Acrylic target vessels for a high-precision measurement of θ13 with the Daya Bay antineutrino detectors

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Band, H R ^a   Brown, R L ^b   Cherwinka, J ^a   Cao, J ^c   Chang, Y ^d   Edwards, W R ^e   He, W S ^f   Heeger, K M ^a   Heng, Y K ^c   Ho, T H ^f   Hsiung, Y B ^f   Greenler, L S ^a   Kettell, S H ^b   Lewis, C A ^a   Luk, K B ^e   Li, X N ^c   Littlejohn, B R ^a   Pagac, A ^a   Wang, C H ^d   Wang, W ^g   Wang, Y F ^c   Wise, T ^a   Xiao, Q ^a   Yeh, M ^b   Zhuang, H L ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^d NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma detectors (scintillators, CZT, HPG, HgI etc); Radiation and optical windows

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862983164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/7/06/P06004     Document Type: Review

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