Abstract
Poly(ethylene naphthalate), PEN, is an industrial polyester which has been shown to scintillate in the blue wavelength region. Combined with measurements of a high intrinsic radiopurity, this has sparked interest in the material for use in low-background experiments.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 012225 |
Journal | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
Volume | 1468 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 20 2020 |
Event | 16th International Conference on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics, TAUP 2019 - Toyama, Japan Duration: Sep 9 2019 → Sep 13 2019 |
Funding
This work was supported by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic under the Contract Number FV30231. Research sponsored by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy. This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics, under Award Number DE-AC05-00OR22725. Erdem Öz is supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB1258). Connor Hayward is supported by the Excellence Cluster Universe.
Funders | Funder number |
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Excellence Cluster Universe | |
U.S. Department of Energy | |
Office of Science | |
Nuclear Physics | DE-AC05-00OR22725 |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory | |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft | SFB1258 |
Ministerstvo Průmyslu a Obchodu | FV30231 |