TY  - JOUR
AU  - NEXT Collaboration (Renner, J. et al
AU  - Alvarez, V.
AU  - Carcel, S.
AU  - Cervera-Villanueva, A.
AU  - Diaz, J.
AU  - Ferrario, P.
AU  - Gil, A.
AU  - Gomez-Cadenas, J. J.
AU  - Laing, A.
AU  - Liubarsky, I.
AU  - Lorca, D.
AU  - Martin-Albo, J.
AU  - Martinez, A.
AU  - Monrabal, F.
AU  - Monserrate, M.
AU  - Muñoz Vidal, J.
AU  - Nebot-Guinot, M.
AU  - Rodriguez, J.
AU  - Serra, L.
AU  - Simon, A.
AU  - Sorel, M.
AU  - Yahlali, N.
PY  - 2015
DA  - 2015//
TI  - Ionization and scintillation of nuclear recoils in gaseous xenon
T2  - Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. A
JO  - Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A
SP  - 62
EP  - 74
VL  - 793
PB  - Elsevier Science Bv
KW  - Dark matter
KW  - High pressure xenon gas
KW  - WIMP
KW  - Neutrino less double beta decay
KW  - Nuclear recoils
AB  - Ionization and scintillation produced by nuclear recoils in gaseous xenon at approximately 14 bar have been simultaneously observed in an electroluminescent time projection chamber. Neutrons from radioisotope a-Be neutron sources were used to induce xenon nuclear recoils, and the observed recoil spectra were compared to a detailed Monte Carlo employing estimated ionization and scintillation yields for nuclear recoils. The ability to discriminate between electronic and nuclear recoils using the ratio of ionization to primary scintillation is demonstrated. These results encourage further investigation on the use of xenon in the gas phase as a detector medium in dark matter direct detection experiments.
SN  - 0168-9002
UR  - http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.2853
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.04.057
DO  - 10.1016/j.nima.2015.04.057
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:000355774500011
ID  - NEXTCollaborationRenner_etal2015
ER  -