Measurements of low-energy nuclear recoil quenching factors for Na and I recoils in the NaI(Tl) scintillator
Measurements of low-energy nuclear recoil quenching factors for Na and I recoils in the NaI(Tl) scintillator
Elastic scattering off nuclei in target detectors, involving interactions with dark matter and coherent elastic neutrino nuclear recoil <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><a:mrow><a:mo>(</a:mo><a:mi>CE</a:mi><a:mi>ν</a:mi><a:mi>NS</a:mi><a:mo>)</a:mo></a:mrow></a:math>, results in the deposition of low energy within the nuclei, dissipating rapidly through a combination of heat and ionization. The primary energy loss mechanism for nuclear recoil is heat, leading …