Radon background in liquid xenon detectors

@article{Rupp2017RadonBI,
  title={Radon background in liquid xenon detectors},
  author={Natascha Rupp},
  journal={Journal of Instrumentation},
  year={2017},
  volume={13},
  pages={C02001 - C02001}
}
  • N. Rupp
  • Published 20 December 2017
  • Environmental Science
  • Journal of Instrumentation
The radioactive daughters isotope of 222Rn are one of the highest risk contaminants in liquid xenon detectors aiming for a small signal rate. The noble gas is permanently emanated from the detector surfaces and mixed with the xenon target. Because of its long half-life 222Rn is homogeneously distributed in the target and its subsequent decays can mimic signal events. Since no shielding is possible this background source can be the dominant one in future large scale experiments. This article… 
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