Characterization of large-area photomultipliers under low magnetic fields: Design and performance of the magnetic shielding for the Double Chooz neutrino experiment

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

Volumn 621, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 222-230

  Calvo, E ^a   Cerrada, M ^a   Fernandez Bedoya C ^a   Gil Botella, I ^a   Palomares, C ^a   Rodriguez I ^a   Toral, F ^a   Verdugo, A ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Double Chooz; Magnetic field; Magnetic shielding; Neutrino experiments; Photomultiplier tubes

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE CHOOZ; LOW MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEUTRINO EXPERIMENTS; PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EXPERIMENTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

MAGNETIC SHIELDING;

EID: 77957909919     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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