Summary

The ultra-low background alpha spectrometer at the Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, TU Dresden, Germany, enables low rate alpha detection.

Description

The ultra-low background alpha spectrometer at the Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, TU Dresden, Germany, is sensitive to alpha decays in the range of 10 counts per day in the energy range of 1 to 10 MeV.

Details about the twin Frisch-Grid ionization chamber can be  found at http://arxiv.org/abs/1511.01283

Linked ChETEC institution

• Technische Universität Dresden (TUD)

Web page

• https://tu-dresden.de/mn/physik/iktp/arbeitsgruppen/kernphysik/forschung

ChETEC contact persons

• Heinrich Wilsenach (heinrich.wilsenachtu-dresden.de)
• Kai Zuber (kai.zubertu-dresden.de)