کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1824183 1526460 2011 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Detection of krypton in xenon for dark matter applications
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه فیزیک و نجوم ابزار دقیق
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Detection of krypton in xenon for dark matter applications
چکیده انگلیسی

We extend our technique for observing very small concentrations of impurities in xenon gas to the problem of krypton detection. We use a conventional mass spectrometer to identify the krypton content of the xenon, but we improve the sensitivity of the device by more than five orders of magnitude with a liquid nitrogen cold trap. We find that the absolute krypton concentration in the xenon can be inferred from the mass spectrometry measurements, and we identify krypton signals at concentrations as low as 0.5×10−12 mol/mol (Kr/Xe). This technique simplifies the monitoring of krypton backgrounds for WIMP dark matter searches in liquid xenon.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment - Volume 665, 11 February 2011, Pages 1–6
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