A coherent understanding of low-energy nuclear recoils in liquid xenon

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Sorensen, Peter ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark matter detectors; Dark matter experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449286736     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/09/033     Document Type: Article

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