• DocumentCode
    437803
  • Title

    Study of secondary scintillation in xenon vapour

  • Author

    Fonseca, A.C. ; Meleiro, R. ; Chepel, V. ; Pereira, A. ; Solovov, V. ; Lopes, M.I.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Coimbra Univ., Portugal
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-22 Oct. 2004
  • Firstpage
    572
  • Abstract
    The use of secondary scintillation in xenon vapor to amplify the signals due to a few electrons produced in the liquid is foreseen in two phase liquid xenon detectors for the direct WIMP search. In the present work, the secondary scintillation in xenon vapor and its dependence on the electrical field were studied in a uniform field geometry with an 241Am alpha-source. The calibration in number of photons was done using the primary scintillation in room temperature gas as a reference.
  • Keywords
    gas scintillation detectors; ionisation chambers; liquid scintillation detectors; 241Am alpha-source; direct WIMP search; primary scintillation; room temperature gas; secondary scintillation; two phase liquid xenon detectors; uniform field geometry; xenon vapour; Anodes; Atomic measurements; Calibration; Cathodes; Electrons; Geometry; Phase detection; Solid scintillation detectors; Temperature; Xenon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE
  • ISSN
    1082-3654
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8700-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1082-3654
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462260
  • Filename
    1462260
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=437803