A study of the trace 39Ar content in argon from deep underground sources

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-60

  Xu, J ^a   Calaprice, F ^a   Galbiati, C ^a   Goretti, A ^a   Guray, G ^a   Hohman, T ^a,f   Holtz, D ^a,g   Ianni, An ^a   Laubenstein, M ^b   Loer, B ^a,h   Love, C ^c   Martoff, C J ^c   Montanari, D ^a,h   Mukhopadhyay, S ^d   Nelson, A ^a   Rountree, S D ^e   Vogelaar, R B ^e   Wright, A ^a,i  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^c Temple University   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Princeton University   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

39Ar; Dark matter instrumentation; Low background counting; Low radioactivity technique; Underground argon

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GALAXIES; LIQUEFIED GASES;

ATMOSPHERIC ARGON; DARK MATTER; DARK MATTER DETECTION; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; LOW BACKGROUND; LOW-RADIOACTIVITY; SINGLE-PHASE LIQUIDS; UNDERGROUND SOURCE;

RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 84922552361     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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