Status of the G ERDA experiment at the laboratori nazionali del gran sasso

Advances in High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Brugnera, R ^a,b   Garfagnini, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; LIQUEFIED GASES; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

BACKGROUND ENVIRONMENT; BACKGROUND MODELLING; DETECTOR ARRAYS; DOUBLE BETA DECAY; GERMANIUM DETECTOR; HEIDELBERG; HIGH PURITY GERMANIUMS; LIQUID ARGON; LOW-BACKGROUND EXPERIMENT; NEUTRINOLESS DOUBLE-BETA DECAYS;

ARGON;

EID: 84897785518     PISSN: 16877357     EISSN: 16877365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/506186     Document Type: Review

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