Background assessment for the TREX dark matter experiment

Abstract TREX-DM is conceived to look for low-mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) using a gas Time Projection Chamber equipped with Micromegas readout planes at the Canfranc Underground Laboratory. The detector can hold in the active volume $$\sim 20~l$$ ∼20l of pressurized gas up to 1...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: J. Castel, S. Cebrián, I. Coarasa, T. Dafni, J. Galán, F. J. Iguaz, I. G. Irastorza, G. Luzón, H. Mirallas, A. Ortiz de Solórzano, E. Ruiz-Chóliz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-09-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7282-6