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New Improved Phase Of PICASSO Installation At SNOLAB*, Razvan Gornea, for the PICASSO collaboration , University of Montreal   The PICASSO collaboration is currently installing a new phase of the PICASSO experiment aiming for direct dark matter detection.  Up to 32 detectors (a total of 2.6 kg of active mass) of an improved new generation will be installed in the SNOLAB underground laboratory situated inside INCO mine in Sudbury.  We are going to describe the performance of the new generation of superheated droplets detectors and present their performance: neutron sensitivity and background levels.  The data acquisition, event selection and analysis systems will be detailed.

 

* This work is being supported by CRSNG

 

* This work is being supported by CRSNG