Progress on a spherical TPC for low energy neutrino detection
Instrumentation and Detectors
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
The new concept of the spherical TPC aims at relatively large target masses with low threshold and background, keeping an extremely simple and robust operation. Such a device would open the way to detect the neutrino-nucleus interaction, which, although a standard process, remains undetected due to the low energy of the neutrino-induced nuclear recoils. The progress in the development of the fist 1 m prototype at Saclay is presented. Other physics goals of such a device could include supernova detection, low energy neutrino oscillations and study of non-standard properties of the neutrino, among others.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0511221,
title = {Progress on a spherical TPC for low energy neutrino detection},
author = {S Aune and P Colas and H Deschamps and J Dolbeau and G Fanourakis and E Ferrer Ribas and T Enqvist and T Geralis and Y Giomataris and P Gorodetzky and G J Gounaris and M Gros and I G Irastorza and K Kousouris and V Lepeltier and J Morales and T Patzak and E A Paschos and P Salin and I Savvidis and J. D. Vergados},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0511221},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
3 pages, talk given at the 9th Workshop on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, Zaragoza, September 10-14