Published May 11, 2015 | Version v1
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Measurement of the quenching and channeling effects in a CsI crystal used for a WIMP search

Creators

  • 1. Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon 305-340 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 3. Sejong University, Seoul 143-747 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 4. Center for Underground Physics, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon 305-811 (Korea, Republic of)

Description

We have studied channeling effects in a cesium iodide (CsI) crystal that is similar in composition to the ones being used in a search for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) dark matter candidates, and measured its energy-dependent quenching factor, the relative scintillation yield for electron and nuclear recoils. The experimental results are reproduced with a GEANT4 simulation that includes a model of the scintillation efficiency as a function of electronic stopping power. We present the measured and simulated quenching factors and the estimated effects of channeling

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.02.011

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2015.02.011;
arXiv
arXiv:1502.03800v1;
PII
S0168-9002(15)00188-6;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
782
Journal Page Range
p. 133-142
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47027434
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
CESIUM IODIDES; CHANNELING; CRYSTALS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; NONLUMINOUS MATTER; QUENCHING; RECOILS; SCINTILLATIONS; SIMULATION; STOPPING POWER; WIMPS; YIELDS
Descriptors DEC
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; CESIUM HALIDES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; INORGANIC PHOSPHORS; IODIDES; IODINE COMPOUNDS; LEPTONS; MATTER; PHOSPHORS; POSTULATED PARTICLES

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