Measurement of the refractive index and attenuation length of liquid xenon for its scintillation light

Abstract

The attenuation length and refractive index of liquid xenon for intrinsic scintillation light (178nm) have been measured in a single experiment. The value obtained for attenuation length is 364 +- 18 mm. The refractive index is found to be 1.69 +- 0.02. Both values were measured at a temperature of 170 +- 1 K.

28 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in NIM A

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