The effects of dissolved methane upon liquid argon scintillation light

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Jones, B J P ^a   Alexander, T ^b   Back, H O ^c   Collin, G ^a   Conrad, J M ^a   Greene, A ^a   Katori, T ^a   Pordes, S ^d   Toups, M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization, double phase); Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (gas) (gas photocathodes, solid photocathodes); Photon detectors for UV, visible and IR photons (vacuum) (photomultipliers, HPDs, others)

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PROCESS; DISSOLVED METHANE; NOBLE LIQUIDS; PART PER BILLION (PPB); PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE; PHOTON DETECTOR; SCINTILLATION LIGHT; SCINTILLATION LIGHT YIELD;

ARGON; DISSOLUTION; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; LIGHT; LIQUEFIED GASES; MIXTURES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; SCINTILLATION;

METHANE;

EID: 84892882967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/8/12/P12015     Document Type: Article

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