Investigation of pulse shapes and time constants for NaI scintillation pulses produced by low energy electrons from beta decay

被引：12

作者：

Smith, NJT ^{[1
]}

Smith, PF

Homer, GJ

Lewin, JD

Spooner, NJC

Kudryavtsev, VA

Lehner, MJ

Peak, CD

Ward, CK

机构：

[1] Rutherford Appleton Lab, Particle Phys Dept, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England

[2] Univ Sheffield, Dept Phys, Sheffield S3 7RH, S Yorkshire, England

来源：

PHYSICS LETTERS B | 1999年 / 467卷 / 1-2期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01182-X

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The scintillation pulse shape in NaI crystals of electrons from beta decay is investigated, as a possible explanation of anomalous pulses seen in dark matter searches based on NaI detectors. The pulse shapes and time constants from beta decay electrons are found not to be significantly different from recoil electrons from Compton scattering and thus do not account for the anomalous shorter pulses. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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页数：5

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