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Further studies of proportional electroluminescence in two-phase argon. / Bondar, A.; Buzulutskov, A.; Dolgov, A. et al.
In: Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 12, No. 5, 05016, 30.05.2017.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Further studies of proportional electroluminescence in two-phase argon
AU - Bondar, A.
AU - Buzulutskov, A.
AU - Dolgov, A.
AU - Frolov, E.
AU - Nosov, V.
AU - Oleynikov, V.
AU - Shekhtman, L.
AU - Shemyakina, E.
AU - Sokolov, A.
PY - 2017/5/30
Y1 - 2017/5/30
N2 - A study of proportional electroluminescence in two-phase argon is relevant in the field of noble-gas liquid detectors for dark matter search and low-energy neutrino experiments. In this work, we continued to study proportional electroluminescence (EL) in two-phase argon doped with a minor (9 ppm) admixture of nitrogen, in the VUV, UV and visible spectral ranges. We confirmed the effect of enhancement of the EL yield, as well as the presence of a non-VUV component in addition to that of VUV, in proportional electroluminescence in two-phase Ar. On the other hand, the contribution of the non-VUV component determined here within the model of N2 emission in the UV, turned out to be insufficient to explain the enhancement of the EL yield. Hence, the problem of proportional electroluminescence in two-phase Ar remains unresolved.
AB - A study of proportional electroluminescence in two-phase argon is relevant in the field of noble-gas liquid detectors for dark matter search and low-energy neutrino experiments. In this work, we continued to study proportional electroluminescence (EL) in two-phase argon doped with a minor (9 ppm) admixture of nitrogen, in the VUV, UV and visible spectral ranges. We confirmed the effect of enhancement of the EL yield, as well as the presence of a non-VUV component in addition to that of VUV, in proportional electroluminescence in two-phase Ar. On the other hand, the contribution of the non-VUV component determined here within the model of N2 emission in the UV, turned out to be insufficient to explain the enhancement of the EL yield. Hence, the problem of proportional electroluminescence in two-phase Ar remains unresolved.
KW - Charge transport, multiplication and electroluminescence in rare gases and liquids
KW - Dark Matter detectors (WIMPs, axions, etc.)
KW - Noble liquid detectors (scintillation, ionization, double-phase)
KW - Dark Matter detectors (WIMPs, axions, etc,)
KW - YIELD
KW - SCINTILLATION-COUNTER
KW - NITROGEN
KW - RARE-EVENT EXPERIMENTS
KW - EMISSION
KW - SPECTRA
KW - LIQUID ARGON
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85020854224&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1088/1748-0221/12/05/C05016
DO - 10.1088/1748-0221/12/05/C05016
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85020854224
VL - 12
JO - Journal of Instrumentation
JF - Journal of Instrumentation
SN - 1748-0221
IS - 5
M1 - 05016
ER -
ID: 9056971