Measurement of the 222Rn background in the DEVIS experiment.

Authors :: Belov, V. A.
Brakchman, E. V.
Zeldovich, O.
Karelin, A. K.
Kirichenko, V.
Kobyakin, A.
Kozodaeva, O.
Kuchenkov, A.
Tsvetkova, T.
Source :: Physics of Atomic Nuclei. Sep2009, Vol. 72 Issue 9, p1421-1425. 5p. 2 Diagrams, 3 Charts, 2 Graphs.
Publication Year :: 2009
Abstract: In the DEVIS tracking experiment that is being performed at the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP, Moscow, Russia) and which is devoted to searches for 136Xe double-beta decay, the 222Rn concentration is measured in xenon samples with different content of the isotope 136Xe. The number of probable double-electron events from 214Bi decay mimicking the double-beta decay of 136Xe is estimated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]