A new approach to neutrino and WIMP detection using telecom-grade electrooptic and fiber-optic components
High Energy Physics - Experiment
2007-05-23 v1 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Experiment
Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract
The dense energy deposition from a low-energy nuclear recoil produces, via the thermoacoustic effect, a brief yet intense pressure pulse that can be used for WIMP or neutrino detection in some fiber-optic devices sensitive to acoustooptic disturbances. Several possible detection schemes are described: all of them are inspired by modern fiber-optic sensor technologies and share common characteristics of low-cost and expected insensitivity to minimum-ionizing backgrounds.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ex/0105015,
title = {A new approach to neutrino and WIMP detection using telecom-grade electrooptic and fiber-optic components},
author = {J. I. Collar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ex/0105015},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Preliminary version. Expanded version soon to follow