New gas mixtures suitable for rare event detection using a Micromegas-TPC detector

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Ounalli, L ^a   Vuilleumier, J L ^a,b   Schenker, D ^a   Vuilleumier, J M ^a,b  

^a Laboratory for Particle Physics   (Switzerland)

^b Laboratory for High Energy Physics   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Charge transport and multiplication in gas; Gaseous detectors; Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics; Time projection chambers

Indexed keywords

ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS; DARK MATTER SEARCHES; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; EVENT DETECTION; GASEOUS DETECTORS; MICROMEGAS; NEUTRINOLESS DOUBLE-BETA DECAYS; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS;

GAS MIXTURES; INERT GASES; MIXTURES;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 62249113581     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/4/01/P01001     Document Type: Article

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