A method to load tellurium in liquid scintillator for the study of neutrinoless double beta decay

D. J. Auty; D. Bartlett; S. D. Biller; D. Chauhan; M. Chen; O. Chkvorets; S. Connolly; X. Dai; E. Fletcher; K. Frankiewicz; D. Gooding; C. Grant; S. Hall; D. Horne; S. Hans; B. Hreljac; T. Kaptanoglu; B. Krar; C. Kraus; T. Kroupová; I. Lam; Y. Liu; S. Maguire; C. Miller; S. Manecki; R. Rosero; L. Segui; M. K. Sharma; S. Tacchino; B. Tam; L. Tian; J. G.C. Veinot; S. C. Walton; J. J. Weigand; A. Wright; M. Yeh; T. Zhao

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2023.168204

A method to load tellurium in liquid scintillator for the study of neutrinoless double beta decay

D. J. Auty
, D. Bartlett
, S. D. Biller
, D. Chauhan
, M. Chen
, O. Chkvorets
, S. Connolly
, X. Dai
, E. Fletcher
, K. Frankiewicz
, D. Gooding
, C. Grant
, S. Hall
, D. Horne
, S. Hans
, B. Hreljac
, T. Kaptanoglu
, B. Krar
, C. Kraus
, T. Kroupová

I. Lam, Y. Liu, S. Maguire, C. Miller, S. Manecki, R. Rosero, L. Segui, M. K. Sharma, S. Tacchino, B. Tam, L. Tian, J. G.C. Veinot, S. C. Walton, J. J. Weigand, A. Wright, M. Yeh, T. Zhao

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A method has been developed to load tellurium into liquid scintillator so as to permit searches for neutrinoless double beta decay with high sensitivity. The approach involves the synthesis of an oil-soluble tellurium compound from telluric acid and an organic diol. The process utilises distillable chemicals that can be safely handled underground and affords low radioactive backgrounds, low optical absorption and high light yields at loading levels of at least several percent Te by weight.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	168204
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	1051
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2023.168204
State	Published - Jun 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Neutrinoless double beta decay
Scintillator
Tellurium

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Auty, D. J., Bartlett, D., Biller, S. D., Chauhan, D., Chen, M., Chkvorets, O., Connolly, S., Dai, X., Fletcher, E., Frankiewicz, K., Gooding, D., Grant, C., Hall, S., Horne, D., Hans, S., Hreljac, B., Kaptanoglu, T., Krar, B., Kraus, C., ... Zhao, T. (2023). A method to load tellurium in liquid scintillator for the study of neutrinoless double beta decay. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1051, Article 168204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2023.168204

A method to load tellurium in liquid scintillator for the study of neutrinoless double beta decay. / Auty, D. J.; Bartlett, D.; Biller, S. D. et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 1051, 168204, 06.2023.

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Auty, DJ, Bartlett, D, Biller, SD, Chauhan, D, Chen, M, Chkvorets, O, Connolly, S, Dai, X, Fletcher, E, Frankiewicz, K, Gooding, D, Grant, C, Hall, S, Horne, D, Hans, S, Hreljac, B, Kaptanoglu, T, Krar, B, Kraus, C, Kroupová, T, Lam, I, Liu, Y, Maguire, S, Miller, C, Manecki, S, Rosero, R, Segui, L, Sharma, MK, Tacchino, S, Tam, B, Tian, L, Veinot, JGC, Walton, SC, Weigand, JJ, Wright, A, Yeh, M & Zhao, T 2023, 'A method to load tellurium in liquid scintillator for the study of neutrinoless double beta decay', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 1051, 168204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2023.168204

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