Plasma Focus neutron source for characterisation and calibration of dark matter detector

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Oct 2001

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American Physical Society, 43rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics October 29 - November 2, 2001 Long Beach, C

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The neutron emission from a 2kJ table top deuterium plasma focus has been used as a calibration and characterisation technique for Dark Matter detectors. The interaction of neutrons is very similar to that expected from Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMP's), the favoured candidates for the dominant component of Dark Matter in the Universe. The weak neutron interaction produces a recoiling nucleus in the target, the motion of which then constitutes a signal. Imperial College is in the process of developing a liquid xenon detector system where both the primary scintillation and ionisation from the initial interaction is detected. The plasma focus was optimised to give a maximum neutron yield of 4x10^7 per shot.

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