Detection of reactor antineutrino coherent scattering off nuclei with a two-phase noble gas detector

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Akimov, D ^a   Bondar, A ^b   Burenkov, A ^a   Buzulutskov, A ^b  

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

^b BUDKER INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cryogenic detectors; Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics; Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization two phase)

Indexed keywords

ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS; ATOMIC NUCLEI; COUNTING RATES; CRYOGENIC DETECTORS; NOBLE-LIQUID DETECTORS (SCINTILLATION, IONIZATION TWO-PHASE); OPTICAL READOUT; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE; TWO-PHASE DETECTORS;

ARGON; COHERENT SCATTERING; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; SIGNAL DETECTION; XENON;

DETECTORS;

EID: 71049188055     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/4/06/P06010     Document Type: Article

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