Cryogenics for the LUX detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2309-2312

  Bolozdynya, A ^a   Bradley, A ^a   Bryan, S ^a   Clark, K ^a   Dahl, C E ^a,b   Kwong, J ^a,b   Mock, J ^a   Phelps, P ^a   Shutt, T ^a   Usowicz, M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling power; Cooling system; Electron emission detector; Heat pipe; Liquid xenon; Thermal conductivity; Thermal impedance; Thermosyphon; WIMP

Indexed keywords

COOLING POWER; LIQUID XENON; THERMAL IMPEDANCE; THERMOSYPHON; WIMP;

BOILING LIQUIDS; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONDENSATION; COOLING SYSTEMS; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; CRYOGENICS; DETECTORS; ELECTRON EMISSION; HEAT PIPES; LIQUID NITROGEN; METEOROLOGY; MINE TRANSPORTATION; MINING; SIPHONS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; XENON;

COOLING;

EID: 69549119152     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2023443     Document Type: Conference Paper

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