Development of a liquid-xenon photon detector-towards the search for a muon rare decay mode at Paul Scherrer Institute

被引：22

作者：

Mihara, S

Doke, T

Haruyama, T

Kasami, K

Maki, A

Mitsuhashi, T

Mori, T

Nishiguchi, H

Ootani, W

Ozone, K

Sawada, R

Suzuki, S

Terasawa, K

Yoshimura, T

机构：

[1] Univ Tokyo, Int Ctr Elementary Particle Phys, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1130033, Japan

[2] Waseda Univ, Adv Res Inst Sci & Engn, Shinjuku Ku, Tokyo 1130032, Japan

[3] Inst Particle & Nucl Studies, High Energy Accelerator Res Org, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050801, Japan

来源：

CRYOGENICS | 2004年 / 44卷 / 04期

关键词：

liquid xenon; photon detector; muon rare decays; pulse-tube refrigerator;

D O I：

10.1016/j.cryogenics.2003.12.002

中图分类号：

O414.1 [热力学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

We are developing a new type of photon detector in preparation of an experiment to search for moons decaying into positrons and gamma rays. In the experiment, the photon detector will utilize liquid xenon (Xe) as the scintillation material because of its fast response, large light yield, and high density. The scintillation light emitted in liquid Xe will be observed directly by positioning photomultipliers (PMTs) in the liquid without using a transmission window. In order to determine proper experimental procedures and to study the detector response to gamma rays, we constructed a prototype utilizing a 100 1 volume of liquid Xe. The current status and future prospects of detector development are reported in this article. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：223 / 228

页数：6

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