Ponente
Descripción
The DarkSide-20k experiment represents the present goal of the Global Argon Dark Matter Collaboration program. Bringing together the success of the DarkSide-50 detector and the experience gained on large volume membrane cryostats developed within the DUNE program, the community is now building a dual-phase LAr-TPC equipped with SiPM matrices for light readout. The main goal of the experiment is to discover or to extend the current sensitivity limits on the search for dark matter WIMP-like particles.
Currently, the experiment has entered the implementation phase and the external cryostat is being put in place at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS), Italy. The detector construction will follow, and data taking is expected to start in late 2026.
This contribution will introduce the DarkSide detector and goals, and it will report on the ongoing construction of the underground infrastructure at LNGS. Finally, it will concentrate on the current activities of characterization of the Silicon wafers that are at the base of the construction of the detector light readout system.
