Simulación y diseño de un sensor acústico piezoeléctrico para detección de partículas Premio Luis de Camoens 2017
- Campo Valera, María Mercedes
- Ardid Ramírez, Miguel
- Felis Enguix, Ivan
- Martínez Mora, Juan Antonio
ISSN: 0210-3680
Year of publication: 2018
Volume: 49
Issue: 1-2
Pages: 11-17
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista de acústica
Abstract
Bubble chambers used in detectors for detecting dark matter use piezoelectric sensors in order to detect and discriminate the acoustic signals from bubbles growth in the superheated liquid when a particle interaction occurs. The Research Group in Applied Acoustics to Astroparticles Detection from UPV developed a particle detector, whose acoustic sensors are attached to the outer walls of the chamber. In order to optimize the operation of the sensor, both analytical and numerical models are developed, as well as experimental tests for characterization of sensors design were performed. The results of these studies allows a particular design criterion for the construction of such sensor for future dark matter bubble chamber detectors.