First limits on WIMP nuclear recoil signals in ZEPLIN-II: A two-phase xenon detector for dark matter detection

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-302

  Alner, G J ^a   Araujo H M ^a,b   Bewick, A ^b   Bungau, C ^a,b   Camanzi, B ^a   Carson, M J ^c   Cashmore, R J ^d   Chagani, H ^c   Chepel, V ^e   Cline, D ^f   Davidge, D ^b   Davies, J C ^c   Daw, E ^c   Dawson, J ^b   Durkin, T ^a   Edwards, B ^a,b   Gamble, T ^c   Gao, J ^h   Ghag, C ^g   Howard, A S ^b   Jones, W G ^b   Joshi, M ^b   Korolkova, E V ^g   Kudryavtsev, V A ^c   Lawson, T ^c   Lebedenko, V N ^b   Lewin, J D ^a   Lightfoot, P ^c   Lindote, A ^e   Liubarsky, I ^b   Lopes, M I ^e   Luscher R ^a   Majewski, P ^c   Mavrokoridis, K ^c   McMillan, J E ^c   Morgan, B ^c   Muna, D ^c   Murphy, A St J ^g   Neves, F ^e   Nicklin, G G ^c   Ooi, W ^f   Paling, S M ^c   Pinto da Cunha, J ^e   Plank, S J S ^g   Preece, R M ^a   Quenby, J J ^b   Robinson, M ^c   Salinas, G ^h   Sergiampietri, F ^f   Silva, C ^e   Solovov, V N ^e   Smith, N J T ^a   Smith, P F ^a,f   Spooner, N J C ^c   Sumner, T J ^b   Thorne, C ^b   Tovey, D R ^c   Tziaferi, E ^c   Walker, R J ^b   Wang, H ^f   White, J T ^h   Wolfs, F L H ⁱ   more..

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d BRASENOSE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Liquid xenon; Radiation detectors; WIMPs; ZEPLIN II

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; IONIZATION; RADON; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; XENON;

DARK MATTER DETECTION; DARK MATTER PARTICLES; IONISATION SIGNALS; TWO PHASE XENON DETECTORS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 35148858889     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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