Scintillation efficiency of liquid xenon for nuclear recoils with the energy down to 5 keV

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-63

  Chepel, V ^a   Solovov, V ^a   Neves, F ^a   Pereira, A ^a   Mendes, P J ^a   Silva, C P ^a   Lindote, A ^a   Pinto da Cunha, J ^a   Lopes, M I ^a   Kossionides, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Liquid xenon; Nuclear recoils; Scintillation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; GAMMA RAYS; SCINTILLATION;

DARK MATTERS; LIQUID XENON; NUCLEAR RECOILS;

XENON;

EID: 33747877142     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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