Introduction to the CDEX experiment

Frontiers of Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 412-437

  Kang, Ke Jun ^a   Cheng, Jian Ping ^a   Li, Jin ^a   Li, Yuan Jing ^a   Yue, Qian ^a   Bai, Yang ^c   Bi, Yong ^e   Chang, Jian Ping ^d   Chen, Nan ^a   Chen, Ning ^a   Chen, Qing Hao ^a   Chen, Yun Hua ^f   Chuang, Yo Chun ^g   Deng, Zhi ^a   Du, Qiang ^a   Gong, Hui ^a   Hao, Xi Qing ^a   He, Hong Jian ^a   He, Qing Ju ^a   Hu, Xin Hui ^c   Huang, Han Xiong ^b   Huang, Teng Rui ^g   Jiang, Hao ^a   Li, Hau Bin ^g   Li, Jian Min ^a   Li, Jun ^d   Li, Xia ^b   Li, Xin Ying ^c   Li, Xue Qian ^c   Li, Yu Lan ^a   Liao, Heng Ye ^g   Lin, Fong Kay ^g   Lin, Shin Ted ^g   Liu, Shu Kui ^e   Liu, Ya Bin ^a   Lü, Lan Chun ^a   Ma, Hao ^a   Mao, Shao Ji ^d   Qin, Jian Qiang ^a   Ren, Jie ^b   Ren, Jing ^a   Ruan, Xi Chao ^b   Shen, Man Bin ^f,f   Simgh, Lakhwinder ^g,h   Singh, Manoj Kumar ^g,h   Soma, Arun Kumar ^g,h   Su, Jian ^a   Tang, Chang Jian ^e   Tseng, Chao Hsiung ^g   Wang, Ji Min ^f   Wang, Li ^e   Wang, Qing ^a   Wong, Tsz King Henry ^g   Wang, Xu Feng ^a   Wu, Shi Yong ^f   Wu, Wei ^c   Wu, Yu Cheng ^a   Xianyu, Zhong Zhi ^a   Xing, Hao Yang ^e   Xu, Xun Jie ^a   Xu, Yin ^c   Xue, Tao ^a   Yang, Li Tao ^a   Yang, Song Wei ^g   Yi, Nan ^a   Yu, Chun Xu ^c   Yu, Hao ^a   Yu, Xun Zhen ^e   Zeng, Xiong Hui ^f   Zeng, Zhi ^a   Zhang, Lan ^d   Zhang, Yun Hua ^f   Zhao, Ming Gang ^c   Zhao, Wei ^a   Zhong, Su Ning ^c   Zhou, Jin ^f   Zhou, Zu Ying ^b   Zhu, Jing Jun ^e   Zhu, Wei Bin ^d   Zhu, Xue Zhou ^a   Zhu, Zhong Hua ^f   more..

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (China)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED   (China)

^e SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Yalongjiang Hydropower Development Company   (China)

^g INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^h BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

China Dark matter EXperiment (CDEX); China Jinping underground Laboratory (CJPL); dark matter; poit contact germanium detector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880980136     PISSN: 20950462     EISSN: 20950470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11467-013-0349-1     Document Type: Article

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