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Discovery of underground argon with low level of radioactive 39Ar and possible applications to WIMP dark matter detectors

Authors :
D. Marks
M. Roncadelli
K. McCarty
L. Basgall
C. Vignoli
Alfredo G. Cocco
L. Grandi
A. P. Burgers
D. Cheng
F. Di Pompeo
G. Meng
Alexey Yushkov
M. Antonello
N. Canci
F. Fitch
F. Resnati
T. Hohman
Brendan Lyons
F. Carbonara
Matthias Laubenstein
Richard Vondrasek
R. Saldanha
R. Acciarri
C. J. Ballentine
Daniel Robertson
Tiberiu Tesileanu
A. Shirley
J. Ruderman
S. Gazzana
A. Rappoldi
Frank Calaprice
R Highfill
R. Bansal
M. Cambiaghi
C. Rubbia
A. LaCava
A. Pocar
F. Pietropaolo
E. Calligarich
D. Acosta-Kane
Sandro Ventura
A. O. Bazarko
Michael K.H. Leung
G. Fiorillo
A. M. Szelc
P. Benetti
T. Pivonka
F. Cavanna
Luciano Pandola
C. Schmitt
Jay Burton Benziger
R. Tartaglia
Roland Purtschert
O Amaize
M. Gaull
S. Centro
Al. Ianni
F. Dalnoki-Veress
M. Baldo Ceolin
E. de Haas
B. Loer
An. Ianni
Philippe Collon
H.H. Loosli
Robert G. Scott
A. E. Chavarria
Massimo Rossella
A. M. Goretti
V. Gallo
C. Montanari
Cristiano Galbiati
M. Cassidy
B. Baibussinov
T Highfill
O. Palamara
Hye Young Lee
E. Segreto
C. Visnjic
G.L. Raselli
Sujoy Mukhopadhyay
A. Nelson
C., Galbiati
D., Acosta Kane
R., Acciarri
O., Amaize
M., Antonello
B., Baibussinov
M. B., Ceolin
C. J., Ballentine
R., Bansal
L., Basgall
A., Bazarko
P., Benetti
J., Benziger
A., Burger
F., Calaprice
E., Calligarich
M., Cambiaghi
N., Canci
F., Carbonara
M., Cassidy
F., Cavanna
S., Centro
A., Chavarria
D., Cheng
A. G., Cocco
P., Collon
F., Dalnoki Vere
E. d., Haasi
F. D., Pompeo
Fiorillo, Giuliana
F., Fitch
V., Gallo
M., Gaull
S., Gazzana
L., Grandi
A., Gorettil
R., Highfill
T., Highfill
T., Hohman
A., Ianni
A., Lacava
M., Laubenstein
H. Y., Lee
M., Leung
B., Loer
H. H., Loosli
B., Lyon
D., Mark
K., Mccarty
G., Meng
C., Montanari
S., Mukhopadhyay
A., Nelson
O., Palamara
L., Pandola
F., Pietropaolo
T., Pivonka
A., Pocar
R., Purtschert
A., Rappoldi
G., Raselli
F., Resnati
D., Robertson
M., Roncadelli
M., Rossella
C., Rubbia
J., Ruderman
R., Saldanha
C., Schmitt
R., Scott
E., Segreto
A., Shirley
A. M., Szelc
R., Tartaglia
T., Tesileanu
S., Ventura
C., Vignoli
C., Visnjic
R., Vondrasek
A., Yushkov
E. d., Haa
A., Goretti
Source :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 587:46-51
Publication Year :
2008
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2008.

Abstract

We report on the first measurement of 39Ar in argon from underground natural gas reservoirs. The gas stored in the US National Helium Reserve was found to contain a low level of 39Ar. The ratio of 39Ar to stable argon was found to be<br />6 pages, 2 figures, 2 tables

Subjects

Subjects :
History
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
ADSORPTION
Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors
Dark matter
FOS: Physical sciences
chemistry.chemical_element
Astrophysics
WIMP Argon Programme
01 natural sciences
Education
Nuclear physics
WIMP
Natural gas
LIQUID ARGON
0103 physical sciences
Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters
Physics::Chemical Physics
010306 general physics
Instrumentation
Helium
Physics
Argon
010308 nuclear & particles physics
business.industry
Astrophysics (astro-ph)
Detector
Isotopes of argon
Computer Science Applications
NITROGEN
chemistry
13. Climate action
business

Details

ISSN :
01689002
Volume :
587
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....33068d3d9c8a61ce51d538d430f4eeb0

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