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Status of R&D on Micromegas for Rare Event Searches : The T-REX project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2012

F. Mayet ,
D. Santos ,
I.G. Irastorza ,
J. Castel ,
S. Cebrián ,
T. Dafni ,
G. Fanourakis ,
E. Ferrer-Ribas ,
D. Fortuño  and
L. Esteban
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I.G. Irastorza
Affiliation:
Grupo de Física Nuclear y Astropartículas, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
J. Castel
Affiliation:
Grupo de Física Nuclear y Astropartículas, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
S. Cebrián
Affiliation:
Grupo de Física Nuclear y Astropartículas, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
T. Dafni
Affiliation:
Grupo de Física Nuclear y Astropartículas, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
G. Fanourakis
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Physics, NCSR Demokritos, Athens, Greece
E. Ferrer-Ribas
Affiliation:
IRFU, Centre d’Études de Saclay, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
D. Fortuño
Affiliation:
Grupo de Física Nuclear y Astropartículas, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
L. Esteban
Affiliation:
Grupo de Física Nuclear y Astropartículas, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
J. Galán
Affiliation:
IRFU, Centre d’Études de Saclay, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
J.A. García
Affiliation:
Grupo de Física Nuclear y Astropartículas, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
A. Gardikiotis
Affiliation:
University of Patras, Patras, Greece
J.G. Garza
Affiliation:
Grupo de Física Nuclear y Astropartículas, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
T. Geralis
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Physics, NCSR Demokritos, Athens, Greece
I. Giomataris
Affiliation:
IRFU, Centre d’Études de Saclay, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
H. Gómez
Affiliation:
Grupo de Física Nuclear y Astropartículas, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
D.C. Herrera
Affiliation:
Grupo de Física Nuclear y Astropartículas, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
F.J. Iguaz
Affiliation:
IRFU, Centre d’Études de Saclay, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
G. Luzón
Affiliation:
Grupo de Física Nuclear y Astropartículas, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
J.P. Mols
Affiliation:
IRFU, Centre d’Études de Saclay, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
A. Ortiz
Affiliation:
Grupo de Física Nuclear y Astropartículas, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
T. Papaevangelou
Affiliation:
IRFU, Centre d’Études de Saclay, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
A. Rodríguez
Affiliation:
Grupo de Física Nuclear y Astropartículas, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
J. Ruz
Affiliation:
CERN, European Organization for Particle Physics and Nuclear Research, Switzerland
L. Segui
Affiliation:
Grupo de Física Nuclear y Astropartículas, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
A. Tomás
Affiliation:
Grupo de Física Nuclear y Astropartículas, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
T. Vafeiadis
Affiliation:
University of Patras, Patras, Greece CERN, European Organization for Particle Physics and Nuclear Research, Switzerland Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
S.C. Yildiz
Affiliation:
Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey Doğuş University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Abstract

The T-REX project aims at developing novel readout techniques for Time Projection Chambers in experiments searching for rare events. The enhanced performance of the latest Micromegas readouts in issues like energy resolution, gain stability, homogeneity, material budget, combined with low background techniques, is opening new windows of opportunity for their application in this field. Here we review the latest results regarding the use and prospects of Micromegas readouts in axion physics (CAST and the future helioscope), as well as the R&D carried out within NEXT, to search for the neutrinoless double-beta decay.

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European Astronomical Society Publications Series , Volume 53: CYGNUS 2011: Third International Conference on Directional Detection of Dark Matter , 2012 , pp. 147 - 154
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© EAS, EDP Sciences 2012

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