Distillation of liquid xenon to remove krypton

K. Abe; J. Hosaka; T. Iida; M. Ikeda; K. Kobayashi; Y. Koshio; A. Minamino; M. Miura; S. Moriyama; M. Nakahata; Y. Nakajima; T. Namba; H. Ogawa; H. Sekiya; M. Shiozawa; Y. Suzuki; A. Takeda; Y. Takeuchi; K. Ueshima; M. Yamashita; K. Kaneyuki; Y. Ebizuka; J. Kikuchi; A. Ota; S. Suzuki; T. Takahashi; H. Hagiwara; T. Kamei; K. Miyamoto; T. Nagase; S. Nakamura; Y. Ozaki; T. Sato; Y. Fukuda; T. Sato; K. Nishijima; M. Sakurai; T. Maruyama; D. Motoki; Y. Itow; H. Ohsumi; S. Tasaka; S. B. Kim; Y. D. Kim; J. I. Lee; S. H. Moon; Y. Urakawa; M. Uchino; Y. Kamioka

doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2009.02.006

Distillation of liquid xenon to remove krypton

K. Abe, J. Hosaka, T. Iida, M. Ikeda, K. Kobayashi, Y. Koshio, A. Minamino, M. Miura, S. Moriyama, M. Nakahata^*, Y. Nakajima, T. Namba, H. Ogawa, H. Sekiya, M. Shiozawa, Y. Suzuki, A. Takeda, Y. Takeuchi, K. Ueshima, M. YamashitaK. Kaneyuki, Y. Ebizuka, J. Kikuchi, A. Ota, S. Suzuki, T. Takahashi, H. Hagiwara, T. Kamei, K. Miyamoto, T. Nagase, S. Nakamura, Y. Ozaki, T. Sato, Y. Fukuda, T. Sato, K. Nishijima, M. Sakurai, T. Maruyama, D. Motoki, Y. Itow, H. Ohsumi, S. Tasaka, S. B. Kim, Y. D. Kim, J. I. Lee, S. H. Moon, Y. Urakawa, M. Uchino, Y. Kamioka

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Abstract

A high performance distillation system to remove krypton from xenon was constructed, and a purity level of Kr/Xe = ∼3 × 10^-12 was achieved. This development is crucial in facilitating high-sensitivity low-background experiments such as the search for dark matter in the universe.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	290-296
Number of pages	7
Journal	Astroparticle Physics
Volume	31
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2009.02.006
Publication status	Published - 2009 May
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

29.40.Mc
81.20.Ym
95.35.+d
Dark matter
Krypton removal
Liquid xenon

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Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Abe, K., Hosaka, J., Iida, T., Ikeda, M., Kobayashi, K., Koshio, Y., Minamino, A., Miura, M., Moriyama, S., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Namba, T., Ogawa, H., Sekiya, H., Shiozawa, M., Suzuki, Y., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Ueshima, K., ... Kamioka, Y. (2009). Distillation of liquid xenon to remove krypton. Astroparticle Physics, 31(4), 290-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2009.02.006

Abe, K, Hosaka, J, Iida, T, Ikeda, M, Kobayashi, K, Koshio, Y, Minamino, A, Miura, M, Moriyama, S, Nakahata, M, Nakajima, Y, Namba, T, Ogawa, H, Sekiya, H, Shiozawa, M, Suzuki, Y, Takeda, A, Takeuchi, Y, Ueshima, K, Yamashita, M, Kaneyuki, K, Ebizuka, Y, Kikuchi, J, Ota, A, Suzuki, S, Takahashi, T, Hagiwara, H, Kamei, T, Miyamoto, K, Nagase, T, Nakamura, S, Ozaki, Y, Sato, T, Fukuda, Y, Sato, T, Nishijima, K, Sakurai, M, Maruyama, T, Motoki, D, Itow, Y, Ohsumi, H, Tasaka, S, Kim, SB, Kim, YD, Lee, JI, Moon, SH, Urakawa, Y, Uchino, M & Kamioka, Y 2009, 'Distillation of liquid xenon to remove krypton', Astroparticle Physics, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 290-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.astropartphys.2009.02.006

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