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Scintillation decay time and pulse shape discrimination in oxygenated and deoxygenated solutions of linear alkylbenzene for the SNO+ experiment

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Scintillation decay time and pulse shape discrimination in oxygenated and deoxygenated solutions of linear alkylbenzene for the SNO+ experiment. / O'Keeffe, Helen; O’Sullivan, E.; Chen, M. C.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 640, No. 1, 01.06.2011, p. 119-122.

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O'Keeffe, H, O’Sullivan, E & Chen, MC 2011, 'Scintillation decay time and pulse shape discrimination in oxygenated and deoxygenated solutions of linear alkylbenzene for the SNO+ experiment', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 640, no. 1, pp. 119-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.03.027

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O'Keeffe, H., O’Sullivan, E., & Chen, M. C. (2011). Scintillation decay time and pulse shape discrimination in oxygenated and deoxygenated solutions of linear alkylbenzene for the SNO+ experiment. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 640(1), 119-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2011.03.027

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O'Keeffe H, O’Sullivan E, Chen MC. Scintillation decay time and pulse shape discrimination in oxygenated and deoxygenated solutions of linear alkylbenzene for the SNO+ experiment. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2011 Jun 1;640(1):119-122. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2011.03.027

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O'Keeffe, Helen ; O’Sullivan, E. ; Chen, M. C. / Scintillation decay time and pulse shape discrimination in oxygenated and deoxygenated solutions of linear alkylbenzene for the SNO+ experiment. In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2011 ; Vol. 640, No. 1. pp. 119-122.

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title = "Scintillation decay time and pulse shape discrimination in oxygenated and deoxygenated solutions of linear alkylbenzene for the SNO+ experiment",
abstract = "The SNO+ liquid scintillator experiment is under construction in the SNOLAB facility in Canada. The success of this experiment relies upon accurate characterization of the liquid scintillator, linear alkylbenzene (LAB). In this paper, scintillation decay times for alpha and electron excitations in LAB with 2 g/L PPO are presented for both oxygenated and deoxygenated solutions. While deoxygenation is expected to improve pulse shape discrimination in liquid scintillators, it is not commonly demonstrated in the literature. This paper shows that for linear alkylbenzene, deoxygenation improves discrimination between electron and alpha excitations in the scintillator.",
keywords = "Linear alkylbenezene, Liquid scintillator , Scintillator timing , Pulse shape discrimination , SNO+",
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