Measurement of the refractive index and attenuation length of liquid xenon for its scintillation light

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

Volumn 516, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 462-474

  Solovov, V N ^a   Chepel, V ^a   Lopes, M I ^a   Hitachi, A ^a,b   Ferreira Marques, R ^a   Policarpo, A J P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liquid xenon; Refractive index; Scintillation; Vacuum ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCINTILLATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUUM;

LIGHT PULSES; LIQUID XENON; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET (VUV);

XENON;

EID: 0346846460     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2003.08.117     Document Type: Article

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