%0 Journal Article
%T Scintillation efficiency of liquid argon in low energy neutron-argon scattering
%A W. Creus
%A Y. Allkofer
%A C. Amsler
%A A. D. Ferella
%A J. Rochet
%A L. Scotto-Lavina
%A M. Walter
%J Physics
%D 2015
%I arXiv
%R 10.1088/1748-0221/10/08/P08002
%X Experiments searching for weak interacting massive particles with noble gases such as liquid argon require very low detection thresholds for nuclear recoils. A determination of the scintillation efficiency is crucial to quantify the response of the detector at low energy. We report the results obtained with a small liquid argon cell using a monoenergetic neutron beam produced by a deuterium-deuterium fusion source. The light yield relative to electrons was measured for six argon recoil energies between 11 and 120 keV at zero electric drift field.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1504.07878v2