Directional detection of non-baryonic Dark Matter is a promising search strategy for discriminating genuine WIMP events from background ones. However, carrying out such a strategy requires both a precise measurement of the energy down to a few keV and 3D reconstruction of tracks down to a few mm. To achieve this goal, the MIMAC project has been developed: it is based on a gaseous micro-TPC matrix, filled with 3He, CF4 and/or C4H10. Firsts results of low energy nuclei recoils obtained with a low energy neutron field are presented.
@article{arxiv.1008.4712,
title = {Directional detection of non-baryonic dark matter with MIMAC},
author = {C. Grignon and J. Billard and G. Bosson and O. Bourrion and O. Guillaudin and F. Mayet and J. P. Richer and D. Santos and E. Ferrer and I. Giomataris and J. P. Mols},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.4712},
year = {2010}
}
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4 pages, proc. of the 22nd Rencontres de Blois: Particle Physics and Cosmology, 15-20 July 2010, Blois, France