Development of tin-loaded liquid scintillator for the double beta decay experiment

M. J. Hwang; Y. J. Kwon; H. J. Kim; J. W. Kwak; S. C. Kim; S. K. Kim; T. Y. Kim; S. Y. Kim; H. S. Lee; J. Lee; M. J. Lee; S. S. Myung; Y. D. Kim; J. I. Lee; W. G. Kang; I. S. Hahn

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2006.10.100

Development of tin-loaded liquid scintillator for the double beta decay experiment

M. J. Hwang, Y. J. Kwon, H. J. Kim, J. W. Kwak, S. C. Kim, S. K. Kim, T. Y. Kim, S. Y. Kim, H. S. Lee, J. Lee, M. J. Lee, S. S. Myung, Y. D. Kim, J. I. Lee, W. G. Kang, I. S. Hahn

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Tin-loaded liquid scintillator offers some advantages as a detector for double beta decay experiment. A research program was carried out with the objective of developing such scintillators. Several organometals were loaded into pseudocumene-based liquid scintillator (LS) and light output variation was studied. Up to 50% of tetramethyltin (32.6% w of tin) was successfully loaded into LS and light output was as high as 57% of unloaded LS. We have studied the characteristics and stability of the one liter tin-loaded LS contained in a Teflon vessel. Several γ-ray radioactive sources were used for energy calibration and calibration data were compared with Monte Carlo simulation. Data-taking at the 700 m underground laboratory in Yangyang is ongoing for the search of 0 ν β β decay of ¹²⁴Sn.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	454-458
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	570
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2006.10.100
Publication status	Published - 2007 Jan 21

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In this experiment elemental analyses (Thermo FLASH EA 1112 Series elemental analyser) were performed by Organic Chemistry Reaction Center at Sogang University-Seoul. This work is supported by the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology under a Creative Science Research Initiative program and by the Korean Research Foundation Grant (KRF-2002-070-00027).

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Hwang, M. J., Kwon, Y. J., Kim, H. J., Kwak, J. W., Kim, S. C., Kim, S. K., Kim, T. Y., Kim, S. Y., Lee, H. S., Lee, J., Lee, M. J., Myung, S. S., Kim, Y. D., Lee, J. I., Kang, W. G., & Hahn, I. S. (2007). Development of tin-loaded liquid scintillator for the double beta decay experiment. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 570(3), 454-458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2006.10.100

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Development of tin-loaded liquid scintillator for the double beta decay experiment. / Hwang, M. J.; Kwon, Y. J.; Kim, H. J. et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 570, No. 3, 21.01.2007, p. 454-458.

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