CYGNO: a CYGNUs Collaboration 1 m^3 Module with Optical Readout for Directional Dark Matter Search

• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1901.04190
• Publication Date: 2019-01-01
• Authors: E. Baracchini; R. Bedogni; F. Bellini; L. Benussi; S. Bianco; L.J. Bignell; M. Caponero; G. Cavoto; Emanuele Di Marco; C. Eldridge; A. C. Ezeribe; R. Gargana; T. Gamble; R.R. Marcelo Greg...; G. J. Lane; D. Loomba; W. Lynch; G. Maccarrone; M. Marafini; G. Mazzitelli; A. Messina; A. Mills; K. Miuchi; F. Petrucci; D. Piccolo; D. Pinci; N. Phan; F. Renga; G. Saviano; N.J.C. Spooner; T.N. Thorpe; S. Tomassini; S. Vahsen
• Keywords: Time projection chamber; Particle identification; Identification

The design of the project named CYGNO is presented. a new proposal supported by INFN, Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics, within CYGNUs proto-collaboration (CYGNUS-TPC) that aims to realize distributed observatory in underground laboratories directional Dark Matter (DM) search and identification coherent neutrino scattering (CNS) from Sun. one first prototypes road map 100-1000 m^3 will be located at Laboratory Gran Sasso (LNGS), Italy, aiming make significant advances technology single phase gas-only time projection chambers (TPC) application detection rare events. In particular it focus on read-out technique based Micro Pattern Gas Detector (MPGD) amplification ionization visible light collection with sub-mm position resolution sCMOS (scientific COMS) camera. This type readout - conjunction fast allow hand reconstruct 3D direction tracks, offering accurate sensitivity source directionality and, other hand, high particle capability very useful distinguish nuclear recoils.