Measurements of extremely low radioactivity levels in BOREXINO

Details Measurements of extremely low radioactivity levels in BOREXINO Measurements of extremely low radioactivity levels in BOREXINO

2001-09-20

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/0109031v1

Astropart.Phys.18:1-25,2002

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

27 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to Astroparticle Physics (17 Sep 2001). Spokesperson of the Borexino Collaboration: G. Bellini.

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0927-6505(01)00179-7

The techniques researched, developed and applied towards the measurement of radioisotope concentrations at ultra-low levels in the real-time solar neutrino experiment BOREXINO at Gran Sasso are presented and illustrated with specific results of widespread interest. We report the use of low-level germanium gamma spectrometry, low-level miniaturized gas proportional counters and low background scintillation detectors developed in solar neutrino research. Each now sets records in its field. We additionally describe our techniques of radiochemical ultra-pure, few atom manipulations and extractions. Forefront measurements also result from the powerful combination of neutron activation and low-level counting. Finally, with our techniques and commercially available mass spectrometry and atomic absorption spectroscopy, new low-level detection limits for isotopes of interest are obtained.

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