CRYOGENIC THERMAL DETECTOR WITH LIF ABSORBER FOR DIRECT DARK MATTER SEARCH EXPERIMENT

被引:15
作者
MINOWA, M [1 ]
SAKAMOTO, M [1 ]
ITO, Y [1 ]
WATANABE, T [1 ]
OOTANI, W [1 ]
OOTUKA, Y [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TOKYO,CTR CRYOGEN,BUNKYO KU,TOKYO 113,JAPAN
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10.1016/0168-9002(93)90732-W
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A cryogenic thermal detector with a 2.8 g LiF crystal is constructed. A photoelectric peak of 60 keV gamma-rays is clearly seen with LiF crystal with an RMS energy resolution of 3.8 keV. LiF is suitable for the detection of possible particle dark matter with a spin-dependent interaction like neutralinos since both Li and F are expected to have high interaction rates with such particles.
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页码:612 / 614
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