Three-dimensional track reconstruction for directional Dark Matter detection

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Billard, J ^a   Mayet, F ^a   Santos, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER GRENOBLE 1   (France)

Author keywords

dark matter detectors; dark matter experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860133700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/04/006     Document Type: Article

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