A high pressure gas scintillation drift chamber to search for evidence of a massive neutrino in the beta decay spectrum of [sup 14]C

Conference · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

OSTI ID:5946346

Weiss, S C; Edberg, T K; Sadoulet, B ^[1]

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1. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

The authors conducting a laboratory beta decay experiment to search for evidence of a massive neutrino in the beta spectrum of [sup 14]C. There is controversial evidence for a 17 keV neutrino; this demands experimental initiatives using new detector technologies to decide the issue. The authors have modified an existing high pressure gas scintillation drift chamber (GSDC) to perform an innovative experiment to add another voice to the confused experimental situation. This technique has many merits that define a unique experimental niche: the imaging capabilities of the chamber permit fiducial cuts to eliminate events near chamber boundaries, the gaseous radioisotope source is spread uniformly throughout the active detector volume, the data rate is high, the background is low and systematically measurable, and high pressure operation limits beta particle ranges and allows good energy resolution.

• OSTI ID: 5946346
• Report Number(s): CONF-921005-; CODEN: IETNAE
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Vol. 40:4 part 1; Conference: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) nuclear science symposium and medical imaging conference, Orlando, FL (United States), 25-31 Oct 1992; ISSN 0018-9499
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
NEUTRINO DETECTION
DRIFT CHAMBERS
BETA DECAY
CARBON 14
ENERGY RESOLUTION
GAS SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
MODIFICATIONS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CARBON ISOTOPES
DECAY
DETECTION
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MULTIWIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS
NUCLEAR DECAY
NUCLEI
PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIOISOTOPES
RESOLUTION
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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