Abstract

The excellent energy resolution and low threshold of cryogenic detectors have brought them to the forefront of the search for low-mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles. The next generation of large cryogenic detectors for dark matter search promises further improvements in sensitivity, yet it is difficult and in some cases impossible to test and fully characterize these detectors in an unshielded environment. Therefore, the Queen’s SuperCDMS team is installing a well shielded Cryogenic Underground detector TEst facility (CUTE) at SNOLAB to support detector testing and characterization for SuperCDMS and future cryogenic rare event search experiments. Significant effort is put into achieving a very low background environment which may open the door for early science results with the first set of SuperCDMS detectors during the time the main experimental apparatus is being installed. We discuss some of the challenges and solutions implemented in the design of this facility as well as the status and schedule for the start of operations underground at SNOLAB.

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Title
CUTE - A Cryogenic Underground Test Facility at SNOLAB
Author
Rau, W 1 ; Gerbier, G 1 ; Camus, P 2 ; Dering, K 1 ; Cazes, A 3 ; Scorza, S 4 ; Zhang, X 1 ; Dastgheibi-Fard, A 5 

 Department of Physics, Queen’s University, Kingston ON, K7L 3N6, Canada 
 Department of Physics, Queen’s University, Kingston ON, K7L 3N6, Canada; Institut Néel, CNRS/UJF, 25 rue des Martyrs, BP 166, 38042 Grenoble, France 
 IPNL, Domaine de la Doua, 59622 Villeurbanne CEDEX, France 
 SNOLAB, Creighton Mine #9, Lively ON, P3Y 1N2, Canada 
 Laboratoire Souterrain de Modane, Carre des sciences, 73500 Modane, France 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
Jan 2020
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2568052910
Copyright
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