Investigation of ZnWO4 crystals as scintillating absorbers for direct dark matter search experiments

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1449-1452

  Bavykina, Irina ^a   Angloher, Godehard ^a   Hauff, Dieter ^a   Pantic, Emilija ^a   Petricca, Federica ^a   Proebst, Franz ^a   Seidel, Wolfgang ^a   Stodolsky, Leo ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Light yield; Low temperature detectors; Quenching factor; Silicon radiation detector; Superconducting films; Zinc tungstate

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

DARK MATTER SEARCHES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; LIGHT YIELD (LY); LOW TEMPERATURE (LTR);

PLANNING;

EID: 45849096892     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.922809     Document Type: Conference Paper

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