First measurement of the ionization yield of nuclear recoils in liquid argon

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 112, Issue 17, 2014, Pages

  Joshi, T H ^a,b   Sangiorgio, S ^b   Bernstein, A ^b   Foxe, M ^b,c   Hagmann, C ^b   Jovanovic, I ^c   Kazkaz, K ^b   Mozin, V ^b   Norman, E B ^a,b   Pereverzev, S V ^b   Rebassoo, F ^b   Sorensen, P ^b  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT SCATTERING; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIQUEFIED GASES;

DETECTOR MEDIUM; ION RECOMBINATION; IONIZATION YIELD; LIQUID ARGON; LIQUID ARGON DETECTORS; NUCLEAR RECOIL;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 84899715314     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.171303     Document Type: Article

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