Published 1983 | Version v1
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Status of the UCSB-LBL 76Ge double beta decay experiment

Creators

  • 1. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara

Description

This paper describes an experiment to look for neutrinoless double beta decay in 76Ge which is now under construction. Eight large high-purity germanium detectors are surrounded by an active shield of sodium iodide. The problem of reducing background sources is discussed in some detail

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conf. Proc.
Journal Issue
no.96
Series
AIP Conf. Proc.
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPC

Conference

Title
Workshop on science underground.
Dates
27 Sep - 1 Oct 1982.
Place
Los Alamos, NM (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
17038249
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BACKGROUND RADIATION; DOUBLE BETA DECAY; EXPERIMENT PLANNING; GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; GERMANIUM 76; NOISE
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY; BETA-MINUS DECAY; DECAY; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; GERMANIUM ISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEAR DECAY; NUCLEI; PLANNING; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; STABLE ISOTOPES

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-820989--.