The MM-THGem is an amplification device analogous to a ThGem which uses meshes to shape the electric field within the holes. It is hoped this device can reduce the instability and tendency to spark seen in conventional thick gems. Results from runs with $^{55}$Fe and $\alpha$ sources in low pressure SF$_6$ are presented.
We propose a method to identify weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter via induced nuclear recoil in diamond. This 100 nm damage cluster induces stress in the crystal, shifting the energy levels of nearby quantum defects. Crucially, the direction of the track left by the recoil allows us to determine the incoming direction of the particle enabling the possibility of...
Low-background anisotropic scintillators can be reliable detectors to investigate - through the directionality technique - those Dark Matter (DM) candidates inducing just nuclear recoils.
The directionality technique for such a kind of candidates is based on the study of the correlation between the nuclear recoils direction and the Earth motion in the galactic rest frame. In an anisotropic...
