Title

A Solution to the Dead Layer Problem in Ionization and Phonon - Based Dark Matter Detectors

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-7-2000

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

We report on a study of several different electrode technologies to avoid the “dead-layer” problem in ionization and phonon-based dark matter detectors. We have found the most success with an amorphous blocking-layer electrode structure, and have demonstrated background electron rejection of ≈95% above 20 keV.

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