New libraries for simulating neutron scattering in dark matter detector calibrations
New libraries for simulating neutron scattering in dark matter detector calibrations
Dark matter detectors require calibrations of their energy scale and efficiency to detect nuclear recoils in the 1--50 keV range. Most calibrations use neutron scattering and require mcnp or geant4 simulations of neutron propagation through the detector. For most nuclei heavier than ${}^{16}$O, these simulation libraries ignore the contribution of …