Measurements of internal radioactive contamination in samples of Roman lead to be used in experiments on rare events

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 163-172

  Alessandrello, A ^a   Arpesella, C ^b   Brofferio, C ^a   Bucci, C ^b   Cattadori, C ^a   Cremonesi, O ^a   Fiorini, E ^a   Giuliani, A ^a   Latorre, S ^a   Nucciotti, A ^a   Orvini, E ^c   Pavan, M ^a   Parmeggiano, S ^a   Perego, M ^a   Pessina, G ^a   Pirro, S ^a   Previtali, E ^a   Romualdi, B ^b   Rotilio, A ^b   Tatananni, E ^b   Zanotti, L ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

210Pb; Activation analysis; Cryogenics; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; CRYOGENICS; IMPURITIES; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

GAMMA RAY SPECTROSCOPY; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; ROMAN LEAD; WEAKLY INTERACTING MASSIVE PARTICLE;

LEAD;

EID: 0032090451     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(98)00279-1     Document Type: Article

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