The ORPHEUS dark matter experiment

被引:17
作者
Abplanalp, M
Czapek, G
Diggelmann, U
Furlan, M
Huber, D
Janos, S
Moser, U
Pozzi, R
Pretzl, K
Schmiemann, K
vandenBrandt, B
Konter, JA
Mango, S
PerretGallix, D
Kainer, KU
Knoop, KM
机构
[1] UNIV BERN,HIGH ENERGY PHYS LAB,CH-3012 BERN,SWITZERLAND
[2] PAUL SCHERRER INST,CH-5232 VILLIGEN,SWITZERLAND
[3] LAP,F-74941 ANNECY,FRANCE
[4] TECH UNIV CLAUSTHAL,INST WERKSTOFFKUNDE & WERKSTOFFTECH,D-38678 CLAUSTHAL ZELLERF,GERMANY
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10.1016/0168-9002(95)01092-0
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A progress report of the ORPHEUS dark matter experiment in the Bern Underground Laboratory is presented. A description of the ORPHEUS detector and its sensitivity to WIMPs is given. The detector will consist of 1 to 2 kg Sn granules operating in a magnetic field of approximately 320 G and at a temperature of 50 mK, In the first phase, the detector will be read out by conventional pickup coils, followed by a second phase with SQUID loops, Preliminary results on background and radioactivity measurements are shown.
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