Speaker
Mr
Jeremy Lopez
(MIT)
Description
The Dark Matter Time Projection Chamber (DMTPC) experiment uses a time
projection chamber filled with low pressure CF4 gas to detect the
direction of WIMP-induced nuclear recoils. Recoils from WIMPs in the
galactic dark matter halo are expected to have a directional signal
distinct from all known backgrounds. Recent work has been done to
develop instrumentation to read out both the scintillation and charge
signals from the TPC. This talk will describe the charge readout systems
of the DMTPC detector and will discuss their performance in identifying
nuclear recoils and rejecting gamma and electron backgrounds.
Author
Mr
Jeremy Lopez
(MIT)
