DarkSide-20k sensitivity to light dark matter particles
Creators: name: 20k Collaboration
name: Acerbi, F.
name: Adhikari, P.
name: Agnes, P.
name: Ahmad, I.
name: Albergo, S.
name: Albuquerque, I. F. M.
name: Alexander, T.
name: Alton, A. K.
name: Amaudruz, P.
name: Angiolilli, M.
name: Aprile, E.
name: Ardito, R.
name: Corona, M. Atzori
name: Auty, D. J.
name: Ave, M.
name: Avetisov, I. C.
name: Azzolini, O.
name: Back, H. O.
name: Balmforth, Z.
name: Olmedo, A. Barrado
name: Barrillon, P.
name: Batignani, G.
name: Bhowmick, P.
name: Blua, S.
name: Bocci, V.
name: Bonivento, W.
name: Bottino, B.
name: Boulay, M. G.
name: Buchowicz, A.
name: Bussino, S.
name: Busto, J.
name: Cadeddu, M.
name: Cadoni, M.
name: Calabrese, R.
name: Camillo, V.
name: Caminata, A.
name: Canci, N.
name: Capra, A.
name: Caravati, M.
name: Cárdenas-Montes, M.
name: Cargioli, N.
name: Carlini, M.
name: Castellani, A.
name: Castello, P.
name: Cavalcante, P.
name: Cebrian, S.
name: Ruiz, J. M. Cela
name: Chashin, S.
name: Chepurnov, A.
name: Cifarelli, L.
name: Cintas, D.
name: Citterio, M.
name: Cleveland, B.
name: Coadou, Y.
name: Cocco, V.
name: Colaiuda, D.
name: Vilda, E. Conde
name: Consiglio, L.
name: Costa, B. S.
name: Czubak, M.
name: D'Aniello, M.
name: D'Auria, S.
name: Rolo, M. D. Da Rocha
name: Darbo, G.
name: Davini, S.
name: De Cecco, S.
name: De Guido, G.
name: Dellacasa, G.
name: Derbin, A. V.
name: Devoto, A.
name: Di Capua, F.
name: Di Ludovico, A.
name: Di Noto, L.
name: Di Stefano, P.
name: Dias, L. K.
name: Mairena, D. Díaz
name: Ding, X.
name: Dionisi, C.
name: Dolganov, G.
name: Dordei, F.
name: Dronik, V.
name: Elersich, A.
name: Ellingwood, E.
name: Erjavec, T.
name: Diaz, M. Fernandez
name: Ficorella, A.
name: Fiorillo, G.
name: Franchini, P.
name: Franco, D.
name: Gatti, H. Frandini
name: Frolov, E.
name: Gabriele, F.
name: Gahan, D.
name: Galbiati, C.
name: Galiński, G.
name: Gallina, G.
name: Gallus, G.
name: Garbini, M.
name: Abia, P. Garcia
name: Gawdzik, A.
name: Gendotti, A.
name: Ghisi, A.
name: Giovanetti, G. K.
name: Casanueva, V. Goicoechea
name: Gola, A.
name: Grandi, L.
name: Grauso, G.
name: di Cortona, G. Grilli
name: Grobov, A.
name: Gromov, M.
name: Guerzoni, M.
name: Gulino, M.
name: Guo, C.
name: Hackett, B. R.
name: Hallin, A.
name: Hamer, A.
name: Haranczyk, M.
name: Harrop, B.
name: Hessel, T.
name: Hill, S.
name: Horikawa, S.
name: Hu, J.
name: Hubaut, F.
name: Hucker, J.
name: Hugues, T.
name: Hungerford, E. V.
name: Ianni, A.
name: Ippolito, V.
name: Jamil, A.
name: Jillings, C.
name: Jois, S.
name: Kachru, P.
name: Keloth, R.
name: Kemmerich, N.
name: Kemp, A.
name: Kendziora, C. L.
name: Kimura, M.
name: Kondo, K.
name: Korga, G.
name: Kotsiopoulou, L.
name: Koulosousas, S.
name: Kubankin, A.
name: Kunzé, P.
name: Kuss, M.
name: Kuźniak, M.
name: Kuzwa, M.
name: La Commara, M.
name: Lai, M.
name: Guirriec, E. Le
name: Leason, E.
name: Leoni, A.
name: Lidey, L.
name: Lissia, M.
name: Luzzi, L.
name: Lychagina, O.
name: Macfadyen, O.
name: Machulin, I. N.
name: Manecki, S.
name: Manthos, I.
name: Mapelli, L.
name: Marasciulli, A.
name: Mari, S. M.
name: Mariani, C.
name: Maricic, J.
name: Martinez, M.
name: Martoff, C. J.
name: Matteucci, G.
name: Mavrokoridis, K.
name: McDonald, A. B.
name: Mclaughlin, J.
name: Merzi, S.
name: Messina, A.
name: Milincic, R.
name: Minutoli, S.
name: Mitra, A.
name: Moioli, S.
name: Monroe, J.
name: Moretti, E.
name: Morrocchi, M.
name: Mroz, T.
name: Muratova, V. N.
name: Murphy, M.
name: Murra, M.
name: Muscas, C.
name: Musico, P.
name: Nania, R.
name: Nessi, M.
name: Nieradka, G.
name: Nikolopoulos, K.
name: Nikoloudaki, E.
name: Nowak, J.
name: Olchanski, K.
name: Oleinik, A.
name: Oleynikov, V.
name: Organtini, P.
name: de Solórzano, A. Ortiz
name: Pallavicini, M.
name: Pandola, L.
name: Pantic, E.
name: Paoloni, E.
name: Papi, D.
name: Pastuszak, G.
name: Paternoster, G.
name: Peck, A.
name: Pegoraro, P. A.
name: Pelczar, K.
name: Pellegrini, L. A.
name: Perez, R.
name: Perotti, F.
name: Pesudo, V.
name: Piacentini, S.
name: Pino, N.
name: Plante, G.
name: Pocar, A.
name: Poehlmann, M.
name: Pordes, S.
name: Pralavorio, P.
name: Price, D.
name: Puglia, S.
name: Bazetto, M. Queiroga
name: Ragusa, F.
name: Ramachers, Y.
name: Ramirez, A.
name: Ravinthiran, S.
name: Razeti, M.
name: Renshaw, A. L.
name: Rescigno, M.
name: Retiere, F.
name: Rignanese, L. P.
name: Rivetti, A.
name: Roberts, A.
name: Roberts, C.
name: Rogers, G.
name: Romero, L.
name: Rossi, M.
name: Rubbia, A.
name: Rudik, D.
name: Sabia, M.
name: Salomone, P.
name: Samoylov, O.
name: Sandford, E.
name: Sanfilippo, S.
name: Santone, D.
name: Santorelli, R.
name: Santos, E. M.
name: Savarese, C.
name: Scapparone, E.
name: Schillaci, G.
name: Schuckman, F. G.
name: Scioli, G.
name: Semenov, D. A.
name: Shalamova, V.
name: Sheshukov, A.
name: Simeone, M.
name: Skensved, P.
name: Skorokhvatov, M. D.
name: Smirnov, O.
name: Smirnova, T.
name: Smith, B.
name: Sotnikov, A.
name: Spadoni, F.
name: Spangenberg, M.
name: Stefanizzi, R.
name: Steri, A.
name: Stornelli, V.
name: Stracka, S.
name: Sulis, S.
name: Sung, A.
name: Sunny, C.
name: Suvorov, Y.
name: Szelc, A. M.
name: Taborda, O.
name: Tartaglia, R.
name: Taylor, A.
name: Taylor, J.
name: Tedesco, S.
name: Testera, G.
name: Thieme, K.
name: Thompson, A.
name: Tonazzo, A.
name: Torres-Lara, S.
name: Tricomi, A.
name: Unzhakov, E. V.
name: Vallivilayil, T. J.
name: Van Uffelen, M.
name: Velazquez-Fernandez, L.
name: Viant, T.
name: Viel, S.
name: Vishneva, A.
name: Vogelaar, R. B.
name: Vossebeld, J.
name: Vyas, B.
name: Walczak, M. B.
name: Wang, Y.
name: Wang, H.
name: Westerdale, S.
name: Williams, L.
name: Wojaczyński, R.
name: Wojcik, M.
name: Wojcik, M. M.
name: Wright, T.
name: Xie, Y.
name: Yang, C.
name: Yin, J.
name: Zabihi, A.
name: Zakhary, P.
name: Zani, A.
name: Zhang, Y.
name: Zhu, T.
name: Zichichi, A.
name: Zuzel, G.
name: Zykova, M. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber is presently one of the leading technologies to search for dark matter particles with masses below 10 GeV/c$^2$. This was demonstrated by the DarkSide-50 experiment with approximately 50 kg of low-radioactivity liquid argon as target material. The next generation experiment DarkSide-20k, currently under construction, will use 1,000 times more argon and is expected to start operation in 2027. Based on the DarkSide-50 experience, here we assess the DarkSide-20k sensitivity to models predicting light dark matter particles, including Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) and sub-GeV/c$^2$ particles interacting with electrons in argon atoms. With one year of data, a sensitivity improvement to dark matter interaction cross-sections by at least one order of magnitude with respect to DarkSide-50 is expected for all these models. A sensitivity to WIMP--nucleon interaction cross-sections below $1\times10^{-42}$ cm$^2$ is achievable for WIMP masses above 800 MeV/c$^2$. With 10 years exposure, the neutrino fog can be reached for WIMP masses around 5 GeV/c$^2$.
description: 13 pages, 4 figures, supplementary material (4 figures)