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Calibration of liquid argon detector with $^{83m}Kr$ and $^{22}Na$ in different drift field

Instrumentation and Detectors 2019-09-06 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment

Abstract

83mKr^{83m}Kr and 22Na^{22}Na have been used in calibrating a liquid argon (LAr) detector.83mKr^{83m}Kr atoms are produced through the decay of 83Rb^{83}Rb and introduced into the LAr detector through the circulating purification system. The light yield reaches 7.26±\pm0.02 photonelectrons/keV for 41.5keV from 83mKr^{83m}Kr and 7.66±\pm0.01 photonelectrons/keV for the 511keV from 22Na^{22}Na, as a comparison. The light yield varies with the drift electric field from 50 to 200V/cm have been also reported. After stopping fill, the decay rate of 83mKr^{83m}Kr with a fitted half-life of 1.83±\pm0.11 h, which is consistent with the reported value of 1.83±\pm0.02 h.

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@article{arxiv.1909.02207,
  title  = {Calibration of liquid argon detector with $^{83m}Kr$ and $^{22}Na$ in different drift field},
  author = {Weixing Xiong and Mengyun Guan and Changgen Yang and Peng Zhang and Jinchang Liu and Cong Guo and Yuting wei and Youyu Gan and Qin Zhao and Jiajun Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.02207},
  year   = {2019}
}

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6 pages, 11figures, 2 tables