Development of a double-phase Xenon cell using micromegas charge readout for applications in dark matter physics

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 554, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 266-285

  Lightfoot, P K ^a   Hollingworth, R ^a   Spooner, N J C ^a   Tovey, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charge readout; Dark matter; Micro pattern; Micromegas; Xenon

Indexed keywords

ANODES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

CHARGE READOUT; DARK MATTER; MICROMEGAS;

XENON;

EID: 27844547622     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.08.038     Document Type: Article

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