Scintillation efficiency of liquid argon in low energy neutron-argon scattering

Creus, W.; Allkofer, Y.; Amsler, Claude; Ferella, A.D.; Rochet, Jacky André Albert Pierre; Scotto-Lavina, L.; Walter, M. (2015). Scintillation efficiency of liquid argon in low energy neutron-argon scattering. Journal of instrumentation, 10(08), P08002-P08002. Institute of Physics Publishing IOP 10.1088/1748-0221/10/08/P08002

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Experiments searching for weak interacting massive particles with noble gases such as liquid argon require very low detection thresholds for nuclear recoils. A determination of the scintillation efficiency is crucial to quantify the response of the detector at low energy. We report the results obtained with a small liquid argon cell using a monoenergetic neutron beam produced by a deuterium-deuterium fusion source. The light yield relative to electrons was measured for six argon recoil energies between 11 and 120 keV at zero electric drift field.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

10 Strategic Research Centers > Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics (AEC)
08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Laboratory for High Energy Physics (LHEP)

UniBE Contributor:

Amsler, Claude, Rochet, Jacky André Albert Pierre

Subjects:

500 Science > 530 Physics

ISSN:

1748-0221

Publisher:

Institute of Physics Publishing IOP

Language:

English

Submitter:

Paola Scampoli

Date Deposited:

23 Jun 2016 09:14

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:56

Publisher DOI:

10.1088/1748-0221/10/08/P08002

ArXiv ID:

1504.07878v2

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.82879

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/82879

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