TREX

Novel Developments in Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) for Rare Event Searches in Underground Astroparticle EXperiments

Coordinatore	UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA    more Spiacenti, non ci sono informazioni su questo coordinatore. Contattare Fabio per maggiori infomrazioni, grazie.
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Spain [ES]
Totale costo	1˙223˙776 €
EC contributo	1˙223˙776 €
Programma	FP7-IDEAS-ERC Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	ERC-2009-StG
Funding Scheme	ERC-SG
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-12-01   -   2015-11-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA  Organization address address: CALLE PEDRO CERBUNA 12 city: Zaragoza postcode: 50009 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Igor Cognome: Garcia Irastorza Email: send email Telefono: 0034 976 762973	ES (Zaragoza)	hostInstitution	1˙223˙776.00
2	UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA  Organization address address: CALLE PEDRO CERBUNA 12 city: Zaragoza postcode: 50009 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Carmen Cognome: Baras Email: send email Telefono: 34976761000 Fax: 34976761048	ES (Zaragoza)	hostInstitution	1˙223˙776.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Gaseous detectors like TPCs are seldom used in Rare Event searches (like those looking for Dark Matter particles, Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay or other neutrino experiments) due mainly to the difficulty in reaching target masses large enough to be sensitive to the extremely low counting rates expected. However, very promising recent advances in TPC readouts based on micropatterns (e.g. the Micromegas concept) may overcome those limitations, making the application of TPCs to this kind of experiments not only viable, but competitive. The first order discoveries that await us in double beta or dark matter experiments will require the identification of the signal events with an unmistakable signature like the one only offered by gaseous detectors. The proposed research aims at the exploration of these new concepts from the point of view of low background techniques, and at their development up to the point of application to next-generation high-discovery-potential experiments in this field. The main practical objective is the creation and consolidation, in the host institution, of a core of technological and scientific expertise on TPCs for low background applications. In addition, the host group is currently responsible for the maintenance and operation of the new Canfranc Underground Laboratory (LSC). The proposed development will have high impact regarding future experiments in the field. In particular, they will find direct application in several starting initiatives in which the applicant has a leading role: the recently proposed Neutrino Xenon TPC project (NEXT) for double beta decay at Canfranc, the Cosmology with Nuclear Recoils (CYGNUS) network to explore the directional signal of Dark Matter particles and, more generically, the CERN-based RD-51 technological collaboration recently approved to promote developments on micropattern detectors. It will certainly have practical applications beyond fundamental science.'