| Autor: |
Virzi Federico, Apponi Alice, Cavoto Gianluca, Mariani Carlo, Pandolfi Francesco, Rago Ilaria, Ruocco Alessandro |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
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| Zdroj: |
EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol 280, p 06001 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2100-014X |
| DOI: |
10.1051/epjconf/202328006001 |
| Popis: |
The ANDROMeDa (Aligned Nanotube Detector for Research On MeV Dark matter) project aims to develop a novel Dark Matter detector based on carbon nanotubes: the “Dark-PMT”. The detector is designed to be sensitive to dark matter particles with mass between 1 MeV and 1 GeV. The detection scheme is based on dark matter-electron scattering inside a target made of vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes. Vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes have reduced density in the direction of the tube axis, therefore the scattered electrons are expected to leave the target without being re-absorbed only if their momentum has a small enough angle with that direction, which is what happens when the tubes are parallel to the dark matter wind. This grants directional sensitivity to the detector, a unique feature in this dark matter mass range. |
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