N ov 2 00 6 A liquid xenon ionization chamber in an all - fluoropolymer vessel EXO Collaboration
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A novel technique has been developed to build vessels for liquid xenon ionization detectors entirely out of ultra-clean fluoropolymer. We describe the advantages in terms of low radioactivity contamination, provide some details of the construction techniques, and show the energy resolution achieved with a prototype all-fluoropolymer ionization detector.
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