High-pressure xenon gas electroluminescent TPC for 0-ν ββ-decay search

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

Volumn 603, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-348

  Nygren, David ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

decay; Electroluminescence; High pressure xenon; TPC

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; HIGH-PRESSURE XENON; LIQUID XENONS; PARTICLE TRACKING; Q VALUES; TOPOLOGY INFORMATIONS; TPC;

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; LIGHT EMISSION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

XENON;

EID: 65449164905     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.01.222     Document Type: Article

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