Gaseous Dark Matter Detectors

Abstract

Dark Matter detectors with directional sensitivity have the potential of yielding an unambiguous positive observation of WIMPs as well as discriminating between galactic Dark Matter halo models. In this article, we introduce the motivation for directional detectors, discuss the experimental techniques that make directional detection possible, and review the status of the experimental effort in this field.

19 pages, review on gaseous directional dark matter detectors submitted to New Journal of Physics

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