Scintillation efficiency and ionization yield of liquid xenon for mono-energetic nuclear recoils down to 4 keV

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2009-09-05

arxiv.org/abs/0909.1063v4

Phys.Rev.C81:025808,2010

Physics

Instrumentation and Detectors

10 pages, 15 figures On version v4 we describe in more detail the trigger setup and have edited several figure to help the rea

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevC.81.025808

Liquid Xenon (LXe) is an excellent material for experiments designed to detect dark matter in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). A low energy detection threshold is essential for a sensitive WIMP search. The understanding of the relative scintillation efficiency (Leff) and ionization yield of low energy nuclear recoils in LXe is limited for energies below 10 keV. In this paper, we present new measurements that extend the energy down to 4 keV, finding that Leff decreases with decreasing energy. We also measure the quenching of scintillation efficiency due to the electric field in LXe, finding no significant field dependence.

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