2010/12/06 by D. Santos, J. Billard, Santos, D. +27
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors #Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) #astro-ph.CO #astro-ph.IM
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1012.1166
Proceedings of Identification of Dark Matter 2010-IDM2010 conference
arxiv created 2010/12/06 · openalex publication_date 2010/12/06 · arxiv updated 2015/03/17 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Directional detection of non-baryonic Dark Matter is a promising search strategy for discriminating WIMP events from background. However, this strategy requires both a precise measurement of the energy down to a few keV and 3D reconstruction of tracks down to a few mm. To achieve this goal, the MIMAC project has been developed. It is based on a gaseous micro-TPC matrix, filled with 3He, CF4 and/or C4H10. The first results on low energy nuclear recoils (1H and 19F) obtained with a low mono-energetic neutron field are presented. The discovery potential of this search strategy is discussed and illustrated by a realistic case accessible to MIMAC.