Citation
B. Majorovits et al., BARGEIN: a simple detector to test evidence for dark matter, NUCL INST A, 455(2), 2000, pp. 369-375
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002
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Volume
455
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
369 - 375
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(200012)455:2<369:BASDTT>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We propose to install a Box Arrangement of GErmanium detectors In liquid Ni
trogen (BARGEIN) applying the new detector concept of operating high-purity
germanium (HP-Ge) detectors directly in liquid nitrogen as it was develope
d for the GENIUS project. This setup will improve the sensitivity towards w
eakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) dark matter detection by an ord
er of magnitude compared to the Heidelberg-Moscow experiment. The evidence
contour claimed by the DAMA collaboration would be fully tested on a short
time scale. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.