Secondary scintillation yield in high-pressure xenon gas for neutrinoless double beta decay (0 ν β β) search

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 684, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 205-210

  Freitas, E D C ^a   Monteiro, C M B ^a   Ball, M ^b   Gomez Cadenas J J ^b   Lopes, J A M ^a,c   Lux, T ^d   Sanchez F ^d   dos Santos, J M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

High pressure; Neutrino; Neutrinoless double beta decay; Secondary scintillation; Xenon

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249097246     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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