Title of article
Directional scintillation detector for the detection of the wind of WIMPs
Author/Authors
Shimizu، نويسنده , , Y and Minowa، نويسنده , , M and Sekiya، نويسنده , , H and Inoue، نويسنده , , Y، نويسنده ,
Pages
6
From page
347
To page
352
Abstract
The quenching factor for proton recoils in a stilbene scintillator was measured with a 252Cf neutron source and was found to be 0.1–0.17 in the recoil energy range between 300 keV and 3 MeV. It was confirmed that the light yield depends on the direction of the recoil proton.
rectional anisotropy of the quenching factor could be used to detect the wind of the WIMPs caused by the motion of the earth around the galactic center.
Keywords
scintillation detector , Dark matter , Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMP) , Stilbene , Organic crystal
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
2020837
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