A two-phase argon avalanche detector operated in a single electron counting mode

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

Volumn 574, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 493-499

  Bondar, A ^a   Buzulutskov, A ^a   Grebenuk, A ^a   Pavlyuchenko, D ^a   Snopkov, R ^a   Tikhonov, Y ^a   Kudryavtsev, V A ^b   Lightfoot, P K ^b   Spooner, N J C ^b  

^a BUDKER INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coherent neutrino scattering; Dark matter; Gas electron multipliers; Liquid argon; Single electron counting; Two phase avalanche detectors

Indexed keywords

ARGON; DARK CURRENTS; ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; NEUTRON SCATTERING;

COHERENT NEUTRINO SCATTERING; DARK MATTER; GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; LIQUID ARGON; SINGLE ELECTRON COUNTING; TWO PHASE AVALANCHE DETECTORS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES;

EID: 34247096494     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.01.090     Document Type: Article

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