The ZEPLIN-III dark matter detector: Performance study using an end-to-end simulation tool

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 140-153

  Araujo H M ^a,b   Akimov, D Yu ^c   Alner, G J ^b   Bewick, A ^a   Bungau, C ^b   Camanzi, B ^b   Carson, M J ^e   Chepel, V ^d   Chagani, H ^e   Davidge, D ^a   Davies, J C ^e   Daw, E ^e   Dawson, J ^a   Durkin, T ^b   Edwards, B ^a,b   Gamble, T ^e   Ghag, C ^f   Hollingworth, R ^e   Howard, A S ^a   Jones, W G ^a   Joshi, M ^a   Kirkpatrick, J ^e   Kovalenko, A ^c   Kudryavtsev, V A ^e   Lebedenko, V N ^a   Lawson, T ^e   Lewin, J D ^b   Lightfoot, P ^e   Lindote, A ^d   Liubarsky, I ^a   Lopes, M I ^d   Luscher R ^b   Majewski, P ^e   Mavrokoridis, K ^e   McMillan, J ^e   Morgan, B ^e   Muna, D ^e   Murphy, A S ^f   Neves, F ^d   Nicklin, G ^e   Paling, S ^e   Pinto da Cunha, J ^d   Plank, S ^f   Preece, R ^b   Quenby, J J ^a   Robinson, M ^e   Silva, C ^d   Solovov, V N ^d   Smith, N J T ^b   Smith, P F ^b   Spooner, N J C ^e   Stekhanov, V ^c   Sumner, T J ^a   Tovey, D R ^e   Thorne, C ^a   Tziaferi, E ^e   Walker, R J ^a   more..

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dark matter; GEANT4; Liquid xenon; Radiation detectors; WIMPs; ZEPLIN III

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); XENON;

DARK MATTER; GEANT4; LIQUID XENON; WIMP; ZEPLIN-III;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 33748679711     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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