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The DRIFT-I dark matter detector at Boulby: design, installation and operation
Authors
G. Alner,H. Araújo
R. Ayad,A. Bewick,Juan Burwell,M. Carson,C. Chen,Julia Davies,J. Dawson,T. Gamble,M. García,Jason Heidecker,Alex Howard,M. Katz-Hyman,W. Jones,J. Kirkpatrick,V. Kudryavtsev,T. Lawson,V.N. Lebedenko,M. Lehner,J.D. Lewin,P. Lightfoot,I. Liubarsky,R. Lüscher,J. McMillan,C. Martoff,B. Morgan,J. Mulholland,G. Nicklin,T. Ohnuki,S. Paling,A. Petkov,R. Preece,J. Quenby,John Roberts,M. Robinson,E. Rykoff,A.J. Sanders,D. Snowden‐Ifft,N. Smith,P.F. Smith,N. Spooner,T. Sumner,D. Tovey,N. Villaume,R. Walker,G.J. Alner,Jaime d,W.G. Jones,P.K. Lightfoot,S.M. Paling,D. Snowden-Ifft,Daniel Tovey
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,R.J. WalkerPublished
Dec 1, 2004
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Abstract
DRIFT-I, the first full-scale gaseous dark matter detector, has recently been installed at ∼1100 m depth at the Boulby Underground Laboratory, UK. The DRIFT concept offers high background discrimination and sensitivity to the direction of WIMP-induced nuclear recoils, the latter being of particular importance in the search for evidence of WIMPs in our galaxy. In this paper we discuss the design of the DRIFT-I detector and its installation and operation at Boulby. We also present results of early engineering runs and outline plans for the future.
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