Measurements were made of scintillation light yield of alpha particles from the 222Rn
decay chain within the DarkSide-50 liquid argon time projection chamber. The light yield was
found to increase as the applied electric field increased, with alphas in a 200 V/cm electric field
exhibiting a 2% increase in light yield compared to alphas in no field.
Revised: July 25, 2017 |
Published: January 24, 2017
Citation
Agnes P., I. Albuquerque, T.R. Alexander, A. Alton, D.M. Asner, H.O. Back, and B. Baldin, et al. 2017.Effect of low electric fields on alpha scintillation light yield in liquid argon.Journal of Instrumentation 12, no. 1:Article No. P01021.PNNL-SA-127592.doi:10.1088/1748-0221/12/01/P01021