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Trace radioactive impurities in final construction materials for EXO-200

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Leonard, DS; Auty, DJ; Didberidze, T; Gornea, R; Grinberg, P; MacLellan, R; Methven, B; Piepke, A; Vuilleumier, JL; Albert, JB; Anton, G ...
Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
November 1, 2017

We report results from a systematic measurement campaign conducted to identify low radioactivity materials for the construction of the EXO-200 double beta decay experiment. Partial results from this campaign have already been reported in a 2008 paper by the EXO collaboration. Here we release the remaining data, collected since 2007, to the public. The data reported were obtained using a variety of analytic techniques. The measurement sensitivities are among the best in the field. Construction of the EXO-200 detector has been concluded, and Phase-I data was taken from 2011 to 2014. The detector's extremely low background implicitly verifies the measurements and the analysis assumptions made during construction and reported in this paper.

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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

November 1, 2017

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871

Start / End Page

169 / 179

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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Leonard, D. S., Auty, D. J., Didberidze, T., Gornea, R., Grinberg, P., MacLellan, R., … Zettlemoyer, J. (2017). Trace radioactive impurities in final construction materials for EXO-200. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 871, 169–179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.04.049
Leonard, D. S., D. J. Auty, T. Didberidze, R. Gornea, P. Grinberg, R. MacLellan, B. Methven, et al. “Trace radioactive impurities in final construction materials for EXO-200.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 871 (November 1, 2017): 169–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.04.049.
Leonard DS, Auty DJ, Didberidze T, Gornea R, Grinberg P, MacLellan R, et al. Trace radioactive impurities in final construction materials for EXO-200. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2017 Nov 1;871:169–79.
Leonard, D. S., et al. “Trace radioactive impurities in final construction materials for EXO-200.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 871, Nov. 2017, pp. 169–79. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2017.04.049.
Leonard DS, Auty DJ, Didberidze T, Gornea R, Grinberg P, MacLellan R, Methven B, Piepke A, Vuilleumier JL, Albert JB, Anton G, Badhrees I, Barbeau PS, Bayerlein R, Beck D, Belov V, Breidenbach M, Brunner T, Cao GF, Cen WR, Chambers C, Cleveland B, Coon M, Craycraft A, Cree W, Daniels T, Danilov M, Daugherty SJ, Daughhetee J, Davis J, Delaquis S, Mesrobian-Kabakian AD, DeVoe R, Dilling J, Dolgolenko A, Dolinski MJ, Fairbank W, Farine J, Feyzbakhsh S, Fierlinger P, Fudenberg D, Graham K, Gratta G, Hall C, Herrin S, Hoessl J, Hufschmidt P, Hughes M, Jamil A, Jewell MJ, Johnson A, Johnston S, Karelin A, Kaufman LJ, Koffas T, Kravitz S, Krücken R, Kuchenkov A, Kumar KS, Lan Y, LePort F, Li S, Licciardi C, Lin YH, Mackay D, Marino MG, Michel T, Mong B, Moore D, Murray K, Neilson R, Nelson R, Njoya O, Odian A, Ostrovskiy I, Pocar A, Pushkin K, Retière F, Rowson PC, Russell JJ, Schubert A, Sinclair D, Smith E, Stekhanov V, Tarka M, Tolba T, Tsang R, Wagenpfeil M, Waite A, Walton J, Walton T, Wamba K, Weber M, Wen LJ, Wichoski U, Wodin J, Yang L, Yen YR, Zeldovich OY, Zettlemoyer J. Trace radioactive impurities in final construction materials for EXO-200. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2017 Nov 1;871:169–179.
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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

November 1, 2017

Volume

871

Start / End Page

169 / 179

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