First detection of radon progeny recoil tracks by MIMAC

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Published 30 June 2017 © 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab
, , Citation Q. Riffard et al 2017 JINST 12 P06021 DOI 10.1088/1748-0221/12/06/P06021

1748-0221/12/06/P06021

Abstract

The MIMAC experiment is a μ-TPC project for directional dark matter search. Directional detection strategy is based on the measurement of the WIMP flux anisotropy due to the solar system motion with respect to the dark matter halo. The main purpose of MIMAC project is the measurement of nuclear recoil energy and 3D direction from the WIMP elastic scattering on target nuclei. Since June 2012 a bi-chamber prototype is operating at the Modane underground laboratory. In this paper, we report the first ionization energy and 3D track observations of NRs produced by the radon progeny. This measurement shows the capability of the MIMAC detector and opens the possibility to explore the low energy recoil directionality signature.

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10.1088/1748-0221/12/06/P06021