Material radioassay and selection for the XENON1T dark matter experiment

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dc.citation.articleNumber890en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleThe European Physical Journal Cen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber77en_US
dc.contributor.authorXENON Collaborationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-06T18:40:44Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-12-06T18:40:44Zen_US
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.description.abstractThe XENON1T dark matter experiment aims to detect weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) through low-energy interactions with xenon atoms. To detect such a rare event necessitates the use of radiopure materials to minimize the number of background events within the expected WIMP signal region. In this paper we report the results of an extensive material radioassay campaign for the XENON1T experiment. Using gamma-ray spectroscopy and mass spectrometry techniques, systematic measurements of trace radioactive impurities in over one hundred samples within a wide range of materials were performed. The measured activities allowed for stringent selection and placement of materials during the detector construction phase and provided the input for XENON1T detection sensitivity estimates through Monte Carlo simulations.en_US
dc.identifier.citationXENON Collaboration. "Material radioassay and selection for the XENON1T dark matter experiment." <i>The European Physical Journal C,</i> 77, (2017) Springer: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5329-0.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5329-0en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/103786en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.rightsThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.titleMaterial radioassay and selection for the XENON1T dark matter experimenten_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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