Qβ=1312.1keV)
Counts/keV/kg/day
10
40K
208Tl
+ α’s
1
0.1
0
400
800
1200
1600
2000
2400
2800
Energy/keV
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
PROTOTYPE II (2003-)
• Removal of the old PMT and
steel vessel
• Coupling to 2 ultra-low
background PMT + light
guides
Nake
crystal
– Anticoincidence
– Light collection efficiency
– Background improvement
• Selection of high purity
materials in Canfranc using
a Ge detector
– Background improvement
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
PROTOTYPE II
NaI
Light guides
10.7 kg NaI
Flexible set-up
Test reflector/diffusor
materials and thickness
Optimal light guides length
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
PMTs
Teflon bank
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Light collection results
30
% collection variation
25
20
1 cm teflon
9 Teflon thickness
slightly increases light
collection
15
1.5 cm teflon
10
5
2 cm teflon
0
1 cm teflon+
external reflectant
-5
-10
reflectant
-15
-20
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
Distance LED-PMT (cm)
9 Reflectant improves
light collection ~20%
9 Reflectant decreases
positional dependency
of light collection
Teflon
Reflectant
2200
2000
Collected light (a.u.)
1800
1600
9 We lose ~10% light
every 5 cm optical
guide
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
0
5
10
Guide Length (cm)
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
15
20
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
STRIPPING THE CRYSTAL
COUPLING PROTOTYPE II
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
PROTOTYPE II: Canfranc measurements
10 cm archeological lead
Anti-radon PVC box
10 cm lead
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
PROTOTYPE II: Canfranc measurements
232Th
contamination!
238.6 keV
338.3 keV
Counts/keV/kg/day
10
583keV
Improved Prototype I
Prototype II
2614keV
Identified at the
weldings of the
copper box
GTAW
911keV
1
0.1
0
400
800
1200 1600 2000 2400 2800 3200
Energy/keV
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
PROTOTYPE II: Noise rejection
Trigger at photoelectron level implies noise in
coincidence
Cuts applied down to 2 keV
57Co
calibration
Background
PROTOTYPE II: Canfranc
measurements
2 cm Copper
Inner Cu shielding
Noise rejection
MLS
Diapositiva 45
MLS7
Comparar el fondo con Cobre con el fondo antes de colocar el cobre
María Luisa Sarsa; 08/ 06/ 2006
PROTOTYPE II: PSD for α
discrimination
α
β+γ
V (t ) =
(
− QR −t /τ s
− e −t / τ r
e
τ r −τ s
June 24th 2006
)
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
PROTOTYPE II: PSD for α
discrimination
PROTOTYPE II: PSD for α
discrimination
Contamination (mBq/kg)
Parent Isotope
PII
EP-058
238U
0,017 ± 0,007
-
226Ra
0,14 ± 0,01
0,22 ± 0,05
210Pb
1,2 ± 0,1
0,54 ± 0,12
232Th
0,027 ± 0,007
-
228Ra
0,07 ± 0,02
0,021 ± 0,006
PROTOTYPE II: PSD for α
discrimination
GEANT-4 Simulation of internal U-Th-Pb-K
40K
has been
assumed to
be completely
of internal
origen
Background Understanding
Low Energy calibration
137Cs
55Fe
57Co
Low Energy calibration
Aprox. linear behaviour
down to 14.4 keV
6 keV line from 55Fe at
lower energies than
extrapolation
Superficial effects can
be responsible
New NaI(Tl) 9,6 kg
crystal
Last week mounting in Canfra
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Design of a new
encapsulation
OFHC copper tighly sealed
Teflon diffusive
layer
Quartz optical
windows
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Exclusion plots in different scenarios
without modulation search (90%CL)
2-8 keV energy window
5x107 kg.yr exposure
1 c/keV/kg/d
5x107 kg.yr exposure
Expected sensitivity for a dark matter
modulated signal in different scenarios
(δ2=5.6, Astrop. Phys. 14 (2001) 339)
2-8 keV energy window
5x107 kg.yr
1 c/keV/kg/d
5x107 kg.yr
ANAIS PROSPECTS
-New copper encapsulation in preparation
- 9,6 kg radiopure crystal to be tested in the
PROTOTYPE II set up (taking data)
- PMT tests (background and response)
-Alpha PSD measurements to select the best crystals
among available
-Main limitation seem to come from internal
contaminants: 40K requires more study
-2 keVee threshold achieved (further calibration)
- Optimized shielding conditions in the new LSC for
Prototype III
Light
Ionization
COSME,
IGEX-DM
Ge
U. Zaragoza /
South Carolina /
PNNL / INR / ITEP
Collaboration
DM32,
ANAIS
NaI
U. Zaragoza
CANFRANC
EXPERIMENTS
WIMP
detection techniques
Al2O3
Ge
U. Zaragoza / IAS Orsay
Collaboration
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Light+Heat
Heat
ROSEBUD-I / II
TPC
MICROMEGAS
ROSEBUD-II / III
CaWO4
BGO
Al2O3
U. Zaragoza / IAS Orsay
Collaboration
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Bolometric detection
Thermal Bath
Thermal coupling
Thermometer
WIMP
Phonons
ΔE=Trecoil
ΔE
ΔT ≅
C
June 24th 2006
⎧⎪ C = α T3
⎨
⎪⎩C = α T3 + β T
M.L. Sarsa
Resistencia ( mΩ)
Absorber
ΔR
10 μK/ keV
estabilidad
~ 1μK
ΔT
Temperatura (mK)
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
WIMP searches with bolometers
• Wide absorber choice
• Quenching factors seem to be compatible
with 1
• Very low energy thresholds
• Discrimination capabilities event by event
increase dramatically sensitivity:
– CHARGE VS HEAT / LIGHT VS HEAT
• Large mass experiments in preparation:
feasible
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
ROSEBUD
Collaboration
Rare Objects SEarch with Bolometers UnDerground
J. Amaré, B. Beltrán, J. M. Carmona, S. Cebrián, E. García,
H. Gómez, I. G. Irastorza, G. Luzón, M. Martínez, J. Morales,
A. Ortiz de Solórzano, C. Pobes, J. Puimedón, A. Rodríguez, J. Ruz,
M. L. Sarsa, L. Torres, J. A. Villar
University of Zaragoza
N. Coron, G. Dambier, J. Leblanc, P. de Marcillac, T. Redon
Institute d’Astrophysique Spatiale, ORSAY
ROSEBUD
Since 1997
Devoted to the search for
galactic halo WIMPs at LSC
with bolometric techniques
20mK
•Phase I (1999-2000): Al2O3
(25 g and 50g)
3Understanding and
reduction of the background
Astrop. Phys. 15 (2001) 79
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
ROSEBUD
Phase II (since 2000):
Al2O3 (50 g), Ge (67 g), CaWO4 (54 g) + Ge
(optical bolometer) in the same experimental setup
3First light vs heat discrimination technique
implemented deep underground
Phys. Lett. B 563 (2003) 48
3First low background experiment using 3 different
absorbers in the same set-up (to explore target
dependence of the DM signal)
Astrop. Phys. 21 (2004) 23
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Background discrimination: light
vs heat
1400
Light
Gamma event
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
-200
-400
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
5000
Neutron
Neutron
event
event
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
-1000
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
Heat
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
ROSEBUD phase II: CaWO4
Elight (keV)
252Cf
calibration @ IAS Orsay
β+γ
neutrons
β+γ
Eheat (keV)
Background @ Canfranc
T=24,2h
M=54g
Counts/(keV kg day)
1000
100
n/ recoils
10
1
50
100
150
200
250
Energy (keV)
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Results and
Prospects
A. Morales et al. , Phys. Lett. B 556 (2003) 14
D. Abrams, et al. , Phys. Rev. D 66 (2002) 122003
A. Benoit et al. , Phys. Lett. B 545 (2002) 43
10 kg.day CaWO4
10 keV threshold
zero nuclear-recoil events
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
On the search for new
scintillating materials (IAS)
Scintillation at 20 mK detected for:
– Crystals: YAP:Ce, GSO:Ce, CaF2:Eu, Al2O3:Ti
– Bolometers: CaWO4, BGO, LiF, TeO2, Al2O3 ,
SrF2, SiO2
Al O bolometers (25, 50 g)
2
3
BGO
– (91 g)
and Ge light
detector (Ø= 25 mm)
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Next DM run at LSC: BGO and Al2O3
Sapphire (Al3O2)
promising candidate to explore low WIMP masses
Eth for particle
discrimination
C.L (1 tailed)
90 %
95 %
99 %
99.9 %
99.99 %
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
E (keV)
8.7
10.0
13.0
17.1
21.3
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Light signal amplitude (mV)
Light yield of undoped sapphire at
20 mK
57Co
+ 241Am
Applied Physics Letters 87
(2005)
Heat signal amplitude (mV)
Absolute mean light yield estimate of sapphire
June 24th 2006
β/γ
0.127 ± 0.010
α
n
0.012 ± 0.005
M.L. Sarsa
0.0073 ± 0.0010
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Heat signal REF in sapphire
External 210Po source emitting α particles and
206Pb recoils
206Pb
PRELIMINARY
June 24th 2006
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recoil
REF (γ : 206Pb recoils) 1.0
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Superficial effects in sapphire
109Cd+57Co
Ee = 62.5 keV
Ee = 84 keV
Ee = 87 keV
60 keV
81.7 keV
Self-degradation in the source
(unclean) is discarded by calibration on
Cu bolometer
June 24th 2006
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Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Next DM run at LSC: BGO and Al2O3
BGO (Bi4Ge3O12):
Interest for WIMP searches:
209Bi
↑A ⇒ ↑σSI ; J = 9/2 ⇒ ↑σSD
• Relative light output factor :
Q (recoils : α : γ / β ) = 1 : 2.6 : 15
• Particle discrimination threshold:
90% CL at E > 23 keV
99.99% CL at E > 51 keV
June 24th 2006
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Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Prospects
• Dark matter run at LSC using BGO and
sapphire bolometers as absorbers. Goal 15
keV for BGO and 10 keV for sapphire
recoil discrimination energy threshold.
• Collaboration with the University of Lisbon
for using a dilution unit able to house larger
mass bolometers (terms being discussed)
• Incorporation to the Cryogenic Dark Matter
Search European Project EURECA
(application under study)
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
Summary
• Searches for Dark Matter at the
Canfranc Underground Laboratory
are going on since 1990
– Different techniques and targets
• ANAIS and ROSEBUD experiments
will be installed at the new Canfranc
facilites
June 24th 2006
M.L. Sarsa
Canfranc Underground Laboratory