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most citedThe case for a directional dark matter detector and the status of current experimental efforts

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physics.ins-det2014★ 27 cited

Radon in the DRIFT-II directional dark matter TPC: emanation, detection and mitigation

J. B. R. Battat, J. Brack, E. Daw +26

Radon gas emanating from materials is of interest in environmental science and also a major concern in rare event non-accelerator particle physics experiments such as dark matter a…

physics.ins-det2013★ 16 cited

Long-term study of backgrounds in the DRIFT-II directional dark matter experiment

J. Brack, E. Daw, A. Dorofeev +26

Low-pressure gas Time Projection Chambers being developed for directional dark matter searches offer a technology with strong particle identification capability combined with the p…

physics.ins-det2011★ 6 cited

The DRIFT Dark Matter Experiments

E. Daw, A. Dorofeev, J. R. Fox +20

The current status of the DRIFT (Directional Recoil Identification From Tracks) experiment at Boulby Mine is presented, including the latest limits on the WIMP spin-dependent cross…

astro-ph.CO2010★ 4 cited

Spin-Dependent Limits from the DRIFT-IId Directional Dark Matter Detector

E. Daw, J. R. Fox, J. -L. Gauvreau +15

Data are presented from the DRIFT-IId detector housed in the Boulby mine in northeast England. A 0.8 m^3 fiducial volume, containing partial pressures of 30 Torr CS2 and 10 Torr CF…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 187 cited

The case for a directional dark matter detector and the status of current experimental efforts

S. Ahlen, N. Afshordi, J. B. R. Battat +109

We present the case for a dark matter detector with directional sensitivity. This document was developed at the 2009 CYGNUS workshop on directional dark matter detection, and conta…