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Measurements of the ion fraction and mobility of α- And β -decay products in liquid xenon using the EXO-200 detector

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Albert, JB; Auty, DJ; Barbeau, PS; Beck, D; Belov, V; Breidenbach, M; Brunner, T; Burenkov, A; Cao, GF; Chambers, C; Cleveland, B; Coon, M ...
Published in: Physical Review C Nuclear Physics
October 28, 2015
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Alpha decays in the EXO-200 detector are used to measure the fraction of charged Po218 and Bi214 daughters created from α and β decays, respectively. Rn222 α decays in liquid xenon (LXe) are found to produce Po+218 ions 50.3±3.0% of the time, while the remainder of the Po218 atoms are neutral. The fraction of Bi+214 from Pb214 β decays in LXe is found to be 76.4±5.7%, inferred from the relative rates of Po218 and Po214 α decays in the LXe. The average velocity of Po218 ions is observed to decrease for longer drift times. Initially the ions have a mobility of 0.390±0.006cm2/(kVs), and at long drift times the mobility is 0.219±0.004cm2/(kVs). Time constants associated with the change in mobility during drift of the Po+218 ions are found to be proportional to the electron lifetime in the LXe.

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Phillip S. Barbeau
Author Phillip S. Barbeau Physics

Published In

Physical Review C Nuclear Physics

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevC.92.045504

EISSN

1089-490X

ISSN

0556-2813

Publication Date

October 28, 2015

Volume

92

Issue

4

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
 

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Albert, J. B., Auty, D. J., Barbeau, P. S., Beck, D., Belov, V., Breidenbach, M., … Zeldovich, O. Y. (2015). Measurements of the ion fraction and mobility of α- And β -decay products in liquid xenon using the EXO-200 detector. Physical Review C Nuclear Physics, 92(4). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.92.045504
Albert, J. B., D. J. Auty, P. S. Barbeau, D. Beck, V. Belov, M. Breidenbach, T. Brunner, et al. “Measurements of the ion fraction and mobility of α- And β -decay products in liquid xenon using the EXO-200 detector.” Physical Review C Nuclear Physics 92, no. 4 (October 28, 2015). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.92.045504.
Albert JB, Auty DJ, Barbeau PS, Beck D, Belov V, Breidenbach M, et al. Measurements of the ion fraction and mobility of α- And β -decay products in liquid xenon using the EXO-200 detector. Physical Review C Nuclear Physics. 2015 Oct 28;92(4).
Albert, J. B., et al. “Measurements of the ion fraction and mobility of α- And β -decay products in liquid xenon using the EXO-200 detector.” Physical Review C Nuclear Physics, vol. 92, no. 4, Oct. 2015. Scopus, doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.92.045504.
Albert JB, Auty DJ, Barbeau PS, Beck D, Belov V, Breidenbach M, Brunner T, Burenkov A, Cao GF, Chambers C, Cleveland B, Coon M, Craycraft A, Daniels T, Danilov M, Daugherty SJ, Davis CG, Davis J, Delaquis S, Der Mesrobian-Kabakian A, Devoe R, Didberidze T, Dolgolenko A, Dolinski MJ, Dunford M, Fairbank W, Farine J, Feldmeier W, Fierlinger P, Fudenberg D, Gornea R, Graham K, Gratta G, Hall C, Hughes M, Jewell MJ, Jiang XS, Johnson A, Johnson TN, Johnston S, Karelin A, Kaufman LJ, Killick R, Koffas T, Kravitz S, Kuchenkov A, Kumar KS, Leonard DS, Licciardi C, Lin YH, Ling J, Maclellan R, Marino MG, Mong B, Moore D, Nelson R, O’Sullivan K, Odian A, Ostrovskiy I, Piepke A, Pocar A, Prescott CY, Robinson A, Rowson PC, Russell JJ, Schubert A, Sinclair D, Smith E, Stekhanov V, Tarka M, Tolba T, Tsang R, Twelker K, Vuilleumier JL, Waite A, Walton J, Walton T, Weber M, Wen LJ, Wichoski U, Wright JD, Wood J, Yang L, Yen YR, Zeldovich OY. Measurements of the ion fraction and mobility of α- And β -decay products in liquid xenon using the EXO-200 detector. Physical Review C Nuclear Physics. 2015 Oct 28;92(4).

Published In

Physical Review C Nuclear Physics

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevC.92.045504

EISSN

1089-490X

ISSN

0556-2813

Publication Date

October 28, 2015

Volume

92

Issue

4

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear & Particles Physics
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics