Leakage Tests for Am-241 Solid Sources Used for Liquid Xenon Detector Monitoring

S. Bazzarri; G. Cicoli; P. De Felice; G. Rossi; F. Sedda

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2006.02.170

Leakage Tests for Am-241 Solid Sources Used for Liquid Xenon Detector Monitoring

Medical Physics 2009-11-11 v1 Instrumentation and Detectors

Authors: S. Bazzarri , G. Cicoli , P. De Felice , G. Rossi , F. Sedda

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Abstract

Experimental tests are described to check solid Am-241 radioactive sources used to monitor operation of liquid xenon detectors. In particular, radioactive leakage was tested in extreme temperature conditions following immersion in liquid nitrogen for different time periods. No radioactivity loss was detected from the sources considered. The paper describes the source characteristics, test methods and results obtained.

Keywords

Am-241 source leakage test liquid xenon detector radioactive source operational monitoring extreme temperature

Cite

@article{arxiv.physics/0509101,
  title  = {Leakage Tests for Am-241 Solid Sources Used for Liquid Xenon Detector Monitoring},
  author = {S. Bazzarri and G. Cicoli and P. De Felice and G. Rossi and F. Sedda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0509101},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 1 figure, 3 tables

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