Design and performance of the XENON10 dark matter experiment

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 679-698

  Aprile, E ^a   Angle, J ^b,c   Arneodo, F ^d   Baudis, L ^b,c   Bernstein, A ^e   Bolozdynya, A ^f   Brusov, P ^f   Coelho, L C C ^g   Dahl, C E ^f,h   Deviveiros, L ⁱ   Ferella, A D ^c,d   Fernandes, L M P ^g   Fiorucci, S ⁱ   Gaitskell, R J ⁱ   Giboni, K L ^a   Gomez, R ^j   Hasty, R ^k   Kastens, L ^k   Kwong, J ^f,h   Lopes, J A M ^g   Madden, N ^e   Manalaysay, A ^b,c   Manzur, A ^k   McKinsey, D N ^k   Monzani, M E ^a   Ni, K ^a,l   Oberlack, U ^j   Orboeck, J ^c   Orlandi, D ^d   Plante, G ^a   Santorelli, R ^a   Dos Santos, J M F ^g   Shagin, P ^j   Shutt, T ^f   Sorensen, P ⁱ   Schulte, S ^c   Tatananni, E ^d   Winant, C ^e   Yamashita, M ^a   more..

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^h PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k Yale University   (United States)

^l SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

more..

Author keywords

Dark matter; Direct detection; Liquid xenon; Time projection chamber

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION DATA; DARK MATTER; DARK MATTER SEARCHES; DESIGN SPECIFICATION; DIRECT DETECTION; ENERGY THRESHOLDS; LIQUID XENON; LOW BACKGROUND; LOW ENERGY THRESHOLDS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; POSITION RESOLUTION; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS; UNDERGROUND LABORATORY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; DETECTORS; GAMMA RAYS; LIQUIDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 79951701806     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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