Laboratory studies on the removal of radon-born lead from KamLAND's organic liquid scintillator

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 769, Issue , 2015, Pages 79-87

  Keefer, G ^a,r   Grant, C ^a,s   Piepke, A ^a,q   Ebihara, T ^b   Ikeda, H ^b   Kishimoto, Y ^b,q   Kibe, Y ^b,t   Koseki, Y ^b   Ogawa, M ^b   Shirai, J ^b   Takeuchi, S ^b   Mauger, C ^c,u   Zhang, C ^c,v   Schweitzer, G ^d   Berger, B E ^f,q   Dazeley, S ^g,r   Decowski, M P ^h,q,w   Detwiler, J A ^h,x   Djurcic, Z ^a   Dwyer, D A ^c,h,i   Efremenko, Y ^d   Enomoto, S ^b,q,x   Freedman, S J ^h,q,y   Fujikawa, B K ^h,q   Furuno, K ^b   Gando, A ^b   Gando, Y ^b   Gratta, G ^j   Hatakeyama, S ^g,z   Heeger, K M ^k,aa   Hsu, L ^h,ab   Ichimura, K ^b,q   Inoue, K ^b,q   Iwamoto, T ^b,q   Kamyshkov, Y ^d,i   Karwowski, H J ^m,n,o   Koga, M ^b,q   Kozlov, A ^b,q   Lane, C E ^p   Learned, J G ^e   Maricic, J ^p   Markoff, D M ^m,n,o   Matsuno, S ^e   McKee, D ^l,ad   McKeown, R D ^c,ae   Miletic, T ^p   Mitsui, T ^b   Motoki, M ^b   Nakajima, Kyo ^b,ah   Nakajima, Kyohei ^b,ac   Nakamura, K ^b,q   O'Donnell, T ^h   Ogawa, H ^b,q   Piquemal, F ^b,af   Ricol, J S ^b,ag   Shimizu, I ^b   Suekane, F ^b   Suzuki, A ^b   Svoboda, R ^g,s   Tajima, O ^b,ah   Takemoto, Y ^b   Tamae, K ^b   Tolich, K ^j   Tornow, W ^m,n,o   Watanabe, Hideki ^b   Watanabe, Hiroko ^b   Winslow, L A ^h,ai   Yoshida, S ^b,ac   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^g LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^l KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m TRIANGLE UNIVERSITIES NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁿ DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^p DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^r LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^t OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^u LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^v BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^x UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^y ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^z J PARC CENTER   (Japan)

^aa Yale University   (United States)

^ab FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^ac OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ad MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ae THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

^af CENTRE D ETUDES NUCLÉAIRES DE BORDEAUX GRADIGNAN   (France)

^ag UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER GRENOBLE 1   (France)

^ah HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

KamLAND; Liquid scintillator; Low background; Purification; Solar neutrinos

Indexed keywords

KAMLAND; LABORATORY STUDIES; LIQUID SCINTILLATOR; LOW BACKGROUND; ORGANIC LIQUID SCINTILLATOR; SOLAR NEUTRINO;

PURIFICATION;

EID: 84908537776     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2014.09.050     Document Type: Article

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