Title: | Online ^{222}Rn removal by cryogenic distillation in the XENON100 experiment |
Authors: | Aprile, E. Aalbers, J. Agostini, F. Alfonsi, M. Amaro, F. D. Anthony, M. Arneodo, F. Barrow, P. Baudis, L. Bauermeister, B. Benabderrahmane, M. L. Berger, T. Breur, P. A. Brown, A. Brown, E. Bruenner, S. Bruno, G. Budnik, R. Bütikofer, L. Calvén, J. Cardoso, J. M. R. Cervantes, M. Cichon, D. Coderre, D. Colijn, A. P. Conrad, J. Cussonneau, J. P. Decowski, M. P. de Perio, P. Gangi, P. Di Giovanni, A. Di Diglio, S. Duchovni, E. Eurin, G. Fei, J. Ferella, A. D. Fieguth, A. Franco, D. Fulgione, W. Gallo Rosso, A. Galloway, M. Gao, F. Garbini, M. Geis, C. Goetzke, L. W. Grandi, L. Greene, Z. Grignon, C. Hasterok, C. Hogenbirk, E. Itay, R. Kaminsky, B. Kessler, G. Kish, A. Landsman, H. Lang, R. F. Lellouch, D. Levinson, L. Calloch, M. Le Lin, Q. Lindemann, S. Lindner, M. Lopes, J. A. M. Manfredini, A. Maris, I. Undagoitia, T. Marrodán Masbou, J. Massoli, F. V. Masson, D. Mayani, D. Meng, Y. Messina, M. Micheneau, K. Miguez, B. Molinario, A. Murra, M. Naganoma, J. Ni, K. Oberlack, U. Orrigo, S. E. A. Pakarha, P. Pelssers, B. Persiani, R. Piastra, F. Pienaar, J. Piro, M. -C. Pizzella, V. Plante, G. Priel, N. Rauch, L. Reichard, S. Reuter, C. Rizzo, A. Rosendahl, S. Rupp, N. Saldanha, R. dos Santos, J. M. F. Sartorelli, G. Scheibelhut, M. Schindler, S. Schreiner, J. Schumann, M. Lavina, L. Scotto Selvi, M. Shagin, P. Shockley, E. Silva, M. Simgen, H. Sivers, M. v. Stein, A. Thers, D. Tiseni, A. TRINCHERO, GIAN CARLO Tunnell, C. Upole, N. Wang, H. Wei, Y. Weinheimer, C. Wulf, J. Ye, J. Zhang, Y. Cristescu, I. |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
Journal: | THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS |
Number: | 77 |
Issue: | 6 |
First Page: | 358 |
Abstract: | We describe the purification of xenon from traces of the radioactive noble gas radon using a cryogenic distillation column. The distillation column was integrated into the gas purification loop of the XENON100 detector for online radon removal. This enabled us to significantly reduce the constant ^{222}Rn background originating from radon emanation. After inserting an auxiliary ^{222}Rn emanation source in the gas loop, we determined a radon reduction factor of R > 27 (95% C.L.) for the distillation column by monitoring the ^{222}Rn activity concentration inside the XENON100 detector. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/30202 |
URL: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140%2Fepjc%2Fs10052-017-4902-x |
ISSN: | 1434-6044 |
DOI: | 10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4902-x |
Bibcode ADS: | 2017EPJC...77..358A |
Fulltext: | open |
Appears in Collections: | 1.01 Articoli in rivista
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