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A «background blind» bubble chamber, which is exclusively sensitive to nuclear recoils and which is operated in a quasi-continuous mode is described for an improved search of dark-matter candidates. The detection principle is based on the metastability of superheated liquids, which can be tuned such that the detector becomes insensitive to ordinary α, β, γ-radiation.
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Zacek, V. Search for dark matter with moderately superheated liquids. Nuov Cim A 107, 291–298 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02781560
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