A large-scale low-background liquid scintillation detector: The counting test facility at Gran Sasso

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 406, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 411-426

  Alimonti, G ^a   Arpesella, C ^c   Bacchiocchi, G ^a   Balata, M ^c   Bellini, G ^a   Benziger, J ^d   Bonetti, S ^a   Brigatti, A ^a   Cadonati, L ^d   Calaprice, F P ^d   Cavaletti, R ^a   Cecchet, G ^e   Chen, M ^d   Darnton, N ^d   DeBari, A ^e   Deutsch, M ^f   Elisei, F ^g   Von Feilitzsch, F ^b   Galbiati, C ^a   Garagiola, A ^a   Gatti, F ^h   Giammarchi, M G ^a   Giugni, D ^a   Goldbrunner, T ^b   Golubchikov, A ⁱ   Goretti, A ^a   Grabar, S ^a   Hagner, T ^b   Hartmann, F ^a   Von Hentig, R ^b   Heusser, G ^j   Ianni, A ^a   Jochum, J ^b   Johnson, M ^d   Laubenstein, M ^c   Loeser, F ^d   Lombardi, P ^a   Magni, S ^a   Malvezzi, S ^a   Manno, I ^a   Manuzio, G ^h   Masetti, F ^g   Mazzucato, U ^g   Meroni, E ^a   Neff, M ^b   Nisi, S ^c   Nostro, A ^h   Oberauer, L ^b   Perotti, A ^e   Preda, A ^a   Raghavan, P ^k   Raghavan, R S ^k   Ranucci, G ^a   Resconi, E ^a   Ruscitti, P ^h   Scardaoni, R ^a   Schoenert, S ^b   Smirno, O ⁱ   Tartaglia, R ^c   Testera, G ^h   Ullucci, P ^a   Vogelaar, R B ^d   Vitale, S ⁱ   Zaimidoroga, O ⁱ   more..

^a INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g INFN SEZIONE DI PERUGIA   (Italy)

^h INFM   (Italy)

ⁱ JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^k NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

COUNTING TEST FACILITY; LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; LOW BACKGROUND DETECTORS;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0032048581     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00018-7     Document Type: Article

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