Triplet lifetime in gaseous argon

Michael Akashi-Ronquest; Amanda Bacon; Christopher Benson; Kolahal Bhattacharya; Thomas Caldwell; Joseph A. Formaggio; Dan Gastler; Brianna Grado-White; Jeff Griego; Michael Gold; Andrew Hime; Christopher M. Jackson; Stephen Jaditz; Chris Kachulis; Edward Kearns; Joshua R. Klein; Antonio Ledesma; Steve Linden; Frank Lopez; Sean MacMullin; Andrew Mastbaum; Jocelyn Monroe; James Nikkel; John Oertel; Gabriel D. Orebi Gann; Gabriel S. Ortega; Kimberley Palladino; Keith Rielage; Stanley R. Seibert; Jui Jen Wang

doi:10.1140/epja/i2019-12867-2

Triplet lifetime in gaseous argon

Michael Akashi-Ronquest, Amanda Bacon, Christopher Benson, Kolahal Bhattacharya, Thomas Caldwell, Joseph A. Formaggio, Dan Gastler, Brianna Grado-White, Jeff Griego, Michael Gold, Andrew Hime, Christopher M. Jackson, Stephen Jaditz, Chris Kachulis, Edward Kearns, Joshua R. Klein, Antonio Ledesma, Steve Linden, Frank Lopez, Sean MacMullinAndrew Mastbaum, Jocelyn Monroe, James Nikkel, John Oertel, Gabriel D. Orebi Gann, Gabriel S. Ortega, Kimberley Palladino, Keith Rielage, Stanley R. Seibert, Jui Jen Wang

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	176
Journal	European Physical Journal A
Volume	55
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2019-12867-2
State	Published - Oct 1 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Akashi-Ronquest, M., Bacon, A., Benson, C., Bhattacharya, K., Caldwell, T., Formaggio, J. A., Gastler, D., Grado-White, B., Griego, J., Gold, M., Hime, A., Jackson, C. M., Jaditz, S., Kachulis, C., Kearns, E., Klein, J. R., Ledesma, A., Linden, S., Lopez, F., ... Wang, J. J. (2019). Triplet lifetime in gaseous argon. European Physical Journal A, 55(10), Article 176. https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2019-12867-2

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