A new shallow underground gas-proportional counting lab--first results and Ar-37 sensitivity
| Autor: | Jason H. Merriman, Allen Seifert, Craig E. Aalseth, Erin S. Fuller, A.W. Myers, Emily K. Mace, Richard M. Williams, Eric W. Hoppe, Glen A. Warren, Anthony R. Day, Martin E. Keillor, Cory T. Overman, Mark E. Panisko, B. LeFerriere |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Nuclear engineering
Analytical chemistry chemistry.chemical_element Proportional counter Radiation Dosage Sensitivity and Specificity Methane Particle detector chemistry.chemical_compound Argon Physics Radioisotopes Radiation Reproducibility of Results Equipment Design United States Equipment Failure Analysis chemistry Volume (thermodynamics) Electromagnetic shielding Measuring instrument Scintillation Counting Gases Laboratories Sensitivity (electronics) |
| Zdroj: | Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine. 81 |
| ISSN: | 1872-9800 |
| Popis: | A new ultra-low-background proportional counter was recently developed with an internal volume of 100 cm(3) and has been characterized at pressures from 1-10 atm with P-10 (90% Ar, 10% methane) gas. This design, along with a counting system providing event digitization and passive and active shielding, has been developed to complement a new shallow underground laboratory (30 m water-equivalent). Backgrounds and low-level reference materials have been measured, and system sensitivity for (37)Ar has been calculated. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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