DMTPC: A dark matter detector with directional sensitivity
By correlating nuclear recoil directions with the Earth's direction of motion through the Galaxy, a directional dark matter detector can unambiguously detect Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), even in the presence of backgrounds. Here, we describe the Dark Matter Time-Projection Cham...
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| author | Battat, James Ahlen, S. Caldwell, T. Dujmic, Denis Dushkin, A. Fisher, Peter H. Golub, F. Goyal, S. Henderson, Shawn Wesley Inglis, A. Lanza, Richard C. Lopez, Jeremy Paul Kaboth, Asher Cunningham Kohse, Gordon E. Monroe, Jocelyn Sciolla, Gabriella Skvorodnev, B. N. Tomita, H. Vanderspek, Roland K. Wellenstein, H. Yamamoto, Richard K. |
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| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Battat, James Ahlen, S. Caldwell, T. Dujmic, Denis Dushkin, A. Fisher, Peter H. Golub, F. Goyal, S. Henderson, Shawn Wesley Inglis, A. Lanza, Richard C. Lopez, Jeremy Paul Kaboth, Asher Cunningham Kohse, Gordon E. Monroe, Jocelyn Sciolla, Gabriella Skvorodnev, B. N. Tomita, H. Vanderspek, Roland K. Wellenstein, H. Yamamoto, Richard K. |
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| description | By correlating nuclear recoil directions with the Earth's direction of motion through the Galaxy, a directional dark matter detector can unambiguously detect Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), even in the presence of backgrounds. Here, we describe the Dark Matter Time-Projection Chamber (DMTPC) detector, a TPC filled with CF4 gas at low pressure (0.1 atm). Using this detector, we have measured the vector direction (head-tail) of nuclear recoils down to energies of 100 keV with an angular resolution of <=15°. To study our detector backgrounds, we have operated in a basement laboratory on the MIT campus for several months. We are currently building a new, high-radiopurity detector for deployment underground at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant facility in New Mexico. ©2009 American Institute of Physics |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/636022022-10-01T02:38:47Z DMTPC: A dark matter detector with directional sensitivity Battat, James Ahlen, S. Caldwell, T. Dujmic, Denis Dushkin, A. Fisher, Peter H. Golub, F. Goyal, S. Henderson, Shawn Wesley Inglis, A. Lanza, Richard C. Lopez, Jeremy Paul Kaboth, Asher Cunningham Kohse, Gordon E. Monroe, Jocelyn Sciolla, Gabriella Skvorodnev, B. N. Tomita, H. Vanderspek, Roland K. Wellenstein, H. Yamamoto, Richard K. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Monroe, Jocelyn Battat, James Caldwell, T. Dujmic, Denis Fisher, Peter H. Henderson, Shawn Wesley Lanza, Richard C. Lopez, Jeremy Paul Kaboth, Asher Cunningham Kohse, Gordon E. Monroe, Jocelyn Sciolla, Gabriella Vanderspek, Roland K. Yamamoto, Richard K. By correlating nuclear recoil directions with the Earth's direction of motion through the Galaxy, a directional dark matter detector can unambiguously detect Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), even in the presence of backgrounds. Here, we describe the Dark Matter Time-Projection Chamber (DMTPC) detector, a TPC filled with CF4 gas at low pressure (0.1 atm). Using this detector, we have measured the vector direction (head-tail) of nuclear recoils down to energies of 100 keV with an angular resolution of <=15°. To study our detector backgrounds, we have operated in a basement laboratory on the MIT campus for several months. We are currently building a new, high-radiopurity detector for deployment underground at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant facility in New Mexico. ©2009 American Institute of Physics United States. Dept. of Energy (Advanced Detector Research Program) National Science Foundation (U.S.) Reed Award Program Ferry Fund Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Pappalardo Fellowship Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics 2011-06-09T15:04:01Z 2011-06-09T15:04:01Z 2009-12 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0094-243X 1551-7616 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/63602 Battat, J. B. R. et al. “DMTPC: A Dark Matter Detector with Directional Sensitivity.” Ed. Marvin L. Marshak. AIP Conference Proceedings 1182.1 (2009) : 276-279. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3226-787X https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4003-6089 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8667-5660 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3293799 AIP Conference Proceedings; v. 1182 Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ application/pdf American Institute of Physics Prof. Monroe via Mat Willmott |
| spellingShingle | Battat, James Ahlen, S. Caldwell, T. Dujmic, Denis Dushkin, A. Fisher, Peter H. Golub, F. Goyal, S. Henderson, Shawn Wesley Inglis, A. Lanza, Richard C. Lopez, Jeremy Paul Kaboth, Asher Cunningham Kohse, Gordon E. Monroe, Jocelyn Sciolla, Gabriella Skvorodnev, B. N. Tomita, H. Vanderspek, Roland K. Wellenstein, H. Yamamoto, Richard K. DMTPC: A dark matter detector with directional sensitivity |
| title | DMTPC: A dark matter detector with directional sensitivity |
| title_full | DMTPC: A dark matter detector with directional sensitivity |
| title_fullStr | DMTPC: A dark matter detector with directional sensitivity |
| title_full_unstemmed | DMTPC: A dark matter detector with directional sensitivity |
| title_short | DMTPC: A dark matter detector with directional sensitivity |
| title_sort | dmtpc a dark matter detector with directional sensitivity |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/63602 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3226-787X https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4003-6089 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8667-5660 |
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