TY - JOUR
T1 - Angular dependence of columnar recombination in high pressure xenon gas using time profiles of scintillation emission
AU - Nakamura, K. D.
AU - Ban, S.
AU - Hirose, M.
AU - Ichikawa, A. K.
AU - Ishiyama, Y.
AU - Minamino, A.
AU - Miuchi, K.
AU - Nakaya, T.
AU - Sekiya, H.
AU - Tanaka, S.
AU - Ueshima, K.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JPSP) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, Grant Number 15H01034.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Author(s).
PY - 2018/7/20
Y1 - 2018/7/20
N2 - The angular dependence of columnar recombination in xenon (Xe) gas, if observed for low energy nuclear tracks, can be used for a direction-sensitive dark matter search. We measured both scintillation and ionization yields to study columnar recombination for 5.4 MeV alpha particles in a high pressure gas detector filled with Xe gas at a pressure of 8 atm. Because the recombination photons are emitted several microseconds after de-excitation, the scintillation photons are separated into fast and slow components. While the fast component is not dependent on the track angle relative to the drift electric field, the slow component increases when the track is aligned with the electric field. This result indicates that the track angle relative to the electric field can be reconstructed from the scintillation time profile.
AB - The angular dependence of columnar recombination in xenon (Xe) gas, if observed for low energy nuclear tracks, can be used for a direction-sensitive dark matter search. We measured both scintillation and ionization yields to study columnar recombination for 5.4 MeV alpha particles in a high pressure gas detector filled with Xe gas at a pressure of 8 atm. Because the recombination photons are emitted several microseconds after de-excitation, the scintillation photons are separated into fast and slow components. While the fast component is not dependent on the track angle relative to the drift electric field, the slow component increases when the track is aligned with the electric field. This result indicates that the track angle relative to the electric field can be reconstructed from the scintillation time profile.
KW - Dark Matter detectors (WIMPs, axions, etc.)
KW - Gaseous detectors
KW - Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization, double-phase)
KW - Time projection Chambers (TPC)
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U2 - 10.1088/1748-0221/13/07/P07015
DO - 10.1088/1748-0221/13/07/P07015
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85051505423
SN - 1748-0221
VL - 13
JO - Journal of Instrumentation
JF - Journal of Instrumentation
IS - 7
M1 - P07015
ER -