Title: Development of a low-alpha-emitting μ-PIC for NEWAGE direction-sensitive dark-matter search,
Abstract: NEWAGE is a direction-sensitive dark-matter-search experiment that uses a
micro-patterned gaseous detector, or {\mu}-PIC, as the readout. The main
background sources are {\alpha}-rays from radioactive contaminants in the
{\mu}-PIC. We have therefore developed a low-alpha-emitting {\mu}-PICs and
measured its performances. We measured the surface {\alpha}-ray emission rate
of the {\mu}-PIC in the Kamioka mine using a surface {\alpha}-ray counter based
on a micro TPC.