Published July 1, 2008 | Version v1
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Systematic study of trace radioactive impurities in candidate construction materials for EXO-200

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)
  • 2. Institute for National Measurements Standards, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, ON (Canada)
  • 3. Institut de Physique, Universite de Neuchatel, Neuchatel (Switzerland)
  • 4. Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (United States)
  • 5. ITEP, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 6. Physics Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON (Canada)
  • 7. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Description

The Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO) will search for double beta decays of 136Xe. We report the results of a systematic study of trace concentrations of radioactive impurities in a wide range of raw materials and finished parts considered for use in the construction of EXO-200, the first stage of the EXO experimental program. Analysis techniques employed, and described here, include direct gamma counting, alpha counting, neutron activation analysis, and high-sensitivity mass spectrometry

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2008.03.001

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2008.03.001;
arXiv
arXiv:0709.4524v2;
PII
S0168-9002(08)00346-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
591
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 490-509
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40034023
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
DOUBLE BETA DECAY; GERMANIUM; IMPURITIES; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; RAW MATERIALS; SENSITIVITY; XENON; XENON 136
Descriptors DEC
ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BETA DECAY; BETA-MINUS DECAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DECAY; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FLUIDS; GASES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; METALS; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR DECAY; NUCLEI; RARE GASES; SPECTROSCOPY; STABLE ISOTOPES; XENON ISOTOPES

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