Ionization imaging-A new method to search for 0-ν ββ decay

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

Volumn 580, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 829-835

  Chinowski, W ^a   Goldschmidt, A ^a   Nygren, D ^a   Bernstein, A ^b   Heffner, M ^b   Millaud, J ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Double beta decay; Ion detection; Ion mobility; Tracking; Xenon

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; IONIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; XENON;

DOUBLE BETA DECAY; ION DETECTION; ION MOBILITY; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBER (TPC);

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 34548505550     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.06.032     Document Type: Article

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