Measurement of the scintillation efficiency for low energy nuclear- and electronic-recoils in liquid argon detector for WIMP search

Masato Kimura*

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Abstract

A liquid argon (LAr) scintillation detector is known to offer several attractive features to search for WIMP dark matter. A key quantity in this search is the conversion efficiencies of nuclear- and electronic-recoils (NR and ER) energy deposition into the scintillation signal. Two measurements are performed to study these properties: (1) scintillation efficiency for a few tens of keV NR under electric fields up to 3 kV/cm; (2) efficiency for ER ranging from a few keV to 1 MeV at null field. We present the results of these measurements and discuss the LAr response based on traditional models.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012055
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume1468
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020 Mar 20
Event16th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2019 - Toyama, Japan
Duration: 2019 Sept 92019 Sept 13

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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