1996/07/15 by J. I. Collar · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #astro-ph #hep-ph #nucl-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.54.r1247
published as Phys.Rev.D54:1247-1251,1996 · 15 pgs, 4 figures included
openalex publication_date 1996/07/15 · arxiv created 1996/07/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
It is shown that, under realistic background considerations, an improvement in cold dark matter sensitivity of several orders of magnitude is expected from a detector based on superheated liquid droplets. Such devices are totally insensitive to minimum ionizing radiation while responsive to nuclear recoils of energies \ensuremath∼ few keV. They operate on the same principle as the bubble chamber, but offer unattended, continuous, and safe operation at room temperature and atmospheric pressure.