Charge amplification concepts for direction-sensitive dark matter detectors

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 58-64

  Dujmic, D ^c   Fisher, P ^c,d   Sciolla, G ^c   Ahlen, S ^a   Dutta, V ^c   Henderson, S ^c   Kaboth, A ^c   Kohse, G ^c   Lanza, R ^c   Monroe, J ^c   Roccaro, A ^a   Skvorodnev, N ^b   Tomita, H ^a   Vanderspek, R ^c   Wellenstein, H ^b   Yamamoto, R ^c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Directional detector; Nuclear scattering; Optical readout; TPC; WIMP

Indexed keywords

DARK MATTER; DIRECTIONAL DETECTOR; NUCLEAR SCATTERING; OPTICAL READOUT; TPC; WIMP;

AMPLIFICATION;

EID: 51249109916     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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