The SciCryo Project and Cryogenic Scintillation of Al2O3 for Dark Matter

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P. C. F. Di Stefano · Institute of Nuclear Physics of Lyon

N. Coron · Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale

P. de Marcillac · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Christophe Dujardin · Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

M. Luca · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

F. Petricca · Max Planck Institute for Physics

F. Proebst

Abstract

We discuss cryogenic scintillation of Al2O3. Room-temperature measurements with α particles are first carried out to study effect of Ti concentration on response. Measurements under X-rays between room temperature and 10 K confirm a doubling of light output. The integration of a scintillation-phonon detector into an ionization-phonon dark matter search is underway, and the quenching factor for neutrons has been verified.

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Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

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Published in: Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Volume 151, Issue 3-4, pp. 902-907

DOI: 10.1007/s10909-008-9759-9

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