Testing the Ge detectors for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR
Abstract
High purity germanium (HPGe) crystals will be used for the Majorana Demonstrator, where they serve as both the source and the detector for neutrinoless double beta decay. It is crucial for the experiment to understand the performances of the HPGe crystals. A variety of crystal properties are being investigated, including both basic properties such as energy resolution, efficiency, uniformity, capacitance, leakage current and crystal axis orientation, as well as more sophisticated properties, e.g. pulse shapes and dead layer and transition layer distribution. In this talk, we will present our measurements that characterize the HPGe crystals. In addition, we will discuss the experiment’s simulation package for the detector characterization setup, where additional information is learned from data simulation comparisons.
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow (Russia)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russia)
- Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States); Triangle Univ. Nuclear Lab., Durham, NC (United States)
- Univ. of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD (United States)
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (United States)
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States); Triangle Univ. Nuclear Lab., Durham, NC (United States)
- Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Osaka Univ., Osaka (Japan)
- Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States); Triangle Univ. Nuclear Lab., Durham, NC (United States)
- Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)
- Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (Canada)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
- Black Hills State Univ., Spearfish, SD (United States)
- Tennessee Tech Univ., Cookeville, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD (United States); Black Hills State Univ., Spearfish, SD (United States)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Triangle Univ. Nuclear Lab., Durham, NC (United States); Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1201774
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1224508
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-102131
Journal ID: ISSN 1875-3892; PII: S1875389214007172
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics Procedia
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 61; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1875-3892
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; neutrinoless double beta decay; germanium detector; majorana
Citation Formats
Xu, W., Abgrall, N., Aguayo, E., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., Bertrand, F. E., Boswell, M., Brudanin, V., Busch, M., Byram, D., Caldwell, A. S., Chan, Y. -D., Christofferson, C. D., Combs, D. C., Cuesta, C., Detwiler, J. A., Doe, P. J., Efremenko, Yu., Egorov, V., Ejiri, H., Elliott, S. R., Fast, J. E., Finnerty, P., Fraenkle, F. M., Galindo-Uribarri, A., Giovanetti, G. K., Goett, J., Green, M. P., Gruszko, J., Guiseppe, V. E., Gusev, K., Hallin, A. L., Hazama, R., Hegai, A., Henning, R., Hoppe, E. W., Howard, S., Howe, M. A., Keeter, K. J., Kidd, M. F., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kouzes, R. T., LaFerriere, B. D., Leon, J., Leviner, L. E., Loach, J. C., MacMullin, J., MacMullin, S., Martin, R. D., Meijer, S., Mertens, S., Nomachi, M., Orrell, J. L., O'Shaughnessy, C., Overman, N. R., Phillips, D. G., Poon, A. W.P., Pushkin, K., Radford, D. C., Rager, J., Rielage, K., Robertson, R. G.H., Romero-Romero, E., Ronquest, M. C., Schubert, A. G., Shanks, B., Shima, T., Shirchenko, M., Snavely, K. J., Snyder, N., Suriano, A. M., Thompson, J., Timkin, V., Tornow, W., Trimble, J. E., Varner, R. L., Vasilyev, S., Vetter, K., Vorren, K., White, B. R., Wilkerson, J. F., Wiseman, C., Yakushev, E., Young, A. R., Yu, C. -H., and Yumatov, V. Testing the Ge detectors for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.104.
Xu, W., Abgrall, N., Aguayo, E., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., Bertrand, F. E., Boswell, M., Brudanin, V., Busch, M., Byram, D., Caldwell, A. S., Chan, Y. -D., Christofferson, C. D., Combs, D. C., Cuesta, C., Detwiler, J. A., Doe, P. J., Efremenko, Yu., Egorov, V., Ejiri, H., Elliott, S. R., Fast, J. E., Finnerty, P., Fraenkle, F. M., Galindo-Uribarri, A., Giovanetti, G. K., Goett, J., Green, M. P., Gruszko, J., Guiseppe, V. E., Gusev, K., Hallin, A. L., Hazama, R., Hegai, A., Henning, R., Hoppe, E. W., Howard, S., Howe, M. A., Keeter, K. J., Kidd, M. F., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kouzes, R. T., LaFerriere, B. D., Leon, J., Leviner, L. E., Loach, J. C., MacMullin, J., MacMullin, S., Martin, R. D., Meijer, S., Mertens, S., Nomachi, M., Orrell, J. L., O'Shaughnessy, C., Overman, N. R., Phillips, D. G., Poon, A. W.P., Pushkin, K., Radford, D. C., Rager, J., Rielage, K., Robertson, R. G.H., Romero-Romero, E., Ronquest, M. C., Schubert, A. G., Shanks, B., Shima, T., Shirchenko, M., Snavely, K. J., Snyder, N., Suriano, A. M., Thompson, J., Timkin, V., Tornow, W., Trimble, J. E., Varner, R. L., Vasilyev, S., Vetter, K., Vorren, K., White, B. R., Wilkerson, J. F., Wiseman, C., Yakushev, E., Young, A. R., Yu, C. -H., & Yumatov, V. Testing the Ge detectors for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.104
Xu, W., Abgrall, N., Aguayo, E., Avignone, F. T., Barabash, A. S., Bertrand, F. E., Boswell, M., Brudanin, V., Busch, M., Byram, D., Caldwell, A. S., Chan, Y. -D., Christofferson, C. D., Combs, D. C., Cuesta, C., Detwiler, J. A., Doe, P. J., Efremenko, Yu., Egorov, V., Ejiri, H., Elliott, S. R., Fast, J. E., Finnerty, P., Fraenkle, F. M., Galindo-Uribarri, A., Giovanetti, G. K., Goett, J., Green, M. P., Gruszko, J., Guiseppe, V. E., Gusev, K., Hallin, A. L., Hazama, R., Hegai, A., Henning, R., Hoppe, E. W., Howard, S., Howe, M. A., Keeter, K. J., Kidd, M. F., Kochetov, O., Konovalov, S. I., Kouzes, R. T., LaFerriere, B. D., Leon, J., Leviner, L. E., Loach, J. C., MacMullin, J., MacMullin, S., Martin, R. D., Meijer, S., Mertens, S., Nomachi, M., Orrell, J. L., O'Shaughnessy, C., Overman, N. R., Phillips, D. G., Poon, A. W.P., Pushkin, K., Radford, D. C., Rager, J., Rielage, K., Robertson, R. G.H., Romero-Romero, E., Ronquest, M. C., Schubert, A. G., Shanks, B., Shima, T., Shirchenko, M., Snavely, K. J., Snyder, N., Suriano, A. M., Thompson, J., Timkin, V., Tornow, W., Trimble, J. E., Varner, R. L., Vasilyev, S., Vetter, K., Vorren, K., White, B. R., Wilkerson, J. F., Wiseman, C., Yakushev, E., Young, A. R., Yu, C. -H., and Yumatov, V. 2015.
"Testing the Ge detectors for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.104. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1201774.
@article{osti_1201774,
title = {Testing the Ge detectors for the MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR},
author = {Xu, W. and Abgrall, N. and Aguayo, E. and Avignone, F. T. and Barabash, A. S. and Bertrand, F. E. and Boswell, M. and Brudanin, V. and Busch, M. and Byram, D. and Caldwell, A. S. and Chan, Y. -D. and Christofferson, C. D. and Combs, D. C. and Cuesta, C. and Detwiler, J. A. and Doe, P. J. and Efremenko, Yu. and Egorov, V. and Ejiri, H. and Elliott, S. R. and Fast, J. E. and Finnerty, P. and Fraenkle, F. M. and Galindo-Uribarri, A. and Giovanetti, G. K. and Goett, J. and Green, M. P. and Gruszko, J. and Guiseppe, V. E. and Gusev, K. and Hallin, A. L. and Hazama, R. and Hegai, A. and Henning, R. and Hoppe, E. W. and Howard, S. and Howe, M. A. and Keeter, K. J. and Kidd, M. F. and Kochetov, O. and Konovalov, S. I. and Kouzes, R. T. and LaFerriere, B. D. and Leon, J. and Leviner, L. E. and Loach, J. C. and MacMullin, J. and MacMullin, S. and Martin, R. D. and Meijer, S. and Mertens, S. and Nomachi, M. and Orrell, J. L. and O'Shaughnessy, C. and Overman, N. R. and Phillips, D. G. and Poon, A. W.P. and Pushkin, K. and Radford, D. C. and Rager, J. and Rielage, K. and Robertson, R. G.H. and Romero-Romero, E. and Ronquest, M. C. and Schubert, A. G. and Shanks, B. and Shima, T. and Shirchenko, M. and Snavely, K. J. and Snyder, N. and Suriano, A. M. and Thompson, J. and Timkin, V. and Tornow, W. and Trimble, J. E. and Varner, R. L. and Vasilyev, S. and Vetter, K. and Vorren, K. and White, B. R. and Wilkerson, J. F. and Wiseman, C. and Yakushev, E. and Young, A. R. and Yu, C. -H. and Yumatov, V.},
abstractNote = {High purity germanium (HPGe) crystals will be used for the Majorana Demonstrator, where they serve as both the source and the detector for neutrinoless double beta decay. It is crucial for the experiment to understand the performances of the HPGe crystals. A variety of crystal properties are being investigated, including both basic properties such as energy resolution, efficiency, uniformity, capacitance, leakage current and crystal axis orientation, as well as more sophisticated properties, e.g. pulse shapes and dead layer and transition layer distribution. In this talk, we will present our measurements that characterize the HPGe crystals. In addition, we will discuss the experiment’s simulation package for the detector characterization setup, where additional information is learned from data simulation comparisons.},
doi = {10.1016/j.phpro.2014.12.104},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1201774},
journal = {Physics Procedia},
issn = {1875-3892},
number = C,
volume = 61,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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