Low energy electron and nuclear recoil thresholds in the DRIFT-II negative ion TPC for dark matter searches

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Burgos, S ^a   Daw, E ^b   Forbes, J ^a   Ghag, C ^c   Gold, M ^d   Hagemann, C ^d   Kudryavtsev, V A ^b   Lawson, T B ^b   Loomba, D ^b   Majewski, P ^b   Muna, D ^b   Murphy, A St J ^c   Paling, S M ^b   Petkov, A ^a   Plank, S J S ^c   Robinson, M ^b   Sanghi, N ^d   Snowden Ifft, D P ^a   Spooner, N J C ^b   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)

Author keywords

Data reduction methods; Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics; Time projection chambers

Indexed keywords

ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS; DARK MATTER SEARCHES; LOW ENERGY ELECTRONS; MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBER; REDUCTION METHOD; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS; TRACK RECONSTRUCTION; WEAKLY INTERACTING MASSIVE PARTICLES;

GALAXIES; NEGATIVE IONS;

IONIZATION CHAMBERS;

EID: 70449359407     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/4/04/P04014     Document Type: Article

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