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<br>The Time Projection Chamber (TPC) has been recognized as a potentially highly effective detector for the search of WIMPs by measuring the directions of nuclear recoils, by which probably the most convincing signature of WIMPs, brought on by the Earth’s motion across the Galaxy, appears. We report on the primary results of a performance examine of the neutron publicity of our prototype micro TPC with Ar-C2H6 (90:10) and CF4 gasoline at 150 Torr. These particles might be detected immediately by measuring the nuclear recoils produced by their elastic scattering off nuclei in detectors. Essentially the most convincing signature of WIMPs appears within the instructions of nuclear recoils. Since the power deposits of WIMPs to nuclei are only some tens of keV and the range of nuclei is limited, the micro-TPC needs to be operated at low pressures. In the current work, as a way to look at the response of the micro-TPC to nuclear recoils at low pressures as a primary step, we irradiated a 150 Torr Ar-C2H6 (90:10 mixture) gasoline (one among the usual gases for TPCs) and CF4 with neutrons from 252Cf. The track lengths and deposited energies of Ar, C, and F recoils have been investigated.<br> |