Optimizing WIMP directional detectors

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 142-149

  Green, Anne M ^a   Morgan, Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Directional detection

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR ENERGY; OPTIMIZATION; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; VECTORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DARK MATTER; DIRECTIONAL DETECTION; ENERGY THRESHOLD; NUCLEAR RECOIL ENERGY THRESHOLD;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 33846367118     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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