Counting facilities at the Black Hills Underground Campus

Journal Article · Tue Sep 05 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0161194· OSTI ID:2001429

Tiedt, Douglas ^[1]; Mount, Brianna ^[2]; Rodriguez, Ayla ^[3]

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1. South Dakota Science & Technology Authority (SDSTA), Lead, SD (United States); South Dakota Science & Technology Authority
2. Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD (United States)
3. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

The Black Hills Underground Campus (BHUC) houses a low background counting facility on the 4850’ level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) with ~4300 m w.e. of rock overburden. Currently there are five ultra-low-background, high-purity germanium detectors operating inside of a class-1,000 cleanroom at the Davis Campus, with a sixth anticipated to be installed within a year. Here, a robust nitrogen purge system and on-site personnel assistance allow these detectors to run continuously to support groups that need low background counting of materials.

• Research Organization: South Dakota Science & Technology Authority (SDSTA), Lead, SD (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231; SC0014223; SC0020216
• OSTI ID: 2001429
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 2908; ISSN 0094-243X
• Publisher: American Institute of Physics (AIP)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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