The nylon scintillator containment vessels for the Borexino solar neutrino experiment

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

Volumn 582, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 509-534

  Benziger, J ^a   Cadonati, L ^b   Calaprice, F ^b   de Haas, E ^b   Fernholz, R ^b   Ford, R ^b   Galbiati, C ^b   Goretti, A ^b   Harding, E ^b   Ianni, A ^b   Ianni, An ^b   Kidner, S ^b   Leung, M ^b   Loeser, F ^b   McCarty, K ^b   Nelson, A ^b   Parsells, R ^c   Pocar, A ^b   Shutt, T ^b   Sonnenschein, A ^b   Vogelaar, R B ^b   more..

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borexino; Low background; Nylon; Organic scintillator; Solar neutrinos

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC SCATTERING; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SOLAR ENERGY;

BOREXINO SOLAR NEUTRINO EXPERIMENT; LIQUID SCINTILLATORS; LOW BACKGROUND; NYLON FILMS; PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES; SCINTILLATION LIGHT;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 35448970138     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.08.176     Document Type: Article

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