Characteristics of alpha, gamma and nuclear recoil pulses from NaI(Tl) at 10–100 keV relevant to dark matter searches
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Characteristics of Alpha, Gamma and Nuclear Recoil Pulses from NaI(Tl) at 10-100 keV Relevant to Dark Matter Searches
Measurements of the shapes of scintillation pulses produced by nuclear recoils, alpha particles and photons in NaI(Tl) crystals at visible energies of 10-100 keV have been performed in order to investigate possible sources of background in NaI(Tl) dark matter experiments and, in particular, the possible origin of the anomalous fast time constant events observed in the UK Dark Matter Collaborati...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physics Letters B
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0370-2693
DOI: 10.1016/s0370-2693(99)00270-1