Highly sensitive measurements of radioactive noble gas nuclides in the BOREXINO solar neutrino experiment

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 213-217

  Simgen, H ^a   Heusser, G ^a   Zuzel, G ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

BOREXINO; Chromatography; Noble gases; Proportional counter; Solar neutrinos

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; KRYPTON; NITROGEN; PURIFICATION; XENON;

SOLAR NEUTRINOS; TRACE AMOUNTS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

ARGON; INERT GAS; ISOTOPE; KRYPTON; KRYPTON 85; RADON; RADON 222; XENON;

ACCURACY; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; MEASUREMENT; NEUTRINO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 2942521005     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.03.048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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