Preliminary results on the performance of a TeO2 thermal detector in a search for direct interactions of WIMPs

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 384, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 316-322

  Alessandrello, A ^a   Brofferio, C ^a   Camin, D V ^a   Caspani, P ^a   Colling, P ^a   Cremonesi, O ^a   Fiorini, E ^a   Giuliani, A ^a   Nucciotti, A ^a   Pavan, M ^a   Pessina, G ^a   Previtali, E ^a   Zanotti, L ^a   Bucci, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

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EID: 0041593486     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0370-2693(96)00573-4     Document Type: Article

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