Scintillation of thin tetraphenyl butadiene films under alpha particle excitation

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

Volumn 635, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-130

  Pollmann, Tina ^a   Boulay, Mark ^a   Kuźniak, Marcin ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha scintillation; Dark matter; Deap 1; Tetraphenyl butadiene; TPB

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SCINTILLATION; DARK MATTER; DEAP-1; TETRAPHENYL BUTADIENE; TPB;

ALPHA PARTICLES; BUTADIENE; GALAXIES;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 79952486988     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2011.01.045     Document Type: Article

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