Development of a low-alpha-emitting μ-PIC for NEWAGE direction-sensitive dark-matter search

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Hashimoto, Takashi [1 ]
Miuchi, Kentaro [1 ]
Nakamura, Kiseki [1 ]
Yakabe, Ryota [1 ]
Ikeda, Tomonori [1 ]
Taishaku, Ryosuke [1 ]
Nakazawa, Miki [1 ]
Ishiura, Hirohisa [1 ]
Ochi, Atsuhiko [1 ]
Takeuchi, Yasuo [1 ,2 ]
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[1] Kobe Univ, Dept Phys, Kobe, Hyogo 6578501, Japan
[2] Univ Tokyo, Inst Adv Study, Kavli Inst Phys & Math Universe WPI, Kashiwa, Chiba 2778583, Japan
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LOW RADIOACTIVITY TECHNIQUES 2017 (LRT 2017) | 2018年 / 1921卷
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10.1063/1.5019004
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TL [原子能技术]; O571 [原子核物理学];
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0827 ; 082701 ;
摘要
NEWAGE is a direction-sensitive dark-matter-search experiment that uses a micro-patterned gaseous detector, or mu-PIC, as the readout. The main background sources are a-rays from radioactive contaminants in the mu-PIC. We have therefore developed a low-alpha-emitting mu-PICs and measured its performances. We measured the surface mu-ray emission rate of the mu-PIC in the Kamioka mine using a surface alpha-ray counter based on a micro TPC.
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