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A New Method of Measuring 81Kr and 85Kr Abundances in Environmental Samples
We demonstrate a new method for determining the 81Kr/Kr ratio in
environmental samples based upon two measurements: the 85Kr/81Kr ratio measured
by Atom Trap Trace Analysis (ATTA) and the 85Kr/Kr ratio measured by Low-Level
Counting (LLC). This method can be used to determine the mean residence time of
groundwater in the range of 10^5 - 10^6 a. It requires a sample of 100 micro-l
STP of Kr extracted from approximately two tons of water. With modern
atmospheric Kr samples, we demonstrate that the ratios measured by ATTA and LLC
are directly proportional to each other within the measurement error of +/-
10%; we calibrate the 81Kr/Kr ratio of modern air measured using this method;
and we show that the 81Kr/Kr ratios of samples extracted from air before and
after the development of the nuclear industry are identical within the
measurement error
Calibration of liquid argon and neon detectors with
We report results from tests of Kr, as a calibration
source in liquid argon and liquid neon. Kr atoms are
produced in the decay of Rb, and a clear Kr
scintillation peak at 41.5 keV appears in both liquids when filling our
detector through a piece of zeolite coated with Rb. Based on this
scintillation peak, we observe 6.0 photoelectrons/keV in liquid argon with a
resolution of 6% (/E) and 3.0 photoelectrons/keV in liquid neon with a
resolution of 19% (/E). The observed peak intensity subsequently decays
with the Kr half-life after stopping the fill, and we
find evidence that the spatial location of Kr atoms in
the chamber can be resolved. Kr will be a useful
calibration source for liquid argon and neon dark matter and solar neutrino
detectors.Comment: 7 pages, 12 figure
Coadsorption phase diagram for Kr/CCl4 on graphite
We present the results of an extensive calorimetric study of krypton coadsorbed on graphite precoated with a saturated monolayer of carbon tetrachloride. Combining the heat capacity data with film equation of state measurements from a previous study [W. J. Weber and D. L. Goodstein, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3888 (1999)] permits construction of the Kr/CCl4 coadsorption phase diagram between 77 and 130 K. Kr succeeds in displacing the CCl4 from the surface, by a continuous process which results, at lower temperatures, in a film indistinguishable from that of pure Kr adsorbed on graphite. At higher temperatures, a new first-order phase transition, unique to the coadsorption system, is observed and likely indicates a transition to a mixed Kr/CCl4 film. Finally, measurements at higher Kr coverages reveal evidence for a high temperature extension of the reentrant layering phenomena previously observed for Kr on graphite
Eigenfunction expansions for a fundamental solution of Laplace's equation on in parabolic and elliptic cylinder coordinates
A fundamental solution of Laplace's equation in three dimensions is expanded
in harmonic functions that are separated in parabolic or elliptic cylinder
coordinates. There are two expansions in each case which reduce to expansions
of the Bessel functions or , , in
parabolic and elliptic cylinder harmonics. Advantage is taken of the fact that
is a fundamental solution and is the Riemann function of
partial differential equations on the Euclidean plane
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