The Micromegas detector of the CAST experiment

A low background Micromegas detector has been operating in the CAST experiment at CERN for the search of solar axions during the first phase of the experiment (2002-2004). The detector, made out of low radioactivity materials, operated efficiently and achieved a very low level of background rejectio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Abbon, P., Andriamonje, S., Aune, S., Dafni, T., Davenport, M., Delagnes, E., Oliveira, R. de, Fanourakis, G., Ribas, E.Ferrer, Franz, J., Geralis, T., Giganon, A., Gros, M., Giomataris, Y., Irastorza, I.G., Kousouris, K., Morales, J., Papaevangelou, T., Ruz, J., Zachariadou, K., Zioutas, K.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2007
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Other Fields of Physics
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/9/6/170
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1019098
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Sumario:A low background Micromegas detector has been operating in the CAST experiment at CERN for the search of solar axions during the first phase of the experiment (2002-2004). The detector, made out of low radioactivity materials, operated efficiently and achieved a very low level of background rejection (5 x 10^-5 counts/keV/cm^2/s) without shielding.

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