Characterization of 30 $$^{76}$$ 76 Ge enriched Broad Energy Ge detectors for GERDA Phase II
Abstract The GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) is a low background experiment located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, which searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay of $$^{76}$$ 76 Ge into $$^{76}$$ 76 Se+2e$$^-$$ - . Gerda has been conceived in two phases. Phase II, which sta...
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M. Agostini A. M. Bakalyarov E. Andreotti M. Balata I. Barabanov L. Baudis N. Barros C. Bauer E. Bellotti S. Belogurov G. Benato A. Bettini L. Bezrukov T. Bode D. Borowicz V. Brudanin R. Brugnera D. Budjáš A. Caldwell C. Cattadori A. Chernogorov V. D’Andrea E. V. Demidova N. Di Marco A. Domula E. Doroshkevich V. Egorov R. Falkenstein K. Freund A. Gangapshev A. Garfagnini C. Gooch P. Grabmayr V. Gurentsov K. Gusev J. Hakenmüller A. Hegai M. Heisel S. Hemmer R. Hiller W. Hofmann M. Hult L. V. Inzhechik J. Janicskó Csáthy J. Jochum M. Junker V. Kazalov Y. Kermaïdic T. Kihm I. V. Kirpichnikov A. Kirsch A. Kish A. Klimenko R. Kneißl K. T. Knöpfle O. Kochetov V. N. Kornoukhov V. V. Kuzminov M. Laubenstein A. Lazzaro B. Lehnert Y. Liao M. Lindner I. Lippi A. Lubashevskiy B. Lubsandorzhiev G. Lutter C. Macolino B. Majorovits W. Maneschg G. Marissens M. Miloradovic R. Mingazheva M. Misiaszek P. Moseev I. Nemchenok K. Panas L. Pandola K. Pelczar A. Pullia C. Ransom S. Riboldi N. Rumyantseva C. Sada F. Salamida M. Salathe C. Schmitt B. Schneider S. Schönert A.-K. Schütz O. Schulz B. Schwingenheuer O. Selivanenko E. Shevchik M. Shirchenko H. Simgen A. Smolnikov L. Stanco L. Vanhoefer A. A. Vasenko A. Veresnikova K. von Sturm V. Wagner A. Wegmann T. Wester C. Wiesinger M. Wojcik E. Yanovich I. Zhitnikov S. V. Zhukov D. Zinatulina A. J. Zsigmond K. Zuber G. Zuzel GERDA Collaboration |
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M. Agostini A. M. Bakalyarov E. Andreotti M. Balata I. Barabanov L. Baudis N. Barros C. Bauer E. Bellotti S. Belogurov G. Benato A. Bettini L. Bezrukov T. Bode D. Borowicz V. Brudanin R. Brugnera D. Budjáš A. Caldwell C. Cattadori A. Chernogorov V. D’Andrea E. V. Demidova N. Di Marco A. Domula E. Doroshkevich V. Egorov R. Falkenstein K. Freund A. Gangapshev A. Garfagnini C. Gooch P. Grabmayr V. Gurentsov K. Gusev J. Hakenmüller A. Hegai M. Heisel S. Hemmer R. Hiller W. Hofmann M. Hult L. V. Inzhechik J. Janicskó Csáthy J. Jochum M. Junker V. Kazalov Y. Kermaïdic T. Kihm I. V. Kirpichnikov A. Kirsch A. Kish A. Klimenko R. Kneißl K. T. Knöpfle O. Kochetov V. N. Kornoukhov V. V. Kuzminov M. Laubenstein A. Lazzaro B. Lehnert Y. Liao M. Lindner I. Lippi A. Lubashevskiy B. Lubsandorzhiev G. Lutter C. Macolino B. Majorovits W. Maneschg G. Marissens M. Miloradovic R. Mingazheva M. Misiaszek P. Moseev I. Nemchenok K. Panas L. Pandola K. Pelczar A. Pullia C. Ransom S. Riboldi N. Rumyantseva C. Sada F. Salamida M. Salathe C. Schmitt B. Schneider S. Schönert A.-K. Schütz O. Schulz B. Schwingenheuer O. Selivanenko E. Shevchik M. Shirchenko H. Simgen A. Smolnikov L. Stanco L. Vanhoefer A. A. Vasenko A. Veresnikova K. von Sturm V. Wagner A. Wegmann T. Wester C. Wiesinger M. Wojcik E. Yanovich I. Zhitnikov S. V. Zhukov D. Zinatulina A. J. Zsigmond K. Zuber G. Zuzel GERDA Collaboration |
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Characterization of 30 $$^{76}$$ 76 Ge enriched Broad Energy Ge detectors for GERDA Phase II |
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Characterization of 30 $$^{76}$$ 76 Ge enriched Broad Energy Ge detectors for GERDA Phase II |
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Characterization of 30 $$^{76}$$ 76 Ge enriched Broad Energy Ge detectors for GERDA Phase II |
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Characterization of 30 $$^{76}$$ 76 Ge enriched Broad Energy Ge detectors for GERDA Phase II |
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Characterization of 30 $$^{76}$$ 76 Ge enriched Broad Energy Ge detectors for GERDA Phase II |
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characterization of 30 $$^{76}$$ 76 ge enriched broad energy ge detectors for gerda phase ii |
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European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields |
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1434-6044 1434-6052 |
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2019-11-01 |
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Abstract The GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) is a low background experiment located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, which searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay of $$^{76}$$ 76 Ge into $$^{76}$$ 76 Se+2e$$^-$$ - . Gerda has been conceived in two phases. Phase II, which started in December 2015, features several novelties including 30 new 76Ge enriched detectors. These were manufactured according to the Broad Energy Germanium (BEGe) detector design that has a better background discrimination capability and energy resolution compared to formerly widely-used types. Prior to their installation, the new BEGe detectors were mounted in vacuum cryostats and characterized in detail in the Hades underground laboratory in Belgium. This paper describes the properties and the overall performance of these detectors during operation in vacuum. The characterization campaign provided not only direct input for Gerda Phase II data collection and analyses, but also allowed to study detector phenomena, detector correlations as well as to test the accuracy of pulse shape simulation codes. |
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Kornoukhov56V. V. Kuzminov57M. Laubenstein58A. Lazzaro59B. Lehnert60Y. Liao61M. Lindner62I. Lippi63A. Lubashevskiy64B. Lubsandorzhiev65G. Lutter66C. Macolino67B. Majorovits68W. Maneschg69G. Marissens70M. Miloradovic71R. Mingazheva72M. Misiaszek73P. Moseev74I. Nemchenok75K. Panas76L. Pandola77K. Pelczar78A. Pullia79C. Ransom80S. Riboldi81N. Rumyantseva82C. Sada83F. Salamida84M. Salathe85C. Schmitt86B. Schneider87S. Schönert88A.-K. Schütz89O. Schulz90B. Schwingenheuer91O. Selivanenko92E. Shevchik93M. Shirchenko94H. Simgen95A. Smolnikov96L. Stanco97L. Vanhoefer98A. A. Vasenko99A. Veresnikova100K. von Sturm101V. Wagner102A. Wegmann103T. Wester104C. Wiesinger105M. Wojcik106E. Yanovich107I. Zhitnikov108S. V. Zhukov109D. Zinatulina110A. J. Zsigmond111K. Zuber112G. 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dell’Università di PadovaMax-Planck-Institut für KernphysikMax-Planck-Institut für KernphysikInstitut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität DresdenPhysik Department and Excellence Cluster Universe, Technische Universität MünchenInstitute of Physics, Jagiellonian UniversityInstitute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of SciencesJoint Institute for Nuclear ResearchNational Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”Joint Institute for Nuclear ResearchMax-Planck-Institut für PhysikInstitut für Kern- und Teilchenphysik, Technische Universität DresdenInstitute of Physics, Jagiellonian UniversityINFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, LNGSAbstract The GERmanium Detector Array (Gerda) is a low background experiment located at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso in Italy, which searches for neutrinoless double-beta decay of $$^{76}$$ 76 Ge into $$^{76}$$ 76 Se+2e$$^-$$ - . Gerda has been conceived in two phases. Phase II, which started in December 2015, features several novelties including 30 new 76Ge enriched detectors. These were manufactured according to the Broad Energy Germanium (BEGe) detector design that has a better background discrimination capability and energy resolution compared to formerly widely-used types. Prior to their installation, the new BEGe detectors were mounted in vacuum cryostats and characterized in detail in the Hades underground laboratory in Belgium. This paper describes the properties and the overall performance of these detectors during operation in vacuum. The characterization campaign provided not only direct input for Gerda Phase II data collection and analyses, but also allowed to study detector phenomena, detector correlations as well as to test the accuracy of pulse shape simulation codes.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7353-8 |