Radiopurity of ZnWO_4 Crystal Scintillators

• Authors: P. Belli , R. Bernabei , F. Cappella , R. Cerulli , F. Danevich , A. Dubovik , S. d'Angelo , E. Galashov , B. Grinyov , A. Incicchitti , V. Kobychev , L. Nagornaya , S. Nisi , F. Nozzoli , D. Poda , R. Podviyanuk , D. Prosperi , V. Shlegel , V. Tretyak , Ya. Vasiliev , Yu. Vostretsov
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Recently ZnWO_4 was proposed as perspective material for low-counting experiments to search for rare processes. Such experiments demand high radiopurity of ZnWO_4 crystal scintillators. With this aim radioactive contamination of large volume (0.1-0.7 kg) ZnWO_4 crystal scintillators were measured in the underground Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso of the INFN at the depth of ≈ 3600 m water equivalent.

Keywords

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29.40.Mc; 23.40.-s

Discipline

• 23.40.-s: β decay; double β decay; electron and muon capture
• 29.40.Mc: Scintillation detectors

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 117
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 139-142

Dates

published

2010-01

Contributors

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P. Belli

• Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata" and INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00133 Rome, Italy

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R. Bernabei

• Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata" and INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00133 Rome, Italy

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F. Cappella

• Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" and INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Rome, Italy

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R. Cerulli

• INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy

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F. Danevich

• Institute for Nuclear Research, MSP 03680 Kyiv, Ukraine

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A. Dubovik

• Institute for Scintillation Materials, 61001 Kharkiv, Ukraine

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S. d'Angelo

• Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata" and INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00133 Rome, Italy

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E. Galashov

• Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia

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B. Grinyov

• Institute for Scintillation Materials, 61001 Kharkiv, Ukraine

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A. Incicchitti

• Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" and INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Rome, Italy

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V. Kobychev

• Institute for Nuclear Research, MSP 03680 Kyiv, Ukraine

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L. Nagornaya

• Institute for Scintillation Materials, 61001 Kharkiv, Ukraine

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S. Nisi

• INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 Assergi (AQ), Italy

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F. Nozzoli

• Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata" and INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00133 Rome, Italy

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D. Poda

• Institute for Nuclear Research, MSP 03680 Kyiv, Ukraine

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R. Podviyanuk

• Institute for Nuclear Research, MSP 03680 Kyiv, Ukraine

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D. Prosperi

• Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" and INFN, Sezione di Roma, I-00185 Rome, Italy

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V. Shlegel

• Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia

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V. Tretyak

• Institute for Nuclear Research, MSP 03680 Kyiv, Ukraine

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Ya. Vasiliev

• Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia

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Yu. Vostretsov

• Institute for Scintillation Materials, 61001 Kharkiv, Ukraine

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.117.139