Scintillation of liquid neon from electronic and nuclear recoils

J. A. Nikkel; R. Hasty; W. H. Lippincott; D. N. McKinsey

doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2007.12.005

paper

Scintillation of liquid neon from electronic and nuclear recoils

arXiv:astro-ph/0612108 · doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2007.12.005

Abstract

We have measured the time dependence of scintillation light from electronic and nuclear recoils in liquid neon, finding a slow time constant of 15.4+-0.2 us. Pulse shape discrimination is investigated as a means of identifying event type in liquid neon. Finally, the nuclear recoil scintillation efficiency is measured to be 0.26+-0.03 for 387 keV nuclear recoils.