A SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE PURIFIER FOR LIQUID XENON

Authors
BENETTI P BETTINI A CALLIGARICH E CASAGRANDE F CASOLI P CASTAGNOLI C CENNINI P CENTRO S CITTOLIN S CLINE D DEVECCHI C DOLFINI R FORTSON L BERZOLARI AG MANNOCCHI G MAURI F MAZZONE L MONTANARI C OTWINOWSKI S PEPATO A PERIALE L PIAZZOLI A PICCHI P PIETROPAOLO F RAPPOLDI A RASELLI GL ROSSI P RUBBIA C SCANNICCHIO D SUZUKI S TIAN W VENTURA S WANG H ZHOU M
Citation
P. Benetti et al., A SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE PURIFIER FOR LIQUID XENON, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 329(1-2), 1993, pp. 361-364
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
329
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
361 - 364
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1993)329:1-2<361:ASAEPF>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We describe a procedure to obtain ultra high electron lifetime in liqu id xenon by means of a commercial Oxisorb cartridge and the distillati on of the liquid. An improved ICARUS-type purity monitor chamber is de scribed as well as details of the purification process. No charge atte nuation is observed over the drifting distance (6 cm) at electric fiel ds ranging from 800 down to 5 V/cm. This implies a free electron lifet ime of at least several milliseconds. Results on the drift velocity de pendence on the temperature are also reported.