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Research and Development of Tellurium-Loaded Liquid Scintillator

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The results of research and development of a new tellurium-loaded liquid scintillator (LS) based on linear alkylbenzene (LAB) for large-scale detectors to search for and study neutrinoless double beta decay are presented. It has been proposed for the first time to use a complex compound of diphenyltellurium oxide and di-(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid as a tellurium-loaded additive. The dependences of the light yield and transparency on the tellurium concentration, the effect of a secondary scintillation solvent on the light yield, and the stability of the properties of tellurium-loaded LSs have been studied.

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  1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980, Dubna, Moscow oblast, Russia

    I. A. Suslov, I. B. Nemchenok & A. D. Bystryakov

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    I. A. Suslov, I. B. Nemchenok & A. D. Bystryakov

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Suslov, I.A., Nemchenok, I.B. & Bystryakov, A.D. Research and Development of Tellurium-Loaded Liquid Scintillator. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 20, 1187–1190 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477123050709

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