Calorimeter development for the SuperNEMO double beta decay experiment

Journal Article · Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.06.044· OSTI ID:1469354

Barabash, A. S.; Basharina-Freshville, A.; Blot, S.; Bongrand, M.; Bourgeois, Ch.; Breton, D.; Brudanin, V.; Burešovà, H.; Busto, J.; Caffrey, A. J.; Calvez, S.; Cascella, M.; Cerna, C.; Cesar, J. P.; Chauveau, E.; Chopra, A.; Claverie, G.; De Capua, S.; Delalee, F.; Duchesneau, D. ; Egorov, V.; Eurin, G.; Evans, J. J.; Fajt, L.; Filosofov, D.; Flack, R.; Garrido, X.; Gómez, H.; Guillon, B.; Guzowski, P.; Hodák, R.; Holý, K.; Huber, A.; Hugon, C.; Jeremie, A.; Jullian, S.; Kauer, M.; Klimenko, A.; Kochetov, O.; Konovalov, S. I.; Kovalenko, V.; Lang, K.; Lemière, Y.; Le Noblet, T.; Liptak, Z.; Liu, X. R.; Loaiza, P.; Lutter, G.; Maalmi, J.; Macko, M.; Mamedov, F.; Marquet, C.; Mauger, F.; Moreau, I.; Morgan, B.; Mott, J.; Nemchenok, I.; Nomachi, M.; Nova, F.; Ohsumi, H.; Pahlka, R. B.; Pater, J. R.; Perrot, F.; Piquemal, F.; Povinec, P.; Přidal, P.; Ramachers, Y. A.; Rebii, A.; Remoto, A.; Richards, B.; Ricol, J. S.; Riddle, C. L.; Rukhadze, E.; Saakyan, R.; Salazar, R.; Sarazin, X.; Sedgbeer, J.; Shitov, Yu.; Šimkovic, F.; Simard, L.; Smetana, A.; Smolek, K.; Smolnikov, A.; Snow, S.; Söldner-Rembold, S.; Soulé, B.; Špavorová, M.; Štekl, I.; Thomas, J.; Timkin, V.; Torre, S.; Tretyak, Vl. I.; Tretyak, V. I.; Umatov, V. I.; Vilela, C.; Vorobel, V.; Waters, D.; Žukauskas, A.

SuperNEMO is a double-β decay experiment, which will employ the successful tracker–calorimeter technique used in the recently completed NEMO-3 experiment. SuperNEMO will implement 100 kg of double-β decay isotope, reaching a sensitivity to the neutrinoless double-β decay (Ovββ) half-life of the order of 10²⁶ yr, corresponding to a Majorana neutrino mass of 50–100 meV. One of the main goals and challenges of the SuperNEMO detector development programme has been to reach a calorimeter energy resolution, ΔE/E, around 3%/ $$\sqrt{E9MeV)}$$σ, or 7% $$\sqrt{E9MeV)}$$ FWHM (full width at half maximum), using a calorimeter composed of large volume plastic scintillator blocks coupled to photomultiplier tubes. Here, we describe the R&D programme and the final design of the SuperNEMO calorimeter that has met this challenging goal.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Contributing Organization: SuperNEMO Collaboration
• Grant/Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 1469354
• Alternate ID(s): OSTI ID: 22896844
• Journal Information: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Journal Name: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment Journal Issue: C Vol. 868; ISSN 0168-9002
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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