Relevance of Ion-Channeling for Direct DM Detection

Preprint

16 October 2009

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.0910.3032

Abstract

The channeling of the recoiling nucleus in crystalline detectors after a WIMP collision would produce a larger scintillation or ionization signal in direct detection experiments than otherwise expected. I present estimates of the importance of this effect for the total direct detection rate and the daily modulation of the signal using analytic models produced in the 1960's and 70's to describe the effects of channeling and blocking in crystals.

Keywords

RECOILING NUCLEUS
DIRECT DETECTION
ANALYTIC MODELS
ION CHANNELING
SCINTILLATION
DM DETECTION
DIRECT DM

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