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MICROMEGAS IN THE RARE EVENT SEARCHES FIELD

Laboratorio de Física Nuclear y de Astropartículas, Departamento de Física Teórica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/P. Cerbuna 12, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain

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ESTHER FERRER-RIBAS

IRFU, Centre d' Études Nucléaires de Saclay (CEA-Saclay), 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

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THEOPISTI DAFNI

Laboratorio de Física Nuclear y de Astropartículas, Departamento de Física Teórica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, C/P. Cerbuna 12, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732313400269Cited by:3 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

The Micromegas detectors have been gaining importance as reliable options in their implementation to Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) in experiments searching for Rare Events mainly due to their demonstrated good performance regarding low background levels, energy and time resolution, gain and stability of operation. In the present paper, we will briefly review the latest developments carried out within the T-REX project of detector R&D, and the performance achieved in the context of several experiments: the CAST solar axion search experiment, the NEXT experiment of double beta decay and the MIMAC dark matter directional search.

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