Track length measurement of $^{19}$F$^+$ ions with the MIMAC Dark Matter directional detector prototype

Understand

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are one of the most preferred candidate for Dark Matter.

• WIMPs should interact with the nuclei of detectors.
• If a robust signal is eventually observed in direct detection experiments, the best signature to confirm its Galactic origin would be the nuclear recoil track direction.
• The MIMAC collaboration has developed a low pressure gas detector providing both the kinetic energy and three-dimensional track reconstruction of nuclear recoils.