Low-mass WIMP sensitivity and statistical discrimination of electron and nuclear recoils by varying luke-neganov phonon gain in semiconductor detectors

Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Volumn 167, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 1081-1086

  Pyle, M ^a   Bauer, D A ^b   Cabrera, B ^a   Hall, J ^b   Schnee, R W ^d   BasuThakur R ^b,c   Yellin, S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Low mass WIMP

Indexed keywords

DARK MATTER; GALAXIES; PHONONS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM;

DARK MATTER DETECTORS; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL ENERGY; GE DETECTORS; HIGH VOLTAGE BIAS; LOW MASS; NEAR THRESHOLDS; NUCLEAR RECOIL; PHONON SIGNALS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS;

EID: 84905110017     PISSN: 00222291     EISSN: 15737357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10909-012-0583-x     Document Type: Article

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