The scintillator solvent procurement for the Borexino solar neutrino detector

This paper describes the procurement and the production quality control system of Pseudocumene, the scintillator solvent of the solar neutrino detector Borexino at the Laboratorio Nazionale del Gran Sasso (Italy). This material constitutes about 99.9% of the scintillator total mass, therefore being...

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Published inNuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Vol. 648; no. 1; pp. 100 - 108
Main Authors Giammarchi, M.G., Gandolfo, P.L., Lombardi, P., Miramonti, L., Ortica, F., Parmeggiano, S., Romani, A., Salvo, C., Tronci, P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 21.08.2011
Subjects
Accelerators
Detectors
Organic solvent
Procurement
Quality control
Scintillation detector
Solar neutrino
Solar neutrinos
Solvents
Spectrometers
Solar neutrino
Organic solvent
Scintillation detector
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Summary:This paper describes the procurement and the production quality control system of Pseudocumene, the scintillator solvent of the solar neutrino detector Borexino at the Laboratorio Nazionale del Gran Sasso (Italy). This material constitutes about 99.9% of the scintillator total mass, therefore being the most critical element for the radiopurity of the detector.
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ISSN:0168-9002
1872-9576
DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2011.06.003