Systematic study of trace radioactive impurities in candidate construction materials for EXO-200

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

Volumn 591, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 490-509

  Leonard, D S ^a   Grinberg, P ^b   Weber, P ^c   Baussan, E ^c   Djurcic, Z ^a   Keefer, G ^a   Piepke, A ^a   Pocar, A ^d   Vuilleumier, J L ^c   Vuilleumier, J M ^c   Akimov, D ^e   Bellerive, A ^f   Bowcock, M ^f   Breidenbach, M ^g   Burenkov, A ^e   Conley, R ^g   Craddock, W ^g   Danilov, M ^e   DeVoe, R ^d   Dixit, M ^f   Dolgolenko, A ^e   Ekchtout, I ^f   Fairbank Jr , W ^h   Farine, J ⁱ   Fierlinger, P ^d   Flatt, B ^d   Gratta, G ^d   Green, M ^d   Hall, C ^j   Hall, K ^h   Hallman, D ⁱ   Hargrove, C ^f   Herbst, R ^g   Hodgson, J ^g   Jeng, S ^h   Kolkowitz, S ^d   Kovalenko, A ^e   Kovalenko, D ^e   LePort, F ^d   Mackay, D ^g   Moe, M ^k   Montero Diez M ^d   Neilson, R ^d   Odian, A ^g   O'Sullivan, K ^d   Ounalli, L ^c   Prescott, C Y ^g   Rowson, P C ^g   Schenker, D ^c   Sinclair, D ^f   Skarpaas, K ^g   Smirnov, G ^e   Stekhanov, V ^e   Strickland, V ^f   Virtue, C ⁱ   Wamba, K ^g   Wodin, J ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^f CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^h Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

ⁱ LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Alpha counting; Double beta decay; EXO; EXO 200; Germanium counting; Low background; Mass spectrometry; Mass spectroscopy; Neutron activation analysis; Radiopurity; Trace analysis

Indexed keywords

PIGMENTS; XENON;

ENRICHED XENON OBSERVATORY (EXO); RADIOACTIVE IMPURITIES; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

IMPURITIES;

EID: 45449103854     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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