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Possible background reduction in double beta decay experiments

Author

Arnold Roger	IPHC Strasbourg
Augier Corinne	LAL Orsay
Vála Ladislav, Ing.Ph.D.	IEAP
Štekl Ivan, Doc. CSc.	IEAP
Vorobel Vít, Ing. Ph.D.	FMP Charles University
NEMO Collaboration	NEMO Collaboration

Year

2003

Scientific journal

Nucl. Inst. and Meth. in Phys. Res A 503 (2003) pp. 649-657

Abstract

The background induced by radioactive impurities of ²⁰⁸Tl and ²¹⁴Bi in the source of the double beta experiment NEMO-3 has been investigated. New methods of data analysis which decrease the background from the above-mentioned contamination are identified. The techniques can also be applied to other double beta decay experiments capable of measuring independently the energies of the two electrons.

Projects

NEMO 3

Cite article as:

R. Arnold, C. Augier, L. Vála, I. Štekl, V. Vorobel, . NEMO Collaboration, "Possible background reduction in double beta decay experiments", Nucl. Inst. and Meth. in Phys. Res A 503 (2003) pp. 649-657 (2003)