The DRIFT-I dark matter detector at Boulby: Design, installation and operation

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

Volumn 535, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 644-655

  Alner, G J ^a   Araujo, H ^b   Ayad, R ^c   Bewick, A ^b   Burwell, J ^d   Carson, M J ^e   Chen, C ^d   Davies, J C ^e   Dawson, J ^b   Gamble, T ^e   Garcia, M ^d   Heidecker, J ^d   Howard, A S ^b   Katz Hyman, M ^c   Jones, W G ^b   Kirkpatrick, J ^d   Kudryavtsev, V A ^e   Lawson, T B ^e   Lebedenko, V ^b   Lehner, M J ^e   Lewin, J D ^a   Lightfoot, P K ^e   Liubarsky, I ^b   Luscher R ^a   McMillan, J E ^e   Martoff, C J ^c   Morgan, B ^e   Mulholland, J ^a   Nicklin, G ^e   Ohnuki, T ^d   Paling, S M ^e   Petkov, A ^d   Preece, R M ^a   Quenby, J J ^b   Roberts, J W ^b   Robinson, M ^e   Rykoff, E ^d   Sanders, A ^d   Snowden Ifft, D P ^d   Smith, N J T ^a   Smith, P P ^a   Spooner, N J C ^e   Sumner, T J ^b   Tovey, D R ^e   Villaume, N ^d   Walker, R ^b   more..

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Temple University   (United States)

^d OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dark matter; Directional detector; Electron attachment; Gas detector; MWPC; Negative ion; TPC; WIMP

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; DIFFUSION; GALAXIES; GAMMA RAYS; INSTALLATION; IONIZATION; NEGATIVE IONS; POLYPROPYLENES; SOLAR SYSTEM;

DARK MATTER; DIRECTIONAL DETECTORS; ELECTRON ATTACHMENT; MWPC; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS (TPC); WEAKLY INTERACTING MASSIVE PARTICLES (WIMP);

GAS DETECTORS;

EID: 9944234489     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(04)01677-8     Document Type: Article

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