Micromegas micro-TPC for direct Dark Matter search with MIMAC
arXiv:0905.4654 · doi:10.1088/1742-6596/179/1/012011
Abstract
The MIMAC project is a multi-chamber detector for Dark Matter search, aiming at measuring both track and ionization with a matrix of micromegas micro-TPC filled with He3 and CF4. Recent experimental results on the first measurements of the Helium quenching factor at low energy (1 keV recoil) are presented, together with the first simulation of the track reconstruction. Recontruction of track of alpha from Radon impurities is shown as a first proof of concept.
5 pages, Proc. of the fourth international symposium on large TPCs for low energy rare event detection, Paris, France, Dec. 2008. To appear in Journal of Physics
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