Production of high purity TeO2 single crystals for the study of neutrinoless double beta decay

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 312, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2999-3008

  Arnaboldi, C ^a,b   Brofferio, C ^a,b   Bryant, A ^c,d   Bucci, C ^e   Canonica, L ^f,g   Capelli, S ^a,b   Carrettoni, M ^a,b   Clemenza, M ^a,b   Dafinei, I ^h   Di Domizio, S ^f,g   Ferroni, F ^h,i   Fiorini, E ^a,b   Ge, Z ^j   Giachero, A ^a,b   Gironi, L ^a,b   Giuliani, A ^b,k   Gorla, P ^e   Guardincerri, E ^e,g   Kadel, R ^c   Kazkaz, K ^l   Kogler, L ^c,d   Kolomensky, Y ^c,d   Larsen, J ^c   Laubenstein, M ^e   Li, Y ^m   Maiano, C ^a,b   Martinez, M ^a,b   Maruyama, R ⁿ   Nisi, S ^e   Nones, C ^b,k   Norman, Eric B ^l,o   Nucciotti, A ^a,b   Orio, F ^h,i   Pattavina, L ^a,b   Pavan, M ^a,b   Pessina, G ^a,b   Pirro, S ^a,b   Previtali, E ^a,b   Rusconi, C ^b,k   Scielzo, Nicholas D ^l   Sisti, M ^a,b   Smith, Alan R ^c   Tian, W ^m   Vignati, M ^h,i   Wang, H ^m   Zhu, Y ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^g INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^h INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^j SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^k UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^l LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^m SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^o Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

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Author keywords

A2. Bridgman technique; B1. Tellurites; B1. Tellurium dioxide; B2. Acusto optic materials; B3. Cryogenic bolometers

Indexed keywords

B1. TELLURITES; B1. TELLURIUM DIOXIDE; B2. ACUSTO-OPTIC MATERIALS; B3. CRYOGENIC BOLOMETERS; BRIDGMAN TECHNIQUES;

BOLOMETERS; CRYOGENICS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; INFRARED DETECTORS; ISOTOPES; TELLURIUM; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 77956416344     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2010.06.034     Document Type: Article

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