Possible implications of the channeling effect in NaI(Tl) crystals

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作者
Bernabei, R. [1 ,2 ]
Belli, P. [1 ,2 ]
Montecchia, F. [1 ,2 ]
Nozzoli, F. [1 ,2 ]
Cappella, F. [3 ,4 ]
Incicchitti, A. [3 ,4 ]
Prosperi, D. [3 ,4 ]
Cerulli, R. [5 ]
Dai, C. J. [6 ]
He, H. L. [6 ]
Kuang, H. H. [6 ]
Ma, J. M. [6 ]
Ma, X. H. [6 ]
Sheng, X. D. [6 ]
Ye, Z. P. [6 ,7 ]
Wang, R. G. [6 ]
Zhang, Y. J. [6 ]
机构
[1] Univ Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento Fis, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[2] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy
[3] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartmento Fis, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[4] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma, I-00185 Rome, Italy
[5] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Gran Sasso, Assergi, Italy
[6] Inst High Energy Phys, Chinese Acad, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
[7] Univ Jing Gangshan, Jiangxi, Peoples R China
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EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C | 2008年 / 53卷 / 02期
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10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0479-0
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
The channeling effect of low energy ions along the crystallographic axes and planes of NaI(Tl) crystals is discussed in the framework of corollary investigations on WIMP dark matter candidates. In fact, the modeling of this existing effect implies a more complex evaluation of the luminosity yield for low energy recoiling Na and I ions. In the present paper related phenomenological arguments are developed and possible implications are discussed at some extent.
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