Author/Authors :
Bolte، نويسنده , , W.J. and Collar، نويسنده , , J.I. and Crisler، نويسنده , , M. and Hall، نويسنده , , J. and Holmgren، نويسنده , , D. and Nakazawa، نويسنده , , D. and Odom، نويسنده , , B. and O’Sullivan، نويسنده , , K. and Plunkett، نويسنده , , R. and Ramberg، نويسنده , , E. and Raskin، نويسنده , , A. and Sonnenschein، نويسنده , , A. and Vieira، نويسنده , , J.D.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The viability of using Bubble Chambers as dark matter particle detectors is considered. Techniques leading to the enhanced chamber stability needed for this new application are described in detail. Prototype trials show that sensitivity to the low-energy nuclear recoils induced by Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMP) is possible in conditions of extreme insensitivity to minimum ionizing backgrounds. An understanding of detector response is demonstrated using existing theoretical models. We briefly comment on the prospects for detection of supersymmetric dark matter with large CF 3 I chambers.
