A liquid xenon ionization chamber in an all-fluoropolymer vessel

Abstract

A novel technique has been developed to build vessels for liquid xenon ionization detectors entirely out of ultra-clean fluoropolymer. We describe the advantages in terms of low radioactivity contamination, provide some details of the construction techniques, and show the energy resolution achieved with a prototype all-fluoropolymer ionization detector.

arXiv comment12 pages, 9 figures

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