/sup 76/Ge double beta decay experiment at Homestake
Conference
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OSTI ID:6184089
An ultralow background intrinsic Ge detector has been developed over several generations of experiments. The radioactive background from construction materials has been reduced by more than two orders of magnitude. The sources of background in a standard commercial cryostat have been identified and eliminated. Data are presented taken with this 135 cm/sup 3/ prototype, installed in the Homestake Gold Mine. A large (1440 cm/sup 3/) detector and data acquisition system are under construction and are also described. 11 references, 4 tables, 2 figures.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA); South Carolina Univ., Columbia (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 6184089
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-SA-12758; CONF-8408132-7; ON: DE85005286
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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440103* -- Radiation Instrumentation-- Nuclear Spectroscopic Instrumentation
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
BACKGROUND NOISE
CHEMICAL RADIATION DETECTORS
DETECTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NEUTRINO DETECTION
NEUTRINOS
NOISE
PERFORMANCE
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATIONS
RESOLUTION
SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
SOLAR NEUTRINOS
SOLAR PARTICLES
SOLAR RADIATION
STELLAR RADIATION
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
BACKGROUND NOISE
CHEMICAL RADIATION DETECTORS
DETECTION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NEUTRINO DETECTION
NEUTRINOS
NOISE
PERFORMANCE
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATIONS
RESOLUTION
SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
SOLAR NEUTRINOS
SOLAR PARTICLES
SOLAR RADIATION
STELLAR RADIATION