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Proposed low-energy absolute calibration of nuclear recoils in a dual-phase noble element TPC using D-D neutron scattering kinematics
| dc.contributor.author | Verbus, J.R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rhyne, C.A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Malling, D.C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Genecov, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ghosh, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Moskowitz, A.G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chan, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chapman, J.J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | de Viveiros, L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Faham, C.H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fiorucci, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Huang, D.Q. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pangilinan, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Taylor, W.C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gaitskell, R.J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-04T11:00:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-04T11:00:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-04-11 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-02-04T11:00:19Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | We propose a new technique for the calibration of nuclear recoils in large noble element dual-phase time projection chambers used to search for WIMP dark matter in the local galactic halo. This technique provides an $\textit{in situ}$ measurement of the low-energy nuclear recoil response of the target media using the measured scattering angle between multiple neutron interactions within the detector volume. The low-energy reach and reduced systematics of this calibration have particular significance for the low-mass WIMP sensitivity of several leading dark matter experiments. Multiple strategies for improving this calibration technique are discussed, including the creation of a new type of quasi-monoenergetic 272 keV neutron source. We report results from a time-of-flight based measurement of the neutron energy spectrum produced by an Adelphi Technology, Inc. DD108 neutron generator, confirming its suitability for the proposed nuclear recoil calibration. | |
| dc.description.version | Peer Reviewed | |
| dc.identifier | Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A851 (2017) 68-81 Nucl. Instrum. Methods A851, 68 (2017); DOI 10.1016/j.nima.2017.01.053 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.01.053 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/27165 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.title | Proposed low-energy absolute calibration of nuclear recoils in a dual-phase noble element TPC using D-D neutron scattering kinematics | |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt |
| rcaap.type | article |