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Simulation of the Directional Dark Matter Detector (D3) and Directional Neutron Observer (DiNO)

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2015-05-30 v1

Abstract

Preliminary simulation and optimization studies of the Directional Dark Matter Detector and the Directional Neutron Observer are presented. These studies show that the neutron interaction with the gas-target in these detectors is treated correctly by GEANT4 and that by lowering the pressure, the sensitivity to low-mass WIMP candidates is increased. The use of negative ion drift might allow us to search the WIMP mass region suggested by the results of the non-directional experiments DAMA/LIBRA, CoGeNT and CRESST-II.

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@article{arxiv.1110.3444,
  title  = {Simulation of the Directional Dark Matter Detector (D3) and Directional Neutron Observer (DiNO)},
  author = {I. Jaegle and H. Feng and S. Ross and J. Yamaoka and S. E. Vahsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.3444},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Proceedings of the 3rd International conference on Directional Detection of Dark Matter (CYGNUS 2011), Aussois, France, 8-10 June 2011