par Aprile, Elena;Maris, Ioana Codrina 
; [et al.]
Référence European Physical Journal C. Particles and Fields, 77, 6, 358
Publication Publié, 2017-06
; [et al.]Référence European Physical Journal C. Particles and Fields, 77, 6, 358
Publication Publié, 2017-06
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | We describe the purification of xenon from traces of the radioactive noble gas radon using a cryogenic distillation column. The distillation column was integrated into the gas purification loop of the XENON100 detector for online radon removal. This enabled us to significantly reduce the constant 222Rn background originating from radon emanation. After inserting an auxiliary 222Rn emanation source in the gas loop, we determined a radon reduction factor of R>27 (95% C.L.) for the distillation column by monitoring the 222Rn activity concentration inside the XENON100 detector. |
