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Y. Q. Ma
Publications - 18
Citations - 581
Y. Q. Ma is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dark matter & Time projection chamber. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 16 publications receiving 528 citations.
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First results from the DarkSide-50 dark matter experiment at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
P. Agnes,Thomas Alexander,A. K. Alton,K. Arisaka,Henning O. Back,B. Baldin,K. Biery,G. Bonfini,M. Bossa,Augusto Brigatti,J. Brodsky,F. Budano,Laura Cadonati,Frank Calaprice,N. Canci,A. Candela,H. Cao,M. Cariello,P. Cavalcante,A. E. Chavarria,A. S. Chepurnov,A. G. Cocco,L. Crippa,D. D'Angelo,M. D'Incecco,S. Davini,M. De Deo,A. V. Derbin,A. Devoto,F. Di Eusanio,G. Di Pietro,E. Edkins,A. Empl,A. Fan,G. Fiorillo,K. Fomenko,G. Forster,D. Franco,F. Gabriele,Cristiano Galbiati,A. M. Goretti,L. Grandi,M. Gromov,Min-Xin Guan,Y. Guardincerri,B. R. Hackett,K. Herner,E. V. Hungerford,Al. Ianni,An. Ianni,Cécile Jollet,K. J. Keeter,C. L. Kendziora,S. Kidner,V. V. Kobychev,G. Koh,D. Korablev,G. Korga,A. Kurlej,P. X. Li,B. Loer,Paolo Lombardi,C. Love,Livia Ludhova,S. Luitz,Y. Q. Ma,I. N. Machulin,I. N. Machulin,A. Mandarano,Stefano Maria Mari,J. Maricic,L. Marini,C. J. Martoff,Anselmo Meregaglia,E. Meroni,Peter Daniel Meyers,R. Milincic,D. Montanari,A. Monte,M. Montuschi,M. E. Monzani,P. J. Mosteiro,B. J. Mount,V. N. Muratova,P. Musico,A. Nelson,S. Odrowski,M. Okounkova,M. Orsini,Fausto Ortica,L. Pagani,Marco Pallavicini,E. Pantic,E. Pantic,L. Papp,S. Parmeggiano,R. Parsells,K. Pelczar,Nicomede Pelliccia,S. Perasso,A. Pocar,S. Pordes,D. A. Pugachev,H. Qian,K. Randle,Gioacchino Ranucci,A. Razeto,B. Reinhold,A. L. Renshaw,Aldo Romani,B. Rossi,N. Rossi,S. D. Rountree,D. Sablone,P. Saggese,R. Saldanha,W. Sands,Samuele Sangiorgio,E. Segreto,D. A. Semenov,E. Shields,M. D. Skorokhvatov,M. D. Skorokhvatov,O. Smirnov,A. Sotnikov,C. Stanford,Y. Suvorov,R. Tartaglia,J. Tatarowicz,G. Testera,A. Tonazzo,E. V. Unzhakov,R. B. Vogelaar,M. Wada,Stuart Derek Walker,Hui Wang,Yanchu Wang,Alan Watson,S. Westerdale,Marcin Wójcik,A. Wright,X. Xiang,Jilei Xu,Chung-Yao Yang,J. Yoo,Sandra Zavatarelli,A. Zec,C. Zhu,G. Zuzel +148 more
TL;DR: The first results of a direct search for dark matter operating in the underground Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) and searching for the rare nuclear recoils possibly induced by weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) were reported in this paper.
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Results from the first use of low radioactivity argon in a dark matter search
P. Agnes,L. Agostino,Ivone F. M. Albuquerque,Thomas Alexander,A. K. Alton,K. Arisaka,H. O. Back,B. Baldin,K. Biery,G. Bonfini,M. Bossa,B. Bottino,A. Brigatti,J. Brodsky,F. Budano,Severino Angelo Maria Bussino,M. Cadeddu,Laura Cadonati,Mariano Cadoni,Frank Calaprice,N. Canci,A. Candela,H. Cao,M. Cariello,M. Carlini,S. Catalanotti,P. Cavalcante,A. S. Chepurnov,A. G. Cocco,Giovanni Covone,L. Crippa,D. D'Angelo,M. D'Incecco,S. Davini,S. De Cecco,M. De Deo,M. De Vincenzi,A. V. Derbin,A. Devoto,F. Di Eusanio,G. Di Pietro,E. Edkins,A. Empl,A. Fan,G. Fiorillo,K. Fomenko,G. Forster,D. Franco,F. Gabriele,Cristiano Galbiati,C. Giganti,A. M. Goretti,F. Granato,L. Grandi,M. Gromov,M. Guan,Y. Guardincerri,B. R. Hackett,K. Herner,E. V. Hungerford,Al. Ianni,Aldo Ianni,Irina James,C. Jollet,K. Keeter,C. L. Kendziora,V. V. Kobychev,G. Koh,D. Korablev,G. Korga,A. S. Kubankin,Xiujiang Li,M. Lissia,Paolo Lombardi,S. Luitz,Y. Q. Ma,I. N. Machulin,A. Mandarano,Stefano Maria Mari,J. Maricic,L. Marini,C. J. Martoff,A. Meregaglia,Peter Daniel Meyers,T. Miletic,R. Milincic,D. Montanari,A. Monte,M. Montuschi,M. E. Monzani,P. J. Mosteiro,B. J. Mount,V. N. Muratova,Paolo Musico,Jim Napolitano,Ann E. Nelson,S. Odrowski,M. Orsini,Fausto Ortica,L. Pagani,Marco Pallavicini,E. Pantic,S. Parmeggiano,K. Pelczar,N. Pelliccia,S. Perasso,A. Pocar,S. Pordes,D. A. Pugachev,H. Qian,K. Randle,Gioacchino Ranucci,A. Razeto,B. Reinhold,A. L. Renshaw,Aldo Romani,B. Rossi,N. Rossi,D. Rountree,D. Sablone,P. Saggese,R. Saldanha,W. Sands,Samuele Sangiorgio,C. Savarese,E. Segreto,D. Semenov,E. Shields,P. N. Singh,M. D. Skorokhvatov,O. Smirnov,A. Sotnikov,C. Stanford,Y. Suvorov,R. Tartaglia,J. Tatarowicz,G. Testera,A. Tonazzo,P. Trinchese,E. V. Unzhakov,A. Vishneva,B. Vogelaar,M. Wada,Stuart Derek Walker,Hui Wang,Yanchu Wang,Alan Watson,S. Westerdale,J. Wilhelmi,Marcin Wójcik,X. Xiang,Jilei Xu,Chung-Yao Yang,J. Yoo,Sandra Zavatarelli,A. Zec,W. Zhong,Caoxiang Zhu,G. Zuzel +158 more
TL;DR: The first WIMP search results obtained using a target of low-radioactivity argon were reported in this paper, where the underground argon is shown to contain Ar-39 at a level reduced by a factor (1.4 +- 0.2) x 103 relative to atmospheric argon.
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Light Yield in DarkSide-10: A Prototype Two-Phase Argon TPC for Dark Matter Searches
Thomas Alexander,D. Alton,K. Arisaka,H. O. Back,P. Beltrame,Jay Burton Benziger,G. Bonfini,A. Brigatti,J. Brodsky,Laura Cadonati,Frank Calaprice,A. Candela,H. Cao,P. Cavalcante,A. E. Chavarria,A. S. Chepurnov,David B. Cline,A. G. Cocco,C. Condon,D. D'Angelo,S. Davini,E. de Haas,A. V. Derbin,G. Di Pietro,I. Dratchnev,D. Durben,A. Empl,A.V. Etenko,A. Fan,G. Fiorillo,K. Fomenko,F. Gabriele,Cristiano Galbiati,S. Gazzana,C. Ghag,C. Ghiano,A. M. Goretti,L. Grandi,L. Grandi,M. Gromov,M. Guan,C. Guo,G. Guray,E. V. Hungerford,Al. Ianni,An. Ianni,A. Kayunov,K. Keeter,C. L. Kendziora,S. Kidner,V. V. Kobychev,G. Koh,D. Korablev,G. Korga,E. Shields,P. X. Li,B. Loer,Paolo Lombardi,C. Love,Livia Ludhova,L. Lukyanchenko,Austin P. Lund,K. Lung,Y. Q. Ma,I. N. Machulin,J. Maricic,C. J. Martoff,Y. Meng,E. Meroni,Peter Daniel Meyers,T. Mohayai,D. Montanari,M. Montuschi,P. J. Mosteiro,B. J. Mount,V. N. Muratova,A. Nelson,A. Nemtzow,N. N. Nurakhov,M. Orsini,Fausto Ortica,Marco Pallavicini,E. Pantic,S. Parmeggiano,R. Parsells,N. Pelliccia,L. Perasso,F. Perfetto,Lawrence Pinsky,A. Pocar,S. Pordes,Gioacchino Ranucci,A. Razeto,Aldo Romani,N. Rossi,P. Saggese,R. Saldanha,C. Salvo,W. Sands,Marc S. Seigar,D. Semenov,M. D. Skorokhvatov,O. Smirnov,A. Sotnikov,S. V. Sukhotin,Y. Suvorov,R. Tartaglia,J. Tatarowicz,G. Testera,A. Teymourian,J. Thompson,E. V. Unzhakov,R. B. Vogelaar,Hui Wang,S. Westerdale,Marcin Wójcik,A. Wright,Jilei Xu,Chung-Yao Yang,Sandra Zavatarelli,M. Zehfus,W. Zhong,G. Zuzel +122 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measured the light yield of the DarkSide-10 detector using the readily-identifiable full-absorption peaks from gamma ray sources combined with single-photo-electron calibrations using low-occupancy laser pulses.
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The DarkSide Multiton Detector for the Direct Dark Matter Search
Craig E. Aalseth,P. Agnes,A. Alton,K. Arisaka,D. M. Asner,Henning O. Back,B. Baldin,K. Biery,G. Bonfini,M. Bossa,Augusto Brigatti,J. Brodsky,F. Budano,Laura Cadonati,Mariano Cadoni,Frank Calaprice,N. Canci,A. Candela,H. Cao,M. Cariello,P. Cavalcante,A. S. Chepurnov,A. G. Cocco,C. Condon,L. Crippa,D. D'Angelo,M. D'Incecco,S. Davini,M. De Deo,A. V. Derbin,A. Devoto,F. Di Eusanio,E. Edkins,A. Empl,A. Fan,G. Fiorillo,K. Fomenko,G. Forster,Michael Foxe,D. Franco,F. Gabriele,Cristiano Galbiati,A. M. Goretti,L. Grandi,M. Gromov,Min-Xin Guan,Y. Guardincerri,B. R. Hackett,K. Herner,Andrew Hime,P. Humble,E. V. Hungerford,Al. Ianni,An. Ianni,D. E. Jaffe,Cécile Jollet,K. J. Keeter,C. L. Kendziora,S. Kidner,V. V. Kobychev,G. Koh,D. Korablev,G. Korga,A. Kurlej,P. X. Li,Marcello Lissia,Paolo Lombardi,Livia Ludhova,S. Luitz,G. Lukyachenko,Y. Q. Ma,I. N. Machulin,A. Mandarano,Stefano Maria Mari,J. Maricic,L. Marini,D. Markov,J. Martoff,Anselmo Meregaglia,E. Meroni,Peter Daniel Meyers,T. Miletic,R. Milincic,M. Montuschi,M. E. Monzani,P. J. Mosteiro,B. J. Mount,V. N. Muratova,P. Musico,D. Montanari,A. Nelson,S. Odrowski,Andrzej Odrzywolek,John L. Orrell,M. Orsini,Fausto Ortica,L. Pagani,Marco Pallavicini,E. Pantic,E. Pantic,S. Parmeggiano,Bob Parsells,K. Pelczar,Nicomede Pelliccia,S. Perasso,L. Perasso,A. Pocar,S. Pordes,D. A. Pugachev,H. Qian,K. Randle,Gioacchino Ranucci,A. Razeto,K. Recine,B. Reinhold,A. L. Renshaw,Aldo Romani,N. Rossi,B. Rossi,B. Rossi,S. D. Rountree,D. Sablone,P. Saggese,R. Saldanha,W. Sands,Samuele Sangiorgio,E. Segreto,D. A. Semenov,E. Shields,M. D. Skorokhvatov,M. Smallcomb,O. Smirnov,A. Sotnikov,Y. Suvurov,R. Tartaglia,J. Tatarowicz,G. Testera,A. Tonazzo,E. V. Unzhakov,R. B. Vogelaar,M. Wada,S. Walker,Hui Wang,Yanchu Wang,Alan Watson,S. Westerdale,R. Williams,Marcin Wójcik,Jilei Xu,Chung-Yao Yang,J. Yoo,B. Yu,Sandra Zavatarelli,W. Zhong,G. Zuzel +154 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the DarkSide program focusing in particular on the next generation experiment DarkSide-G2, a 3.6-ton liquid argon time projection chamber (LAr-TPC).
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The Electronics and Data Acquisition System for the DarkSide-50 Veto Detectors
P. Agnes,L. Agostino,Ivone F. M. Albuquerque,T. Alexander,A. K. Alton,K. Arisaka,Henning O. Back,Henning O. Back,B. Baldin,K. Biery,G. Bonfini,M. Bossa,B. Bottino,A. Brigatti,J. Brodsky,F. Budano,F. Budano,Severino Angelo Maria Bussino,Severino Angelo Maria Bussino,M. Cadeddu,Mariano Cadoni,F. Calaprice,N. Canci,A. Candela,H. Cao,M. Cariello,M. Carlini,S. Catalanotti,P. Cavalcante,A. S. Chepurnov,A. G. Cocco,Giovanni Covone,L. Crippa,L. Crippa,D. D'Angelo,D. D'Angelo,M. D'Incecco,S. Davini,S. De Cecco,M. De Deo,M. De Vincenzi,M. De Vincenzi,A. V. Derbin,A. Devoto,F. Di Eusanio,G. Di Pietro,E. Edkins,A. Empl,A. Fan,G. Fiorillo,K. Fomenko,Griffin Foster,Griffin Foster,D. Franco,F. Gabriele,Cristiano Galbiati,Cristiano Galbiati,C. Giganti,A. M. Goretti,F. Granato,F. Granato,L. Grandi,M. Gromov,M. Guan,Y. Guardincerri,Y. Guardincerri,B. R. Hackett,K. Herner,E. Hungerford,Aldo Ianni,Andrea Ianni,Irina James,Irina James,Cécile Jollet,K. Keeter,C. L. Kendziora,V. V. Kobychev,G. Koh,D. Korablev,G. Korga,A. Kubankin,X. Li,Marcello Lissia,Paolo Lombardi,S. Luitz,Y. Q. Ma,I. N. Machulin,I. N. Machulin,A. Mandarano,Stefano Maria Mari,Stefano Maria Mari,J. Maricic,L. Marini,C. J. Martoff,Anselmo Meregaglia,Peter Daniel Meyers,T. Miletic,R. Milincic,D. Montanari,A. Monte,M. Montuschi,M. E. Monzani,P. J. Mosteiro,B. J. Mount,V. N. Muratova,P. Musico,Jim Napolitano,Ann E. Nelson,S. Odrowski,M. Orsini,Fausto Ortica,Fausto Ortica,L. Pagani,Marco Pallavicini,E. Pantic,S. Parmeggiano,K. Pelczar,N. Pelliccia,N. Pelliccia,A. Pocar,A. Pocar,S. Pordes,D. A. Pugachev,D. A. Pugachev,H. Qian,K. Randle,Gioacchino Ranucci,A. Razeto,B. Reinhold,A. L. Renshaw,A. L. Renshaw,Q. Riffard,Aldo Romani,Aldo Romani,B. Rossi,B. Rossi,N. Rossi,S. D. Rountree,D. Sablone,P. Saggese,R. Saldanha,W. Sands,Samuele Sangiorgio,C. Savarese,E. Segreto,D. Semenov,E. Shields,P. N. Singh,M. D. Skorokhvatov,M. D. Skorokhvatov,Oleg Smirnov,A. Sotnikov,C. Stanford,Y. Suvorov,Y. Suvorov,R. Tartaglia,J. Tatarowicz,G. Testera,A. Tonazzo,P. Trinchese,E. V. Unzhakov,A. Vishneva,R. B. Vogelaar,M. Wada,Stuart Derek Walker,Hui Wang,Yufeng Wang,Yufeng Wang,Alan Watson,S. Westerdale,J. Wilhelmi,M. M. Wojcik,X. Xiang,Jilei Xu,Chung-Yao Yang,J. Yoo,Sandra Zavatarelli,A. Zec,W. Zhong,Caoxiang Zhu,G. Zuzel +180 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the electronics and data acquisition system used for these two detectors, which is made of a custom built front end electronics and commercial National Instruments high speed digitizers.