TY  - JOUR
AU  - NEXT Collaboration (Alvarez, V. et al
AU  - Carcel, S.
AU  - Cervera-Villanueva, A.
AU  - Diaz, J.
AU  - Ferrario, P.
AU  - Gil, A.
AU  - Gomez-Cadenas, J. J.
AU  - Laing, A.
AU  - Liubarsky, I.
AU  - Lorca, D.
AU  - Martin-Albo, J.
AU  - Monrabal, F.
AU  - Muñoz Vidal, J.
AU  - Nebot-Guinot, M.
AU  - Rodriguez, J.
AU  - Serra, L.
AU  - Simon, A.
AU  - Sorel, M.
AU  - Yahlali, N.
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2013//
TI  - Radiopurity control in the NEXT-100 double beta decay experiment: procedures and initial measurements
T2  - J. Instrum.
JO  - Journal of Instrumentation
SP  - T01002 - 19pp
VL  - 8
PB  - Iop Publishing Ltd
KW  - Radiation calculations
KW  - Time projection Chambers (TPC)
KW  - Gamma detectors (scintillators
KW  - CZT
KW  - HPG
KW  - HgI etc)
AB  - The "Neutrino Experiment with a Xenon Time-Projection Chamber" (NEXT) is intended to investigate the neutrinoless double beta decay of Xe-136, which requires a severe suppression of potential backgrounds. An extensive screening and material selection process is underway for NEXT since the control of the radiopurity levels of the materials to be used in the experimental set-up is a must for rare event searches. First measurements based on Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometry and gamma-ray spectroscopy using ultra-low background germanium detectors at the Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc (Spain) are described here. Activity results for natural radioactive chains and other common radionuclides are summarized, being the values obtained for some materials like copper and stainless steel very competitive. The implications of these results for the NEXT experiment are also discussed.
SN  - 1748-0221
UR  - http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.3961
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/8/01/T01002
DO  - 10.1088/1748-0221/8/01/T01002
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:000320665400083
ID  - NEXTCollaborationAlvarez_etal2013
ER  -