WLS R&D for the detection of noble gas scintillation at LBL: Seeing the light from neutrinos, to dark matter, to double beta decay

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Gehman, V M ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark Matter detectors (WIMPs, axions, etc.); Double beta decay detectors; Neutrino detectors; Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (gas)

Indexed keywords

DARK MATTER DETECTORS; DOUBLE BETA DECAY; FLUORESCENCE BEHAVIORS; FLUORESCENT MATERIALS; NEUTRINO DETECTORS; NOBLE GAS SCINTILLATION; PHOTON DETECTOR; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS; DETECTORS; EXPERIMENTS; GALAXIES; INERT GASES; LIGHT; NEUTRONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; SCINTILLATION;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 84885614981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/8/09/C09007     Document Type: Article

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