18–22 Mar 2021
Stony Brook, NY
US/Eastern timezone

Vector tracking in low-energy nuclear recoils

18 Mar 2021, 15:00
20m
Stony Brook, NY

Stony Brook, NY

Online [US/EST Timezone]
Gaseous Detectors Gaseous Detectors

Speaker

Peter Lewis (University of Bonn)

Description

Gaseous Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) can be used in Directional Dark Matter (DDM) searches to unambiguously identify a galactic origin for Dark Matter candidates. Directional sensitivity at low recoil energies is limited by diffusion, dispersion during amplification, and digitization effects such as charge pileup. We discuss a new algorithm that models and partially removes these effects for a model TPC based on current technology. Furthermore, we show that it is possible to largely recover the primary 3D ionization charge distribution, leading to a reduction in reconstruction errors. These results have implications for the next generation of DDM detectors, which we will briefly discuss.

Primary author

Peter Lewis (University of Bonn)

Presentation materials