Trace radioactive impurities in final construction materials for EXO-200

D. S. Leonard; D. J. Auty; T. Didberidze; R. Gornea; P. Grinberg; R. MacLellan; B. Methven; A. Piepke; J. L. Vuilleumier; J. B. Albert; G. Anton; I. Badhrees; P. S. Barbeau; R. Bayerlein; D. Beck; V. Belov; M. Breidenbach; T. Brunner; G. F. Cao; W. R. Cen; C. Chambers; B. Cleveland; M. Coon; A. Craycraft; W. Cree; T. Daniels; M. Danilov; S. J. Daugherty; J. Daughhetee; J. Davis; S. Delaquis; A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian; R. DeVoe; J. Dilling; A. Dolgolenko; M. J. Dolinski; W. Fairbank; J. Farine; S. Feyzbakhsh; P. Fierlinger; D. Fudenberg; K. Graham; G. Gratta; C. Hall; S. Herrin; J. Hoessl; P. Hufschmidt; M. Hughes; A. Jamil; M. J. Jewell; A. Johnson; S. Johnston; A. Karelin; L. J. Kaufman; T. Koffas; S. Kravitz; R. Krücken; A. Kuchenkov; K. S. Kumar; Y. Lan; F. LePort; S. Li; C. Licciardi; Y. H. Lin; D. Mackay; M. G. Marino; T. Michel; B. Mong; D. Moore; K. Murray; R. Neilson; R. Nelson; O. Njoya; A. Odian; I. Ostrovskiy; A. Pocar; K. Pushkin; F. Retière; P. C. Rowson; J. J. Russell; A. Schubert; D. Sinclair; E. Smith; V. Stekhanov; M. Tarka; T. Tolba; R. Tsang; M. Wagenpfeil; A. Waite; J. Walton; T. Walton; K. Wamba; M. Weber; L. J. Wen; U. Wichoski; J. Wodin; L. Yang; Y. R. Yen; O. Ya Zeldovich; J. Zettlemoyer; T. Ziegler

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Trace radioactive impurities in final construction materials for EXO-200

D. S. Leonard, D. J. Auty, T. Didberidze, R. Gornea, P. Grinberg, R. MacLellan, B. Methven, A. Piepke, J. L. Vuilleumier, J. B. Albert, G. Anton, I. Badhrees, P. S. Barbeau, R. Bayerlein, D. Beck, V. Belov, M. Breidenbach, T. Brunner, G. F. Cao, W. R. CenC. Chambers, B. Cleveland, M. Coon, A. Craycraft, W. Cree, T. Daniels, M. Danilov, S. J. Daugherty, J. Daughhetee, J. Davis, S. Delaquis, A. Der Mesrobian-Kabakian, R. DeVoe, J. Dilling, A. Dolgolenko, M. J. Dolinski, W. Fairbank, J. Farine, S. Feyzbakhsh, P. Fierlinger, D. Fudenberg, K. Graham, G. Gratta, C. Hall, S. Herrin, J. Hoessl, P. Hufschmidt, M. Hughes, A. Jamil, M. J. Jewell, A. Johnson, S. Johnston, A. Karelin, L. J. Kaufman, T. Koffas, S. Kravitz, R. Krücken, A. Kuchenkov, K. S. Kumar, Y. Lan, F. LePort, S. Li, C. Licciardi, Y. H. Lin, D. Mackay, M. G. Marino, T. Michel, B. Mong, D. Moore, K. Murray, R. Neilson, R. Nelson, O. Njoya, A. Odian, I. Ostrovskiy, A. Pocar, K. Pushkin, F. Retière, P. C. Rowson, J. J. Russell, A. Schubert, D. Sinclair, E. Smith, V. Stekhanov, M. Tarka, T. Tolba, R. Tsang, M. Wagenpfeil, A. Waite, J. Walton, T. Walton, K. Wamba, M. Weber, L. J. Wen, U. Wichoski, J. Wodin, L. Yang, Y. R. Yen, O. Ya Zeldovich, J. Zettlemoyer, T. Ziegler

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Abstract

We report results from a systematic measurement campaign conducted to identify low radioactivity materials for the construction of the EXO-200 double beta decay experiment. Partial results from this campaign have already been reported in a 2008 paper by the EXO collaboration. Here we release the remaining data, collected since 2007, to the public. The data reported were obtained using a variety of analytic techniques. The measurement sensitivities are among the best in the field. Construction of the EXO-200 detector has been concluded, and Phase-I data was taken from 2011 to 2014. The detector's extremely low background implicitly verifies the measurements and the analysis assumptions made during construction and reported in this paper.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	169-179
Number of pages	11
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	871
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.04.049
State	Published - Nov 1 2017

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Keywords

Alpha counting
Double beta decay
EXO
EXO-200
Germanium counting
Low background
Mass spectrometry
Mass spectroscopy
Neutron activation analysis
Radiopurity
Ultra-trace analysis

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation

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Leonard, D. S., Auty, D. J., Didberidze, T., Gornea, R., Grinberg, P., MacLellan, R., Methven, B., Piepke, A., Vuilleumier, J. L., Albert, J. B., Anton, G., Badhrees, I., Barbeau, P. S., Bayerlein, R., Beck, D., Belov, V., Breidenbach, M., Brunner, T., Cao, G. F., ... Ziegler, T. (2017). Trace radioactive impurities in final construction materials for EXO-200. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 871, 169-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.04.049

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AU - DeVoe, R.

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AU - Dolgolenko, A.

AU - Dolinski, M. J.

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Trace radioactive impurities in final construction materials for EXO-200

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