NEWSdm: Nuclear Emulsions for WIMP Search with directional measurement
Direct Dark Matter searches are nowadays one of the most exciting research topics. Several experimental efforts are concentrated on the development, construction, and operation of detectors looking for the scattering of target nuclei with Weakly Interactive Massive Particles (WIMPs). The measurement...
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| author | Di Crescenzo A. |
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| description | Direct Dark Matter searches are nowadays one of the most exciting research topics. Several experimental efforts are concentrated on the development, construction, and operation of detectors looking for the scattering of target nuclei with Weakly Interactive Massive Particles (WIMPs). The measurement of the direction of WIMP-induced nuclear recoils is a challenging strategy to extend dark matter searches beyond the neutrino floor and provide an unambiguous signature of the detection of Galactic dark matter. Current directional experiments are based on the use of gas TPC whose sensitivity is strongly limited by the small achievable detector mass. We present an innovative directional experiment based on the use of a solid target made by newly developed nuclear emulsions and read-out systems reaching a position resolution of the order of 10 nm. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0aae7e46113749c08699d928a73b2eaf2022-12-21T18:28:43ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2017-01-011640702010.1051/epjconf/201716407020epjconf_icnfp2017_07020NEWSdm: Nuclear Emulsions for WIMP Search with directional measurementDi Crescenzo A.Direct Dark Matter searches are nowadays one of the most exciting research topics. Several experimental efforts are concentrated on the development, construction, and operation of detectors looking for the scattering of target nuclei with Weakly Interactive Massive Particles (WIMPs). The measurement of the direction of WIMP-induced nuclear recoils is a challenging strategy to extend dark matter searches beyond the neutrino floor and provide an unambiguous signature of the detection of Galactic dark matter. Current directional experiments are based on the use of gas TPC whose sensitivity is strongly limited by the small achievable detector mass. We present an innovative directional experiment based on the use of a solid target made by newly developed nuclear emulsions and read-out systems reaching a position resolution of the order of 10 nm.https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201716407020 |
| spellingShingle | Di Crescenzo A. NEWSdm: Nuclear Emulsions for WIMP Search with directional measurement EPJ Web of Conferences |
| title | NEWSdm: Nuclear Emulsions for WIMP Search with directional measurement |
| title_full | NEWSdm: Nuclear Emulsions for WIMP Search with directional measurement |
| title_fullStr | NEWSdm: Nuclear Emulsions for WIMP Search with directional measurement |
| title_full_unstemmed | NEWSdm: Nuclear Emulsions for WIMP Search with directional measurement |
| title_short | NEWSdm: Nuclear Emulsions for WIMP Search with directional measurement |
| title_sort | newsdm nuclear emulsions for wimp search with directional measurement |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201716407020 |
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