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    Gando, A; Gando, Y; Hachiya, T; Hayashida, S; Hosokawa, K; Ikeda, H; Obara, S; Ozaki, H; Ueshima, K; Watanabe, H

    Journal of physics. Conference series, 02/2020, Letnik: 1468, Številka: 1
    Journal Article

    Abstract KamLAND-Zen searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay with 136 Xe loaded liquid scintillator (LS). The LS container, a 25- μ m-thick clean nylon inner balloon is a key of the experiment since one of the main backgrounds in the ROI is 214 Bi from the inner balloon. In KamLAND-Zen 400 (operated from 2011 to 2015), dust contamination of the inner balloon from the environment limited the sensitivity, although the inner balloon was fabricated at a class-1 super clean room. We improved the production method of the inner balloon for KamLAND-Zen 800 (started DAQ in January, 2019) and successfully reduced the 214 Bi background level to one fifteenth as compared to the 2nd phase of KamLAND-Zen 400. The inner balloon film material and requirements, improved fabrication scheme, including establishment of clean environment and dust control, will be described.