A new system for the 222Rn and 226Ra assay of water and results in the BOREXINO project

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

Volumn 497, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 407-413

  Simgen, H ^a   Buck, C ^a   Heusser, G ^a   Laubenstein, M ^b   Rau, W ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

BOREXINO; Proportional counter; Radium; Radon; Solar neutrino; Water

Indexed keywords

GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIUM; RADON; TEST FACILITIES; WATER;

SOLAR NEUTRINO;

ASSAYS;

EID: 0037302715     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01823-5     Document Type: Article

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