Readout technologies for directional WIMP Dark Matter detection
Abstract
The measurement of the direction of WIMP-induced nuclear recoils is a compelling but technologically challenging strategy to provide an unambiguous signature of the detection of Galactic dark matter. Most directional detectors aim to reconstruct the dark-matter-induced nuclear recoil tracks, either in gas or solid targets. The main challenge with directional detection is the need for high spatial resolution over large volumes, which puts strong requirements on the readout technologies. In this paper we review the various detector readout technologies used by directional detectors. In particular, we summarize the challenges, advantages and drawbacks of each approach, and discuss future prospects for these technologies.
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@article{arxiv.1610.02396,
title = {Readout technologies for directional WIMP Dark Matter detection},
author = {J. B. R. Battat and I. G. Irastorza and A. Aleksandrov and M. Ali Guler and T. Asada and E. Baracchini and J. Billard and G. Bosson and O. Bourrion and J. Bouvier and A. Buonaura and K. Burdge and S. Cebrian and P. Colas and L. Consiglio and T. Dafni and N. D'Ambrosio and C. Deaconu and G. De Lellis and T. Descombes and A. Di Crescenzo and N. Di Marco and G. Druitt and R. Eggleston and E. Ferrer-Ribas and T. Fusayasu and J. Galan and G. Galati and J. A. Garcia and J. G. Garza and V. Gentile and M. Garcia-Sciveres and Y. Giomataris and N. Guerrero and O. Guillaudin and J. Harton and T. Hashimoto and M. T. Hedges and F. Iguaz and T. Ikeda and I. Jaegle and J. A. Kadyk and T. Katsuragawa and S. Komura and H. Kubo and K. Kuge and J. Lamblin and A. Lauria and E. R. Lee and P. Lewis and M. Leyton and D. Loomba and J. P. Lopez and G. Luzon and F. Mayet and H. Mirallas and K. Miuchi and T. Mizumoto and Y. Mizumura and P. Monacelli and J. Monroe and M. C. Montesi and T. Naka and K. Nakamura and H. Nishimura and A. Ochi and T. Papevangelou and J. D. Parker and N. S. Phan and F. Pupilli and J. P. Richer and Q. Riffard and G. Rosa and D. Santos and T. Sawano and H. Sekiya and I. S. Seong and D. P. Snowden-Ifft and N. J. C. Spooner and A. Sugiyama and R. Taishaku and A. Takada and A. Takeda and M. Tanaka and T. Tanimori and T. N. Thorpe and V. Tioukov and H. Tomita and A. Umemoto and S. E. Vahsen and Y. Yamaguchi and M. Yoshimoto and E. Zayas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.02396},
year = {2016}
}
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58 pages, 26 figures, accepted by Physics Reports