Systematic study of trace radioactive impurities in candidate construction materials for EXO-200
By D. Leonard, P. Grinberg, P. Weber, E. Baussan, Z. Djurcic, G. Keefer, A. Piepke, A. Pocar, J. Vuilleumier, J. Vuilleumier and 47 more. 2007
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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.
Subfields: Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation
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- Sensitivity of NEXT-100 to neutrinoless double beta decay (2015, methodology): “re given at 95% CL. Three items (fused silica, sapphire and the eld-cage resistors) have not been screened yet with sucient precision; therefore, we use instead measurements by the EXO Collaboration [56, 57]. The activities determined via mass spectrometry (GDMS or ICPMS) or neutron activation analy”
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