Publications

The DarkSide Collaboration shares its scientific results, technological developments, and research achievements through peer-reviewed publications, graduate theses, and conference proceedings. These contributions help advance dark matter research, support the next generation of scientists, and foster collaboration within the global scientific community.

 

DarkSide Papers
Conference Proceedings

Near-infrared CMOS imaging for large-area SiPM-based photodetectors diagnostics , DarkSide Collaboration • A. Marasciulli (Gran Sasso) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/21/04/C04091 , Published in: JINST 21 (2026) 04, C04091,

The DarkSide-20k experiment for WIMPs direct detection and its Photon Detection System , DarkSide Collaboration • Pablo Kunzé (GSSI, Aquila) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.22323/1.485.0120 , Published in: PoS EPS-HEP2025 (2026), 120

$^{37}$Ar source on-demand production and deployment for low-energy nuclear recoil measurement in ReD liquid Argon TPC , DarkSide Collaboration • P. Zakhary (Warsaw, Copernicus Astron. Ctr.) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/19/06/C06003 , Published in: JINST 19 (2024) 06, C06003

Recent searches for light dark matter with DarkSide-50 , DarkSide-50 Collaboration • Paolo Agnes (Gran Sasso) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.22323/1.449.0110 , Published in: PoS EPS-HEP2023 (2024), 110

Search for annual modulation of the event rate generated by dark matter in the DarkSide-50 ionization signal , DarkSide-50 Collaboration • Theo Hugues (NCBJ, Warsaw and APC, Paris) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.22323/1.441.0079 , Published in: PoS TAUP2023 (2024), 079

Cosmogenic activation calculation of experiments using liquid argon targets , DarkSide Collaboration • Teena Vallivilayil John (GSSI, Aquila) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.1063/5.0161116 , Published in: AIP Conf.Proc. 2908 (2023) 1, 090003

Search for low mass WIMP dark matter with DarkSide-50 , DarkSide-50 Collaboration • Masato Kimura (Warsaw, Copernicus Astron. Ctr.) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.21468/SciPostPhysProc.12.022 , Published in: SciPost Phys.Proc. 12 (2023), 022

Direct Detection of Dark Matter with DarkSide-20k , DarkSide Collaboration • Paolo Agnes (GSSI, Aquila) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202328006003 , Published in: EPJ Web Conf. 280 (2023), 06003

A versatile cryogenic system for liquid argon detectors , DarkSide Collaboration • G. Grauso (INFN, Naples) et al., e-Print: 2212.02299 [physics.ins-det], DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/18/03/C03018 , 10.48550/arXiv.2212.02299 (publication), Published in: JINST 18 (2023) 03, C03018

A large facility for photosensors test at cryogenic temperature , DarkSide Collaboration • Z. Balmforth (Royal Holloway, U. of London and Naples U. and INFN, Naples) et al., e-Print: 2212.02296 [physics.ins-det], DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/18/03/C03024 , Published in: JINST 18 (2023) 03, C03024

The DarkSide-20k veto detector , DarkSide Collaboration • B. Bottino (INFN, Genoa and Princeton U.) for the collaboration.DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2022-22138-0 , Published in: Nuovo Cim.C 45 (2022) 5, 138

DarkSide-20k and the Future Liquid Argon Dark Matter Program , DarkSide Collaboration • Bianca Bottino (Princeton U. and INFN, Genoa) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.22323/1.398.0169 , Published in: PoS EPS-HEP2021 (2022), 169

Direct Searches for Cold Dark Matter in DarkSide-20k , DarkSide Collaboration • Malgorzata Harańczyk (Jagiellonian U.) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.5506/APhysPolBSupp.15.3-A29 , Published in: Acta Phys.Polon.Supp. 15 (2022) 3, 29,

The optical simulation model of the DarkSide-20k Veto detector , DarkSide Collaboration • Cenk Türkoğlu (Warsaw, Copernicus Astron. Ctr.) et al., e-Print: 2112.04990 [physics.ins-det], DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2156/1/012236 , Published in: J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 2156 (2021) 1, 012236, J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 2156 (2021) 1, 012236,

The DarkSide-20k neutron veto , DarkSide Collaboration • M. Rossi (Genoa U. and INFN, Genoa) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2021-21011-0 , Published in: Nuovo Cim.C 44 (2021) 1, 11,

Event vertex reconstruction with deep neural networks for the DarkSide-20k experiment , DarkSide Collaboration • Victor Goicoechea-Casanueva (U. Hawaii, Honolulu) et al., DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202125103029 , Published in: EPJ Web Conf. 251 (2021), 03029

The veto apparatus of DarkSide-20k: Dark Matter search in a background-free experiment , DarkSide Collaboration • M. Rossi (Genoa U. and INFN, Genoa) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2022-22021-0 , Published in: Nuovo Cim.C 45 (2021) 1, 21

Packaging strategies for large SiPM-based cryogenic photo-detectors , DarkSide Collaboration • Izabela Kochanek (Gran Sasso) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2020.164487 , Published in: Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A 980 (2020), 164487,

Convolutional neural network approach to event position reconstruction in DarkSide-50 experiment , DarkSide Collaboration • A. Grobov (Kurchatov Inst., Moscow and Moscow Phys. Eng. Inst.) et al., DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1690/1/012013 , Published in: J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 1690 (2020) 1, 012013

Integrated front-end electronics for single photon time-stamping in cryogenic dark matter detectors , DarkSide Collaboration • R. Kugathasan (Turin Polytechnic and INFN, Turin) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/05/C05019 , Published in: JINST 15 (2020) 05, C05019

Low radioactivity argon for dark matter and rare event searches , DarkSide-20k Collaboration • Walter M. Bonivento (INFN, Cagliari) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1468/1/012234 , Published in: J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 1468 (2020) 1, 012234

The Recoil Directionality Experiment , DarkSide ReD Working Group • S. Sanfilippo (INFN, Rome3 and Rome III U.) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2020-20098-y , Published in: Nuovo Cim.C 43 (2020) 2-3, 98

Long term operation with the DarkSide-50 detector , DarkSide-50 Collaboration • N. Canci (U. Houston (main) and Gran Sasso) for the collaboration., e-Print: 1912.05461 [astro-ph.IM], DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/15/03/C03026 , Published in: JINST 15 (2020) 03, C03026

DarkSide: Latest results and future perspectives , DarkSide Collaboration • B. Bottino (Hawaii U.) et al., DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2019-19180-0 , Published in: Nuovo Cim.C 42 (2019) 4, 180

DarkSide new results and prospects , M. Cadeddu (Cagliari U. and INFN, Cagliari), DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2018-18160-2 , Published in: Nuovo Cim.C 41 (2019) 4, 160

DarkSide status and prospects , DarkSide Collaboration • S. Sanfilippo (INFN, Genoa) et al., DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2019-19079-8 , Published in: Nuovo Cim.C 42 (2019) 2-3, 79

New Physics Results from DarkSide-50 , D. Franco (APC, Paris), P. Agnes, I.F.M. Albuquerque, T. Alexander, A.K. Alton et al. 

The DarkSide direct dark matter search with liquid argon , E. Edkins (Hawaii U.), P. Agnes (APC, Paris), T. Alexander (Massachusetts U., Amherst), A. Alton (Augustana Coll., Sioux Falls), K. Arisaka (UCLA) et al., DOI: 10.1063/1.5010122 , Published in: AIP Conf.Proc. 1900 (2017) 1, 040004

Darkside Status and Prospects , DarkSide Collaboration • Charles Jeff Martoff (Temple U.) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.22323/1.314.0074 , Published in: PoS EPS-HEP2017 (2017), 074

Low radioactivity Argon and SiPM at cryogenic temperatures for the next generation dark matter searches , DarkSide-20K Collaboration • Walter Marcello Bonivento (INFN, Cagliari and Cagliari U.) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.22323/1.314.0482 , Published in: PoS EPS-HEP2017 (2017), 482

The DarkSide physics program and its recent results , D. D'Angelo (Milan U. and INFN, Milan), P. Agnes (APC, Paris), L. Agostino (Paris U., VI-VII), I.F.M. Albuquerque (Sao Paulo U. and Princeton U.), T. Alexander (Fermilab and Massachusetts U., Amherst) et al., DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2016-16312-0 , Published in: Nuovo Cim.C 39 (2017) 4, 312

The DarkSide Experiment: Present Status and Future , G. Zuzel (Jagiellonian U.), P. Agnes (APC, Paris), I.F.M. Albuquerque (Sao Paulo U.), T. Alexander (Massachusetts U., Amherst and Fermilab and PNL, Richland), A.K. Alton (Augustana Coll., Sioux Falls) et al., DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/798/1/012109 , Published in: J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 798 (2017) 1, 012109

DarkSide , Bianca Bottino (Genoa U. and INFN, Genoa), M. Bossa (GSSI, Aquila), A. Mandarano (GSSI, Aquila), C. Savarese (GSSI, Aquila), A. Razeto (Gran Sasso) et al., DOI: 10.22323/1.283.0087 , Published in: PoS NOW2016 (2017), 087

The DarkSide experiment , DarkSide Collaboration • B. Bottino (Virginia Tech.) et al., DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2017-17052-3 , Published in: Nuovo Cim.C 40 (2017) 1, 52

The DarkSide-50 Experiment: a Liquid Argon Target for Dark Matter Particles

  1. Agnes (APC, Paris), L. Agostino (Paris U., VI-VII), I.F.M. Albuquerque (Princeton U. and Sao Paulo U.), T. Alexander (Massachusetts U., Amherst and Fermilab), A.K. Alton (Augustana Coll., Sioux Falls) et al., DOI: 10.1142/9789813224568_0057

WIMP Search with Underground Argon in DarkSide-50 , DarkSide Collaboration • Masayuki Wada (Princeton U.) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.3204/DESY-PROC-2009-03/Masayuki_Wada

Status and perspective of the DarkSide experiment at LNGS , DarkSide Collaboration • P. Agnes (Houston U.) et al., DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2017-17164-8 , Published in: Nuovo Cim.C 40 (2017) 5, 164

Current and Future of WIMP Search in DarkSide , Masayuki Wada, Published in:

DarkSide-50: status of the detector and results , Yann Guardincerri (Fermilab), P. Agnes (APC, Paris), I.F.M. Albuquerque (Sao Paulo U.), T. Alexander (PNL, Richland and Massachusetts U., Amherst), A.K. Alton (Augustana Coll., Sioux Falls) et al., DOI: 10.22323/1.282.0225 , Published in: PoS ICHEP2016 (2016), 225

Recent resuts from DARKSIDE , DARKSIDE Collaboration • G. Zuzel (Jagiellonian U.) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15118-x , Published in: Nuovo Cim.C 38 (2016) 4, 118

The DarkSide awakens , DarkSide Collaboration • S. Davini et al., DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/718/4/042016 , Published in: J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 718 (2016) 4, 042016

The DarkSide-50 outer detectors , DarkSide Collaboration • S. Westerdale (Princeton U.) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/718/4/042062 , Published in: J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 718 (2016) 4, 042062

The DarkSide Project , DarkSide project Collaboration • P. Agnes (APC, Paris) et al., DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/11/02/C02051 , Published in: JINST 11 (2016) 02, C02051

Current status of the dark matter experiment DarkSide-50 , DarkSide Collaboration • L. Marini (Genoa U. and INFN, Genoa) et al., DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2016-16247-4 , Published in: Nuovo Cim.C 39 (2016) 1, 247

The DarkSide program at LNGS , DarkSide Collaboration • S. Davini (GSSI, Aquila) et al., Published in:

Direct Search for Dark Matter with DarkSide , DarkSide Collaboration • P. Agnes (APC, Paris) et al., DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/650/1/012006 , Published in: J.Phys.Conf.Ser. 650 (2015) 1, 012006

DarkSide-50: A WIMP Search with a Two-phase Argon TPC , DarkSide Collaboration • P.D. Meyers (Princeton U.) et al., DOI: 10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.021 , Published in: Phys.Procedia 61 (2015), 124-129

Status and Results from DarkSide-50 , DarkSide Collaboration • Alden Fan (UCLA) for the collaboration., e-Print: 1511.00676 [physics.ins-det], Published in:

The Darkside Program , DarkSide Collaboration • Giuliana Fiorillo (INFN, Naples and Naples U.) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.1142/9789814663618_0045 , Published in:

The DarkSide veto: muon and neutron detectors , DARKSIDE Collaboration • L. Pagani (Genoa U. and INFN, Genoa) et al., DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15035-0 , Published in: Nuovo Cim.C 38 (2015) 1, 35

DArKSIDE-50: A view of the first atmospheric argon run , DarkSide Collaboration • M. Bossa (Gran Sasso) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2015-15042-1 , Published in: Nuovo Cim.C 38 (2015) 1, 42

First results from DarkSide-50 , DARKSIDE Collaboration • D. Franco (APC, Paris) et al., Published in:

DarkSide-50: results from first argon run , DarkSide Collaboration • D. D'Angelo (Milan U. and INFN, Milan) for the collaboration., e-Print: 1501.03541 [hep-ex], DOI: 10.3204/DESY-PROC-2014-04/315 , Published in:

DarkSide-50, a background free experiment for dark matter searches , DarkSide Collaboration • M. Bossa (Gran Sasso) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/9/01/C01034 , Published in: JINST 9 (2014), C01034

DarkSide search for dark matter , DarkSide Collaboration • T. Alexander (Massachusetts U., Amherst) et al., DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/8/11/C11021 , Published in: JINST 8 (2013), C11021

Active Neutron Detector for direct Dark Matter searches with the DarkSide-50 experiment at Gran Sasso , Luca Pagani (Milan U. and INFN, Milan), Davide D'Angelo (Milan U. and INFN, Milan), Stefano Davini (Houston U.), DOI: 10.22323/1.180.0062 , Published in: PoS EPS-HEP2013 (2013), 062

Purification of Argon from a Diluted Stream , DarkSide Collaboration • D. Montanari (Fermilab and Princeton U.) et al.

The DarkSide Program at LNGS , DarkSide Collaboration • A. Wright (Princeton U.) for the collaboration., DOI: 10.1142/9789814405072_0061 , Published in: Astroparticle, Particle, Space Physics and Detectors for Physics Applications. September 2012, 414-420 10.1142/9789814405072_0061

Depleted argon from underground sources , DarkSide Collaboration • H.O. Back (Princeton U.) et al., DOI: 10.1016/j.phpro.2012.04.099 , Published in: Phys.Procedia 37 (2012), 1105-1112,

 

DarkSide Theses

Low-energy signatures in DarkSide-50experiment and neutrino scattering processes Emmanuele Picciau (Cagliari U.), 

Dark matter search with liquid argon in DarkSide: results with scientific and technological prototypes. , Bianca Bottino (Genoa U.), DOI: 10.15167/bottino-bianca_phd2019-03-26

Alpha Radiation Studies and Related Backgrounds in the DarkSide-50 Detector , Alissa Erin Monte (Massachusetts U., Amherst), DOI: 10.7275/12757774 , 10.2172/1497091

The DarkSide-50 Experiment: Electron Recoil Calibrations and A Global Energy Variable  Brianne Rae Hackett (Hawaii U.), DOI: 10.2172/1422185

Transverse Position Reconstruction in a Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber using Principal Component Analysis and Multi-Dimensional Fitting , Andrew William Watson (Temple U.), 

Direct dark matter detection with the DarkSide-50 experiment , Luca Pagani (Genoa U.), DOI: 10.2172/1354864

Detailed Characterization of Nuclear Recoil Pulse Shape Discrimination in the DarkSide-50 Direct Dark Matter Experiment , Erin Elisabeth Edkins (Hawaii U.), DOI: 10.2172/1354860

Direct Search for Dark Matter with the DarkSide Experiment , Paolo Agnes (APC, Paris)

Results from the DarkSide-50 Dark Matter Experiment , Alden Fan (UCLA), DOI: 10.2172/1341802

$xy$ Position Reconstruction in DarkSide-50 , Jason Philip Brodsky (Princeton U.), DOI: 10.2172/1212164

DarkSide-20k as a Dark Matter and Neutrino Observatory, Olly MacFadyen, Royal Holloway University of London (2025)

Development of Radiopure Silicon Photomultiplier Assemblies for the DarkSide-20k Experiment, Alan Taylor, University of Liverpool (2025)

Study of backgrounds in liquid argon Dark Matter detectors: characterization, mitigation, and novel rejection techniques within the Global Argon Dark Matter Collaboration, Ludovico Luzzi, Universidad de Zaragoza (2025)

A Dark Matter Direct Detection Search and Photosensor Development in the DarkSide-20k Detector, Zoe Balmforth, Royal Holloway, University of London (2024)

Exploring and Enabling the Science Potential of DarkSide-20k, Ellen Sandford, University of Manchester (2024)

Event Data Model and reconstruction for Direct Dark Matter Search with DarkSide-20k, Timothée Hessel, Université Paris Cité (2024)

Direct dark matter search in Liquid Argon with DarkSide-20k, Marie Van Uffelen, Université Aix Marseille (2024)

Search for Dark Matter with Liquid Argon Detectors, Théo Hugues, Université Paris Cité + Centre d’astronomie Nicolas Copernic (2024)

Study of the Veto Performance and Impact of Backgrounds on the DarkSide-20k Dark Matter Search with Focus on Characterising and Understanding the Performance of the Silicon Photomultiplier Sub-system, Samuel Hill, Royal Holloway, University of London (2024)

DarkSide : Searching for dark matter with liquid argon, Julie Rode, Université Paris Cité (2022)

Underground argon radio-purity studies for DarkSide-20k and R&D on noble gas detectors for rare-events investigations, Edgar Sánchez García, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2021)

Dark matter search and neutrino physics in liquid argon, Michela Lai, Université Paris Cité + Università degli studi di Cagliari (2020)

Direct Dark Matter Search With the DarkSide Liquid Argon Detector, Anyssa Navrer-Agasson, Université de Paris (2019)

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The DarkSide Collaboration aims to unveil the nature of dark matter through liquid argon detector technology and innovative underground experiments. It is located at the Laboratori Nazional del Gran Sasso in L’Aquila, Italy.

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