A study of the scintillation induced by alpha particles and gamma rays in liquid xenon in an electric field

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

Volumn 545, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 690-698

  Dawson, J V ^a   Howard, A S ^a   Akimov, D ^b   Araujo, H ^a   Bewick, A ^a   Davidge, D C R ^a   Jones, W G ^a   Joshi, M ^a   Lebedenko, V N ^a,b   Liubarsky, I ^a   Quenby, J J ^a   Rochester, G ^a   Shaul, D ^a   Sumner, T J ^a   Walker, R J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Liquid xenon; Pulse shape discrimination; Scintillation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; GAMMA RAYS; PROBABILITY;

EMISSION BANDS; LIQUID XENON; PULSE SHAPE DISCRIMINATION; TWO-PHASE SYSTEMS;

XENON;

EID: 19944393247     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.01.343     Document Type: Article

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