
Article
A Liquid Xenon Ionization Chamber in an All-Fluoropolymer Vessel
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research
(2007)
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/