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A Liquid Xenon Ionization Chamber in an All-Fluoropolymer Vessel
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research (2007)
  • F. LePort
  • Andrea Pocar, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • L. Bartoszek
  • R. DeVoe
  • P. Fierlinger
  • B. Flatt
  • G. Gratta
  • M. Green
  • T. Koffas
  • M. Montero Diez
  • R. Neilson
  • K. O'Sullivan
  • S. Waldman
  • J. Wodin
  • D. Woisard
  • E. Baussan
  • M. Breidenbach
  • R. Conley
  • W. Fairbank Jr.
  • J. Farine
  • C. Hall
  • K. Hall
  • D. Hallman
  • C. Hargrove
  • J. Hodgson
  • S. Jeng
  • D. S. Leonard
  • D. Mackay
  • Y. Martin
  • A. Odian
  • L. Ounalli
  • A. Piepke
  • C. Y. Prescott
  • P. C. Rowson
  • K. Skarpaas
  • D. Schenker
  • D. Sinclair
  • V. Stekhanov
  • V. Strickland
  • C. Virtue
  • J.-L. Vuilleumier
  • K. Wamba
  • P. Weber
Abstract
A novel technique has been developed to build vessels for liquid xenon ionization detectors entirely out of an ultra-clean fluoropolymer. One such detector was operated inside a welded, He leak tight, all-fluoropolymer chamber. The measured energy resolution for 570 keV gamma rays is σ/E=5.1% at a drift field of 1.5 kV/cm, in line with the best values obtained for ionization only detectors run in LXe using conventional, metal vessels.
Keywords
  • PTFE,
  • Fluoropolymer,
  • Double beta decay,
  • Xenon,
  • EXO,
  • Low background
Disciplines
Publication Date
August 1, 2007
Publisher Statement
This is the pre-published version harvested from arXiv. The published version is located at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900207011448
Citation Information
F. LePort, Andrea Pocar, L. Bartoszek, R. DeVoe, et al.. "A Liquid Xenon Ionization Chamber in an All-Fluoropolymer Vessel" Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Vol. 578 Iss. 2 (2007)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/andrea_pocar/6/