Low energy recoil detection with a spherical proportional counter

被引：20
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作者：
Savvidis, I. [1 ]
Katsioulas, I. [1 ,2 ]
Eleftheriadis, C. [1 ]
Giomataris, I. [2 ]
Papaevangellou, T. [2 ]
机构：
[1] Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
[2] Univ Paris Saclay, IRFU, CEA, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
来源：
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 2018年 / 877卷
关键词：
Nuclear recoil detection; WIMP detection; Neutrino detection; Spherical proportional counter; Quenching factor; 4.438 MEV GAMMA; RATIO;
D O I：
10.1016/j.nima.2017.09.014
中图分类号：
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号：
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要：
We present results for the detection of low energy nuclear recoils in the keV energy region, from measurements performed with the Spherical Proportional Counter (SPC). An Am-241-Be-9 fast neutron source is used in order to obtain neutron-nucleus elastic scattering events inside the gaseous volume of the detector. The detector performance in the keV energy region was measured by observing the 5.9 keV line of a Fe-55 X-ray source, with energy resolution of 10% (sigma). The toolkit GEANT4 was used to simulate the irradiation of the detector by an Am-241-Be-9 source, while SRIM was used to calculate the Ionization Quenching Factor (IQF), the simulation results are compared with the measurements. The potential of the SPC in low energy recoil detection makes the detector a good candidate for a wide range of applications, including Supernova or reactor neutrino detection and Dark Matter (WIMP) searches (via coherent elastic scattering). (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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