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Directional detection of Dark Matter with the MIcro-tpc MAtrix of Chambers

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Particles weakly interacting with ordinary matter, with an associated mass of the order of an atomic nucleus (WIMPs), are plausible candidates for Dark Matter. The direct detection of an elastic collision of a target nuclei induced by one of these WIMPs has to be discriminated from the signal produced by the neutrons, which leaves the same signal in a detector. The MIMAC (MIcro-tpc MAtrix of Chambers) collaboration has developed an original prototype detector which combines a large pixelated Micromegas coupled with a fast, self-triggering, electronics. Aspects of the two-chamber module in operation in the Modane Underground Laboratory are presented: calibration, characterization of the 222Rn progeny. A new test bench combining a MIMAC chamber with the COMIMAC portable quenching line has been set up to characterize the 3D tracks of low energy ions in the MIMAC gas mixture: the preliminary results thereof are presented. Future steps are briefly discussed.

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in2p3-01389448 , version 1 (28-10-2016)

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C. Couturier, J. Brunner, J. Busto, P. Colas, D. Fouchez, et al.. Directional detection of Dark Matter with the MIcro-tpc MAtrix of Chambers. 51th Rencontres de Moriond - Cosmology, Mar 2016, La Thuile, Italy. pp.165-169. ⟨in2p3-01389448⟩
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