Triplet lifetime in gaseous argon
Abstract
The MiniCLEAN is a single-phase liquid argon dark matter experiment. During the initial cooling phase, impurities within the cold gas ( $<140 K$) were monitored by measuring the scintillation light triplet lifetime, and ultimately a triplet lifetime of $3.480±0.001(stat.) ±0.064(sys.)$ μs was obtained, indicating ultra-pure argon. This is the longest argon triplet time constant ever reported. The effect of quenching of separate components of the scintillation light is also investigated.
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- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
- Contributing Org.:
- MiniCLEAN collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1572340
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-19-30575
Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6001; TRN: US2001164
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- European Physical Journal. A
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 55; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1434-6001
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; Atomic, Nuclear and Particle Physics
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Akashi-Ronquest, Michael, Bacon, Amanda, Benson, Christopher, Bhattacharya, Kolahal, Caldwell, Thomas, Formaggio, Joseph A., Gastler, Dan, Grado-White, Brianna, Griego, Jeff, Gold, Michael, Hime, Andrew, Jackson, Christopher M., Jaditz, Stephen, Kachulis, Chris, Kearns, Edward, Klein, Joshua R., Ledesma, Antonio, Linden, Steve, Lopez, Frank, MacMullin, Sean, Mastbaum, Andrew, Monroe, Jocelyn, Nikkel, James, Oertel, John, Orebi Gann, Gabriel D., Ortega, Gabriel S., Palladino, Kimberley, Rielage, Keith, Seibert, Stanley R., and Wang, Jui-Jen. Triplet lifetime in gaseous argon. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1140/epja/i2019-12867-2.
Akashi-Ronquest, Michael, Bacon, Amanda, Benson, Christopher, Bhattacharya, Kolahal, Caldwell, Thomas, Formaggio, Joseph A., Gastler, Dan, Grado-White, Brianna, Griego, Jeff, Gold, Michael, Hime, Andrew, Jackson, Christopher M., Jaditz, Stephen, Kachulis, Chris, Kearns, Edward, Klein, Joshua R., Ledesma, Antonio, Linden, Steve, Lopez, Frank, MacMullin, Sean, Mastbaum, Andrew, Monroe, Jocelyn, Nikkel, James, Oertel, John, Orebi Gann, Gabriel D., Ortega, Gabriel S., Palladino, Kimberley, Rielage, Keith, Seibert, Stanley R., & Wang, Jui-Jen. Triplet lifetime in gaseous argon. United States. doi:10.1140/epja/i2019-12867-2.
Akashi-Ronquest, Michael, Bacon, Amanda, Benson, Christopher, Bhattacharya, Kolahal, Caldwell, Thomas, Formaggio, Joseph A., Gastler, Dan, Grado-White, Brianna, Griego, Jeff, Gold, Michael, Hime, Andrew, Jackson, Christopher M., Jaditz, Stephen, Kachulis, Chris, Kearns, Edward, Klein, Joshua R., Ledesma, Antonio, Linden, Steve, Lopez, Frank, MacMullin, Sean, Mastbaum, Andrew, Monroe, Jocelyn, Nikkel, James, Oertel, John, Orebi Gann, Gabriel D., Ortega, Gabriel S., Palladino, Kimberley, Rielage, Keith, Seibert, Stanley R., and Wang, Jui-Jen. Wed .
"Triplet lifetime in gaseous argon". United States. doi:10.1140/epja/i2019-12867-2. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1572340.
@article{osti_1572340,
title = {Triplet lifetime in gaseous argon},
author = {Akashi-Ronquest, Michael and Bacon, Amanda and Benson, Christopher and Bhattacharya, Kolahal and Caldwell, Thomas and Formaggio, Joseph A. and Gastler, Dan and Grado-White, Brianna and Griego, Jeff and Gold, Michael and Hime, Andrew and Jackson, Christopher M. and Jaditz, Stephen and Kachulis, Chris and Kearns, Edward and Klein, Joshua R. and Ledesma, Antonio and Linden, Steve and Lopez, Frank and MacMullin, Sean and Mastbaum, Andrew and Monroe, Jocelyn and Nikkel, James and Oertel, John and Orebi Gann, Gabriel D. and Ortega, Gabriel S. and Palladino, Kimberley and Rielage, Keith and Seibert, Stanley R. and Wang, Jui-Jen},
abstractNote = {The MiniCLEAN is a single-phase liquid argon dark matter experiment. During the initial cooling phase, impurities within the cold gas ( $<140 K$) were monitored by measuring the scintillation light triplet lifetime, and ultimately a triplet lifetime of $3.480±0.001(stat.) ±0.064(sys.)$ μs was obtained, indicating ultra-pure argon. This is the longest argon triplet time constant ever reported. The effect of quenching of separate components of the scintillation light is also investigated.},
doi = {10.1140/epja/i2019-12867-2},
journal = {European Physical Journal. A},
number = 10,
volume = 55,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {10}
}
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