Measurement of Radioactive Contamination in the High-Resistivity Silicon CCDs of the DAMIC Experiment

Aguilar-Arevalo, A.

doi:10.1088/1748-0221/10/08/P08014

Title: Measurement of Radioactive Contamination in the High-Resistivity Silicon CCDs of the DAMIC Experiment

Journal Article · Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Journal of Instrumentation

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/10/08/P08014· OSTI ID:1223218

Aguilar-Arevalo, A. ^[1]

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (Mexico). et al.

We present measurements of radioactive contamination in the high-resistivity silicon charge-coupled devices (CCDs) used by the DAMIC experiment to search for dark matter particles. Novel analysis methods, which exploit the unique spatial resolution of CCDs, were developed to identify α and β particles. Uranium and thorium contamination in the CCD bulk was measured through α spectroscopy, with an upper limit on the ²³⁸U (²³²Th) decay rate of 5 (15) kg^-1 d^-1 at 95% CL. We also searched for pairs of spatially correlated electron tracks separated in time by up to tens of days, as expected from ³²Si –³²P or ²¹⁰Pb –²¹⁰Bi sequences of b decays. The decay rate of 32Si was found to be 80⁺¹¹⁰_-65 (95% CI). An upper limit of ~35 kg ^-1 d^-1 (95% CL) on the ²¹⁰Pb decay rate was obtained independently by α spectroscopy and the β decay sequence search. Furthermore, these levels of radioactive contamination are sufficiently low for the successful operation of CCDs in the forthcoming 100 g DAMIC detector.

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Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)

Contributing Organization:: DAMIC Collaboration

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359

OSTI ID:: 1223218

Report Number(s):: FERMILAB-PUB-15-315-A-CD-E; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1506.02562

Journal Information:: Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 10, Issue P08014; ISSN 1748-0221

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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