Dr Ashlea Kemp: Publications

Temperature-dependent photoluminescence of PEDOT:PSS-coated acrylic for use as transparent electrodes in the DarkSide-20k time projection chamber

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Elsevier 1072 (2025) 170118

Authors:

N Swidinsky, E Ellingwood, J Hucker, P Skensved, PCF Di Stefano, J Mason, M Boulay, A Kemp, F Schuckman, Y Wang

Study of cosmogenic activation above ground for the DarkSide-20k experiment

Astroparticle Physics Elsevier 152 (2023) 102878

Authors:

A Elersich, P Agnes, I Ahmad, S Albergo, IFM Albuquerque, T Alexander, AK Alton, P Amaudruz, M Atzori Corona, M Ave, I Ch Avetisov, O Azzolini, HO Back, Z Balmforth, A Barrado-Olmedo, P Barrillon, A Basco, G Batignani, V Bocci, WM Bonivento, B Bottino, MG Boulay, J Busto, M Cadeddu, A Caminata, N Canci, A Capra, S Caprioli, M Caravati, N Cargioli, M Carlini, P Castello, P Cavalcante, S Cavuoti, S Cebrian, JM Cela Ruiz, S Chashin, A Chepurnov, E Chyhyrynets, L Cifarelli, D Cintas, M Citterio, B Cleveland, V Cocco, D Colaiuda, E Conde Vilda, L Consiglio, S Copello, G Covone, M Czubak, M D’Aniello, S D’Auria, MD Da Rocha Rolo, S Davini, S De Cecco, D De Gruttola, S De Pasquale, G De Rosa, G Dellacasa, AV Derbin, A Devoto, F Di Capua, L Di Noto, P Di Stefano, G Dolganov, F Dordei, E Ellingwood, T Erjavec, M Fernandez Diaz, G Fiorillo, P Franchini, D Franco, N Funicello, F Gabriele, D Gahan, C Galbiati, G Gallina, G Gallus, M Garbini, P Garcia Abia, A Gendotti, C Ghiano, C Giganti, GK Giovanetti, V Goicoechea Casanueva, A Gola, G Grauso, G Grilli di Cortona, A Grobov, M Gromov, M Guan, M Guerzoni, M Gulino, C Guo, BR Hackett, AL Hallin, A Hamer, M Haranczyk, T Hessel, S Hill, S Horikawa, F Hubaut, J Hucker, T Hugues, An Ianni, V Ippolito, C Jillings, S Jois, P Kachru, AA Kemp, CL Kendziora, M Kimura, I Kochanek, K Kondo, G Korga, S Koulosousas, A Kubankin, M Kuss, M Kuzniak, M La Commara, M Lai, E Le Guirriec, E Leason, A Leoni, L Lidey, M Lissia, L Luzzi, O Lychagina, O Macfadyen, IN Machulin, S Manecki, I Manthos, L Mapelli, A Margotti, SM Mari, C Mariani, J Maricic, A Marini, M Martínez, CJ Martoff, G Matteucci, K Mavrokoridis, AB McDonald, A Messina, R Milincic, A Mitra, A Moharana, J Monroe, E Moretti, M Morrocchi, T Mróz, VN Muratova, C Muscas, P Musico, R Nania, M Nessi, G Nieradka, K Nikolopoulos, J Nowak, K Olchansky, A Oleinik, V Oleynikov, P Organtini, A Ortiz de Solórzano, L Pagani, M Pallavicini, L Pandola, E Pantic, E Paoloni, G Paternoster, PA Pegoraro, K Pelczar, C Pellegrino, V Pesudo, S Piacentini, L Pietrofaccia, N Pino, A Pocar, DM Poehlmann, S Pordes, P Pralavorio, D Price, F Ragusa, Y Ramachers, M Razeti, AL Renshaw, M Rescigno, F Retiere, LP Rignanese, C Ripoli, A Rivetti, A Roberts, C Roberts, J Rode, G Rogers, L Romero, M Rossi, A Rubbia, MA Sabia, P Salomone, E Sandford, S Sanfilippo, D Santone, R Santorelli, C Savarese, E Scapparone, G Schillaci, FG Schuckman, G Scioli, M Simeone, P Skensved, MD Skorokhvatov, O Smirnov, T Smirnova, B Smith, F Spadoni, M Spangenberg, R Stefanizzi, A Steri, V Stornelli, S Stracka, M Stringer, S Sulis, A Sung, Y Suvorov, AM Szelc, R Tartaglia, A Taylor, J Taylor, S Tedesco, G Testera, K Thieme, TN Thorpe, A Tonazzo, A Tricomi, EV Unzhakov, T Vallivilayil John, M Van Uffelen, T Viant, S Viel, RB Vogelaar, J Vossebeld, M Wada, MB Walczak, H Wang, Y Wang, S Westerdale, L Williams, I Wingerter-Seez, R Wojaczynski, Ma M Wojcik, T Wright, Y Xie, C Yang, A Zabihi, P Zakhary, A Zani, A Zichichi, G Zuzel, MP Zykova, The DarkSide-20k Collaboration

Precision measurement of the specific activity of $$^{39}$$Ar in atmospheric argon with the DEAP-3600 detector

The European Physical Journal C SpringerOpen 83:7 (2023) 642

Authors:

P Adhikari, R Ajaj, M Alpízar-Venegas, P-A Amaudruz, J Anstey, GR Araujo, DJ Auty, M Baldwin, M Batygov, B Beltran, H Benmansour, CE Bina, J Bonatt, W Bonivento, MG Boulay, B Broerman, JF Bueno, PM Burghardt, A Butcher, M Cadeddu, B Cai, M Cárdenas-Montes, S Cavuoti, M Chen, Y Chen, S Choudhary, BT Cleveland, JM Corning, R Crampton, D Cranshaw, S Daugherty, P DelGobbo, K Dering, P Di Stefano, J DiGioseffo, G Dolganov, L Doria, FA Duncan, M Dunford, E Ellingwood, A Erlandson, SS Farahani, N Fatemighomi, G Fiorillo, S Florian, A Flower, RJ Ford, R Gagnon, D Gallacher, P García Abia

Abstract:

The specific activity of the $\beta $ decay of $^{39}$Ar in atmospheric argon is measured using the DEAP-3600 detector. DEAP-3600, located 2 km underground at SNOLAB, uses a total of (3269 ± 24) kg of liquid argon distilled from the atmosphere to search for dark matter. This detector is well-suited to measure the decay of $^{39}$Ar owing to its very low background levels. This is achieved in two ways: it uses low background construction materials; and it uses pulse-shape discrimination to differentiate between nuclear recoils and electron recoils. With 167 live-days of data, the measured specific activity at the time of atmospheric extraction is (0.964 ± 0.001$_\textrm{stat}$ ± 0.024$_\textrm{sys}$) Bq/kg$_\textrm{atmAr}$, which is consistent with results from other experiments. A cross-check analysis using different event selection criteria and a different statistical method confirms the result

Sensitivity projections for a dual-phase argon TPC optimized for light dark matter searches through the ionization channel

Physical Review D American Physical Society (APS) 107:11 (2023) 112006

Authors:

P Agnes, I Ahmad, S Albergo, IFM Albuquerque, T Alexander, AK Alton, P Amaudruz, M Atzori Corona, DJ Auty, M Ave, I Ch Avetisov, RI Avetisov, O Azzolini, HO Back, Z Balmforth, V Barbarian, A Barrado Olmedo, P Barrillon, A Basco, G Batignani, E Berzin, A Bondar, WM Bonivento, E Borisova, B Bottino, MG Boulay, G Buccino, S Bussino, J Busto, A Buzulutskov, M Cadeddu, M Cadoni, A Caminata, N Canci, A Capra, S Caprioli, M Caravati, M Cárdenas-Montes, N Cargioli, M Carlini, P Castello, V Cataudella, P Cavalcante, S Cavuoti, S Cebrian, JM Cela Ruiz, S Chashin, A Chepurnov, E Chyhyrynets, C Cicalò, L Cifarelli, D Cintas, V Cocco, E Conde Vilda, L Consiglio, S Copello, G Covone, S Cross, M Czubak, M D’Aniello, S D’Auria, MD Da Rocha Rolo, O Dadoun, M Daniel, S Davini, A De Candia, S De Cecco, A De Falco, G De Filippis, D De Gruttola, S De Pasquale, G De Rosa, G Dellacasa, AV Derbin, A Devoto, F Di Capua, L Di Noto, P Di Stefano, C Dionisi, G Dolganov, F Dordei, L Doria, T Erjavec, M Fernandez Diaz, G Fiorillo, A Franceschi, P Franchini, D Franco, E Frolov, N Funicello, F Gabriele, D Gahan, C Galbiati, G Gallina, G Gallus, M Garbini, P Garcia Abia, A Gendotti, C Ghiano, RA Giampaolo, C Giganti, MA Giorgi, GK Giovanetti, V Goicoechea Casanueva, A Gola, D Gorman, R Graciani Diaz, G Grauso, G Grilli di Cortona, A Grobov, M Gromov, M Guan, M Guerzoni, M Gulino, C Guo, BR Hackett, JB Hall, AL Hallin, A Hamer, H Helton, M Haranczyk, T Hessel, S Hill, S Horikawa, F Hubaut, T Hugues, EV Hungerford, An Ianni, V Ippolito, C Jillings, P Kachru, AA Kemp, CL Kendziora, G Keppel, AV Khomyakov, M Kimura, I Kochanek, K Kondo, G Korga, S Koulosousas, A Kubankin, M Kuss, M Kuźniak, M La Commara, M Lai, E Le Guirriec, E Leason, X Li, L Lidey, J Lipp, M Lissia, G Longo, L Luzzi, O Macfadyen, IN Machulin, I Manthos, L Mapelli, A Margotti, SM Mari, C Mariani, J Maricic, A Marini, M Martínez, CJ Martoff, A Masoni, K Mavrokoridis, A Mazzi, AB McDonald, A Messina, R Milincic, A Moggi, A Moharana, J Monroe, M Morrocchi, EN Mozhevitina, T Mróz, VN Muratova, C Muscas, P Musico, R Nania, T Napolitano, M Nessi, G Nieradka, K Nikolopoulos, I Nikulin, J Nowak, K Olchansky, A Oleinik, V Oleynikov, P Organtini, A Ortiz de Solórzano, L Pagani, M Pallavicini, L Pandola, E Pantic, E Paoloni, G Paternoster, PA Pegoraro, K Pelczar, C Pellegrino, F Perotti, V Pesudo, S Piacentini, F Pietropaolo, N Pino, C Pira, A Pocar, DM Poehlmann, S Pordes, P Pralavorio, D Price, F Raffaelli, F Ragusa, Y Ramachers, A Ramirez, M Razeti, A Razeto, AL Renshaw, M Rescigno, F Resnati, F Retiere, LP Rignanese, C Ripoli, A Rivetti, A Roberts, C Roberts, J Rode, G Rogers, L Romero, M Rossi, A Rubbia, S Sadashivajois, TR Saffold, O Samoylov, E Sandford, S Sanfilippo, D Santone, R Santorelli, C Savarese, E Scapparone, G Scioli, DA Semenov, A Shchagin, A Sheshukov, M Simeone, P Skensved, MD Skorokhvatov, O Smirnov, T Smirnova, B Smith, A Sokolov, M Spangenberg, R Stefanizzi, A Steri, S Stracka, V Strickland, M Stringer, S Sulis, A Sung, Y Suvorov, AM Szelc, C Türkoğlu, R Tartaglia, A Taylor, J Taylor, S Tedesco, G Testera, K Thieme, TN Thorpe, A Tonazzo, S Torres-Lara, A Tricomi, EV Unzhakov, T Vallivilayil John, M Van Uffelen, T Viant, S Viel, A Vishneva, RB Vogelaar, J Vossebeld, M Wada, MB Walczak, Y Wang, S Westerdale, RJ Wheadon, L Williams, I Wingerter-Seez, R Wojaczyński, Ma M Wojcik, Ma Wojcik, T Wright, Y Xie, C Yang, A Zabihi, P Zakhary, A Zani, A Zichichi, G Zuzel, MP Zykova

Measurement of isotopic separation of argon with the prototype of the cryogenic distillation plant Aria for dark matter searches

The European Physical Journal C SpringerOpen 83:5 (2023) 453

Authors:

E Aaron, P Agnes, I Ahmad, S Albergo, IFM Albuquerque, T Alexander, AK Alton, P Amaudruz, M Atzori Corona, M Ave, I Ch Avetisov, O Azzolini, HO Back, Z Balmforth, A Barrado, P Barrillon, A Basco, G Batignani, V Bocci, WM Bonivento, B Bottino, MG Boulay, J Busto, M Cadeddu, A Caminata, N Canci, A Capra, S Caprioli, M Caravati, N Cargioli, M Carlini, P Castello, P Cavalcante, S Cavuoti, S Cebrian, JM Cela Ruiz, S Chashin, A Chepurnov, E Chyhyrynets, L Cifarelli, D Cintas, M Citterio, B Cleveland, V Cocco, E Conde Vilda, L Consiglio, S Copello, G Covone, M Czubak, M D’Aniello

Abstract:

The Aria cryogenic distillation plant, located in Sardinia, Italy, is a key component of the DarkSide-20k experimental program for WIMP dark matter searches at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy. Aria is designed to purify the argon, extracted from underground wells in Colorado, USA, and used as the DarkSide-20k target material, to detector-grade quality. In this paper, we report the first measurement of argon isotopic separation by distillation with the 26 m tall Aria prototype. We discuss the measurement of the operating parameters of the column and the observation of the simultaneous separation of the three stable argon isotopes: 36Ar , 38Ar , and 40Ar . We also provide a detailed comparison of the experimental results with commercial process simulation software. This measurement of isotopic separation of argon is a significant achievement for the project, building on the success of the initial demonstration of isotopic separation of nitrogen using the same equipment in 2019

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Temperature-dependent photoluminescence of PEDOT:PSS-coated acrylic for use as transparent electrodes in the DarkSide-20k time projection chamber

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Study of cosmogenic activation above ground for the DarkSide-20k experiment

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Precision measurement of the specific activity of $$^{39}$$Ar in atmospheric argon with the DEAP-3600 detector

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Sensitivity projections for a dual-phase argon TPC optimized for light dark matter searches through the ionization channel

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Measurement of isotopic separation of argon with the prototype of the cryogenic distillation plant Aria for dark matter searches

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