Triplet lifetime in gaseous argon

Michael Akashi-Ronquest; Amanda Bacon; Christopher Benson; Kolahal Bhattacharya; Thomas Caldwell; Joseph A. Formaggio; Dan Gastler; Brianna Grado-White; Jeff Griego; Michael Gold; Andrew Hime; Christopher M. Jackson; Stephen Jaditz; Chris Kachulis; Edward Kearns; Joshua R. Klein; Antonio Ledesma; Steve Linden; Frank Lopez; Sean MacMullin; Andrew Mastbaum; Jocelyn Monroe; James Nikkel; John Oertel; Gabriel D. Orebi Gann; Gabriel S. Ortega; Kimberley Palladino; Keith Rielage; Stanley R. Seibert; Jui-Jen Wang

doi:10.1140/epja/i2019-12867-2

Triplet lifetime in gaseous argon

Michael Akashi-Ronquest
, Amanda Bacon
, Christopher Benson
, Kolahal Bhattacharya
, Thomas Caldwell
, Joseph A. Formaggio
, Dan Gastler
, Brianna Grado-White
, Jeff Griego
, Michael Gold
, Andrew Hime
, Christopher M. Jackson
, Stephen Jaditz
, Chris Kachulis
, Edward Kearns
, Joshua R. Klein
, Antonio Ledesma
, Steve Linden
, Frank Lopez
, Sean MacMullin

Andrew Mastbaum, Jocelyn Monroe, James Nikkel, John Oertel, Gabriel D. Orebi Gann, Gabriel S. Ortega, Kimberley Palladino, Keith Rielage, Stanley R. Seibert, Jui-Jen Wang

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MiniCLEAN is a single-phase liquid argon dark matter experiment. During the initial cooling phase, impurities within the cold gas (<140 K) were monitored by measuring the scintillation light triplet lifetime, and ultimately a triplet lifetime of 3.480 ± 0.001 (stat.) ± 0.064 (sys.) µs was obtained, indicating ultra-pure argon. This is the longest argon triplet time constant ever reported. The effect of quenching of separate components of the scintillation light is also investigated.

Original language	English
Article number	176
Pages (from-to)	1-11
Number of pages	11
Journal	The European Physical Journal A
Volume	55
Early online date	16 Oct 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2019-12867-2
Publication status	Published - Oct 2019

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Akashi-Ronquest, M., Bacon, A., Benson, C., Bhattacharya, K., Caldwell, T., Formaggio, J. A., Gastler, D., Grado-White, B., Griego, J., Gold, M., Hime, A., Jackson, C. M., Jaditz, S., Kachulis, C., Kearns, E., Klein, J. R., Ledesma, A., Linden, S., Lopez, F., ... Wang, J.-J. (2019). Triplet lifetime in gaseous argon. The European Physical Journal A, 55, 1-11. Article 176. https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2019-12867-2

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