Interplay between scintillation and ionization in liquid xenon Dark Matter searches

We provide a new way of constraining the relative scintillation efficiency L_eff for liquid xenon. Using a simple estimate for the electronic and nuclear stopping powers together with an analysis of recombination processes we predict both the ionization and the scintillation yields. Using presently...

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Main Authors: Bezrukov, F, Kahlhoefer, F, Lindner, M
Format: Journal article
Published: 2010