Papers and Publications – Low Radioactivity Techniques

Below is a list of papers that may be of interest to the community. This list is by no means comprehensive. Contact us if you believe a paper should be added to this list.

R. Schnee, B. De Vries, and M. Bowles, “Emanation and diffusion of radon through gaskets for SuperCDMS SNOLAB,” Aip conf. proc., vol. 2908, iss. 1, p. 100009, 2023.
[Bibtex]

@article{Schnee:2023pyk,
author = "Schnee, Richard and De Vries, Brandon and Bowles, Michael",
title = "{Emanation and diffusion of radon through gaskets for SuperCDMS SNOLAB}",
doi = "10.1063/5.0161207",
journal = "AIP Conf. Proc.",
volume = "2908",
number = "1",
pages = "100009",
year = "2023"
}

M. Solmaz, K. Eitel, K. Valerius, M. Balzer, A. Ferella, F. Pompa, U. Pirling, D. Tcherniakhovski, U. Oberlack, and S. Wüstling, “Design of a mobile neutron spectrometer for the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS),” , 2023.
[Bibtex]

@article{Solmaz:2023hzr,
author = {Solmaz, Melih and Eitel, Klaus and Valerius, Kathrin and Balzer, Matthias and Ferella, Alfredo and Pompa, Francesco and Pirling, Ulrich and Tcherniakhovski, Denis and Oberlack, Uwe and W\"ustling, Sascha},
title = "{Design of a mobile neutron spectrometer for the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS)}",
eprint = "2307.06660",
archivePrefix = "arXiv",
primaryClass = "physics.ins-det",
month = "7",
year = "2023"
}

R. H. M. Tsang and others, “An integrated online radioassay data storage and analytics tool for nEXO,” Nucl. instrum. meth. a, vol. 1055, p. 168477, 2023.
[Bibtex]

@article{Tsang:2023row,
author = "Tsang, R. H. M. and others",
title = "{An integrated online radioassay data storage and analytics tool for nEXO}",
eprint = "2304.06180",
archivePrefix = "arXiv",
primaryClass = "physics.ins-det",
doi = "10.1016/j.nima.2023.168477",
journal = "Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A",
volume = "1055",
pages = "168477",
year = "2023"
}

R. Santorelli, B. A. I. Olmedo, C. E. Vilda, F. M. Diaz, V. Pesudo, and L. Romero, “Measurement of the argon purity by ICP-MS and results of the analysis of the gas used for the MicroBooNE experiment,” Aip conf. proc., vol. 2908, iss. 1, p. 80003, 2023.
[Bibtex]

@article{Santorelli:2023vzj,
author = "Santorelli, R. and Olmedo, A. I. Barrado and Vilda, E. Conde and Diaz, M. Fernandez and Pesudo, V. and Romero, L.",
title = "{Measurement of the argon purity by ICP-MS and results of the analysis of the gas used for the MicroBooNE experiment}",
eprint = "2303.00816",
archivePrefix = "arXiv",
primaryClass = "physics.ins-det",
doi = "10.1063/5.0161118",
journal = "AIP Conf. Proc.",
volume = "2908",
number = "1",
pages = "080003",
year = "2023"
}

O. Gileva, J. Choe, Y. Kim, M. H. Lee, D. S. Leonard, K. Shin, and H. Yeon, “Thorium and uranium trace ICP-MS analysis for AMoRE project,” Appl. radiat. isot., vol. 194, p. 110673, 2023.
[Bibtex]

@article{Gileva:2023oaq,
author = "Gileva, Olga and Choe, JunSeok and Kim, Yeongduk and Lee, Moo Hyun and Leonard, Douglas S. and Shin, KeonAh and Yeon, Hyojin",
title = "{Thorium and uranium trace ICP-MS analysis for AMoRE project}",
doi = "10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110673",
journal = "Appl. Radiat. Isot.",
volume = "194",
pages = "110673",
year = "2023"
}

H. Lee and others, “Performance of an ultra-pure NaI(Tl) detector produced by an indigenously-developed purification method and crystal growth for the COSINE-200 experiment,” Front. in phys., vol. 11, p. 1142765, 2023.
[Bibtex]

@article{Lee:2023jbe,
author = "Lee, H. and others",
title = "{Performance of an ultra-pure NaI(Tl) detector produced by an indigenously-developed purification method and crystal growth for the COSINE-200 experiment}",
eprint = "2301.04884",
archivePrefix = "arXiv",
primaryClass = "physics.ins-det",
doi = "10.3389/fphy.2023.1142765",
journal = "Front. in Phys.",
volume = "11",
pages = "1142765",
year = "2023"
}

R. R. Marcelo Gregorio, “Control of radon and pollutants in gas-based directional dark matter detectors using molecular sieves,” PhD Thesis, 2022.
[Bibtex]

@phdthesis{MarceloGregorio:2022pwu,
author = "Marcelo Gregorio, Robert Renz",
title = "{Control of radon and pollutants in gas-based directional dark matter detectors using molecular sieves}",
school = "The University of Sheffield, Faculty of Science (Sheffield)The University of Sheffield, Faculty of Science (Sheffield), Physics and Astronomy (Sheffield), United Kindgom, University of Sheffield, Sheffield U.",
year = "2022"
}

I. Abt, C. Gooch, F. Hagemann, L. Hauertmann, X. Liu, O. Schulz, M. Schuster, and A. J. Zsigmond, “Identification and simulation of surface alpha events on passivated surfaces of germanium detectors and the influence of metalisation,” Eur. phys. j. c, vol. 82, iss. 12, p. 1119, 2022.
[Bibtex]

@article{Abt:2022qub,
author = "Abt, Iris and Gooch, Christopher and Hagemann, Felix and Hauertmann, Lukas and Liu, Xiang and Schulz, Oliver and Schuster, Martin and Zsigmond, Anna Julia",
title = "{Identification and simulation of surface alpha events on passivated surfaces of germanium detectors and the influence of metalisation}",
eprint = "2206.15265",
archivePrefix = "arXiv",
primaryClass = "physics.ins-det",
doi = "10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-11064-8",
journal = "Eur. Phys. J. C",
volume = "82",
number = "12",
pages = "1119",
year = "2022"
}

Y. Meng, J. Busenitz, A. Piepke, R. Tsang, M. Wu, and Y. Yao, “Radon emanation from dust of varying composition and~size,” Jinst, vol. 17, iss. 10, p. P10035, 2022.
[Bibtex]

@article{Meng:2021yyh,
author = "Meng, Yue and Busenitz, Jerry and Piepke, Andreas and Tsang, Raymond and Wu, Mengmeng and Yao, Yukun",
title = "{Radon emanation from dust of varying composition and~size}",
eprint = "2201.00699",
archivePrefix = "arXiv",
primaryClass = "physics.ins-det",
doi = "10.1088/1748-0221/17/10/P10035",
journal = "JINST",
volume = "17",
number = "10",
pages = "P10035",
year = "2022"
}

Z. Qian and others, “Low radioactive material screening and background control for the PandaX-4T experiment,” Jhep, vol. 06, p. 147, 2022.
[Bibtex]

@article{PandaX-4T:2021lbm,
author = "Qian, Zhicheng and others",
collaboration = "PandaX-4T",
title = "{Low radioactive material screening and background control for the PandaX-4T experiment}",
eprint = "2112.02892",
archivePrefix = "arXiv",
primaryClass = "physics.ins-det",
doi = "10.1007/JHEP06(2022)147",
journal = "JHEP",
volume = "06",
pages = "147",
year = "2022"
}

B. Suerfu, F. Calaprice, and M. Souza, “Zone Refining of Ultrahigh-Purity Sodium Iodide for Low-Background Detectors,” Phys. rev. applied, vol. 16, iss. 1, p. 14060, 2021.
[Bibtex]

@article{Suerfu:2021qcc,
author = "Suerfu, Burkhant and Calaprice, Frank and Souza, Michael",
title = "{Zone Refining of Ultrahigh-Purity Sodium Iodide for Low-Background Detectors}",
eprint = "2105.06431",
archivePrefix = "arXiv",
primaryClass = "physics.ins-det",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevApplied.16.014060",
journal = "Phys. Rev. Applied",
volume = "16",
number = "1",
pages = "014060",
year = "2021"
}

F. Marchegiani, F. Ferella, and S. Nisi, “Material Screening with Mass Spectrometry,” Mdpi physics, vol. 3, iss. 1, p. 71–84, 2021.
[Bibtex]

@article{Marchegiani:2021pta,
author = "Marchegiani, Francesca and Ferella, Francesco and Nisi, Stefano",
title = "{Material Screening with Mass Spectrometry}",
doi = "10.3390/physics3010007",
journal = "MDPI Physics",
volume = "3",
number = "1",
pages = "71--84",
year = "2021"
}

K. Fushimi and others, “Development of highly radiopure NaI(Tl) scintillator for PICOLON dark matter search project,” Ptep, vol. 2021, iss. 4, p. 043F01, 2021.
[Bibtex]

@article{Fushimi:2021mez,
author = "Fushimi, K. and others",
title = "{Development of highly radiopure NaI(Tl) scintillator for PICOLON dark matter search project}",
eprint = "2101.00759",
archivePrefix = "arXiv",
primaryClass = "physics.ins-det",
doi = "10.1093/ptep/ptab020",
journal = "PTEP",
volume = "2021",
number = "4",
pages = "043F01",
year = "2021"
}

C. Altomare, L. Di Venere, E. Fanchini, F. Giordano, F. Loparco, M. Morichi, F. R. Pantaleo, P. Spinelli, and L. Swiderski, “A gamma-ray imaging camera for NORM radioactivity detection,” J. phys. conf. ser., vol. 1690, iss. 1, p. 12065, 2020.
[Bibtex]

@article{Altomare:2020dxc,
author = "Altomare, C. and Di Venere, L. and Fanchini, E. and Giordano, F. and Loparco, F. and Morichi, M. and Pantaleo, F. R. and Spinelli, P. and Swiderski, L.",
editor = "Teterin, Petr",
title = "{A gamma-ray imaging camera for NORM radioactivity detection}",
doi = "10.1088/1742-6596/1690/1/012065",
journal = "J. Phys. Conf. Ser.",
volume = "1690",
number = "1",
pages = "012065",
year = "2020"
}

J. Street, R. Mahapatra, E. Morrison, M. Platt, and R. Schnee, “Removal of $^{210}$ Pb by etch of crystalline detector sidewalls,” Nucl. instrum. meth. a, vol. 976, p. 164280, 2020.
[Bibtex]

@article{Street:2020xvb,
author = "Street, Joseph and Mahapatra, Rupak and Morrison, Eric and Platt, Mark and Schnee, Richard",
title = "{Removal of Pb by etch of crystalline detector sidewalls}",
eprint = "2005.00488",
archivePrefix = "arXiv",
primaryClass = "physics.ins-det",
doi = "10.1016/j.nima.2020.164280",
journal = "Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A",
volume = "976",
pages = "164280",
year = "2020"
}

R. Bunker, T. Aramaki, I. J. Arnquist, R. Calkins, J. Cooley, E. W. Hoppe, J. L. Orrell, and K. S. Thommasson, “Evaluation and mitigation of trace $^{210}$ Pb contamination on copper surfaces,” Nucl. instrum. meth. a, vol. 967, p. 163870, 2020.
[Bibtex]

@article{Bunker:2020sxw,
author = "Bunker, Raymond and Aramaki, Tsuguo and Arnquist, Isaac J. and Calkins, Robert and Cooley, Jodi and Hoppe, Eric W. and Orrell, John L. and Thommasson, Kimbrelle S.",
title = "{Evaluation and mitigation of trace Pb contamination on copper surfaces}",
eprint = "2003.06357",
archivePrefix = "arXiv",
primaryClass = "physics.ins-det",
doi = "10.1016/j.nima.2020.163870",
journal = "Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A",
volume = "967",
pages = "163870",
year = "2020"
}

A. V. Rakhimov and others, “Development of methods for the preparation of radiopure $^{82}$ Se sources for the SuperNEMO neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment,” Radiochim. acta, vol. 108, iss. 2, p. 87–97, 2020.
[Bibtex]

@article{Rakhimov:2020aml,
author = "Rakhimov, Alimardon V. and others",
title = "{Development of methods for the preparation of radiopure Se sources for the SuperNEMO neutrinoless double-beta decay experiment}",
doi = "10.1515/ract-2019-3129",
journal = "Radiochim. Acta",
volume = "108",
number = "2",
pages = "87--97",
year = "2020"
}

P. Camus, A. Cazes, A. Dastgheibi-Fard, K. Dering, G. Gerbier, W. Rau, S. Scorza, and X. Zhang, “CUTE: A Low Background Facility for Testing Cryogenic Dark Matter Detectors,” J. low temp. phys., vol. 193, iss. 5-6, p. 813–818, 2018.
[Bibtex]

@article{Camus:2018fab,
author = "Camus, Ph. and Cazes, A. and Dastgheibi-Fard, A. and Dering, K. and Gerbier, G. and Rau, W. and Scorza, S. and Zhang, X.",
title = "{CUTE: A Low Background Facility for Testing Cryogenic Dark Matter Detectors}",
doi = "10.1007/s10909-018-2014-0",
journal = "J. Low Temp. Phys.",
volume = "193",
number = "5-6",
pages = "813--818",
year = "2018"
}

F. A. Danevich and V. I. Tretyak, “Radioactive contamination of scintillators,” Int. j. mod. phys. a, vol. 33, iss. 09, p. 1843007, 2018.
[Bibtex]

@article{Danevich:2018wmq,
author = "Danevich, F. A. and Tretyak, V. I.",
title = "{Radioactive contamination of scintillators}",
eprint = "1804.00653",
archivePrefix = "arXiv",
primaryClass = "physics.ins-det",
doi = "10.1142/S0217751X18430078",
journal = "Int. J. Mod. Phys. A",
volume = "33",
number = "09",
pages = "1843007",
year = "2018"
}

S. Ito, Y. Takaku, M. Ikeda, and Y. Kishimoto, “Determination of trace level thorium and uranium in high purity gadolinium sulfate using ICP-MS with solid-phase chromatographic extraction resins,” Aip conf. proc., vol. 1921, iss. 1, p. 30003, 2018.
[Bibtex]

@article{Ito:2018auh,
author = "Ito, S. and Takaku, Y. and Ikeda, M. and Kishimoto, Y.",
editor = "Leonard, Douglas S.",
title = "{Determination of trace level thorium and uranium in high purity gadolinium sulfate using ICP-MS with solid-phase chromatographic extraction resins}",
doi = "10.1063/1.5018990",
journal = "AIP Conf. Proc.",
volume = "1921",
number = "1",
pages = "030003",
year = "2018"
}

V. E. Guiseppe, C. D. Christofferson, K. R. Hair, and F. M. Adams, “A Review and Outlook for the Removal of Radon-Generated Po-210 Surface Contamination,” Aip conf. proc., vol. 1921, iss. 1, p. 70003, 2018.
[Bibtex]

@article{Guiseppe:2017yah,
author = "Guiseppe, V. E. and Christofferson, C. D. and Hair, K. R. and Adams, F. M.",
editor = "Leonard, Douglas S.",
title = "{A Review and Outlook for the Removal of Radon-Generated Po-210 Surface Contamination}",
eprint = "1712.08167",
archivePrefix = "arXiv",
primaryClass = "physics.ins-det",
doi = "10.1063/1.5019006",
journal = "AIP Conf. Proc.",
volume = "1921",
number = "1",
pages = "070003",
year = "2018"
}

D. Poda and A. Giuliani, “Low background techniques in bolometers for double-beta decay search,” Int. j. mod. phys. a, vol. 32, iss. 30, p. 1743012, 2017.
[Bibtex]

@article{Poda:2017jnl,
author = "Poda, Denys and Giuliani, Andrea",
title = "{Low background techniques in bolometers for double-beta decay search}",
eprint = "1711.01075",
archivePrefix = "arXiv",
primaryClass = "physics.ins-det",
doi = "10.1142/S0217751X17430126",
journal = "Int. J. Mod. Phys. A",
volume = "32",
number = "30",
pages = "1743012",
year = "2017"
}

Y. Takeuchi, S. Tasaka, and Y. Nakano, “Radon assay and radioactivity database in Kamioka,” J. phys. conf. ser., vol. 888, iss. 1, p. 12211, 2017.
[Bibtex]

@article{Takeuchi:2017pij,
author = "Takeuchi, Yasuo and Tasaka, Shigeki and Nakano, Yuuki",
title = "{Radon assay and radioactivity database in Kamioka}",
doi = "10.1088/1742-6596/888/1/012211",
journal = "J. Phys. Conf. Ser.",
volume = "888",
number = "1",
pages = "012211",
year = "2017"
}

M. Giammarchi, “Water purification in low background experiments,” Int. j. mod. phys. a, vol. 32, iss. 30, p. 1743011, 2017.
[Bibtex]

@article{Giammarchi:2017qcd,
author = "Giammarchi, Marco",
title = "{Water purification in low background experiments}",
doi = "10.1142/S0217751X17430114",
journal = "Int. J. Mod. Phys. A",
volume = "32",
number = "30",
pages = "1743011",
year = "2017"
}