Published May 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

The Lisbon-Zaragoza-Paris dark matter search

  • 1. L2M, CNRS, 196, Av. H. Ravera, 92220 Bagneux (France)
  • 2. Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire, College de France, Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris (France)
  • 3. Groupe de Physique des Solides (UA 17 CNRS), Universite de Paris 7, Denis Diderot, 2 Place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05 (France)
  • 4. Laboratorio de Fisica Nuclear y Altas Energias, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza (Spain)
  • 5. Centro de Fisica Nuclear (IFM), Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto 2, 1699 Lisboa Codex (Portugal)

Description

We describe an experiment to establish the feasibility of searching for evidence of cold dark matter with an intrinsic metastable superconducting detector. The experiment, based on a device composed of 100 g of Sn microspheres ≤20 micron in diameter, is to be placed at the 2400 mwe depth of the Canfranc Underground Laboratory. It is designed to operate at 100 mK, yielding an event spectrum ≤1.75 keV with a background rejection factor of 95%. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B, Proceedings Supplements
Journal Volume
48
Journal Page Range
p. 80-82.
ISSN
0920-5632
CODEN
NPBSE7

Conference

Title
4. international workshop on theoretical and phenomenological aspects of underground physics (TAUP-4).
Dates
17-21 Sep 1995.
Place
Toledo (Spain).