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A liquid xenon ionization chamber in an all-fluoropolymer vessel

EXO Collaboration, F. LePort, A. Pocar, L. Bartoszek, R. DeVoe, P. Fierlinger, B. Flatt, G. Gratta, M. Green, T. Koffas, M. Montero Diez, R. Neilson, K. O'Sullivan, S. Waldman, J. Wodin, D. Woisard, E. Baussan, M. Breidenbach, R. Conley, W. Fairbank, J. Farine, C. Hall, K. Hall, D. Hallman, C. Hargrove, J. Hodgson, S. Jeng, D. S. Leonard, D. Mackay, Y. Martin, A. Odian, L. Ounalli, A. Piepke, C. Y. Prescott, P. C. Rowson, K. Skarpaas, D. Schenker, D. Sinclair, V. Stekhanov, V. Strickland, C. Virtue, J. -L. Vuilleumier, J. -M. Vuilleumier, K. Wamba, P. Weber

physics.ins-detarXiv:physics/0611183

Abstract

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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