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

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dc.contributor.author Alvarez, V. es_ES
dc.contributor.author Bandac, I. es_ES
dc.contributor.author Bettini, A. es_ES
dc.contributor.author Borges, F. I. G. M. es_ES
dc.contributor.author Carcel, S. es_ES
dc.contributor.author Castel, J. es_ES
dc.contributor.author Cebrian, S. es_ES
dc.contributor.author Cervera, A. es_ES
dc.contributor.author Conde, C. A. N. es_ES
dc.contributor.author Dafni, T. es_ES
dc.contributor.author Esteve Bosch, Raul es_ES
dc.contributor.author Marí Romero, Antonio Francisco es_ES
dc.contributor.author Mora Mas, Francisco José es_ES
dc.contributor.author Palma, R. es_ES
dc.contributor.author Pérez Aparicio, José Luis
dc.contributor.author Toledo Alarcón, José Francisco
dc.date.accessioned 2014-11-17T15:07:59Z
dc.date.available 2014-11-17T15:07:59Z
dc.date.issued 2013-01
dc.identifier.issn 1748-0221
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10251/44311
dc.description.abstract [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 screening and material selection process is underway for NEXT since the control of the radiopurity levels of the materials to be used in the experimental set-up is a must for rare event searches. First measurements based on Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometry and gamma-ray spectroscopy using ultra-low background germanium detectors at the Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc (Spain) are described here. Activity results for natural radioactive chains and other common radionuclides are summarized, being the values obtained for some materials like copper and stainless steel very competitive. The implications of these results for the NEXT experiment are also discussed. es_ES
dc.description.sponsorship 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 institutions: the Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad under grants CONSOLIDER-Ingenio 2010 CSD2008-0037 (CUP), Consolider-Ingenio 2010 CSD2007-00042 (CPAN), and under contracts ref. FPA2008-03456, FPA2009-13697-C04-04; FCT(Lisbon) and FEDER under grant PTDC/FIS/103860/2008; the European Commission under the European Research Council T-REX Starting Grant ref. ERC-2009-StG-240054 of the IDEAS program of the 7th EU Framework Program; Director, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, of the US Department of Energy under contract no. DE-AC02-05CH11231. Part of these grants are funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF/FEDER). J. Renner (LBNL) acknowledges the support of a US DOE NNSA Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship under contract no. DE-FC52-08NA28752. F.I. acknowledges the support from the Eurotalents program. en_EN
dc.language Inglés es_ES
dc.publisher IOP Publishing: Hybrid Open Access es_ES
dc.relation 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/ es_ES
dc.relation info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//FPA2009-13697-C04-04/ES/Fisica Experimental De Neutrinos En El Ific/ es_ES
dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Instrumentation es_ES
dc.rights Reserva de todos los derechos es_ES
dc.subject Radiation calculations es_ES
dc.subject Time projection Chambers (TPC) es_ES
dc.subject Gamma detectors (scintillators, CZT, HPG, HgI etc) es_ES
dc.subject.classification MECANICA DE LOS MEDIOS CONTINUOS Y TEORIA DE ESTRUCTURAS es_ES
dc.subject.classification TECNOLOGIA ELECTRONICA es_ES
dc.title Radiopurity control in the NEXT-100 double beta decay experiment: procedures and initial measurements es_ES
dc.type Artículo es_ES
dc.identifier.doi 10.1088/1748-0221/8/01/T01002
dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/240054/EU/Novel Developments in Time Projection Chambers (TPCs) for Rare Event Searches in Underground Astroparticle EXperiments/ es_ES
dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//CSD2008-00037/ES/Canfranc Underground Physics/ es_ES
dc.relation.projectID 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/
dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MEC//CSD2007-00042/ES/Centro Nacional de Física de Partículas, Astropartículas y Nuclear/ es_ES
dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/DOE//DE-AC02-05CH11231/ es_ES
dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/DOE//DE-FC52-08NA28752/ es_ES
dc.rights.accessRights Abierto es_ES
dc.contributor.affiliation Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica - Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica es_ES
dc.contributor.affiliation Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular - Institut d'Instrumentació per a Imatge Molecular es_ES
dc.contributor.affiliation 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 es_ES
dc.description.bibliographicCitation 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 es_ES
dc.description.accrualMethod S es_ES
dc.relation.publisherversion http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/01/T01002 es_ES
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dc.description.upvformatpfin 19 es_ES
dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion es_ES
dc.description.volume 8 es_ES
dc.description.issue 1 es_ES
dc.relation.senia 245515
dc.contributor.funder Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia
dc.contributor.funder Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
dc.contributor.funder European Commission
dc.contributor.funder U.S. Department of Energy
dc.contributor.funder Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación es_ES
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