Performance of a chamber for studying the liquid xenon response to γ-rays and nuclear recoils

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2793-2800

  Neves, F ^a   Chepel, V ^a   Solovov, V ^a   Pereira, A ^a   Lopes, M I ^a   Da Cunha, J Pinto ^a   Mendes, P ^a   Lindote, A ^a   Silva, C P ^a   Marques, R Ferreira ^a   Policarpo, A J P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gamma rays; Liquid xenon; Nuclear recoils; Rayleigh scattering; Scintillation

Indexed keywords

NEUTRONS; SCINTILLATION; XENON;

LIQUID XENON; NUCLEAR RECOILS; SCINTILLATION COORDINATES;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 33144465378     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.862782     Document Type: Conference Paper

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