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Laboratory studies on the removal of radon-born lead from KamLAND's organic liquid scintillator

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Keefer, G; Grant, C; Piepke, A; Ebihara, T; Ikeda, H; Kishimoto, Y; Kibe, Y; Koseki, Y; Ogawa, M; Shirai, J; Takeuchi, S; Mauger, C; Zhang, C ...
Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
January 1, 2015

The removal of radioactivity from liquid scintillator has been studied in preparation of a low background phase of KamLAND. This paper describes the methods and techniques developed to measure and efficiently extract radon decay products from liquid scintillator. We report the radio-isotope reduction factors obtained when applying various extraction methods. During this study, distillation was identified as the most efficient method for removing radon-born lead from liquid scintillator.

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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

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0168-9002

Publication Date

January 1, 2015

Volume

769

Start / End Page

79 / 87

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 0299 Other Physical Sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
 

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Keefer, G., Grant, C., Piepke, A., Ebihara, T., Ikeda, H., Kishimoto, Y., … Yoshida, S. (2015). Laboratory studies on the removal of radon-born lead from KamLAND's organic liquid scintillator. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 769, 79–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.09.050
Keefer, G., C. Grant, A. Piepke, T. Ebihara, H. Ikeda, Y. Kishimoto, Y. Kibe, et al. “Laboratory studies on the removal of radon-born lead from KamLAND's organic liquid scintillator.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 769 (January 1, 2015): 79–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.09.050.
Keefer G, Grant C, Piepke A, Ebihara T, Ikeda H, Kishimoto Y, et al. Laboratory studies on the removal of radon-born lead from KamLAND's organic liquid scintillator. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2015 Jan 1;769:79–87.
Keefer, G., et al. “Laboratory studies on the removal of radon-born lead from KamLAND's organic liquid scintillator.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 769, Jan. 2015, pp. 79–87. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2014.09.050.
Keefer G, Grant C, Piepke A, Ebihara T, Ikeda H, Kishimoto Y, Kibe Y, Koseki Y, Ogawa M, Shirai J, Takeuchi S, Mauger C, Zhang C, Schweitzer G, Berger BE, Dazeley S, Decowski MP, Detwiler JA, Djurcic Z, Dwyer DA, Efremenko Y, Enomoto S, Freedman SJ, Fujikawa BK, Furuno K, Gando A, Gando Y, Gratta G, Hatakeyama S, Heeger KM, Hsu L, Ichimura K, Inoue K, Iwamoto T, Kamyshkov Y, Karwowski HJ, Koga M, Kozlov A, Lane CE, Learned JG, Maricic J, Markoff DM, Matsuno S, McKee D, McKeown RD, Miletic T, Mitsui T, Motoki M, Nakajima K, Nakamura K, O’Donnell T, Ogawa H, Piquemal F, Ricol JS, Shimizu I, Suekane F, Suzuki A, Svoboda R, Tajima O, Takemoto Y, Tamae K, Tolich K, Tornow W, Watanabe H, Winslow LA, Yoshida S. Laboratory studies on the removal of radon-born lead from KamLAND's organic liquid scintillator. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2015 Jan 1;769:79–87.
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Published In

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI

ISSN

0168-9002

Publication Date

January 1, 2015

Volume

769

Start / End Page

79 / 87

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 0299 Other Physical Sciences
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
  • 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences