Physics – Instrumentation and Detectors
Scientific paper
2009-05-12
Phys.Rev.C80:045809,2009
Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
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Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevC.80.045809
We report the preparation of a Kr-83m source and its subsequent use in calibrating a liquid xenon detector. Kr-83m atoms were produced through the decay of Rb-83 atoms trapped in zeolite molecular sieve and were then introduced into liquid xenon. Decaying Kr-83m nuclei were detected through liquid xenon scintillation. Conversion electrons with energies of 9.4 keV and 32.1 keV from the decay of Kr-83m were both observed. This calibration source will allow the characterization of the scintillation and ionization response of noble liquid detectors at low energies, highly valuable for the search for WIMP dark matter. Kr-83m may also be useful for measuring fluid flow dynamics, both to understand purification in noble liquid-based particle detectors, as well as for studies of classical and quantum turbulence in superfluid helium.
Cahn Sidney B.
Kastens L. W.
Manzur A.
McKinsey Daniel N.
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