A high efficiency, low background detector for measuring pair-decay branches in nuclear decay

C. Tur; A. H. Wuosmaa; S. M. Austin; K. Starosta; J. Yurkon; A. Estrade; N. Goodman; J. C. Lighthall; G. Lorusso; S. T. Marley; J. Snyder

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2008.06.015

A high efficiency, low background detector for measuring pair-decay branches in nuclear decay

Instrumentation and Detectors 2008-07-08 v2

Authors: C. Tur , A. H. Wuosmaa , S. M. Austin , K. Starosta , J. Yurkon , A. Estrade , N. Goodman , J. C. Lighthall , G. Lorusso , S. T. Marley , J. Snyder

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Abstract

We describe a high efficiency detector for measuring electron-positron pair transitions in nuclei. The device was built to be insensitive to gamma rays and to accommodate high overall event rates. The design was optimized for total pair kinetic energies up to about 7 MeV.

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neutrinoless double beta decay neutron detection particle detector

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@article{arxiv.0805.3547,
  title  = {A high efficiency, low background detector for measuring pair-decay branches in nuclear decay},
  author = {C. Tur and A. H. Wuosmaa and S. M. Austin and K. Starosta and J. Yurkon and A. Estrade and N. Goodman and J. C. Lighthall and G. Lorusso and S. T. Marley and J. Snyder},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.3547},
  year   = {2008}
}

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Accepted for publication by Nucl. Inst. & Meth. in Phys. Res. A (NIM A)

A high efficiency, low background detector for measuring pair-decay branches in nuclear decay

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