F Aubin et al 2008 New J. Phys. 10 103017 doi:10.1088/1367-2630/10/10/103017
F Aubin1,7, M Auger1,8, M-H Genest1,9, G Giroux1, R Gornea1,8, R Faust1, C Leroy1, L Lessard1, J-P Martin1, T Morlat1,10, M-C Piro1, N Starinski1, V Zacek1,12, B Beltran2, C B Krauss2, E Behnke3, I Levine3, T Shepherd3, P Nadeau4, U Wichoski4, S Pospisil5, I Stekl5, J Sodomka5, K Clark6,11, X Dai6, A Davour6, C Levy6, A J Noble6 and C Storey6
Show affiliationsThe PICASSO collaboration observed for the first time a significant difference between the acoustic signals induced by neutrons and alpha particles in a detector based on superheated liquids. This new discovery offers the possibility of improved background suppression and could be especially useful for dark matter experiments. This new effect may be attributed to the formation of multiple bubbles on alpha tracks, compared to single nucleations created by neutron-induced recoils.
95.35.+d Dark matter (stellar, interstellar, galactic, and cosmological)
Accelerators, beams and electromagnetism
Instrumentation and measurement
Issue 10 (October 2008)
Received 11 July 2008
Published 16 October 2008
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