Performance data from the ZEPLIN-III second science run

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Majewski, P ^a   Solovov, N ^b   Yu Akimov, D ^c   Araujo H M ^d   Barnes, E J ^e   Belov, V A ^c   Burenkov, A A ^c   Chepel, V ^b   Currie, A ^d   Deviveiros, L ^b   Edwards, B ^a   Ghag, C ^e   Hollingsworth, A ^e   Horn, M ^d   Kalmus, G E ^a   Kobyakin, A S ^c   Kovalenko, A G ^c   Lebedenko, V N ^d   Lindote, A ^a,b   Lopes, M I ^b   Luscher R ^a   St J Murphy, A ^e   Neves, F ^b,d   Paling, S M ^a   Pinto Da Cunha, J ^b   Preece, R ^a   Quenby, J J ^d   Reichhart, L ^e   Scovell, P R ^e   Silva, C ^b   Smith, N J T ^a   Stekhanov, V N ^c   Sumner, T J ^d   Thorne, C ^d   Walker, R J ^d   more..

^a STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics; Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization two phase); Time projection chambers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859582399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/7/03/C03044     Document Type: Conference Paper

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