The liquid handling systems for the Borexino solar neutrino detector

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

Volumn 609, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-78

  Alimonti, G ^c,d   Arpesella, C ^c,d   Avanzini, M B ^c   Back, H ^f   Balata, M ^e   Bartolomei, D ^g   de Bellefon, A ^h   Bellini, G ^c,d   Benziger, J ⁱ   Bevilacqua, A ^a,b   Bondi, D ^a,b   Bonetti, S ^c,d   Brigatti, A ^b,c,d   Caccianiga, B ^c,d   Cadonati, L ^g   Calaprice, F ^g   Carraro, C ^a,b   Cecchet, G ^j,k   Cereseto, R ^a,b   Chavarria, A ^g   Chen, M ^g   Chepurnov, A ^l   Cubaiu, A ^e   Czech, W ⁿ   D'Angelo, D ^c,d,n   Dalnoki Veress, F ^g   Davini, S ^a   De Bari, A ^j,k   De Haas, E ^g   Derbin, A ^o   Deutsch, M ^o   Di Credico, A ^e   Di Ludovico, A ^g   Di Pietro, G ^e   Eisenstein, R ^g   Elisei, F ^g   Etenko, A ^p   von Feilitzsch, F ^p   Fernholz, R ^g   Fomenko, K ^q   Ford, R ^c,d,e,g   Franco, D ^c,d,r   Freudiger, B ^c,d,r   Gaertner, N ⁿ   Galbiati, C ^c,d,g   Gatti, F ^a,b   Gazzana, S ^e   Gehman, V ^f   Giammarchi, M ^c,d   Giugni, D ^c,d   Goeger Neff, M ⁿ   Goldbrunner, T ⁿ   Golubchikov, A ^c,d,p   Goretti, A ^c,d,e,g   Grieb, C ^f,n   Guardincerri, E ^a   Hagner, C ⁿ   Hagner, T ⁿ   Hampel, W ^r   Harding, E ^g   Hardy, S ^f   Hartmann, F X ^r   von Hentig, R ⁿ   Hertrich, T ⁿ   Heusser, G ^r   Hult, M ^m   Ianni, A ^e   Ianni, An ^g   Ioannucci, L ^e   Jaenner, K ^r   Joyce, M ^f   de Kerret, H ^h   Kidner, S ^f   Kiko, J ^r   Kirsten, T ^r   Kobychev, V ^u   Korga, G ^e   Korschinek, G ⁿ   Kozlov, Y ^p   Kryn, D ^h   La Marche, P ^e,g   Lagomarsino, V ^a,b   Laubenstein, M ^e   Lendvai, C ⁿ   Leung, M ^g   Lewke, T ⁿ   Litvinovich, E ^p   Loer, B ^g   Loeser, F ^g   Lombardi, P ^c,d   Ludhova, L ^c,d   Machulin, I ^p   Malvezzi, S ^c,d   Manco, A ^a,b   Maneira, J ^c,d   Maneschg, W ^r   Manno, I ^c,d,s   Manuzio, D ^a,b   Manuzio, G ^a,b   Marchelli, M ^a,b   Marternianov, A ^a,b   Masetti, F ^v,w   Mazzucato, U ^v,w   McCarty, K ^g   McKinsey, D ^g   Meindl, Q ⁿ   Meroni, E ^c,d   Miramonti, L ^c,d   Misiaszek, M ^t   Montanari, D ^e   Monzani, M E ^c,d   Muratova, V ^o   Musico, P ^a,b   Neder, H ^r   Nelson, A ^g   Niedermeier, L ⁿ   Nisi, S ^e   Oberauer, L ⁿ   Obolensky, M ^h   Orsini, M ^e   Ortica, F ^v,w   Pallavicini, M ^a,b   Papp, L ^e   Parsells, R ^g   Parmeggiano, S ^c,d   Parodi, M ^a   Pelliccia, N ^v,w   Perasso, L ^a,b   Perasso, S ^a   Pocar, A ^g   Raghavan, R ^f   Ranucci, G ^c,d   Rau, W ^e,r   Razeto, A ^a,b,e   Resconi, E ^a,b,c,d   Risso, P ^a,b   Romani, A ^v,w   Rountree, D ^f   Sabelnikov, A ^p   Saggese, P ^c,d   Saldanha, R ^g   Salvo, C ^a,b   Scardaoni, R ^c,d   Schimizzi, D ⁱ   Schonert, S ^r   Schubeck, K H ⁿ   Shutt, T ^g   Siccardi, F ^a,b   Simgen, H ^r   Skorokhvatov, M ^p   Smirnov, O ^q   Sonnenschein, A ^g   Soricelli, F ^e   Sotnikov, A ^q   Sukhotin, S ^p   Sule, C ^g   Suvorov, Y ^c,d,p   Tarasenkov, V ^p   Tartaglia, R ^e   Testera, G ^a,b   Vignaud, D ^h   Vitale, S ^h   Vogelaar, R B ^f,g   Vyrodov, V ^p   Williams, B ^f   Wojcik, M ^t   Wordel, R ^m   Wurm, M ⁿ   Zaimidoroga, O ^q   Zavatarelli, S ^a,b   Zuzel, G ^r,t   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Ist Nazl Fis Nucl   (Italy)

^e Gran Sasso Astroparticle Center   (Italy)

^f VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

ⁱ Princeton University   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^k Ist Nazl Fis Nucl   (Italy)

^l MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^m JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

ⁿ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^o PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^p KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^q JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^r MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^s WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^t JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^u INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Ukraine)

^v UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^w INFN SEZIONE DI PERUGIA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Liquid scintillator; Low background detectors; Radiopurity; Solar neutrino

Indexed keywords

BOREXINO DETECTORS; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES; FLUID DELIVERY; HIGH PURITY GAS; LIQUID HANDLING; LIQUID LEVEL; LIQUID SCINTILLATOR; LOW BACKGROUND DETECTORS; MODULAR SYSTEM; MULTIPLE DETECTORS; PRECISE CONTROL; PURE FLUIDS; RADIOPURITY; SOLAR NEUTRINO; ULTRAHIGH PURITY;

CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; DETECTORS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; LUMINESCENCE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PURIFICATION; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SOLAR RADIATION;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 70349158067     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.07.028     Document Type: Article

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