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| <mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 11/02/1996 |
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| <mark>Journal</mark> | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Volume | 370 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 141-143 |
| Publication Status | Published |
| <mark>Original language</mark> | English |
| Event | 6th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors (LTD6) - BEATENBERG, Switzerland Duration: 28/08/1995 → 1/09/1995 |
| Conference | 6th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors (LTD6) |
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| Country/Territory | Switzerland |
| City | BEATENBERG |
| Period | 28/08/95 → 1/09/95 |
We have demonstrated in a pilot study using an existing experiment that superfluid He-3 at 100 mu K can be used as a nuclear recoil detector sensitive to neutron and gamma-ray interactions depositing energies down to a few hundred eV. The deposited energy is converted to He-3 quasiparticles which are detected by their effect on a vibrating wire resonator in the liquid. The system can be calibrated independently using a second vibrating wire as a heater but a convenient fixed point is provided by the exothermic reaction n + He-3(2) = p + H-3(1) + 764 keV. Given the great potential for improvement we propose that the system might make a sensitive WIMP detector.