The DRIFT-I dark matter detector at Boulby:: design, installation and operation

被引：34

作者：

Alner, GJ

Araujo, H

Ayad, R

Bewick, A

Burwell, J

Carson, M

Chen, C

Davies, JC

Dawson, J

Gamble, T

Garcia, M

Heidecker, J

Howard, AS

Katz-Hyman, M

Jones, WG

Kirkpatrick, J

Kudryavtsev, VA

Lawson, TB

Lebedenko, V

Lehner, M

Lewin, JD

Lightfoot, PK

Liubarsky, I

Lüscher, R

McMillan, JE

Martoff, CJ

Morgan, B

Mulholland, J

Nicklin, G

Ohnuki, T

Paling, SM

Petkov, A

Preece, RM

Quenby, JJ

Roberts, J

Robinson, M

Rykoff, E

Sanders, A

Snowden-Ifft, DP

Smith, NJT

Smith, PF

Spooner, NJC

Sumner, TJ

Tovey, DR

Villaume, N

Walker, R

机构：

[1] Univ Sheffield, Dept Phys & Astron, Sheffield S3 7RH, S Yorkshire, England

[2] CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Lab, Particle Phys Dept, Didcot OX110QX, Oxon, England

[3] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2BZ, England

[4] Temple Univ, Dept Phys, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA

[5] Occidental Coll, Dept Phys, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA

来源：

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 2004年 / 535卷 / 03期

关键词：

dark matter; WIMP; gas detector; TPC; MWPC; directional detector; negative ion; electron attachment;

D O I：

10.1016/j.nima.2004.06.172

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

DRIFT-1, the first full-scale gaseous dark matter detector, has recently been installed at similar to1100 m depth at the Boulby Underground Laboratory, UK. The DRIFT concept offers high background discrimination and sensitivity to the direction of WIMP-induced nuclear recoils, the latter being of particular importance in the search for evidence of WIMPs in our galaxy. In this paper we discuss the design of the DRIFT-I detector and its installation and operation at Boulby. We also present results of early engineering runs and outline plans for the future. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：644 / 655

页数：12

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