Superheated Microdrops as Cold Dark Matter Detectors
arXiv:astro-ph/9607150 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.54.R1247
Abstract
It is shown that under realistic background considerations, an improvement in Cold Dark Matter sensitivity of several orders of magnitude is expected from a detector based on superheated liquid droplets. Such devices are totally insensitive to minimum ionizing radiation while responsive to nuclear recoils of energies ~ few keV. They operate on the same principle as the bubble chamber, but offer unattended, continuous, and safe operation at room temperature and atmospheric pressure.
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