Production of Rb-83 for calibration sources for dark matter and neutrino mass experiments

0541801 - ÚJF 2022 RIV IT eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Šefčík, Michal - Běhal, Radomír - Dragoun, Otokar - Lebeda, Ondřej - Ráliš, Jan - Seifert, Daniel - Vénos, Drahoslav
Production of Rb-83 for calibration sources for dark matter and neutrino mass experiments.
PoS - Proceedings of Science. Vol. 390. Trieste: Sissa Medilab srl, 2021, č. článku 213. ISSN 1824-8039.
[40th International Conference on High Energy physics (ICHEP2020). virtual meeting (CZ), 28.07.2020-06.08.2020]
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LTT19005
Institutional support: RVO:61389005
Keywords : KATRIN * Kr-83m * Rb-83
OECD category: Particles and field physics
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.22323/1.390.0213

Short-lived isomer 83mKr with its discrete electron spectrum has ideal properties to be used in the crucial role of calibration source in low energy experiments like KATRIN or XENON. To ensure smooth long-term operation of these experiments, reliable routines for production of 83Rb, which decays to 83mKr, have to be developed. We describe the methods developed at the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences at Rez, where 83Rb sources are created for KATRIN predominantly via the reaction 84Kr(p,2n)83Rb by colliding accelerated protons with a target filled with natural krypton gas.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0319331