Spatially uniform calibration of a liquid xenon detector at low energies using 83mKr

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Manalaysay, A ^a,b   Undagoitia, T Marrodán ^a   Askin, A ^a   Baudis, L ^a   Behrens, A ^a   Ferella, A D ^a   Kish, A ^a   Lebeda, O ^c   Santorelli, R ^a   Vnos D ^c   Vollhardt, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DARK MATTER; DETECTOR RESPONSE; DIRECT DETECTION; ENERGY RANGES; LIGHT YIELD; LIQUID XENON; LOW ENERGIES; NOBLE GAS;

CALIBRATION; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; INERT GASES; KRYPTON; LIQUIDS; XENON;

RADIOACTIVITY;

ISOTOPE; KRYPTON; XENON;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ELECTRICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CALIBRATION; ELECTRICITY; ISOTOPES; KRYPTON; LINEAR MODELS; XENON;

EID: 77957169330     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3436636     Document Type: Article

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