Ar and Kr concentrations in nitrogen as a measure of the 39Ar and 85Kr activities in connection with the solar neutrino experiment Borexino

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 197-201

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

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argon and krypton in nitrogen; BOREXINO experiment; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ARGON; KRYPTON; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NITROGEN; SOLAR ENERGY;

SOLAR NEUTRINO DETECTORS; VOLUME CONCENTRATIONS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

ARGON; KRYPTON; NITROGEN; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; MEASUREMENT; NEUTRINO; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 2942547471     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.03.045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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