MEASUREMENT OF THE IONIZATION OF SLOW SILICON NUCLEI IN SILICON FOR THE CALIBRATION OF A SILICON DARK-MATTER DETECTOR

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作者
GERBIER, G
LESQUOY, E
RICH, J
SPIRO, M
TAO, C
YVON, D
ZYLBERAJCH, S
DELBOURGO, P
HAOUAT, G
HUMEAU, C
GOULDING, F
LANDIS, D
MADDEN, N
SMITH, A
WALTON, J
CALDWELL, DO
MAGNUSSON, B
WITHERELL, M
SADOULET, B
DASILVA, A
机构
[1] CEN BRUYERES,DPN EE,F-91680 BRUYERES CHATEL,FRANCE
[2] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY LAWRENCE BERKELEY LAB,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[3] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA,SANTA BARBARA,CA 93106
[4] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,BERKELEY,CA 94720
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1990年 / 42卷 / 09期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.42.3211
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P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We have measured the ionization produced in a Si(Li) detector by silicon nuclei of kinetic energies in the range 3.2-21 keV. The results are in rather good agreement with the calculations of Lindhard, Scharff, and Schiott and demonstrate the interest of Si(Li) detectors for dark-matter searches. We have also measured the intrinsic fluctuations in the ionization energy due to nucleon recoils. © 1990 The American Physical Society.
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页码:3211 / 3214
页数:4
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