Characterization of the Response of Superheated Droplet (Bubble) Detectors

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dc.creatorThe PICASSO Collaboration
dc.creatorBarnabe-Heider, M.
dc.creatorBehnke, E.
dc.creatorBehnke, J.
dc.creatorDi Marco, M.
dc.creatorDoane, P.
dc.creatorFeighery, W.
dc.creatorGenest, M-H.
dc.creatorGornea, R.
dc.creatorKanagalingam, S.
dc.creatorLeroy, C.
dc.creatorLessard, L.
dc.creatorLevine, I.
dc.creatorMartin, J. P.
dc.creatorMathusi, C.
dc.creatorNeurenberg, J.
dc.creatorNoble, A. J.
dc.creatorNoulty, R.
dc.creatorNymberg, R.
dc.creatorShore, S. N.
dc.creatorWichoski, U.
dc.creatorZacek, V.
dc.date2003-11-14
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:36:07Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:36:07Z
dc.descriptionThe PICASSO project is a cold dark matter (CDM) search experiment relying on the superheated droplet technique. The detectors use superheated freon liquid droplets (active material) dispersed and trapped in a polymerized gel. This detection technique is based on the phase transition of superheated droplets at room or moderate temperatures. The phase transitions are induced by nuclear recoils when undergoing interactions with particles, including CDM candidates such as the neutralinos predicted by supersymmetric models. The suitability of the technique for this purpose has been demonstrated by R&D studies performed over several years on detectors of various composition and volume. Simulations performed to understand the detector response to neutrons and alpha particles are presented along with corresponding data obtained at the Montreal Laboratory.
dc.description10 pages, 7 figures, to appear in the "Proceedings of the 8th ICATPP Conference on Astroparticle, Particle, Space Physics, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications", 6-10 October 2003, Villa Erba, Como, Italy
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0311034
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0311034
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/37623
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.titleCharacterization of the Response of Superheated Droplet (Bubble) Detectors
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