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Radiopurity control in the NEXT-100 double beta decay experiment: procedures and initial measurements

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Alvarez, V.; Bandac, I.; Bettini, A.; Borges, FIGM.; Carcel, S.; Castel, J.; Cebrian, S.... (2013). Radiopurity control in the NEXT-100 double beta decay experiment: procedures and initial measurements. Journal of Instrumentation. 8(1):1-19. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/01/T01002

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Título: Radiopurity control in the NEXT-100 double beta decay experiment: procedures and initial measurements
Autor: Alvarez, V. Bandac, I. Bettini, A. Borges, F. I. G. M. Carcel, S. Castel, J. Cebrian, S. Cervera, A. Conde, C. A. N. Dafni, T. Esteve Bosch, Raul Marí Romero, Antonio Francisco Mora Mas, Francisco José Palma, R. Pérez Aparicio, José Luis Toledo Alarcón, José Francisco
Entidad UPV: Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica - Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica
Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular - Institut d'Instrumentació per a Imatge Molecular
Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Mecánica de los Medios Continuos y Teoría de Estructuras - Departament de Mecànica dels Medis Continus i Teoria d'Estructures
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[EN] The "Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon Time-Projection Chamber" (NEXT) is intended to investigate the neutrinoless double beta decay of Xe-136, which requires a severe suppression of potential backgrounds. An extensive ...[+]
Palabras clave: Radiation calculations , Time projection Chambers (TPC) , Gamma detectors (scintillators, CZT, HPG, HgI etc)
Derechos de uso: Reserva de todos los derechos
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Journal of Instrumentation. (issn: 1748-0221 )
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/8/01/T01002
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IOP Publishing: Hybrid Open Access
Versión del editor: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/01/T01002
Código del Proyecto:
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/240054/EU/Novel Developments in Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) for Rare Event Searches in Underground Astroparticle EXperiments/
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/240054/EU/Novel Developments in Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) for Rare Event Searches in Underground Astroparticle EXperiments/
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//FPA2008-03456/ES/PROGRAMA EXPERIMENTAL DE FISICA DE NEUTRINOS Y AXIONES DEL GRUPO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA. PARTICIPACION EN LOS EXPERIMENTOS SUPERNEMO EN EL LABORATORIO SUBTERRANEO DE CANFRANC Y CAST EN EL CERN/
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//CSD2008-00037/ES/Canfranc Underground Physics/
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//FPA2009-13697-C04-04/ES/Fisica Experimental De Neutrinos En El Ific/
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/103860/PT/Participation in the international collaboration "NEXT-Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon TPC" aiming the direct detection of the neutrinoless double beta decay/
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MEC//CSD2007-00042/ES/Centro Nacional de Física de Partículas, Astropartículas y Nuclear/
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/DOE//DE-AC02-05CH11231/
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/DOE//DE-FC52-08NA28752/
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We deeply acknowledge LSC directorate and staff for their strong support for performing the measurements at the LSC Radiopurity Service. The NEXT Collaboration acknowledges funding support from the following agencies and ...[+]
Tipo: Artículo

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