Technical design and performance of the NEMO 3 detector

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

Volumn 536, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 79-122

  Arnold, R ^a   Augier, C ^b   Bakalyarov, A M ^c   Baker, J ^d   Barabash, A ^e   Bernaudin, Ph ^b   Bouchel, M ^b   Brudanin, V ^f   Caffrey, A J ^d   Cailleret, J ^a   Campagne, J E ^b   Dassie D ^g   Egorov, V ^f   Errahmane, K ^b   Etienvre, A I ^b   Filipova, T ^f   Forget, J ^b   Guiral, A ^g   Guiral, P ^g   Guyonnet, J L ^a   Hubert, F ^g   Hubert, Ph ^g   Humbert, B ^a   Igersheim, R ^a   Imbert, P ^b   Jollet, C ^a   Jullian, S ^b   Kisel, I ^f   Klimenko, A ^h   Kochetov, O ^f   Kovalenko, V ^f   Lalanne, D ^b   Laplanche, F ^b   Lavigne, B ^b   Lebedev, V I ^c   Lebris, J ^a   Leccia, F ^g   Leconte, A ⁱ   Linck, I ^a   Longuemare, C ⁱ   Marquet, Ch ^g   Martin Chassard, G ^b   Mauger, F ⁱ   Nemchenok, I ^f   Nikolic Audit, I ^g   Ohsumi, H ^j   Pecourt S ^b   Piquemal, F ^g   Reyss, J L ^k   Richard, A ^a   Riddle, C L ^d   Rypko, J ^b   Sarazin, X ^b   Simard, L ^b   Scheibling, F ^a   Shitov, Yu ^f   Smolnikov, A ^h   Stekl, I ^l   Sutton, C S ^m   Szklarz, G ^b   Timkin, V ^f   Tretyak, V ^f   Umatov, V ^e   Vala L ^b,l   Vanushin, I ^e   Vasiliev, S ^h   Vasilyev, V ^e   Vorobel, V ⁿ   Vylov, Ts ^f   Wurtz, J ^a   Zhukov, S V ^c   more..

^a CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^f JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^g CENTRE D ETUDES NUCLÉAIRES DE BORDEAUX GRADIGNAN   (France)

^h INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^j SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^l CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^m MHC   (United States)

ⁿ CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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Author keywords

Calorimeter; Double beta decay; Majorana; NEMO; Neutrino; Tracking detector

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; CALORIMETERS; DETECTORS; ELECTRON ENERGY ANALYZERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PURIFICATION; RADIOACTIVITY;

DOUBLE BETA DECAY; MAJORANA; NEUTRINO ETTORE MAJORANA OBSERVATORY (NEMO); TRACKING DETECTORS;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 10644273469     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.07.194     Document Type: Article

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