Track reconstruction and performance of DRIFT directional dark matter detectors using alpha particles

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

Volumn 584, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-128

  Burgos, S ^a   Forbes, J ^a   Ghag, C ^c   Gold, M ^d   Kudryavtsev, V A ^b   Lawson, T B ^b   Loomba, D ^d   Majewski, P ^b   Muna, D ^b   Murphy, A StJ ^c   Nicklin, G G ^b   Paling, S M ^b   Petkov, A ^a   Plank, S J S ^c   Robinson, M ^b   Sanghi, N ^d   Smith, N J T ^e   Snowden Ifft, D P ^a   Spooner, N J C ^b   Sumner, T J ^f   Turk, J ^d   Tziaferi, E ^b   more..

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e Chilton   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha spectrometry; Dark matter; Directional detector; Gas detector; Negative ion drift; TPC; WIMPs

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; GAS DETECTORS; POLONIUM COMPOUNDS; VELOCITY;

ALPHA SPECTROMETRY; DARK MATTERS; DIRECTIONAL DETECTORS; NEGATIVE ION DRIFTS; WIMP;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 36749082161     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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