Absorption of Scintillation Light in a 100 L Liquid Xenon Gamma-Ray Detector and Expected Detector Performance TeX Export

@article{citeulike:3579244, abstract = {An 800L liquid xenon scintillation \$γ\$ ray detector is being developed for the MEG experiment which will search for \$μ^+\to\mathrme^+γ\$ decay at the Paul Scherrer Institut. Absorption of scintillation light of xenon by impurities might possibly limit the performance of such a detector. We used a 100L prototype with an active volume of 372x372x496 mm\$^3\$ to study the scintillation light absorption. We have developed a method to evaluate the light absorption, separately from elastic scattering of light, by measuring cosmic rays and \$α\$ sources. By using a suitable purification technique, an absorption length longer than 100 cm has been achieved. The effects of the light absorption on the energy resolution are estimated by Monte Carlo simulation.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Baldini, A. and Bemporad, C. and Cei, F. and Doke, T. and Grassi, M. and Grebenuk, A. A. and Grigoriev, D. N. and Haruyama, T. and Kasami, K. and Kikuchi, J. and Maki, A. and Mashimo, T. and Mihara, S. and Mitsuhashi, T. and Mori, T. and Nicol\`{o}, D. and Nishiguchi, H. and Ootani, W. and Ozone, K. and Papa, A. and Pazzi, R. and Ritt, S. and Sawada, R. and Sergiampietri, F. and Signorelli, G. and Suzuki, S. and Terasawa, K. and Yamashita, M. and Yamashita, S. and Yoshimura, T. and Yu}, citeulike-article-id = {3579244}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0407033}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0407033}, day = {7}, eprint = {physics/0407033}, keywords = {liquid-xenon}, month = {Jul}, posted-at = {2008-11-19 21:49:47}, priority = {0}, title = {Absorption of Scintillation Light in a 100 L Liquid Xenon Gamma-Ray Detector and Expected Detector Performance}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0407033}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3579244 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3579244 N2 - An 800L liquid xenon scintillation $γ$ ray detector is being developed for the MEG experiment which will search for $μ^+\to\mathrme^+γ$ decay at the Paul Scherrer Institut. Absorption of scintillation light of xenon by impurities might possibly limit the performance of such a detector. We used a 100L prototype with an active volume of 372x372x496 mm$^3$ to study the scintillation light absorption. We have developed a method to evaluate the light absorption, separately from elastic scattering of light, by measuring cosmic rays and $α$ sources. By using a suitable purification technique, an absorption length longer than 100 cm has been achieved. The effects of the light absorption on the energy resolution are estimated by Monte Carlo simulation. TI - Absorption of Scintillation Light in a 100 L Liquid Xenon Gamma-Ray Detector and Expected Detector Performance KW - liquid-xenon AU - Baldini, A AU - Bemporad, C AU - Cei, F AU - Doke, T AU - Grassi, M AU - Grebenuk, AA AU - Grigoriev, DN AU - Haruyama, T AU - Kasami, K AU - Kikuchi, J AU - Maki, A AU - Mashimo, T AU - Mihara, S AU - Mitsuhashi, T AU - Mori, T AU - Nicolò, D AU - Nishiguchi, H AU - Ootani, W AU - Ozone, K AU - Papa, A AU - Pazzi, R AU - Ritt, S AU - Sawada, R AU - Sergiampietri, F AU - Signorelli, G AU - Suzuki, S AU - Terasawa, K AU - Yamashita, M AU - Yamashita, S AU - Yoshimura, T AU - Yu PY - 2004/Jul/07/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0407033 ER -