Neutron Beam Tests of Barium Fluoride Crystal for Dark Matter Direct Detection
arXiv:1607.02813 · doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.07.004
Abstract
In order to test the capabilities of Barium Fluoride (BaF2) Crystal for dark matter direct detection, nuclear recoils are studied with mono-energetic neutron beam. The energy spectra of nuclear recoils, quenching factors for elastic scattering neutrons and discrimination capability between neutron inelastic scattering events and γ events are obtained for various recoil energies of the F content in BaF2.
15 pages,8 figures