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Title: Direct comparison of high voltage breakdown measurements in liquid argon and liquid xenon

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 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [2];  [3];  [5];  [2]
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  1. Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Waymo LLC, Mountain View, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  4. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Grammarly Inc., San Francisco, CA (United States)
  5. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1616072
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1762856
Report Number(s):
LLLNL-JRNL-788151; LLNL-JRNL-788151
Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221; ark:/13030/qt252876nt
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Instrumentation
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 14; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1748-0221
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
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Tvrznikova, L., Bernard, E. P., Kravitz, S., O'Sullivan, K., Richardson, G., Riffard, Q., Waldron, W. L., Watson, J., and McKinsey, D. N. Direct comparison of high voltage breakdown measurements in liquid argon and liquid xenon. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1088/1748-0221/14/12/P12018.
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Tvrznikova, L., Bernard, E. P., Kravitz, S., O'Sullivan, K., Richardson, G., Riffard, Q., Waldron, W. L., Watson, J., & McKinsey, D. N. Direct comparison of high voltage breakdown measurements in liquid argon and liquid xenon. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/12/P12018
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Tvrznikova, L., Bernard, E. P., Kravitz, S., O'Sullivan, K., Richardson, G., Riffard, Q., Waldron, W. L., Watson, J., and McKinsey, D. N. Tue . "Direct comparison of high voltage breakdown measurements in liquid argon and liquid xenon". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/12/P12018. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1616072.
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@article{osti_1616072,
title = {Direct comparison of high voltage breakdown measurements in liquid argon and liquid xenon},
author = {Tvrznikova, L. and Bernard, E. P. and Kravitz, S. and O'Sullivan, K. and Richardson, G. and Riffard, Q. and Waldron, W. L. and Watson, J. and McKinsey, D. N.},
abstractNote = {},
doi = {10.1088/1748-0221/14/12/P12018},
journal = {Journal of Instrumentation},
number = 12,
volume = 14,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 24 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Tue Dec 24 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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