%0 Journal Article
%T The Micromegas detector of the CAST experiment
%A P. Abbon
%A S. Andriamonje
%A S. Aune
%A T. Dafni
%A M. Davenport
%A E. Delagnes
%A R. de Oliveira
%A G. Fanourakis
%A E. Ferrer Ribas
%A J. Franz
%A T. Geralis
%A M. Gros
%A Y. Giomataris
%A I. G. Irastorza
%A K. Kousouris
%A J. Morales
%A T. Papaevangelou
%A J. Ruz
%A K. Zachariadou
%A K. Zioutas
%J Physics
%D 2007
%I arXiv
%R 10.1088/1367-2630/9/6/170
%X A low background Micromegas detector has been operating in the CAST experiment at CERN for the search of solar axions during the first phase of the experiment (2002-2004). The detector, made out of low radioactivity materials, operated efficiently and achieved a very low level of background rejection (5 x 10^-5 counts/keV/cm^2/s) without shielding.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0702190v1