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Observation of the 'head-tail' effect in nuclear recoils of low-energy neutrons

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, , Citation D Dujmic et al 2008 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 110 062006 DOI 10.1088/1742-6596/110/6/062006

1742-6596/110/6/062006

Abstract

We present an experimental method to determine the direction tag ('head-tail') of dark matter wind using a low-pressure time-projection chamber. We demonstrate the method by tagging the direction of the elastic nuclear recoils created in the scattering of low-energy neutrons with CF4 nuclei. The decreasing ionization rate along the recoil trajectory allows us to determine the direction of the incoming neutrons, and proves that the 'head-tail' effect can be measured.

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10.1088/1742-6596/110/6/062006