The DRIFT-I dark matter detector at Boulby: design, installation and operation

G.J. Alner; H. Araujo; R. Ayad; A. Bewick; J. Burwell; M.J. Carson; C. Chen; J.C. Davies; J. Dawson; T. Gamble; M. Garcia; J. Heidecker; A.S. Howard; M. Katz-Hyman; W.G. Jones; J. Kirkpatrick; V.A. Kudryavtsev; T.B. Lawson; V. Lebedenko; M.J. Lehner; J.D. Lewin; P.K. Lightfoot; I. Liubarsky; R. Lüscher; J.E. McMillan; C.J. Martoff; B. Morgan; J. Mulholland; G. Nicklin; T. Ohnuki; S.M. Paling; A. Petkov; R.M. Preece; J.J. Quenby; J.W. Roberts; M. Robinson; E. Rykoff; A. Sanders; D.P. Snowden-Ifft; N.J.T. Smith; P.F. Smith; N.J.C. Spooner; T.J. Sumner; D.R. Tovey; N. Villaume; R. Walker

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2004.06.172

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The DRIFT-I dark matter detector at Boulby: design, installation and operation

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The DRIFT-I dark matter detector at Boulby: design, installation and operation

G.J. Alner, H. Araujo, R. Ayad, A. Bewick, J. Burwell, M.J. Carson, C. Chen, J.C. Davies, J. Dawson, T. Gamble, …

Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, Vol.535(3), pp.644-655

21/12/2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2004.06.172

Abstract

Dark matter

Directional detector

Electron attachment

Gas detector

MWPC

Negative ion

TPC

WIMP

DRIFT-I, the first full-scale gaseous dark matter detector, has recently been installed at ∼1100 m depth at the Boulby Underground Laboratory, UK. The DRIFT concept offers high background discrimination and sensitivity to the direction of WIMP-induced nuclear recoils, the latter being of particular importance in the search for evidence of WIMPs in our galaxy. In this paper we discuss the design of the DRIFT-I detector and its installation and operation at Boulby. We also present results of early engineering runs and outline plans for the future.

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Title: The DRIFT-I dark matter detector at Boulby: design, installation and operation
Creators - without role: G.J. Alner - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
H. Araujo - Imperial College London
R. Ayad - Temple University
A. Bewick - Imperial College London
J. Burwell - Occidental College
M.J. Carson - University of Sheffield
C. Chen - Occidental College
J.C. Davies - University of Sheffield
J. Dawson - Imperial College London
T. Gamble - University of Sheffield
M. Garcia - Occidental College
J. Heidecker - Occidental College
A.S. Howard - Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW72BZ, UK
M. Katz-Hyman - Temple University
W.G. Jones - Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW72BZ, UK
J. Kirkpatrick - Occidental College
V.A. Kudryavtsev - University of Sheffield
T.B. Lawson - University of Sheffield
V. Lebedenko - Imperial College London
M.J. Lehner - University of Sheffield
J.D. Lewin - Imperial College London
P.K. Lightfoot - University of Sheffield
I. Liubarsky - Occidental College
R. Lüscher - University of Sheffield
J.E. McMillan - University of Sheffield
C.J. Martoff - Temple University
B. Morgan - University of Sheffield
J. Mulholland - University of Sheffield
G. Nicklin - Imperial College London
T. Ohnuki - University of Sheffield
S.M. Paling - University of Sheffield
A. Petkov - Occidental College
R.M. Preece - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
J.J. Quenby - Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW72BZ, UK
J.W. Roberts - Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW72BZ, UK
M. Robinson - University of Sheffield
E. Rykoff - University of Sheffield
A. Sanders - Occidental College
D.P. Snowden-Ifft - Occidental College
N.J.T. Smith - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
P.F. Smith - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
N.J.C. Spooner - University of Sheffield
T.J. Sumner - Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW72BZ, UK
D.R. Tovey - University of Sheffield
N. Villaume - University of Sheffield
R. Walker - University of Sheffield
Publication Details: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, Vol.535(3), pp.644-655
Publisher: Elsevier B.V
Identifiers: 9933643708331
Academic Unit: University of Tabuk
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article