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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.[1] 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).[2][3]

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Collaboration members

Università degli Studi di Pavia e INFN

P.Benetti, E.Calligarich, M.Cambiaghi, C.Montanari(+), A.Rappoldi, G.L.Raselli, M.Roncadelli, M.Rossella, C.Vignoli

Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (INFN-LNGS)

M. Antonello, O.Palamara, L.Pandola, C.Rubbia(*), E.Segreto, A.Szelc

Università degli Studi dell'Aquila e INFN

R.Acciarri, M. Antonello, N. Canci, F.Cavanna, F.Di Pompeo(++), L.Grandi(++)

(++ also at INFN-LNGS)

Università degli Studi di Napoli e INFN

F.Carbonara, A.Cocco, G.Fiorillo, G.Mangano

Princeton University Department of Physics

F.Calaprice, C.Galbiati, B.Loer, R.Saldanha

Università degli Studi di Padova e INFN

B.Baibussinov, S.Centro, M.B.Ceolin, G.Meng, F.Pietropaolo, S.Ventura

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