Removing krypton from xenon by cryogenic distillation to the ppq level

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Aprile, E ^b   Aalbers, J ^c   Agostini, F ^a,d   Alfonsi, M ^e   Amaro, F D ^f   Anthony, M ^b   Arneodo, F ^g   Barrow, P ^h   Baudis, L ^h   Bauermeister, B ^e,i   Benabderrahmane, M L ^g   Berger, T ^j   Breur, P A ^c   Brown, A ^c   Brown, E ^j   Bruenner, S ^k   Bruno, G ^a   Budnik, R ^l   Butikofer L ^m   Calven J ⁱ   Cardoso, J M R ^f   Cervantes, M ⁿ   Cichon, D ^k   Coderre, D ^m   Colijn, A P ^c   Conrad, J ⁱ   Cussonneau, J P ^o   Decowski, M P ^c   Perio, P de ^b   Gangi, P Di ^d   Giovanni, A Di ^g   Diglio, S ^o   Duchovni, E ^l   Eurin, G ^k   Fei, J ^p   Ferella, A D ⁱ   Fieguth, A ^q   Franco, D ^h   Fulgione, W ^a,r   Gallo Rosso, A ^a   Galloway, M ^h   Gao, F ^b   Garbini, M ^d   Geis, C ^e   Goetzke, L W ^b   Grandi, L ^s   Greene, Z ^b   Grignon, C ^e   Hasterok, C ^k   Hogenbirk, E ^c   Huhmann, C ^q   Itay, R ^l   Kaminsky, B ^m   Kessler, G ^h   Kish, A ^h   Landsman, H ^l   Lang, R F ⁿ   Lellouch, D ^l   Levinson, L ^l   Calloch, M Le ^o   Lin, Q ^a   Lindemann, S ^k   Lindner, M ^k   Lopes, J A M ^f   Manfredini, A ^l   Maris, I ^g   Undagoitia, T Marrodán ^k   Masbou, J ^o   Massoli, F V ^d   Masson, D ⁿ   Mayani, D ^h   Meng, Y ^t   Messina, M ^b   Micheneau, K ^o   Miguez, B ^r   Molinario, A ^a   Murra, M ^q   Naganoma, J ^u   Ni, K ^p   Oberlack, U ^e   Orrigo, S E A ^f   Pakarha, P ^h   Pelssers, B ⁱ   Persiani, R ^o   Piastra, F ^h   Pienaar, J ⁿ   Piro, M C ^j   Pizzella, V ^k   Plante, G ^b   Priel, N ^l   Rauch, L ^k   Reichard, S ⁿ   Reuter, C ⁿ   Rizzo, A ^b   Rosendahl, S ^q   Rupp, N ^k   Saldanha, R ^s   Santos, J M F ^f   Sartorelli, G ^d   Scheibelhut, M ^e   Schindler, S ^e   Schreiner, J ^k   Schumann, M ^m   Lavina, L Scotto ^v   Selvi, M ^d   Shagin, P ^u   Shockley, E ^s   Silva, M ^f   Simgen, H ^k   Sivers, M ^m   Stein, A ^t   Thers, D ^o   Tiseni, A ^c   Trinchero, G ^r   Tunnell, C ^c,s   Upole, N ^s   Wang, H ^t   Wei, Y ^h   Weinheimer, C ^q   Wulf, J ^h   Ye, J ^p   Zhang, Y ^b   Cristescu, I ^w   more..

^a LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

ⁱ STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^k MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^l WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^m UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

ⁿ PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^r SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^u RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^w KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 85018786375     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: 14346052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4757-1     Document Type: Article

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