Neutron-gamma discrimination of CsI(Na) crystals for dark matter searches

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 642, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-58

  Sun, Xilei ^a   Lu, Junguang ^a   Hu, Tao ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Cao, Jun ^a   Wang, Yifang ^a   Zhan, Liang ^a   Yu, Boxiang ^a   Cai, Xiao ^a   Fang, Jian ^a   Xie, Yuguang ^a   An, Zhenghua ^a   Wang, Zhigang ^a   Xue, Zhen ^a   Zhang, Aiwu ^a   Lu, Qiwen ^b   Ning, Feipeng ^a   Ge, Yongshuai ^a   Liu, Yingbiao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^b SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Decay time; Light yield; n separation; Nuclear recoil; Surface effect

Indexed keywords

DARK MATTER; DECAY TIME; LIGHT YIELD; NUCLEAR RECOIL; SURFACE EFFECT;

CRYSTALS; SODIUM;

GALAXIES;

EID: 79957474742     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2011.03.062     Document Type: Article

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