Publications by authors named "N Canci"

Article Synopsis
  • - The DarkSide-50 experiment searched for dark matter particles with masses below 1 GeV/c² that interact to produce electrons using a substantial exposure of low-radioactivity liquid argon.
  • - They analyzed the ionization signals to rule out certain interactions between dark matter and electrons, providing new limits on various parameters like the dark matter-electron cross section and other coupling constants.
  • - This study also established the first direct-detection constraints for keV/c² sterile neutrinos, particularly focusing on the mixing angle related to these particles.
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Dark matter elastic scattering off nuclei can result in the excitation and ionization of the recoiling atom through the so-called Migdal effect. The energy deposition from the ionization electron adds to the energy deposited by the recoiling nuclear system and allows for the detection of interactions of sub-GeV/c^{2} mass dark matter. We present new constraints for sub-GeV/c^{2} dark matter using the dual-phase liquid argon time projection chamber of the DarkSide-50 experiment with an exposure of (12 306±184)  kg d.

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We present new constraints on sub-GeV dark-matter particles scattering off electrons based on 6780.0 kg d of data collected with the DarkSide-50 dual-phase argon time projection chamber. This analysis uses electroluminescence signals due to ionized electrons extracted from the liquid argon target.

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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 6786.0 kg d exposure. The data were obtained using the DarkSide-50 apparatus at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso.

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