SEARCH FOR DOUBLE BETA-DECAY PRODUCTS OF (136)XE IN LIQUID XENON

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MIYAJIMA, M
SASAKI, S
TAWARA, H
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[1] National Laboratory for High Energy Physics Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki
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10.1109/23.322816
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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In order to probe the 2v-mode of the double beta-decay of Xe-136, decay daughters (Ba-136) were accumulated under an electric field on the surface of a spherical electrode in a positive ion collector filled with liquid xenon, and were then observed with a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. The positive ion collector was operated for 847 hours using natural liquid xenon of 3 liters. No Ba-136 isotopes were detected with the time-of-flight mass spectrometer. However, it was found that a collector electrode made of stainless steel was free from contamination of natural barium isotopes as background.
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