Characterisation of NEXT-DEMO using xenon KαX-rays

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Lorca, D ^a   Martin Albo J ^a   Laing, A ^a   Ferrario, P ^a   Gomez Cadenas J J ^a   Alvarez V ^a   Borges, F I G ^b   Camargo, M ^h   Carcel S ^a   Cebrian S ^c   Cervera, A ^a   Conde, C A N ^b   Dafni, T ^c   Diaz J ^a   Esteve, R ^e   Fernandes, L M P ^b   Ferreira, A L ^g   Freitas, E D C ^b   Gehman, V M ^d   Goldschmidt, A ^d   Gomez H ^c   Gonzalez Diaz D ^c   Gutierrez R M ^h   Hauptman, J ⁱ   Morata, J A Hernando ^j   Herrera, D C ^c   Irastorza, I G ^c   Labarga, L ^k   Liubarsky, I ^a   Losada, M ^h   Luzon G ^c   Mari A ^e   Martinez Lema G ^j   Martinez A ^a   Miller, T ^d   Monrabal, F ^a   Monserrate, M ^a   Monteiro, C M B ^b   Mora, F J ^e   Moutinho, L M ^g   Vidal, J Muñoz ^a   Nebot Guinot, M ^a   Nygren, D ^d   Oliveira, C A B ^d   Perez J ^k   Aparicio, J L Pérez ^l   Renner, J ^d   Ripoll, L ^m   Rodriguez A ^c   Rodriguez J ^a   Santos, F P ^b   Santos, J M F Dos ^b   Segui L ^c   Serra, L ^a   Shuman, D ^d   Simon A ^a   Sofka, C ⁿ   Sorel, M ^a   Toledo, J F ^d   Torrent, J ^m   Tsamalaidze, Z ^f   Veloso, J F C A ^g   Webb, R ⁿ   White, J T ⁿ   Yahlali, N ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE INSTRUMENTACIÓN PARA IMAGEN MOLECULAR I3M   (Spain)

^f JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^h CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES   (Colombia)

ⁱ IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Universidade de Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

ⁿ TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Charge transport, multiplication and electroluminescence in rare gases and liquids; Double beta decay detectors; Time projection chambers

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; IONIZATION OF GASES; LIGHT; XENON;

DOUBLE BETA DECAY; DRIFT OF ELECTRONS; HIGH PRESSURE XENON; NEUTRINOLESS DOUBLE-BETA DECAYS; POSITION DEPENDENTS; SCINTILLATION LIGHT; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS; WAVELENGTH SHIFTER;

X RAY DETECTORS;

EID: 84908347269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/9/10/P10007     Document Type: Article

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