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T1 - A beta-alpha coincidence counting system for measurement of trace quantities of 238U and 232Th in aqueous samples at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
AU - Dawson, M.
AU - Doucas, G.
AU - Fergani, H.
AU - Jelley, N. A.
AU - Majerus, S.
AU - O'Keeffe, Helen Mary
AU - Peeters, S. J. M.
AU - Perry, C.
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PY - 2016/8/18
Y1 - 2016/8/18
N2 - The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory experiment was built to measure the total flux of 8B solar neutrinos via the neutral current disintegration deuterium nuclei. This process can be mimiced by daughter isotopes of 232Th and 238U which can photodisintegrate the deuterium nucleus. Measurement of the concentration of such radioisotopes in the heavy water was critical to the success of the experiment. A radium assay technique using Hydrous Titanium Oxide coated filters was developed for this purpose and it was used in conjunction with a delayed beta-alpha coincidence counting system. The design, calibration and operation of this counting system are described in this paper. The counting efficiency for 232Th (224Ra) and 238U (226Ra) were measured to be 50 ± 5% and 62 ± 7%
AB - The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory experiment was built to measure the total flux of 8B solar neutrinos via the neutral current disintegration deuterium nuclei. This process can be mimiced by daughter isotopes of 232Th and 238U which can photodisintegrate the deuterium nucleus. Measurement of the concentration of such radioisotopes in the heavy water was critical to the success of the experiment. A radium assay technique using Hydrous Titanium Oxide coated filters was developed for this purpose and it was used in conjunction with a delayed beta-alpha coincidence counting system. The design, calibration and operation of this counting system are described in this paper. The counting efficiency for 232Th (224Ra) and 238U (226Ra) were measured to be 50 ± 5% and 62 ± 7%
KW - Scintillators
KW - scintillation and light emission processes (solid, gas and liquid scintillators)
KW - Very low-energy charged particle detectors
U2 - 10.1088/1748-0221/11/08/P08013
DO - 10.1088/1748-0221/11/08/P08013
M3 - Journal article
VL - 11
JO - Journal of Instrumentation
JF - Journal of Instrumentation
SN - 1748-0221
IS - 8
M1 - P08013
ER -