Scintillation efficiency of liquid xenon for nuclear recoils with the energy down to 5 keV

/ Authors

V. Chepel, V. Solovov, F. Neves, A. Pereira, P. Mendes, C. Silva, A. Lindote, J. G. D. Cunha, M. Lopes, S. Kossionides

/ Abstract

Abstract The scintillation efficiency of liquid xenon for nuclear recoils has been measured to be nearly constant in the recoil energy range from 140 keV down to 5 keV. The average ratio of the efficiency for recoils to that for γ-rays is found to be 0.19 ± 0.02.

Journal: Astroparticle Physics

DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2006.05.001