A prototype of a directional detector for non-baryonic dark matter search: MIMAC (Micro-TPC Matrix of Chambers)

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Grignon, C ^a   Bernard, G ^a   Billard, J ^a   Bosson, G ^a   Bourrion, O ^a   Guillaudin, O ^a   Koumeir, C ^a   Mayet, F ^a   Santos, D ^a   Colas, P ^b   Ferrer, E ^b   Giomataris, I ^b   Allaoua, A ^c   Lebreton, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER GRENOBLE 1   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Micropattern gaseous detectors (MSGC, GEM, THGEM, RETHGEM, MICROMEGAS, InGrid, etc); Time projection Chambers (TPC)

Indexed keywords

BULK MICROMEGAS; DARK MATTER SEARCHES; DIRECTIONAL DETECTOR; GASEOUS DETECTORS; MONOCHROMATIC NEUTRONS; PROTON RECOIL; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS;

INSTRUMENTS;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 70449710877     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/4/11/P11003     Document Type: Article

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