WIMP Argon Programme

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The WIMP Argon Programme (WARP) is an experiment at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy, for the research of cold dark matter.{{cite journal | last1=Acciarri | first1=R | last2=Antonello | first2=M | last3=Baibussinov | first3=B | last4=Benetti | first4=P | last5=Calaprice | first5=F | last6=Calligarich | first6=E | last7=Cambiaghi | first7=M | last8=Canci | first8=N | last9=Cao | first9=C | last10=Carbonara | first10=F | last11=Cavanna | first11=F | last12=Centro | first12=S | last13=Ceolin | first13=M B | last14=Chavarria | first14=A | last15=Cocco | first15=A | last16=Pompeo | first16=F Di | last17=Fiorillo | first17=G | last18=Galbiati | first18=C | last19=Grandi | first19=L | last20=Loer | first20=B | last21=Mangano | first21=G | last22=Menegolli | first22=A | last23=Meng | first23=G | last24=Montanari | first24=C | last25=Palamara | first25=O | last26=Pandola | first26=L | last27=Pietropaolo | first27=F | last28=Raselli | first28=G L | last29=Roncadelli | first29=M | last30=Rossella | first30=M | last31=Rubbia | first31=C | last32=Saldanha | first32=R | last33=Segreto | first33=E | last34=Szelc | first34=A M | last35=Ventura | first35=S | last36=Vignoli | first36=C | title=The WArP experiment | journal=Journal of Physics: Conference Series | publisher=IOP Publishing | volume=203 | date=2010-01-01 | issue=1 | issn=1742-6596 | doi=10.1088/1742-6596/203/1/012006 | page=012006| bibcode=2010JPhCS.203a2006A | doi-access=free }} It aims to detect nuclear recoils in liquid argon induced by weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) through scintillation light; the apparatus can also detect ionization so to exclude interactions of photons and electrons. The experiment is a recognized CERN experiment (RE15).{{cite web |url=http://committees.web.cern.ch/rec/welcome.html |title=Recognized Experiments at CERN |website=The CERN Scientific Committees |publisher=CERN |access-date=20 January 2020 |archive-date=13 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613150251/http://committees.web.cern.ch/rec/welcome.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://greybook.cern.ch/greybook/experiment/detail?id=RE15 |title=RE15/WARP: A double phase argon programme for dark matter detection|website=The CERN Experimental Programme |publisher=CERN |access-date=20 January 2020}}